Twenty years ago, nearly to the day — on Jan. 22, 2005, at 11:30 p.m. ET — the great Paul Giamatti was midtown hosting Saturday Night Live. The actor was there to do all the “normal” ostensibly fun ...

Classic movie monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man didn’t originate in cinema; they first appeared in folk tales and literature. Yet for nearly 100 years, the looks and ...