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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822473903321

Autore

Weinstock Jeffrey Andrew

Titolo

The vampire film : undead cinema / / Jeffrey Weinstock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Wallflower, , 2012

ISBN

0-231-85003-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Short cuts ; ; 48

Disciplina

791.43675

Soggetti

Vampire films - History and criticism

Monster films - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography (pages 130-133).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-138) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : vampire cinema -- Vampire sex -- Vampire technology -- Vampire otherness -- Code : vampirising genre.

Sommario/riassunto

This introductory volume offers an elegant analysis of the enduring appeal of the cinematic vampire. From Georges Méliès' early cinematic experiments to Twilight and Let the Right One In, the history of vampires in cinema can be organised by a handful of governing principles that help make sense of this movie monster's remarkable fecundity. Among these principles are that the cinematic vampire is invariably about sex and the vexed human relationship with technology, and that the vampire is always an overdetermined body condensing what a culture considers other. This volume includes in-depth st