CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: VAMPS AND SCAMPS: BLOODSUCKERS THROUGH THE AGES
DANCING IN THE DARK
IF LOOKS COULD KILL
UNDEAD AND UNDERFED
EUROPEAN BLOODSUCKERS
GOING GREEK !
SLAVIC VAMPIRES
ROMANIAN ROGUES
WATCH YOUR BACK !
LATIN AMERICAN SUCKERS
INDIAN AND FAR EASTERN FANGSTERS
DEAD AND LOVING IT
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Chapter 2: MASTERS OF IMMORTALITY
EARLY WRITINGS OF THE UNDEAD
THE VAMPYRE
VARNEY THE VAMPYRE
"CARMILLA"
STOKING THE FLAMES
A TALE OF TWO VLADS
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
Chapter 3: BITE ME !
HOW ARE VAMPIRES CREATED ?
THE FEAR FACTOR
EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE !
THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS
ESTABLISHING A LAIR
SMOOTH OPERATORS
Chapter 4: VAMPIRE CHARACTERISTICS
FANGS, COFFINS, AND CAPES, OH MY !
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD !
SUPERHUMAN POWERS
WHAT'S IN A NAME ?
DRESSING THE PART
A HOWLING GOOD TIME
EMBRACING YOUR INNER BUFFY
Chapter 5: COMBATING AN IMMORATAL BAD BOY
HOW DO YOU FIGHT A FIEND ?
PRACTICAL PROTECTION
HALLOWED WEAPONS
MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL
HOW DO YOU DESTROY A VAMPIRE ?
THE VAMPIRE HUNTER'S KIT
HOW TO CATCH A VAMPIRE
THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE
WATCH YOUR ASH !
Chapter 6: THE LITERARY VAMPIRE
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
LES VAMPIRES DE ANNE RICE
POPULAR VAMPIRE FICTION
BLEEDING HEARTS: THE ROMANTIC VAMPIRE
PARANORMAL NOSFERATY
COMEDIC BLOODSUCKERS
YOUNG ADULTS AND THE LIVING DEAD
THE HEARTBEAT GOES ON
PRETERNATURAL EXPLOSION !
Chapter 7: THE GENESIS OF CELLULOID VAMPIRES
BLOODSUCKING CINEMA
SILENT BUT DEADLY
NOSFERATU: THE SCOURGE OF BREMEN
ENTER DRACULA, STAGE RIGHT
HAMMERING OUT HORROR
GOING BATTY FOR BAD BOYS !
Chapter 8: LEGENDARY BLOOD DRINKERS
I VANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD !
THE VAMPIRE HALL OF FAME
HERE COME THE BRIDES !
EARLY VIXENS OF VAMPIRISM
BLOODTHIRSTY BABES
FUN WITH VAMPIRISM
HEMOGLOBIN HEAVEN
Chapter 9: REEL=TIME: THE SILENT ERA THROUGH THE SWINGING SIXTIES
SILVER SCREEN SUCKERS
THE SILENT ERA
THE 1930S: THE DAWN OF DRACULA
THE 1940S: THE COMEDY OF HORROR
THE 1950S: DRAC ATTACK !
THE 1960S: REVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
CUTE, CAMPY, AND CUNNING
Chapter 10: REEL-TIME: THE SEVENTIES THROUGH THE NEW MILLENNIUM
MODERN-DAY IMMORTALS
THE 1970S: GROOVY, GORY, AND GHOULISHLY GRAND !
THE 1980S: CAMPY, VAMPY, AND TRAMPY
THE 1990S: BUFFY, BLADE, AND BIG-TIME BAD BOYS !
THE NEW MILLENNIUM: HIP AND HORRIFICALLY ROMANTIC
SMALL-SCREEN SCREAMERS
Chapter 11: SMALL-SCREEN BLOODSUCKERS
EARLY TELEVISION VAMPIRES
THE MUNSTERS
DARK SHADOWS
MADE-FOR-TELEVISION VAMPS
PRIME TIME SUCKERS
KIDDIE NOSFERATU
FANGED AND FLAMBOYANT
Chapter 12: SO YOU WANNA BE A VAMPIRE ?
THE FLIPSIDE OF IMMORTALITY
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
PRETERNATURAL DIET
A BLOODY GOOD SHOW
IS YOUR NEIGHBORA NOSFERATU ?
GYPSIES, VAMPS, AND SEAS
APPENDIX: GLOSSARY