Horror: a thematic history in fiction and film

Introduction: ban this sick filth!

Hating others: religion, nationhood and identity

Mad science: Frankenstein and his monsters

Vampires: children of the night

Monsters from the id: horror, madness and the mind

Forbidden knowledge: textuality, metafiction and books

Them!: narratives of pestilence and invasion

Transformations: body horror

Hail Satan!: diabolism, the occult and demonic possession.