John Edgar Browning

An entirely original look at the evolution of a cultural phenomenon. As John Edgar Browning puts it in his Foreword, "Vampires are pure culture, and culture needs 'diggers' like Kevin Dodd.

An entirely original look at the evolution of a cultural phenomenon. As John Edgar Browning puts it in his Foreword, "Vampires are pure culture, and culture needs 'diggers' like Kevin Dodd.

"Mörkrets makter är en av de största upptäckterna i Draculas långa historia..." Så skriver skräck- och vampyrexperten John E. Browning i förordet. Detta är en unik version av Bram Stokers bloddrypande mästerverk. Den publicerades i Sverige 1899, en tegelstensroman dubbelt så lång som klassikern från 1897. Men också betydligt mer våldsam och erotisk. Det råder inte mycket tvivel om att Bram Stoker själv var delaktig -- avsiktligt eller oavsiktligt -- i tillkomsten av Mörkrets makter. Här finns ett myller av scener och karaktärer som går att hitta i Stokers arbetsanteckningar till Dracula, men som ströks till den slutliga versionen. Forskare har dragit slutsatsen att denna svenska roman redigerades med ett tidigt utkast till Dracula som grund. Både fans av Dracula och nya läsare får här en mycket annorlunda berättelse att fördjupa sig i, med ett helt nytt slut. Greve Draculitz (som han heter i romanen) har inte bara för avsikt att sprida vampyrsläktet över världen; han konspirerar med makthavare för att skapa en fascistisk världsordning där hedniska gudar ska dyrkas i blodsriter. Och i grevens slott vandrar den "vita damen", en underbart vacker kvinna som ständigt söker locka advokatbiträdet Thomas Harker i fördärvet med sina "kyssar".

Zombie Talk offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction and deep analytical set of theoretical approaches to help readers understand the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary and modern culture. With essays that combine Humanities and Social Science methodologies, the authors examine the zombie through an array of cultural products from different periods and geographical locations: films ranging from White Zombie (1932) to the pioneering films of George Romero, television shows like AMC's The Walking Dead, to literary offerings such as Richard Matheson's I am Legend (1954) and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (2009), among others.

Employing a range of approaches to examine how "monster-talk" pervades not only popular culture but also public policy through film and other media, this book is a "one-stop shop" of sorts for students and instructors employing various approaches and media in the study of "teratologies," or discourses of the monstrous.

Employing a range of approaches to examine how "monster-talk" pervades not only popular culture but also public policy through film and other media, this book is a "one-stop shop" of sorts for students and instructors employing various approaches and media in the study of "teratologies," or discourses of the monstrous.

More than 400 images trace the movie monster's history from the early 20th century to the present day in such movies as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Silence of the Lambs, and more. Foreword by David J. Skal and afterword by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Freddy, Jason, Frankenstein, and Dracula are just a few of the thrilling movie monsters in this illustrated, collectible reference guide. Monsters from major as well as minor horror films are brought back to life through domestic and international posters, movie stills, and publicity shots. Engaging commentary from leading horror fiction writers, editors, anthologists, and scholars accompany more than 400 movie posters and publicity stills from the early 20th century through to the present day. Not only will you revisit such iconic movies as The Shining, Child’s Play, Halloween, Godzilla, and Jaws, to name just a few, you will also learn about the cultural and technological developments that have played a role in the history of the indelible movie monster. Whether you’re a screenwriter, producer, director, actor, or just a fan, this reference guide is an invaluable resource about one of our greatest movie genres.

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.