The Blood Is the Life: The Vampire Cinema from Nosferatu to Salem’s Lot

Since the early days of cinema vampires have always been a source of fascination for filmmakers.

From the classic black and white films such as Bela Lugosi’s Dracula, Mark of the Vampire, Dracula’s Daughter to the gory delights of Hammer’s Dracula saga and other vampiric interpretations such as Kiss of the Vampire, Vampire Circus and Twins of Evil to 80s classics such as Fright Night and Lost Boys right up to such cinematic bloodsuckers as Renfield, Last Voyage of the Demeter and Abigail.

Edited by Eric McNaughton and Darrell Buxton, The Blood Is the Life: The Vampire Cinema from Nosferatu to Salem’s Lot (2024) is available from We Belong Dead.

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