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A cunning investigation of the monstrous in classic and modern horror

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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