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Monsters Among Us - Season 1

Series: Monsters Among Us
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Episodes
7
Rating
TVPG
Year
2015
Language
English
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment

About

Monsters. Ghosts. Zombies. From horror movies to Halloween, we see the creatures that go bump in the night everywhere, but where did they come from? The primal fears of our ancestors fueled the stories that lived on through legend, page, and screen. Join us as we peer into the histories of some of the most prevalent creatures in pop culture, including vampires, werewolves, zombies, and ghosts. Come and meet the Monsters Among Us, if you dare.

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Episodes

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1. Vampires: From Folklore to Literature

52m

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The presence of vampires throughout history, culminating in the writing of Bram Stoker's Dracula, literature's most famous bloodsucker.

2. Vampires: The Rise of Dracula

52m

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The popularity of Dracula cemented the vampire into fiction and popular culture, and was supplemented by the invention of cinema. Between Dracula and its not-so-subtle clone Nosferatu, vampires became a horror movie staple.

3. The Undead

54m

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The idea of the dead coming back to life haunted stories for centuries. Differing takes on the myth led to different monsters – resurrection through science created Frankenstein's monster, Egyptian mythology and mummified pharaohs led to reanimated mummies, and external forces of evil or radiation brought forth zombies.

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