The History of Halloween and Horror

The History Of Halloween and Horror

For teachers, students, journalists and the curious, this site offers essays on the history and traditions of all things Halloween and Horror related.

The Origins and History of Halloween
The Jack O’Lantern
Trick or Treating
Witches
Vampires
Real Vampires?
Frankenstein
Jekyll and Hyde
Aliens
Robots
Mad Slashers and Psychos
Werewolves
The Mummy
Zombies
Halloween Around The World

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Halloween Around The World

Today, Halloween celebrations with costumes, trick or treating and Hollywood monsters is the order of the day in the United States, Canada and Ireland.

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The History of Zombies

Like the Mummy, Zombies are a lumbering, staggering, Halloween and Horror presence.

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The History of The Mummy

Reanimated mummies are, like the alien menace, a more recent Halloween invention - and one that, like the werewolf, owes much of its lore to Hollywood.

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The History of Werewolves

Werewolves occupy another central place in Halloween lore.

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The Horror of Mad Slashers and Psychos

Another relative newcomer to the Halloween scene is the psycho / serial killer. Popularized by film series such as Halloween and Friday the 13th, they reflect any number of modern fears - just as ghost stories reflected the fears of times past. In a way, they ARE our ghost stories.

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Robots In Horror

Killer robots are another being from the realms of science fiction that have found their way into the Gothic Horror and Halloween lexicon. No Halloween night is complete anymore without at least one robot, constructed of cardboard boxes and tinfoil has found its way to your door.

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