The Man from Earth. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Man from Earth
Richard Schenkman, 2008
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Richard Schenkman, 2007

Professor John Oldman is packing his belongings onto his truck, preparing to move to a new home. As John’s colleagues press him to explain the reason for his departure, he picks up from a reference to Magdalenian cultures by Dan and slowly, and somewhat reluctantly, reveals that he is a prehistoric caveman himself from that precise period.


Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2011 book, Horror Noire
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Horror Noire
Robin R. Means Coleman, 2011
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Xavier Burgin, 2019

Horror Noire delves into a century of genre films that have portrayed, caricatured, exploited, marginalized, and eventually embraced Black Americans. Through the lens of the horror genre, the documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood, offering insights into their evolving representation and connection to these films.


Candyman. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Forbidden
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The Forbidden
Clive Barker, 1985
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Bernard Rose, 1992

The Candyman can be summoned by a person who says his name five times to a mirror, causing him to appear and kill the summoner by using a hook attached to the bloody stump of his right arm. Helen, now writing a thesis on how the residents of Cabrini-Green use the Candyman legend to cope with hardship, visits the scene of Ruthie Jean’s murder there, and meets Ruthie Jean’s neighbor Anne-Marie McCoy and her infant son Anthony.


Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Forbidden
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The Forbidden
Clive Barker, 1985
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Bill Condon, 1995

Coleman Tarrant, who was the father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant, was murdered while investigating the deaths of the three men in a manner that was similar to the Candyman legend. One year later and three years after the Candyman murders in Chicago, Professor Philip Purcell writes a book about the case. The Candyman kills Purcell in a public bathroom following a book signing.


Frankenstein. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1818 book
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Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1818
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Bernard Rose, 2015

Taking place in modern-day Los Angeles, the movie presents a unique narrative as it unfolds solely from the perspective of the Monster. Created through artificial means and subsequently abandoned by a peculiar couple of scientists, Adam finds himself subjected to relentless aggression and brutality from the society he encounters. As this once flawless creation becomes a disfigured and misunderstood being, he must confront the horrifying realities of human nature.