6  An arm or a leg

10 Nickname for magical realist Gabriel García Márquez

12 Fall Out Boy used this Frankenstein parody TV show's theme in 2015 "Uma Thurman"

13 Also known as (a.k.a.)

14 Electrical source used to bring movie monster to life

15 Monster's neck piercings

16 Long dashes

17 Naught

18 1962 novelty song was Mash for these

21 Quality of color associated with monster

22 Sphinx is whose?

25 Mr. Munster's first name

29 Stereotypic first name of lab assistant

30 Proper reaction upon meeting a monster

31 First name of little girl at end of story

35 a.k.a. Mr. Hyde

36 How to rescue damsel on railroad tracks

37 It makes the world go 'round

38 Goat-sucking beasts

39 Author Shelley's first name

 1  Tim Burton/Disney animated parody

 2  Opposite of demons

 3  A person's sense of self-esteem

 4  Large, flightless Australian bird

 5  Gives up position or hope

 7  Famous monster "birth" line (including exclamation point)

 8  Actor Karloff's first name

 9  Weaker

11 Other name for Sasquatch

12 Half man, half bull who lived on Crete

19 Won Nobel Prize for "monster" hits

20 The Cyclops had only one

23 Isolate, ignore, freeze out

24 Arizona hybrid "monster" on postcards

26 Count them

27 1935 Mrs. Frankenstein

28 Dr. Frankenstein's first name

32 Author Shelley's husband's first name

33 Beauty loved him, finally

34 Ness is one, where Nessie lives