The She-Creature story
A carnival hypnotist conducts experiments in hypnotic regression that take his unwitting female subject to a past life as a prehistoric humanoid form of sea life. He uses the physical manifestation of the prehistoric creature to commit murders.
20 total · 8 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| folk belief | major | Many people openly regarded Dr. Lombardi's claims about hypnosis being a gateway into past lives to be superstitious nonsense. |
| human vs. monster | major | A strange, humanoid monster was coming up out of the sea to kill people. |
| love triangle | major | Andrea longer get get away from Dr. Lombardi in order to be with her love Dr. Ted Erickson. |
| monster | major | There was a prehistoric, humanoid creature from the sea going around killing people. |
| reincarnation | major | Key to the story was that people had past lives that could be recalled with the help of hypnotic regression. Dr. Lombardi used this technique to question Andrea about her past live as an Englishwoman who lived during the reign of King James. |
| romantic love | major | Andrea fell in love with Dr. Ted Erickson and vice versa. |
| speculative hypnosis | major | Dr. Lombardi hypnotically regressed Andrea not only to a 17th century Englishwoman, but also back to a prehistoric sea monster of humanoid form. |
| unrequited love | major | Dr. Lombardi loved Andrea but she hated him with every fiber of her being. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Bob was drunk in multiple scenes and remarks were made to the effect that he his drinking was out of control. |
| communicating with the dead | minor | Andrea took on the persona, down to the manner of speech, of a woman who had lived in 17th century England. This was explicitly interpreted by those watching as a form of communication with the dead. |