Tag Archives: Vampires

CFP: The Handbook to Horror Literature: Select chapters needed

Posted on 5th April 2017 by William the Bloody

A Call for Articles here for a collection on horror literature edited by Kevin Corstorphine and Laura Kremmel. The deadline is 30 April 2017. Most handbooks on the subject of horror focus specifically on film, whereas books on the literary … Continue reading →

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More Buffy

Posted on 26th March 2017 by William the Bloody

Some more links celebrating the 20th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whedon’s ground-breaking show had its antecedents and influences and, in turn, has influenced many high quality programmes since; these two links reveal some of the intertextual relationships … Continue reading →

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Buffy: 20 years on

Posted on 11th March 2017 by William the Bloody

Some more interesting pieces on how important Buffy the Vampire Slayer is, twenty years after it was first shown. Lauren O’Callaghan’s article ‘20 years of the Slayer: How Buffy defined a generation of TV and movies‘ explores the series’ originality … Continue reading →

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Buffy: ‘academia’s most-studied pop cultural artifact’

Posted on 9th March 2017 by William the Bloody

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was first shown twenty years ago this week. Its multi-layered cleverness, its wit and wordplay, the depth of its characterisation and its subtle feminism, have not faded. Its influence on TV has been huge and it … Continue reading →

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Love Song for A Vampire (2)

Posted on 14th February 2017 by William the Bloody

But then there’s also Annie Lennox’s ‘Love Song for a Vampire’ from Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the film which really cemented the figure of Dracula as romantic other and thus plays a central role in the development of … Continue reading →

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Vegan Vampires (or How to Make Human Blood with Beetroot Juice)

Posted on 1st February 2017 by firekrank

I have a confession to make: I’m incredibly squeamish. This is not a problem in itself but if you interests include monsters, especially vampires, piercings and tattoos, announcing that you get woozy at the sight of blood causes a few … Continue reading →

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Book: Gina Wisker, Contemporary Women’s Gothic Fiction: Carnival, Hauntings and Vampire Kisses

Posted on 18th November 2016 by William the Bloody

This new book by Gina Wisker, Contemporary Women’s Gothic Fiction: Carnival, Hauntings and Vampire Kisses, looks marvellous. It covers Angela Carter and vampires–two topics that always whet my OGOM appetite–but many other aspects of contemporary women’s Gothic too. I really … Continue reading →

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Post-millennial Vampires

Posted on 6th November 2016 by William the Bloody

Posted slightly late for Hallowe’en, but this essay by Prof. Dale Townshend on the contemporary, post-millennial vampire and what it might stand for is hugely insightful.

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Generation Dead: Consuming the Vampire – Holly Black’s ‘The Coldest Girl in Coldtown’

Posted on 26th October 2016 by firekrank

At the end of the lecture on Sedgwick, I told the group that in many ways Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (2013) was the opposite to the Sedgwick text, My Swordhand is Singing (discussed here). This meant that … Continue reading →

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Stacey Abbott, Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century

Posted on 11th October 2016 by William the Bloody

Dr Stacey Abbott of the University of Roehampton is well-known for her work on Buffy, Angel, and other cult TV series, and for research into various cultural manifestations of the Undead. She has also been a valuable participant in OGOM … Continue reading →

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