The vampire film / James Ursini and Alain Silver
1975, First Edition. South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes. Fine copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #328039
ISBN: 0498014290
Physical description; 238 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. Contents; Part One: The vampire in film and literature -- Sources of the vampire lore in film -- The vampire in legend -- Historical and natural "vampires" -- The vampire in literature and the arts -- The male vampire -- The vampire figure -- Dracula -- The sympathetic male vampire -- The female vampire -- Elisabeth Bathory -- Carmilla Karnstein -- Other daughters of darkness -- Vampyr -- Emerging traditions -- Hammer and the Victorian psychology -- Mario Bava and the Baroque image -- Part Two: filmography and bibliography. Subject; Vampire films History and criticism. Horror films. Cinema.
Price: €21.95