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This book provides a perfect introduction to the vampire subgenre that does not completely abandon historiography whilst vouching for a more organic thematic arrangement. Essential reading for vampire cinephiles and horror aficionados alike. -- Xavier Aldana Reyes The Gothic Imagination The Vampire Film is certain to provide a novel, penetrating look through the layers of meaning surrounding the bloodsucking undead. Rue Morgue The Vampire Film is well written and engaging. Jeffrey Weinstock has provided both scholars and general readers with yet another useful tool with which to hunt the vampire. -- Jim Holte Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts This timely book on the vampire film highlights the continued attraction of the genre. -- Juliette Wood Folklore

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Introduction: Vampire Cinema 1. Vampire Sex 2. Vampire Technology 3. Vampire Otherness Coda: Vampirising Genre Filmography Bibliography Index

The Vampire Film

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    A Paperback / softback by Jeffrey Weinstock

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 29 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9780231162012
      978-0231162012
      ISBN-10 0231162014
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      Entertainment Films, cinema

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      This book provides a perfect introduction to the vampire subgenre that does not completely abandon historiography whilst vouching for a more organic thematic arrangement. Essential reading for vampire cinephiles and horror aficionados alike. -- Xavier Aldana Reyes The Gothic Imagination The Vampire Film is certain to provide a novel, penetrating look through the layers of meaning surrounding the bloodsucking undead. Rue Morgue The Vampire Film is well written and engaging. Jeffrey Weinstock has provided both scholars and general readers with yet another useful tool with which to hunt the vampire. -- Jim Holte Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts This timely book on the vampire film highlights the continued attraction of the genre. -- Juliette Wood Folklore

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Vampire Cinema 1. Vampire Sex 2. Vampire Technology 3. Vampire Otherness Coda: Vampirising Genre Filmography Bibliography Index

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