This Word of the Week entry was originally posted Monday, October 12, 2009. In it, I waxed philosophical on Bram Stoker’s Dracula and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.
So many of our favorite ghouls, goblins, creeps, and freaks owe part of their terrible appeal to this week’s word. Where would Count Dracula be if he hadn’t featured a ghastly visage? I dare say Romero’s foul ghouls would have enjoyed but a fraction of their eventual fame had it not been for their iconic pallor.
pallor [pa-ler] – noun: paleness
