Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds by Leo Braudy

 This is a big title. The title is so big that this should be considered as a chapter, and should be included in content table :)

Joke apart, this is not what I actually thought it to be, and it lies with me for misunderstanding the title. I expected that this will largely based on how the ghosts, and other horror elements came into existence and survived over the time.

However, this is more about how some of the older myths around such entities ended up in the media channels which are largely film, and television.

This does briefly talk about the fear, and the nature of fear but eventually delves more into movies. So, if you're looking for a guide on how ghosts, monsters, zombies etc got into the movies then this is a right reference book.

I was not looking for the above but I still enjoyed it.

Maybe not worth reading 260 pages but can give you a lot to explore further.

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