To the jaded eye, all vampires seem alike, but they are wonderful in their versatility. Some come to life in moonlight, others are killed by the sun, some pierce with their eyes, others with fangs, some are reactionary, others are rebels, but all are disturbingly close to the mortals they prey on. I can think of no other monsters who are so receptive. Vampires are neither inhuman nor nonhuman nor all-too-human, they are simply more alive than they should be.
My Monster Film class quote of the week.
The Seven Theses of Monstrosity
1. The Monster’s body is always cultural
2. The Monster always escapes
3. The Monster is a harbinger of crisis
4. The Monster dwells at the gates of difference
5. The Monster polices the borders of the possible
6. Fear of the Monster is actually desire
7. The Monster stands at the Threshold of Becoming
Things People in my Monster Film class are afraid of:
The question was:
What are you afraid of?
People
Snakes
Spiders
Alzheimers
Diseases
Haunted people (Ghosts)
What you can’t see (the unknown)
Bugs
Clowns
Hobos
Aliens from Outer Space
Blood
Illuminati (corporations)
Ouija boards
Claustrophobia (Being trapped in small spaces)
Enclosed spaces
Heights
Home Invaders
Cockroaches
Childbirth
Labor
Small (short) people
Terrorists
Snipers
Being outside in a storm
Nature
Authority
(FIle this under things adult students say out loud in an open classroom.)
“Apparently the only people who care about zombies are the people who live in developed, populous, Western-with-a-tinge-of-Japan big cities. The rest of the world just doesn’t give a crap about the walking dead.”
(via Here’s a Map That Shows Where the People Who Google “Zombies” Are From)
Source: Gizmodo
