Cuando nacen los monstruos

Monsters don't come out of nowhere. They are creatures that we are slow to recognize through the mist and that, before reaching us, have come a long and hesitant way from very diverse origins. A black chronicle media case, a historical episode, a scientific discovery, a mythological belief, a cursed building, a dystopian fantasy, a collective trauma... sometimes crystallize in our imagination under a monstrous appearance, sharpened by a feeling very familiar: fear. Those who have always approached horror films with a mixture of skepticism and apprehension will be surprised by the enormous influence of the twenty-five films illustrated and reviewed in this book, which have become classics and recognizable icons for everyone. Its diversity, its sources of inspiration (almost always literary), its artistic and technical quality and its frequently timeless character, justify the existence of faithful and massive fans of the irruption of terror on the screen. One of the film genres with the greatest capacity for us to stir in our seats, feel shaken in our emotions and not recover so easily after the words THE END.