Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Book info: Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) (Hardcover, 184 pages) – Praeger, 1997. Language: English.

One hundred years after his creation by Bram Stoker, Dracula is still fascinating us. This study traces the changing nature of film representations of Dracula, from the early silent adaptations to recent popular dramas. Holte suggests that vampire films and Dracula adaptations have become an independent genre, the dark romance, with its own set of narrative conventions and audience expectations combining horror and eroticism. This engaging study provides readers with a natural history of the vampire, an examination of the work of Bram Stoker, a history and analysis of many film adaptations of Dracula, a survey of contemporary criticism and theory, and an extensive annotated bibliography of vampire film, fiction, and criticism. Editorial Reviews Review .,."a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film."-Fantasy Commentator

?...a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film.?-Fantasy Commentator

..."a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film."-Fantasy Commentator About the Author James Craig Holte is Emeritus Professor of English and Film Studies at East Carolina University, USA.