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Tag Archives: Dracula’s Daughters

Genevieve Valentine, ‘How the vampire became film’s most feminist monster’

Posted on 16th October 2015 by William the Bloody

A fascinating essay by Genevieve Valentine on the shifting nature of the powerful and ambivalent female vampire in cinema.

Posted in Critical thoughts | Tagged A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Byzantium, Carmilla, Dracula, Dracula's Daughters, Feminism, Film, Hammer horror, Interview With the Vampire, Let the Right One In, Neil Jordan, Only Lovers Left Alive, sexuality, Thirst, Vampires | Leave a comment
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