Our Old Monsters

Brenda S. Gardenour Walter is an associate professor of history at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy with research interests in the role of Aristotelian discourse, learned medicine, scholastic theology and the continued influence of medieval otherness on the horror genre. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri.

• Table of ContentsPreface 1Introduction 3Part I: Medieval Foundations 151. Upside-Down and ­Inside-Out: The Medieval Construction of Earthbound Evil 162. Satanic Cinema: His Legacy Is Legion 423. Wanton Flesh and Poisoned Breath: Crafting the Satanic Witch 684. Wicked Women: Female Flesh, the Satanic Witch and the Horror Film 98Part II: Modern Permutations 1355. The Transgressive Monster: From the Melancholic Jew to the ­Blood-Sucking Vampire 1366. A Cursed Embodiment: Modernity, Medievalism and the Melancholic Werewolf 166Epilogue 195Chapter Notes 197Bibliography 223Filmography 234Index 237

If you need a grounding on the subject and some of the films out there then this book will serve you well." - SFCrowsnest , February 2016