THEY are the creepy creatures which make your hair stand on end. The killers who rule the dark and take over your dreams on nights when the moon is full.
They are the creatures of Halloween, the monstrous archetypes who have kept humankind in breathless thrall since scary stories were first told. Some of these legends have claws deep in our history as well as our psyches: the oldest legends reproduced here precede even the development of written language.
Check our interactive guide to the monsters of Halloween.
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