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“There Is Much to Be Learned from Beasts”: Science and Magic in Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
When I was about 7 or 8, I snuck downstairs one October…
“For the Dead Travel Fast”: Vampirism and Cinema
Vampires are, by definition, parasites. They don’t devour the living, like a…
Sublime Horror in Lovecraft Country (2020) and The NeverEnding Story (1984)
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind…
“Kill the Brain”: Partial Information and the Partially Devoured in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The term ‘zombie’ is never spoken in what many consider the first…
“Kiss Me and I’ll Claw You to Death”: The Feline Femme Fatale in Cat People (1942)
Imagine you’re on a date with a beautiful woman. Things are going…