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October 23, 2024 42 mins

Learn about the origins of our favorite movie monster icons and the horror movie business! Music by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Rosetta Stone, Bauhaus, Inkubus Sukkubus, and Ministry.

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Antonia Carlotta (Author). (2022, September 13). How the Classic Monsters Saved Universal Studios. Universally Me. https://www.antoniacarlotta.com/home/how-the-monsters-saved-universal 

Daniel Parris (Data Journalist). (2023, October 18). (Why Horror Films are Hollywood's Best Investment: A Statistical Analysis. Stat Significant. https://www.statsignificant.com/p/why-horror-films-are-hollywoods-best **

Eric D. Snider (Author). (2011, August 16) What’s the Big Deal?: Nosferatu (1922). https://web.archive.org/web/20111013085354/http://www.film.com/movies/whats-the-big-deal-nosferatu-1922#fbid=Mo8e-acRk7X

Emily Zarka, PhD. (Writer, Host). (2022, November 1). The Golden Age of Movie Monsters [Video]. PBS Storied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ASjs_qt70 

Samantha Stewart (Author). (2023, October 31) Hollywood Loves Halloween: Inside the Lucrative Business of Horror Movies. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-31/hollywood-loves-halloween-inside-the-lucrative-business-of-horror-movies

The Numbers: Movie Budget and Financial Performance Records https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets 

Dracula (1931) Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film) 

Frankenstein’s Monster Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster* 

Video 2 DVD Transfers. (2021, October 27). How the Invention of the VHS Tape Changed the Film Industry. https://www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk/blog/2021/10/27/how-the-invention-of-the-vhs-tape-changed-the-film-industry/ 

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