Living and the undead : slaying vampires, exterminating zombies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Waller, Gregory A. (Gregory Albert), 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana, Ill. : Chesham : University of Illinois Press ; Combined Academic [distributor], 2010.
Subjects:	Vampire films > History and criticism. Zombie films > History and criticism. Horror films > History and criticism. Vampires in literature. Zombies in literature. Horror tales > History and criticism. Films de zombies > Histoire et critique. Films d'horreur > Histoire et critique. Vampires dans la littérature. Zombies dans la littérature. Récits d'horreur > Histoire et critique. Horror films. Horror tales. Vampire films. Zombie films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Stories of the Living and the Undead
Part 1. The Moral Community and the King-Vampire: Into the Twentieth Century
Part 2. Dracula Retold : Dracula: The Vampire Play (1927), Dracula (1931), and Dracula (1979) ; Horror of Dracula, Hammer's Dracula Films, El Conde Dracula ; Dracula (1973) and Count Dracula (1977)
Part 3. The Sacrifice of the Pure-Hearted Seer: Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror and Nosferatu the Vampyre
Part 4. Legions of the Undead : The Invasion of America ; Land of the Living Dead
Conclusion: Resolution, Violence, Survival
Appendix: Précis of Dracula: The Vampire Play.