This workshop will focus on creatures that are related to the vampire, or are its natural enemies.

Possible topics for this panel include, but are not limited to:

• Werewolves and their various representations in film - American Werewolf in Paris, The Wolfman, Teen Wolf, The Howling, 
• Werewolves in horror 
• Werewolves with other monsters - Underworld, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter, True Blood, Twilight, Hemlock Grove, 
• Werewolves in legend and 
• Werecousins - weretigers, werelions, and werebears, oh my! (Examination of alternative forms of 
• Animal imagery in
• Zombies and other misunderstood monsters
• Zombies in films - George Romero/Zach Snyder, 28 Days Later, Warm Bodies, White Zombie, 
• Zombies in television shows - The Walking Dead/Fear the Walking Dead, iZombie, 
• Zombies in satire - Shaun of the Dead, Dead Snow, etc.
• Zombies in Modern Literature - Darren Shan, Max Brooks, Robert Kirkman, 
• Zombies in graphic 
• Violence in Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales and Gothic 
• Ghosts in 
• Ghosts in film and television - The Woman in Black, Being Human, 
• Representations of Ghosts and their impact on modern 
• Evolution of the ghost 
• Monster myths from non-european cultures: Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Native American, Pacific Islanders, etc. 
• Frankenstein’s Monster and it’s various interpretation