theory of mind, 124, 125
domoic acid poisoning, 121–122
The Birds (Du Maurier), 120–121
Black Dog, 110
black dog folklore, 109–110
Black Mirror, 102
black swallower, 157
black widow spider, 114–115
Blair, Linda, 87, 91
Blair Witch, 181, 182, 184, 185
The Blair Witch Project, 180–186
ambiguity, and audience appeal, 182–183
being lost in the woods, 185–186
Blair Witch characters, 183–184
“found footage” style, 180
mythology, 182, 183
science and the supernatural, 181–182
viral marketing and success of, 180–181, 186
Blatty, William Peter, 87
Bloch, Robert, 21, 24, 30
“Blood” (The X-Files), 145
blood rituals, 57
bloodstain patterns, 10, 11
body decomposition, 69, 82, 83–84
Body Parts, 78–79
Bonn, Scott, 44–45
Bonner, John, 205
brain biology, 7, 71–72, 79, 121–122, 139, 144
brainwashing, 145
Brazil, 58, 83
Britton, Cameron, 44
Brontë, Charlotte, 54, 109–110
broomsticks, 173–175
Brown, Daniel James, 46
Brown, Jordan, 6
brown pelicans, 122
brown recluse spider, 114–115
Browning, Tod, 51
Buddhist culture, 82, 91, 93
Buffalo Bill (fic), 41, 42, 43
Bundy, Ted, 33
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), 11
burial practices, 82–83
Burns, Louise & Lisa (fic), 137
Burns, Marilyn, 30, 31
Burstyn, Ellen, 87
Burton, Tim, 77
C
Cabbage Patch Kids, 9
cabin fever, 139, 140, 141
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 67–68
Cambodia, 13, 14
Campbell, Bruce, 9
Canessa, Roberto, 46–47
Cannibal Holocaust, 9
cannibalism, 32, 33, 41, 42, 44, 45–48, 83
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History (Schutt), 47
Carlson, Richard, 149
carnivorous plants, 58–59
Carol Anne (fic), 129, 136
Carpenter, John, 3, 4, 6, 151
Carrie, 173–179
fake telekinetic event, 96–97
love, and revenge, 178–179
shower scene, 173
witch powers
animal communication, and familiars, 177
clairvoyance, 177–178
hallucinogenics/broomstick lore, 173–175
laser technology, 176–177
possession, 175
telekinesis, 173–174
Carrie (King), 173
Carrie: The Musical, 178–179
Carter, Finn, 197
Carter, Sarah (fic), 189
Cartwright, Veronica, 158
The Cask of Amontillado (Poe), 81
Castle, William, 93, 96
catalepsy, 55
Cather, Willa, 140
Catholicism, 88, 89–90
caves, 189, 190
Cayce, Edgar, 178
censorship, 9–10, 32, 77
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 14, 111
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 15
chameleons, 205
Chandler, Helen, 51
Chaney, Lon, Jr., 201
Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, 122
Charlotte (fic), 116–117
Charlotte’s Web, 117
Charlotte’s Web (White), 116–117
Chase, Richard, 57
Check, Jennifer (fic), 61
Chekhov, Anton, 54
Cheops (fic), 80
Child’s Play, 8–12
censorship, 9–10
crime scene analysis, 10–11, 12
history of haunted dolls, 8–9
media, and violence, 9, 10
Child’s Play 3, 9
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, 170, 177
China, 15, 68, 78
Christianity, 48, 57, 60
Chucky the doll (fic), 8, 10, 12
Citizen Kane, 149
City Lab, 125
Civil War, 79, 83
clairvoyance, 177–178
claustrophobia, 189
Claviceps, 175
Cleckley, Hervey M., 24
Clinton, Rachel, 171
Clive, Colin, 75
A Clockwork Orange, 145
cockroaches, 96
Cody, Diablo, 60, 61
coffins, 81
Cohen, Lawrence D., 173
Columbus, Christopher, 150
compass, 185, 186
congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP), 53–54
congenital heart problems, 14, 16
congenital insensitivity to pain, 7
The Conjuring, 178
Constantine, 91
cookiecutter sharks, 94
corvids, 123–126
cosmic radiation, 163–164
Costa Rican wasp, 94
Cox, Brian, 43
Crane, Marion (fic), 22, 23
Crappa Dana, 102
Craven, Wes, 13, 18, 79
Creature from the Black Lagoon, 149–153
abductions, 151
amphibious animals, 150
animal attacks on humans, 152
animal communication, 153
sea creature legends, 149, 150–151, 152, 153
webbed hands, 149–150
Crenna, Richard, 110
crime scene analysis, 10–11, 12
criminal investigations, 102
“Crocodile” (Black Mirror), 102
Cross, Henry, 173
Crothers, Scatman, 138
Crowley, Aleister, 171
crows, 123–126
CrowTrax, 125
The Crucible (Miller), 170
crucifix, 90i
Cujo, 107–112
anthropomorphism, 117
bats, 107–109
“black dog” folklore, 109–110
cynophobia (fear of dogs), 108
rabies, 110–112
Cujo (King), 107, 110
Currier, Lauren, 107, 110
Curtis, Jamie Lee, 3, 4
cuttlefish, 204
Cymothoa exigua, 94
D
Dafoe, Daniel, 47
Dagon, 151
Dahl, Roald, 173, 176
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 33, 39, 44, 79
Daniels, Jeff, 113, 114, 116
dark matter, 162–163, 164–165
Darwin, Charles, 23, 24
“The Dating Game Killer,” 44, 102
Davey, Graham, 113
Dawley, J. Searle, 76
Dawn of the Dead, 68, 73
De Palma, Brian, 173
The Dead Zone, 178
deadly animals
Arachnophobia, 113–119
The Birds, 120–126
Cujo, 107–112
DeAngelo, Joseph, 33
“death rattle,” 70
Debruge, Peter, 98, 99
deepstaria jelly, 204–205
del Toro, Guillermo, 152
Delena spiders, 115
Demme, Jonathan, 41
demonology, 60
depersonalization, 25
depression, 100–101
Derinkuyu, Turkey, 190
dermatographic urticaria, 89
The Descent
biological adaptations, 195–196
plot of, 189–190
underground life
adaptations to, 191, 192–194
caves and systems, 189, 190
creatures, 190–191, 194–195
The Descent of Man (Darwin), 23
Devil Dog: The Hound from Hell, 110
“The Devil Made Me Do It: The Criminological Theories of Hannibal Lecter” (Oleson), 43
Devil’s Due, 97
“Devil’s Mark,” 170–171
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), 5, 26, 118
Disney, 114, 170
dissociative amnesia, 25
dissociative identity disorder (DID), 24–29
diagnosis of, controversy, 24, 25–26, 29
legal culpability and, 27–28
mental illness portrayals, in film, 28
modern treatment versus 1960s, 27, 28
and multiple personalities, 23, 24
and possession, 89
and trauma, 25, 26
Doe, Robbie (Roland), 87–88
Doherty, Alice Elizabeth, 202–203
dolls, 8–9
domoic acid poisoning, 121–122
Donahue, Heather, 180