Tag Archives: Hammer horror
The Lesbian Vampire: A (Fairly) Brief Media Retrospective
The Mary Sue has written a relatively brief (as the title suggests), but still interesting, media retrospective on the lesbian vampire. It covers more recent portrayals and I was very pleased to see that the Carmilla web series on YouTube … Continue reading
The Cinematic History of Fake Blood
Claret, the red stuff, gore, ichor, life fluid, strawberry jam, protesters free-bleeding at the gates of parliament. It seems like blood is everywhere. Pertinent given the conversations that I have been having with Sam regarding the Books of Blood project on … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: Books of Blood, Resources
Tagged aesthetics, blood, body Gothic, Film, Hammer horror, horror, Horror Film, theatre
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The Man Who Brought Zombies to America
Following on from the article ‘The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies’, there is this thoughtful biography of William Seabrook by Roger Luckhurst. Seabrook helped introduce the figure of the zombie into Western popular culture following his travels to Haiti where … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Hammer horror, horror, Zombies
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18 Great Films of Gothic Horror and Romance to Watch Before ‘Crimson Peak’
In lieu of my review of Crimson Peak, which will be coming later, I promise (I’m just trying to formulate exactly what didn’t sit right with me), here is a rather good list of Gothic horror and romance movies. I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Fun stuff
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Gothic, Hammer horror, horror, Horror Film
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Genevieve Valentine, ‘How the vampire became film’s most feminist monster’
A fascinating essay by Genevieve Valentine on the shifting nature of the powerful and ambivalent female vampire in cinema.
Xavier Aldana Reyes: Tribute to Christopher Lee
Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University and a contributor to the OGOM special issue of Gothic Studies, pays tribute to the late Christopher Lee here.
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Tagged Christopher Lee, Film, Hammer horror, Horror Film, Vampires
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Barry Forshaw ‘Sex and Death: Vampires from Coleridge to Hammer’
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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Tagged Carmilla, Coleridge, Dracula, Film, Gothic novel, Hammer horror, Romanticism, sexuality, Vampires
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Owen Williams, ‘A History of British Folk Horror’
A useful summary of the genre of Folk Horror in film.
History at Stake! The Story Behind Vampire Slaying Kits
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.
The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold
A brief sketch of vampires in film and TV from Carmilla to Dracula Untold.
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Tagged Angel, Anne Rice, Blade, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, Dark Shadows, Dracula, Film, Hammer horror, Interview With the Vampire, Neil Jordan, Only Lovers Left Alive, Southern Vampire series, Spike, The Lost Boys, True Blood, TV, Twilight, Vampires
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