Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

SCARY HISTORY: 100 YEARS OF MONSTER MOVIES

onster movies have been scaring audiences since the age of silent films. They feature fictional creatures that are involved in conflicts with humans. The inspiration for one of the first monster movies, , came from the pages of an 1818 book written by Mary Shelley. The 16-minute silent film was made in 1910 by Thomas Edison’s movie studio. At a time when movies took only one day to film, three days were spent on this movie. It was not a success, and all copies of it were thought to

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