http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/index/ The History of Halloween and Horror en editor@bogeymedia.com Copyright 2008 2008-01-18T00:33:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_halloween_and_horror/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_halloween_and_horror/#When:00:33:00Z 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 Halloween Lesson Plans Ideas for lesson plans for Halloween, including the history of Halloween, powerpoint files, and puzzles. Shop for Discount Halloween Costumes, Collectibles and Memorabilia 2008-01-18T00:33:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/halloween_around_the_world/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/halloween_around_the_world/#When:00:08:00Z Today, Halloween celebrations with costumes, trick or treating and Hollywood monsters is the order of the day in the United States, Canada and Ireland. 2008-01-18T00:08:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_zombies/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_zombies/#When:23:57:00Z Like the Mummy, Zombies are a lumbering, staggering, Halloween and Horror presence. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:57:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_the_mummy/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_the_mummy/#When:23:52:00Z 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. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:52:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_werewolves/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_werewolves/#When:23:49:00Z Werewolves occupy another central place in Halloween lore. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:49:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_horror_of_mad_slashers_and_psychos/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_horror_of_mad_slashers_and_psychos/#When:23:48:00Z 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. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:48:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/robots_in_horror/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/robots_in_horror/#When:23:44:00Z 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. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:44:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/aliens_in_horror_movies/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/aliens_in_horror_movies/#When:23:37:00Z Many of the monster movies of the past 40 years also dwell on the themes of the consequences of science. And these monsters are increasingly incorporated into our Hollywood lore. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:37:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde/#When:23:35:00Z The theme of science gone amok is pervasive in 19th and 20th Century Horror iconology. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:35:00-05:00 http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_the_frankenstein_monster/ http://www.thingsinthebasement.com/index.php/site/the_history_of_the_frankenstein_monster/#When:23:31:00Z The limits of science - both actual and ethical - provides the theme for another of the elements of modern Halloween and horror imagery: that of the man-made monster. Monsters 2008-01-17T23:31:00-05:00