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A review by shereadytoread
The Science of Monsters: The Truth about Zombies, Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Legendary Creatures by Kelly Florence, Meg Hafdahl
informative
4.0
Audio specific: The narrator of this book was pretty good. I would have preferred they used a second narrator to do the interview portions instead of the narrator just reading off who is talking. Other than that the audio was fine.
This was an interesting take on what’s beneath monsters, fears and other elements of horror film.
Each chapter identifies a significant film (historical, innovative, socially relevant, etc.) and then connects it to a real world science question. It looks at whether certain aspects of movies are possible, what is the closest naturally known occurrence or inspirations for the aspects of horror movies that scare or intrigue us. To discuss the question they interview an “expert” to discuss it.
It’s a quick read and it’s interesting and informative. My only complaint is that there are some questions that seemed tangentially connected at best. It seemed like they wanted to discuss the film and tried to find a grounded question to ask. Also the expert level widely varied. We had everything from elementary school teachers to secure lab facility researchers.
This was an interesting take on what’s beneath monsters, fears and other elements of horror film.
Each chapter identifies a significant film (historical, innovative, socially relevant, etc.) and then connects it to a real world science question. It looks at whether certain aspects of movies are possible, what is the closest naturally known occurrence or inspirations for the aspects of horror movies that scare or intrigue us. To discuss the question they interview an “expert” to discuss it.
It’s a quick read and it’s interesting and informative. My only complaint is that there are some questions that seemed tangentially connected at best. It seemed like they wanted to discuss the film and tried to find a grounded question to ask. Also the expert level widely varied. We had everything from elementary school teachers to secure lab facility researchers.