Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), and Tod Browning'sĭracula (1931). Of the three base texts of the genre-Bram Stokers's novel Dracula It is impossible to discuss vampire cinema without an examination Useful to both the serious student and the casual viewer. Intelligent perspective with which to view vampire films, and they are The vampire always returns (even Buffy the Vampire Slayer knew this),Īnd the cinematic vampire is an overdetermined body condensing what theĬulture considers 'other.' These general principles provide an Sex, the vampire is always more interesting than those who pursue it, Also significant and useful is his list ofįour principles of vampire cinema: the cinematic vampire is always about HisĮxamination of these three essential aspects of vampire cinema is both To survey the field-Weinstock focuses on three aspects of VampireĬinema: vampire sex, vampire technology, and vampire otherness. That the boundaries are far too broad to be meaningful and then moves on In examining a genre that he says does not exist-he slyly suggests Weinstock manages to engage both in his timely study.

Series are aimed at both academic and non-academic readers, and Texts covering a wide spectrum of Film Studies subjects. Short Cut Series, a Wallflower Press project to provide introductory His articulate and intelligent analysis of vampireĬinema considers the entire body of vampire films but focuses on theĬontemporary developments of the genre. Major aspects of vampire cinema is a continuing exploration of what Serious analysis of vampire films is still possible and that one of the Weinstock resolves the contradiction by demonstrating that a Not a lot to say about vampire movies, but because a characteristicįeature of vampire movies is that they do the saying themselves' Tempted to say does not need to be written. 'This is a book about vampire movies, but it is a book that I am

Weinstock presents his readers with an apparent contradiction: In his introduction to The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema Jeffrey The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema.' Retrieved from 2013 The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts 06 May. The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema.' The Free Library.

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