on independent.co.uk
Once upon a time, they were monsters to be feared. But nowadays, they are cool, sexy creatures with great hair and killer cheekbones – and what’s more, they’re everywhere…Kevin Jackson gets his teeth into the A-Z of vampires
A is for Aristocrat
B is for Byron
C is for Carmilla
D is for Dracula:
Published in 1897, and only modestly successful in its first few years, Bram Stoker’s novel is, simply, the founding text of the modern vampire myth. Its influence is impossible to exaggerate, and Stoker’s genius as a maker of popular legends is rivalled only by that of Conan Doyle. It is a matter of dispute as to how often their most famous creations have been represented on screen, but well over 200 actors have played the part of Dracula to date.
E is for Elizabeth Bathory
F is for Fangs
G is for Emily Gerard
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Vampire will never go out of style! But this is a really great general articles about the vampire genre. Do you agree?
