This series will cover trends and tropes in the monster movie sub-genre of horror film, broken down by decade, looking at the industrial, cultural, and historical factors that have influenced/changed/etc. the sub-genre.
Why Monsters? Hammer, Frankenstein, and the 1950s
Why Monsters? Queering Dracula in the 1960s
Why Monsters? Reaction, Regression, and 1970s Jekyll/Hyde
Why Monsters? Displaced Queerness and the 1980s Slasher
Why Monsters? Bugs and the 1990s’ Domestication of Horror
Image Credit: Hammer Film Productions © 1958
Author: Geneveive Newman
