Muslim monsters appear rarely in film and require decoding to identify

Evidence

Coppola’s meditation on Dracula is one of many films that present Islam as a danger to the West. Hollywood productions tend to focus on Muslim characters that stand in direct opposition to the West—oppressed women, abusive men, and pan-Islamic backwardness. Muslim monsters are a bit more rare in the movies. When they are featured, a bit of genealogical work is required to reveal their identity. Such is the case of 300, Zach Snyder’s 2007 film adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 666