Celluloid vampires : life after death in the modern world / Stacey Abbott.

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Main Author:	Abbott, Stacey
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Stoker, Bram; Dracula. Stoker, Bram, > 1847-1912. > Dracula. Stoker, Bram, > 1847-1912 > Adaptations. Geschichte. Vampire films > History and criticism. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism. Vampire films Vampirfilm Film. Motiv (Film) Vampir. Vampirfilm. Vampire films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Introduction: A little less ritual and a little more fun. PART ONE. Bram Stoker's Dracula from novel to film. Dracula: a wonder of the modern world
The cinematic spectacle of vampirism: Nosferatu in the light of new technology
From Hollywood gothic to hammer horror: the modern evolution of Dracula. PART TWO. The birth of the modern American vampire. The Seventies: the vamire decade
George Romero's Martin: an American vampire
Walking corpses and independent filmmaking techniques
Special makeup effects and exploding vampires. PART THREE. Reconfiguring the urban vampire. New York and the vampire flaneuse
Vampire road movies: from modernity to postmodernity
Los Angeles: fangs, gangs, and vampireland. PART FOUR. Redefining boundaries. Vampire cyborgs
Vampires in a borderless world.

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