Drawing on extensive material from the Sight and Sound and Monthly Film Bulletin archives, Vampires is the first in a major new series exploring the history of horror onscreen
Drawing on extensive material from the Sight and Sound and Monthly Film Bulletin archives, Vampires is the first in a major new series exploring the history of horror onscreen.
Vampires takes us from the first vampire film in 1922, FW Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors, to Carl Dreyer's Vampyr in 1932, and on through the endless versions of Dracula and other vampires that have abounded in cinema since.
It includes reviews of significant films such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Cronos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Let the Right One In, and Thirst; plus numerous features and interviews with key directors such as Neil Jordan, Harry Kümel, Michael Mann, Park Chan-wook, and Jim Jarmusch.
Contents:
Introduction
Monstrous Vampires by Anne Billson
The Female Vampire by Kim Newman
TV Vampires by Stacey Abbott
Costuming the Vampire by Catherine Spooner
Chapter 1 - Nosferatu
Shadow and Substance: Murnau's Nosferatu by Gilberto Perez Guillermo
Six Degrees of Nosferatu by Thomas Elsaesser
Herzog's Nosferatu by Beverly Walker
Plus reviews of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Shadow of the Vampire
Chapter 2 - The Gothic Vampire
Waking Life (Vampyr) by Casper Tybjerg
Blood Lines (Dracula Adaptations) by Kim Newman
Auteur of Darkness (Harry Kümel) by David Thompson, with sidebar by Nicholas Royle
Castles in Romania (The Keep) by Paul Taylor
Invasion of the Blood (Bram Stoker's Dracula) by Iain Sinclair
Plus reviews of: Vampyr, Blood and Roses, Carmilla, Black Sunday, House of Dark Shadows, Countess Dracula, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, Billy the Kid vs Dracula, Blood for Dracula, Dracula (1979), Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, The Keep, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Van Helsing
Chapter 3 - The Modern Vampire
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave...Again by Kim Newman
Bloody Tales (1990s vampire movies) by Amy Taubin Renaissance Man (Jim Jarmusch) by Nick Pinkerton Under the Influence (Cronos) by Tim Lucas
Everyday Vampires (Ultraviolet) by David Pirie
It Is What It's Not (Let the Right One In) by Mark Kermode, with sidebar by Kim Newman
The Vampire Next Door (Thirst) by Kevin Jackson, with Park Chan-wook interview by James Bell
Between the Lines (Byzantium) by Trevor Johnston, with sidebar by Kim Newman
Renaissance Man (Jim Jarmusch) by Nick Pinkerton
Plus reviews of Planet of the Vampires, The Omega Man, Incense for the Damned, Lips of Blood, Martin, Fright Night, Vamp, The Mark of Lilith, Near Dark, The Lost Boys, A Return to Salem's Lot, Vampire's Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cronos, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Addiction, Blade, Blade II, Blade Trinity, Trouble Every Day, Twilight, Let The Right One In, Thirst, Daybreakers, Let Me In, Byzantium, What We Do in the Shadows, Only Lovers Left Alive, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
