Tag Archives: Dracula

Vatican Wants Exorcisms for Teens Who Love Vampires

Posted on 14th April 2015 by Sam George

Thanks to Dr Beyer for forwarding the link to The Independent which today claimed that Exorcists Warn Vatican over Beautiful Young Vampires   Perhaps Pope Francis would like to borrow our vampire slaying kit complete with crucifix bible and holy water. … Continue reading →

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Barry Forshaw ‘Sex and Death: Vampires from Coleridge to Hammer’

Posted on 23rd March 2015 by William the Bloody

Instructive extract from Barry Forshaw’s British Gothic Cinema on the vampire theme in Gothic fiction from Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’ through ‘Carmilla’ and dracula to its incarnation in cinema.

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Call for Articles: Journal of Dracula Studies

Posted on 27th February 2015 by William the Bloody

Stoker-, Dracula-, and vampire-related articles sought for the Journal of Dracula Studies: We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular … Continue reading →

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Review of Mark Bruce’s ‘Dracula’

Posted on 20th December 2014 by firekrank

At the end of November, I treated myself and a friend to a performance of Mark Bruce’s Dracula. It is a sign of the how good the reviews had been that I was willing to trek from South-West London to North-East London to … Continue reading →

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Greg Buzwell, ‘Bram Stoker’s stage adaptation of Dracula’

Posted on 16th December 2014 by William the Bloody

Another useful article from the BL’s excellent series. This might be useful for OGOM MA researchers as well as those concerned with the transmutation of the vampire through various media: To coincide with the British Library’s current major exhibition, Terror … Continue reading →

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Gail Turley Houston, ‘From Dickens to Dracula’

Posted on 6th December 2014 by William the Bloody

A thoughtful short essay on Dracula and the presence of the Gothic mode in Victorian fiction generally.

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The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold

Posted on 6th December 2014 by William the Bloody

Devon Maloney gives a brisk but useful survey of the changes in the image of the literary and cinematic vampire.

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Bram Stoker: Dracula – audio and video guides

Posted on 16th November 2014 by William the Bloody

Very useful audio and video guides to Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Roger Luckhurst, editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition.

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History at Stake! The Story Behind Vampire Slaying Kits

Posted on 15th November 2014 by William the Bloody

We’ve shown a few pictures of vampire slaying kits on this blog before. Here’s a historical account of them from the British Library, where they have one on display as part of the Terror and Wonder exhibition on Gothic.

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When Edward Gorey Illustrated Dracula: Two Masters of the Macabre, Together

Posted on 1st November 2014 by William the Bloody

A short review by Maria Popova of the superb Edward Gorey’s illustrations for Dracula.

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