Monsters series

Our dramatization of this myth of ancient horror is not for children. We do not minimize the genuine horror and sexuality of the story. It is not camp; it is not played for laughs, though it does have important scenes of comic relief; we take the myth of the vampire seriously. It is not a marathon; we follow where Bram Stoker leads, carefully condensing and pruning his expansive novel into a tightly structured theatrical experience of normal length. We dissected the events and chronology of his story down to the minutest detail, and we found that his work is seamless; grant him only the premise that there can be such a being as a vampire, and all else follows with flawless probability and necessity. In the end, the audience should feel that they have been with our characters on a tremendous journey, a quest with life and death at stake, not just for their lives, but for their souls as well. The end of the play--the final victory over the vampire--is a transcendent victory over evil incarnate. This play is a play--not a dramatization with narration and dialogue. It is a fully realized play for the stage, conveying story through action and dialogue. We do go so far as to use Stoker's convention in which written messages convey important events and information, but we always present such messages in the mouths and by the actions of the characters who write and send them. Last but not least, we embrace the emotional richness of the 19th century language and characterization. In many cases, we draw our dialogue directly from Stoker.

Presents synopses of several well-known horror films whose plots revolve around the experiments of diabolical scientists, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Invisible Man.

Why would a man reject civilization? Belinda could only speculate on why Barron chose to live as one with the natives of the frozen Canadian North. And on why he was called "the wolf." Murky past or no, he was the only man who could help her breach the jealously guarded privacy of the Nasaqs. If Belinda's linguistic research was to be successful, she had to contact these nomadic Eskimos. Could he be induced to help her? Their antagonism was deep and mutual--despite an electrifying physical awareness.

Recounts the plots of the 1954 film and its two sequels which followed the career of an unfriendly half-man, half-fish creature discovered in a Brazilian lake.

A werewolf who wishes to be released from his curse and die visits Frankenstein's ruined castle to learn the secrets of life and death.

Storybook adaptation of the 1958 film illustrated with black and white stills.

A giant insect frozen for millions of years thaws out in Alaska and makes its way to New York City.