An A to Z of the Undead
Organized from A to Z, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on vampires and their history. Lift the coffin and determine for yourself what is real ... and what is undead.
The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a ...
The Space Vampires, his fi fty-fi rst book, was translated into Spanish, Japanese, French, Dutch and Swedish and was later adapted for screen in the movie LIFEFORCE, directed by Tobe Hooper (SALEM'S LOT, POLTERGEIST, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW ...
In these later volumes, Harry Keogh's place has been taken by a new necroscope, Scott St. John. The entire Necroscope library currently consists of some fifteen volumes, including the collections of related short stories.
But why? In A History Of The Vampire In Popular Culture, author Violet Fenn takes the reader through the history of vampires in ‘fact’ and fiction, their origins in mythology and literature and their enduring appeal on TV and film.
Monsters and shape-shifters have always held a special fascination in mythologies, legends, and folklore the world over.
Oftentimes, they would sacrifice the children to the devils that they worshiped. Source: Florescu, Dracula: A Biography, 164; Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, 123; McNally, In Search of Dracula, 117; Trumbull, Blood Covenant, 115 ...
Troy Donahue led a "family"-like cult into New York City to commit The Love-Thrill Murders (aka Sweet Savior, Troma, 1971). Robert Quarry led the hippie-vampire cult of DeathmasteriMP, 1972).
From ancient customs to famous cases of beasts and vampires and their reflections in popular culture, five hundred entries provide definitions, explanations, and lists of suggested further reading on the macabre.
Perhaps more than any region, the American South is haunted by the mythology of the vampire, returned from the dead to drain life from the living.