MONSTRUOS Y CRIMINALES, MONSTRUOS EN LA FICCIÓN BASADOS EN PERFILES CRIMINALES.

Abstract

The phenomenon of serial killers has been rasing its popularity, from Jack the Ripper’s and the terror that it caused to everyone who was familiar with his crimes, to the emergence of new serial killers who managed to humanize their image to through the media. There was so much the interest from society in this topic, that the media 3 focused on introducing these new characters into films, series and even documentaries, Nowadays we can still evidence its representation since there are TV series of serial killers that appeared more than 40 years ago. Because of the level of violence that these cases projected, how bizarre and strange they were, the media began to link these figures with classic monsters such as Dracula or Werewolf, generally using them as nicknames to mention them on the news or media in general. On the other hand, authors such as Holmes and Holmes, worried about creating typologies that divide the murderers so the society can have a better understanding of their actions, he based his work on their motivation, way of killing, patterns of behavior, among other reasons. It is at this moment that the similarity between classic monsters and criminological profiles was clear.