If you dare...unfold the meaning behind the movie monster. Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Mr. Hyde, and the Mummy: these five figures inspire almost all horror films, so much so that these prototypes are loved as much as they are feared. Trace the sources of these modern myths as well as numerous adaptations of the tales of these classic, archetypal monsters.

* Although the course will discuss the novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Dracula by Bram Stoker, these books are not required readings.