As Valentine's Day approaches, tales of first kisses, secret admirers and first loves abound. But relationships aren't always candy hearts and chocolate kisses. In fact, in these cinematic classics, love turns downright monstrous.
Dracula: "There are far worse things awaiting man than death," Count Dracula warns the beautiful Mina Harker. Eternal loneliness is inevitable when you just can't stop sucking the life out of your beloved.
Cat People: Beautiful Irena believes she is afflicted by an age-old curse: intimacy with a man will transform her from a beautiful woman to a deadly panther, forever cast out and doomed to hunt the streets by night. Will falling in love tame the jealous monster inside or unleash it?
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers: In small-town USA, a number of locals appear to be suffering from the same paranoid delusion. They are reporting that their friends and relatives are impostors; they look the same, they sound the same, but something's different on the inside. Which is worse—never finding your soulmate or losing them right before your eyes?
The Mummy: The forbidden love between an Egyptian high priest and a princess results in their being sentenced to death. Over a millennium later, an archaeological expedition unwittingly awakens the priest and sets him on a deadly quest: to reunite with his lover for eternity, no matter the human cost. Obsessed much?
Who's your favorite star-crossed cinematic monster?
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