A cunning investigation of the monstrous in classic and modern horror
PREFACE vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1. Stories of the Living and the Undead 3
PART ONE: The Moral Community and the King-Vampire 2. Into the
Twentieth Century 29 PART TWO: Dracula Retold 3.
Dracula: The Vampire Play (1927), Dracula (1931), and Dracula
(1979) 77
4. Horror of Dracula, Hammer's Dracula Films, El Conde
Dracula 113
5. Dracula (1973) and Count Dracula (1977) 146 PART
THREE: The Sacrifice of the Pure-Hearted Seer 6. Nosferatu, A
symphony of Horror and Nosferatu the Vampyre 177 PART
FOUR: Legions of the Undead 7. The Invasion of America
233
8. Land of the Living Dead 272 CONCLUSION 9.
Resolution, Violence, Survival 331 APPENDIX: Precis of
Dracula: The Vampire Play 361
INDEX 363
Gregory A. Waller is professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington. His books include Main Street Amusements: Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a Southern City, 1896-1930.
"A fascinating account of the changing trends in vampire fiction ...People truly interested in horror literature and films will find Waller's book invaluable." West Coast Review of Books "Highly recommended as a source book for those interested in the horror genre. In addition, Waller's book provides a critical abundance of empirical data for any scholar concerned with genre studies, history, adaptation, narrativity, and intertextuality." Wide Angle
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