{"product_id":"vampire-cinema-the-first-one-hundred-years-hardcover","title":"Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Frayling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Nourmand\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA century of classic vampire cinema--in posters, stills and artwork--from Murnau to \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and beyond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis visual feast celebrates classic vampire cinema--mainstream and niche--through the many colorful ways in which the key films have been marketed and consumed.\u003cbr\u003eF.W. Murnau's haunting film \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e had its premiere in Berlin in March 1922. Bram Stoker's widow, Florence, tried hard to sue the production company for breach of copyright but had to settle in the end for a court order to destroy all prints and negatives. The film kept resurrecting, though, and is now considered the first, and one of the greatest, of all vampire movies--the founder of a dynasty of prints of darkness.\u003cbr\u003eThe bloodline has spread from \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e to Hollywood's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e and progeny (1931-48); from Hammer's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eHorror of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e and sequels (1958-74) to versions of Sheridan Le Fanu's story \"Carmilla\" and other lesbian vampires (1970-2020); from the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003e'Salem's Lot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInterview with the Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e to vampires who have shed their capes, hereditary titles and period trappings to become assorted smalltown oddballs, addicts, delinquents, psychopaths, rednecks, fashionistas, gay icons, comedians and even comic-book heroes (1975-2022).\u003cbr\u003eThis book is dripping with stills, posters, artworks, press books--many of which have not seen the light of day for a very long time--and is authored by cultural historian and connoisseur of the Gothic Christopher Frayling, who has been called \"the Van Helsing de nos jours.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Frayling\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1946) is a recognized authority on Gothic fiction and horror movies. His study \u003ci\u003eVampyres\u003c\/i\u003e (1978, 1990, 2016) and his classic four-part television series \u003ci\u003eNightmare: The Birth of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) have helped to move Gothic horror from margin to mainstream. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnce upon a Time in the West\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 11.1 x 9.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765728805152,"sku":"9781909526884","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6ec1d3ab6999baa155d2efdd800f8307.webp?v=1780278139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/vampire-cinema-the-first-one-hundred-years-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}