That is meant to be analysed in this dissertation through six novels: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, Rosemary s Baby by Ira Levin, TheExorcist by William Peter Blatty, The Other by Thomas Tryon, Shining by Stephen King, and their adaptation for the screan, The Innocents by Jack Clayton, Village of the Damned by Wolf Rilla, Rosemary s Baby by Roman.