Mary and her married lover, Percy Shelley, were a scandalous couple. ibid.
‘Every creature has a mate’. ibid. Monster
In the summer of 1816 strange goings-on troubled puritan Switzerland. The owner of a hotel on the banks of Lake Geneva charged the curious to observe what was going on in a grand house on the opposite shore, the Villa Diadati. There were scandalous rumours of free love, incest, drunken revelry and drugs, and some of them were true. Many of the rumours involved the famously debauched poet Lord Byron, but he was joined in notoriety by the brilliant young poet Percy Shelley and his teenage lover Mary. Frankenstein and the Vampyre, BBC 2014
Beneath the surface, sexual tensions had been simmering. ibid.
By giving his vampire a Byronic twist, Polidori had created the first truly modern vampire story. ibid.
Polidori created a powerful tale that resonated with the times. ibid.
Everybody be cool. You be cool. From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 starring George Clooney & Harvey Keitel & Quentin Tarantino & Juliette Lewis & Salma Hayek & Cheech Marin & Danny Trejo & Tom Savini & Fred Williamson & Michael Parks et al, director Robert Rodriguez, Seth to shopkeeper
This bloody crime spree started a week ago today ... That changes the death toll to sixteen. ibid. news
You’ll see a bar called The Titty-Twister. ibid. Seth in van
All right, pussy, pussy, pussy ... Come on in, pussy lovers. ibid. bloke afront bar
I just rammed a wooden stake into my brother’s chest because he turned into a vampire. ibid. Seth
Now do we all agree that what we are dealing with is vampires? ibid. Seth
I’ve killed Andre. The Fly 1958 starring Vincent Price & David Hedison & Patricia Owens & Herbert Marshall & Kathleen Freeman & Betty Lou Gerson & Charles Herbert et al, director Kurt Neumann, Helene
We both have more money than we know what to do with. ibid. Francios to rozzer
They wouldn’t harm anything: not even a fly. ibid.
I can transport matter, anything, at the speed of light perfectly. ibid. Andre
The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world and the most dangerous. ibid. Francios
She was chipper right to the end. Rosemary’s Baby 1968 starring Mia Farrow & John Cassavetes & Ruth Gordon & Sidney Blackmer & Marurice Evans & Ralph Bellamy & Charles Grodin & Patsy Kelly & Angela Dorian et al, director Roman Polanski, estate agent to Rosemary & Guy
No Pope ever visits a city where the newspapers are on strike. That’s [show business] exactly what it is. All the costumes, rituals, all the religions ... You don’t need to have respect for him [Pope] because he pretends that he’s holy. ibid. Roman
This is no dream! This is really happening! ibid. Rosemary
The blood that has the most power is baby’s blood. ibid.
Is God Dead? ibid. cover of Time magazine
He has his father’s eyes. Satan is his father not Guy. He came up from Hell and begat a son from mortal woman. Satan is his father and his name is Adrian. ibid. Roman
He couldn’t love you. He couldn’t love an ungrateful little maggot like you ... You’re disgusting and filthy … Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer 2010 starring Brian Krause & Danielle Harris & Lance Henriksen & Kim Rhodes & Doug Jones & Shawna Waldron & Patricia Belcher & Wylie Allen & Sam Brilhart & Rae Dawn Chong et al, director Mark Vadik, woman's face [Beckett]
People felt sorry for old Cyrus. See, he didn’t have any skills to speak of. ibid.
His extraordinary talent for murder. ibid. Shrink
I’ll kill you for fun. ibid. villain
There is no Cyrus – it’s you! ibid. TV bird
Plug it up! Carrie 1977 starring Sissy Spacek & John Travolta & Piper Laurie & Amy Irving & William Katt & Nancy Allen Betty Buckley & P J Soles & Sydney Lassick & Stefan Gierasch & Priscilla Pointer et al, director Brian dePalma, girls chant in locker room
We can’t interfere with people’s beliefs. ibid. headmaster
The children are wandering through the wilderness of sins these days. ibid. mother from hell
You’re a woman now. ibid. mother to daughter
Daddy, what’s Martial Law? World War Z 2013 starring Brad Pitt & Mireille Enose & Daniella Kertesz & James Badge Dale & David Morse & Fana Mokoenz & David Andrews & Sterling Jerins & Abigail Hargrove et al, director Marc Forster, daughter to father
An unidentified virus strain is rapidly spreading across the state of New Jersey. ibid. radio news
Mother Nature is a serial killer. No-one’s better, more creative. ibid. young scientist
1889: In all England there is no district more dismal than that vast expanse of primitive wasteland, the moors of Dartmoor in Devonshire. The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 starring Basil Rathbone & Richard Greene & Wendy Barrie & Nigel Bruce & Lionel Atwill & John Carradine & Barlowe Borland & Beryl Mercer & Morton Lowry & Ralph Forbes et al, director Sidney Lanfield, caption
My conjecture is that he’ll be murdered. ibid. Homes
Murder, my dear Watson. Refined cold-blooded murder. ibid.
Oh, Watson. The needle. ibid. closing words
The ghosts are moving tonight, restless, hungry. May I introduce myself – I’m Watson Pritchard. In a minute I’ll show you the only real haunted house in the world. Since it was built a century ago seven people including my brother have been murdered in it. Since then I’ve owned the house. I’ve only spent one night there and when they found me in the morning I was almost dead. House on Haunted Hill 1959 starring Vincent Price & Carolyn Craig & Elisha Cook & Carol Ohmart & Alan Marshal & Julie Mitchum & Richard Long et al, director William Castle, Watson Pritchard’s introduction
A haunted house party. ibid.
If any of you will spend the next twelve hours in this house, I’ll give you each ten thousand dollars. ibid. Frederick Loren’s introduction
All the details about running the house were done by mail. ibid. Watson Pritchard
Annabel, our guests are here and fortunately still alive. Is your face on yet? ibid. Frederick Loren to Annabelle
You remember the fun we had when you poisoned me? ibid.
Good evening. I’m your host. ibid. Frederick Loren to guests
Once the doors are locked there’s no way out. ibid.
She was supposed to stay down, but the bones came up. ibid. Watson Pritchard over pool of acid
It’s not my party but yours. And you are going. ibid. Frederick Loren to Annabelle
We’re all locked in now. ibid. Frederick to guests
So beautiful. So greedy. So cold. ibid. Frederick over body of dead wife
She was murdered by one of you. ibid. Frederick to guests
What husband hasn’t at some time wanted to kill his wife? ibid.
It’s almost over, darling. Every detail was perfect. We’ve done it. The perfect crime. ibid. Dr Trent to Annabelle
The victim is alive and the murderers are not. ibid. Frederick to self
I can tell you all now Trent and my wife were trying to kill me. ibid. Frederick to guests
They’re coming for me now. Then they will come for you. ibid. Watson Pritchard
From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. H P Lovecraft, Tales of H P Lovecraft
Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history. Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger 2: Down to Earth
Hello, Clarice. Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1888