1000 Vampires on Screen Vol 2 (hardback)

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>1000 Vampires on Screen</em> is a truly unique collection written by award-winning author and vampire-genre expert Simon Bacon that in two packed volumes covers the history of vampires on film and television. Looking at examples from <em>Nosferatu </em>to<em> Duckula Blacula </em>to <em>Twilight</em> and <em>Dark Shadows</em> to <em>True Blood </em>the story of the screen vampire from its first appearance on film is told from the perspective of the vampire itself charting its journey from a hideous devilish monster through to romantic lead and even as aspirational role model. It is a trip that takes us around the globe to countries in every continent and even some places in outer space encompassing bloodsuckers energy-drinkers soul-takers life-absorbers body-copiers man-eating-plants possessed objects sexoholics eternal lovers and vegetarian vampires to name but a few. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>               Further to this the two volumes of<em> 1000 Vampires on Screen</em> also features 30+ exclusive interviews with the writers directors and actors that have brought these undead creatures to life. Jim Wynorski Henry Rollins Robert Bierman Debbie Rochon Neil Jordan Anna Silk Doug Jones Leonor Varella Catherine Hardwicke and James Woods amongst many others discuss what glamoured them about the vampire how they became them on screen and why so many of them returned to its embrace again and again. Many of them also share exclusive and personal onset photographs design images and publicity shots to give new perspectives on themselves and on the vampires they created.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>               All of this is supported by cross-reference notes on all the entries and extensive Film and Actor and Director Indexes making <em>1000 Vampires on Screen</em> not only an indispensable reference tool for professionals and enthusiasts alike but one of the most inventive and important books on the vampire genre of 2023.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>1000 Vampires</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> offers a delectable buffet of screen vampires full of prime cuts and rare meats. It ranges from </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>to </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Zoltan</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Hound of Dracula via vamps both famous and obscure and from the first flickers of celluloid to the latest undead streaming shows from around the world. Simon Bacon's compendious knowledge and enthusiasm leaps off every page. A bloody valuable resource for every budding vampirologist.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Professor Roger Luckhurst editor of Oxford World's Classics edition of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dracula </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and the</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Cambridge Companion to Dracula</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em></p><p><br></p>