Shakespeare, William, 47
The Shape of Water, 152–153
shapeshifters, 204–205
Shelley, Mary, 75–76, 77, 79
shellfish, 121, 122
Sher, Daniel, 118–119
The Shining, 137–142
alien hand syndrome, 139
isolation, mental effects of
cabin fever, 139, 140, 141
prairie madness, 139–140
in space, 141–142
long filming of, 137
novel versus film, 137–138
Overlook Hotel (fic), 138, 139, 141
telepathy, 138–139
The Shining (King), 137–138
Shintoism, 91
shower scenes, 22, 173
Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA, 45–46
Sietas, Tom, 150
The Silence of the Lambs, 41–48
and Balli Trevino, 42
cannibalism, 45–48
and Ed Gein, 41–42
high IQ of serial killers, 43–44
Hopkins’ portrayal of Lecter, 43
Lecter’s appeal as villain, 43, 44–45
The Silence of the Lambs (Harris), 42–43
Silent Night, Deadly Night, 9–10
Silk, Joan, 153
Silver Linings Playbook, 28
Simmons, Dykes Askew, 42
simple phobias, 117, 118
Siodmak, Curt, 201–202
Skerritt, Tom, 158
skin suits, 31, 32, 33, 41
slasher movies
Child’s Play, 8–12
Halloween, 3–7
A Nightmare on Elm Street, 13–18
sleep paralysis, 17–18
Sleep Paralysis: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection (Adler), 14
Slender Man, 6
slime mold, 205
Smith, Johnny (fic), 178
Smith, Octavia, 81
Snell, Sue (fic), 179
social phobias, 117, 118
Society for Psychical Research, 138–139
sociopathy, 6
Sokushinbutsu, 82
sooty shearwaters, 121
Sosalla, David, 116
Soudan Underground Lab, 161, 163, 164
space adaptation syndrome, 159
space travel, 159
Spacek, Sissy, 173
Spider-Man, 113, 115
spiders, 94, 95–96
Spielberg, Steven, 129, 154
Split, 24
split personalities, 23, 24
squid sperm, 95
St. Louis University, 88
Stanford, 195
The Stanley Hotel, CO, 138
Stanton, Harry Dean, 158
Star Trek, 165
Starling, Clarice (fic), 43
Stefano, Joseph, 21
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 23
Stiers, Stanley, 4
Stoker, Bram, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60
Stone, Philip, 139
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson), 23
Stranger Things, 165, 173
Strick, Wesley, 113
Strode, Laurie (fic.), 4
strokes, 71, 72
study skin, 38
subliminal messages, 144–145
succubi legends, 60, 61, 63
Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS), 14, 16–17
summer blockbusters, 154–155
The Sun, 42
Supreme Court of the United States, 5
Suspiria, 108
Suzuki, Koji, 143
Swayze, Patrick, 110
Sybil (Schreiber), 24
T
Tally, Ted, 41
Tangina (fic), 178
Taoism, 91
tapeworms, 94–95
taphephobia, 81
Tarantula, 113
taxidermy. see Ames, Lexi
Taylor, Rod, 120
Taylor-Joy, Anya, 169
Teague, Lewis, 107
Techar, Ty, 123
telekinesis, 173–174
telepathy, 138–139
temporary paralysis, 118–119
Tennyson, Alfred, 156
tentacled caterpillar, 205
terminal delirium, 70
tetrodotoxin, 68
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 30–40
Gein as basis of Leatherface, 21, 31–33
protests of, 9, 32
success of, 32
and taxidermy. see Ames, Lexi
and “true monsters,” 32–33
Thailand, 15
theory of mind, 124, 125
They Live, 145
Thigpen, Corbett H., 24
The Thing from Another World, 158
Thompson, Brian, 101
The Three Faces of Eve (Cleckley/Thigpen), 24
ticks, 58
The Tingler, 93–97
centipede encounter as inspiration for, 93
humans ‘inhabited’ by living things
cockroach, 96
fetus in fetu, 95
sea snail, 95
spiders, 95–96
squid sperm, 95
tapeworms, 94–95
parasitic creatures
cookiecutter sharks, 94
Costa Rican wasp, 94
Cymothoa exigua, 94
perceived dangers
animatronic “devil baby” for Devil’s Due, 97
fake telekinetic event for Carrie, 96–97
“Percepto” chair-vibrating device, 93, 96
Tolkien, J.R.R., 145
The Tommyknockers (King), 190
tongue-eating louse, 94
Toppan, Jane, 62
Torrance, Danny (fic), 138
Torrance, Jack (fic), 137, 138, 139, 140
Torrance, Wendy (fic), 137, 139
Tourette’s syndrome, 89
Tracy, Spencer, 24
transient global amnesia, 204
transplants, 77–79
Transylvania, 51, 53
“Transylvanian Superstitions” (Gerard), 51
Travolta, John, 173
Tremors, 197–200
bacterial life, underground, 198–199
burrowing animals, 199–200
earthquakes, 199
plot of, 197–198
sandworms, 198
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, 199
Trenton, Donna (fic), 110
Trenton, Tad (fic), 110
trial by water, 170
troglodytes, 193, 194
trolls, 190–191
tropane alkaloids, 173
True Blood, 55
tuberculosis (TB), 54–55
Turistas, 78
Turner, Lana, 24
Tutankhamun, 80
Twilight, 55
Twin Cities Paranormal Society, 129
U
Under the Seas, 156
Underwood, Ron, 197
United States Department of Health, 16
United States Department of Justice, 61
Universal Studios, 52, 76, 77, 80, 202
University College, London, 57
University of Iowa, 124
University of Minnesota, 140
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, 46–47
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 90
V
Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! (Grcevich/Koski), 141, 159
vampire disease, 53
vampire of San Francisco, 57
vampire squid, 157
vampire vine, 59
vampires
animals with blood as food source, 57–58, 59
and blood consumption, 57
and carnivorous plants, 58–59
Dracula, 51–55
Gerard’s “Transylvanian Superstitions,” 51
horror tropes, 52–53, 54, 56
hypnosis-like mind control, 100
Jennifer’s Body, 60–64
medical ‘explanations’ for
and catalepsy, 55
porphyria, 53–54
tuberculosis (TB), 54–55
and nocturnalism, 57
Nosferatu, 56–59
in Romanian legends, 51–52, 53
and succubi legends, 60, 61, 63
vampire bats, 57–58, 108
“vampire killers,” 57
Vansant, Charles, 155
Variety, 98
Vatican, 90
Venus flytrap, 58
Verbinski, Gore, 143
VICE, 47
Video Recordings Act of 1984, 9
Vietnam War, 15, 16, 30, 173
violence, and the media, 9, 10, 30
Vlad III, Count Dracula, 53
Vlad the Impaler, 51–52, 57
Vodyanoy, 151
voodoo folklore, 9, 68
Voorhees, Jason (fic), 43
Vulture, 13