Bibliography: Vampires, Gill-men, and Monsters by Craig L. Martinus
Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1995.
The text investigates the portrayal of vampires, particularly in literature, as perspectives change over the last hundred-plus years.
Bettleheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. NY: Vintage Books, 1977.
Bettleheim rereads classic fairy tales to uncover the Freudian subtexts.
Brosnan, John. The Horror People. NY: St. Martin’s, 1976.
This is a collection of profiles of influential people affiliated with horror films that includes behind-the-scenes commentary and social contexts.
“The Cabinet of Dr. Casey: The Horror Webpage.” < www.drcasey.com/index.shtml> (Nov. 1999).
This web site offered poster images and movie information used in the research and presentation of the material.
“Class Act Poster List & Images.” <www.movieposters.net/posterlist.htm> (Nov. 1999).
This web site offered poster images used in the research and presentation of the material.
“Creature from the Black Lagoon Trivia.” www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2084/gilltrivia.html> (Nov. 1999).
This site offers graphics and plot summaries of the three Gill-man films.
Crowley, Dave. “Lightning Gallery.” <http://www.ionet.net/~stormguy/lightning.htm> (29 Nov. 1999).
The lightning drawn on the navigation page was modeled on images found here.
“Darwin, Charles.” Encarta Encyclopedia. <www.encarta.msn.com> (23 Nov. 1999).
Encarta provided the publication date of The Origin of Species for the Creature’s timeline.
“Faces of Godzilla.” <www.parlorcity.com/awinterrowd/kaiju/gallery/> (Nov. 1999).
This site is an interesting gallery of movie monster pictures.
Gehring, Wes. “Frankenstein and friends: A pre-Halloween roundup.” USA Today; New York; Volume: 128 Issue: 2652 Pgs: 68-73. Sep. 1999.
Gehring’s article framed several points I had already envisioned for this project.
Gjovaag, Laura. “2.1 What is his origin? Where can I read it?” in The Aquaman FAQ. <www.eskimo.com/~tegan/ac/aqmanfaq.html> (23 Nov. 1999).
I was curious about the time relation between the Creature and Aquaman and I found the publication date for my timeline at this site.
“Graphic Expectations: the Store.” <www.graphicexpectations.com/index.asp> (Nov. 1999).
This is a retail site that contains movie poster images.
“Hammer Film Posters.” <www.hammerposters.com> (Nov. 1999).
This retail site contained poster images used in the research and presentation.
“Horror Vault.” www.universalstudios.com/horror/july97/vault.html> (Nov. 1999).
Universal maintains an online magazine of horror movies and this issue treated the Creature to attention.
IMDb. “Internet Movie Data Base”. <www.imdb.com> (Nov. 1999).
The IMDb was invaluable as a source of dates, personal, and images in researching films.
Jancovich, Mark. Rational Fears: American Horror in the 1950s. NY: Manchester University, 1996.
Jancovich provided explicated summaries of the Creature movies and framed the argument of the monster as an instrument of conflict in maturity and gender roles.
Kearns, Tammy. “Horror Haven Movie Archive.” <www.radzone.org/tkearns/horror.html> (Nov. 1999).
This retail site contained poster images used in the research and presentation..
Konigsberg, Ira. “How Many Draculas Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?” Play it Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes. ed. by Andrew Horton and Stuart Y. McDougal. Berkeley: U of California, 1998.
This article compares incarnations of Dracula in film, specifically addressing four essential portrayals of Dracula (Schrech, Lugosi, Lee, and Oldman).
Krouse, Mauri. “Classic Universal Monsters.” <www.stanford.edu/~krouse/monsters.htm> (Nov. 1999).
This web site contains some interesting black and white stills.
Library of Congress. “Online Catalog.” <www.lcweb.loc.gov> (Nov. 1999).
I accessed this catalog as a means of gauging the size of the subject of vampires.
OED. “Oxford English Dictionary.” 2nd Ed. < http://www.hti.umich.edu/dict/oed> (Nov. 1999).
The OED was a critical resource in identifying the origins of the monsters and in helping shape the name of the categories into which they were later sorted.
Piercy, Marge. He, She, and It. NY: Fawcett Crest, 1991.
The novel, read during the course of the project, asks questions about what is human and what is not: a central theme to our research.
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Philosophy of Composition.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature (Third ed. Vol. 1). eds. Nina Baym, Ronald Gottesman, et. al. NY: Norton, 1989.
Poe, as a literary critic, expresses a value system for judging texts based on their emotional effects on the audience; horror films also must create emotional effects.
“Posteritati Movie Posters.” <www.posteritati.com/> (Oct. 1999).
This retail site contained poster images used in the research and presentation.
“Rick’s Movie.com.” <http://www.ricksmovie.com>(Oct. 1999).
This retail site contained poster images used in the research and presentation.
Sena, Joe, ed. “Horror Online.” Universal Studios. <www.horroronline.com> (Nov. 1999).
Universal Studios hosts this fan magazine which addresses classic and contemporary issues of the genre.
Stoner, Richard. “Monster Mayhem.” <www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2084/index.html> (Nov. 1999).
This retail site contained images used in the research and presentation.
“Timeline” Universal Studios Archives & Collections. <www.universalstudios.com/archives> (Nov. 1999).
Universal provides a time line and research guidance.
“Vandal’s Horror Posters.” <www.srv.net/people/vandal/poster.html.> (Oct. 1999).
This retail site contained poster images used in the research and presentation.
Willis, F. Roy. Western Civilization: A Brief Introduction. NY: Macmillan, 1987.
Willis’s textbook helped me contextualize the Creature films of the mid-50s.
Wolf, Leonard. Dracula: The Connoisseur’s Guide. NY: Broadway, 1997.
Wolf’s book is an exhaustive, scholarly, well-written resource about the vampires.