Tag Archives: Vampires

Happy New Year!

Posted on 31st December 2014 by William the Bloody

I hope you all have a Happy Undead New Year. Be carnivalesque and abandoned, even if you don’t drink . . . wine.

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Alexandra Campbell, ‘Review: Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines’

Posted on 21st December 2014 by William the Bloody

Alexandra Campbell, PhD student at the University of Glasgow, succinctly reviews here what looks to be an essential contribution to the critical literature on the vampire in literature and other media: Aspasia Stephanou’s book, Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines, … Continue reading →

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David Castillo and William Egginton, ‘Dreamboat Vampires and Zombie Capitalists’

Posted on 21st December 2014 by William the Bloody

In this essay, David Castillo and William Egginton give a very thoughtful politicised analysis of the meaning of vampires and zombies in contemporary society. A very useful adjunct to the themes discussed in the OGOM book.

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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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So Snape isn’t a Vampire …

Posted on 18th December 2014 by firekrank

In a pre-Christmas treat, J. K. Rowling has written more about Severus Snape and vampires. Apparently, you would be wrong to think that Snape is a vampire because of the clear evidence to the contrary – of course arguably, Rowling … 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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‘Christmas’ leaflet distributed in Cambridge claims homosexuals are like vampires

Posted on 15th December 2014 by William the Bloody

The monstrous vampire has longed served to represent the Other, the repulsive outsider that society shuns. And it continues to play this role, despite the ascent of the sympathetic vampire and demonic lover. As OGOM contributors have charted in the … Continue reading →

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Folk Gothic: Polish Vampires Helped into their Graves by Hoards of Villagers and Their Pitch Forks

Posted on 10th December 2014 by Sam George
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Spectral Visions: Interview with Bill Hughes

Posted on 6th December 2014 by William the Bloody

Stephanie Gallon, of the University of Sunderland’s Spectral Visions group, has interviewed me here about the Open Graves, Open Minds Project and paranormal romance. I enjoyed the interview very much; her questions were relevant and challenging and helped me clarify … 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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