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Monsters and the movies they inspired

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MPAA rating: variously R, Not rated

Monsters and the movies they inspired

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For centuries humans have told scary stories to thrill each other and warn about what dangers lurk in the darkness. Across America and around the world, we've searched for meaning in these stories passed on for generations by giving them life on the big screen, and searching for truth in the real world of our ancestors' nightmares. Enjoy over 18 hours of the lore of some of culture's most terrifying and classic horror stories that bring these mysterious beasts to lifeMonsters among us: Monsters. Ghosts. Zombies. From horror movies to Halloween, we see the creatures that go bump in the night everywhere, but where did they come from? The primal fears of our ancestors fueled the stories that lived on through legend, page, and screen. Join us as we peer into the histories of some of the most prevalent creatures in pop culture, including vampires, werewolves, zombies, and ghostsChasing bigfoot: the quest for truth: The series looks at the Bigfoot legend through the eyes of the true believers, who devote their lives to discovering the hidden truth and bringing home the evidence to prove it. For many decades, there has been grainy photographs and campfire stories told of a towering creature that lived in solitude, in the forests of North America. But where some people see a myth, others see a chance to make historyNight of the living dead: A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a bloodthirsty, flesh-eating breed of monsters who are ravaging the East Coast of the United StatesCount Dracula and his vampire bride: In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism. They call in an expert vampire researcher named Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing (a descendant of the great vampire-hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing) to help them put a stop to these hideous crimes. It becomes apparent that the culprit is Count Dracula, disguised as a reclusive property developer, but secretly plotting to unleash a fatal virus upon the worldThe werewolf vs. the vampire woman: Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to come back to life, hungrier than ever. Daninsky has a hidden secret of his own, but will it be enough to save the two girls from becoming Wandessa's next victims?The devil's nightmare: A group of tourists traveling on a bus take a detour to stay overnight in a castle owned by a family cursed with a history of Satanism and deathThe she-beast: A newlywed English tourist and an eccentric Transylvanian Count must work together when the former's beautiful wife is made the bodily host of a horrific witchSnowbeast: A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes

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live action