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Mary Y. Hallab: Vampire God

January 25th, 2010 | Posted in death, folklore, vampire

One of the helpful features of Amazon.com is its “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…” recommendations. In a quest for new research and discussion topics using this feature I came across a book by Mary Y. Hallab, titled Vampire God: The Allure of the Undead in Western Culture (SUNY Press, 2009). I’m glad I […]

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Two Promising Books, Authors, and Interviews for 2010

December 15th, 2009 | Posted in monsters, vampire

I’m reading a couple of books to prepare for interviews after the first of the year. They are both very good, so I’ll give them a plug and a preview. I became aware of the first one while reading a book proposal for my friend W. Scott Poole, author of Satan in America. It is […]

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The Old West Meets the Undead: PCA/ACA Call for Papers

October 12th, 2009 | Posted in call for papers, pop culture, vampire, zombie

The combination of certain genres don’t work for me. In this case the Old West connecting with horror, specifically in the form of cowboys combined with zombies, vampires, and other horror icons, but apparently they work for some people and have become the focus of academic consideration. Following is a call for papers from the […]

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Joseph Laycock: Vampires Today

August 25th, 2009 | Posted in Joseph Laycock, vampire

For quite some time the vampire has been an important figure in popular culture. While the zombie has been a rival in recent decades as a monstrous icon, the vampire seems to be making a comeback as the increasing number of books, films, and television programs featuring this figure indicate. I recently finished reading a […]

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Vampire Fest 2009 Film Submissions

August 7th, 2009 | Posted in vampire

        I received a press release today from the Vampires News Network that I pass along here for readers. Pasadena, Calif. August 6, 2009. Vampire Fest 2009 will take place in the beautiful city of New Orleans from October 23 – 26, 2009. Filmmakers have heard our call, and Vampire Fest has […]

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Entertainment Weekly, Again: Vampires!

August 1st, 2009 | Posted in horror, vampire

With another post inspired by a feature in Entertainment Weekly, indeed, back to back posts, readers may wonder about my magazine reading habits, or think that I am on the payroll for EW. Neither situation should be of concern, but it is interesting that the magazine has now featured aspects of horror in two consecutive […]

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Titus Hjelm – From Demonic to Genetic: The Rise and Fall of Religion in Vampire Film

July 21st, 2009 | Posted in Blade, Underworld, vampire

A few weeks ago I was thumbing through the program for the American Academy of Religion conference that will be meeting in November of this year. One of the areas of interest is religion and popular culture, and several presentation topics caught my eye. One was by Titus Hjelm of the University College, London. He will be […]

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Romance, Gender, and Horror Icons

June 20th, 2009 | Posted in vampire, zombie

Vampires have had a long connection to sexuality and romance as they have been expressed through literary history. Dracula, the most famous, or infamous, of all vampires is well known for playing off a sense of eroticism, both in his encounters with women, and also at times forms of homoeroticism as well. This connection has […]

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HBO’s True Blood: Viral Marketing and Fact-Fiction Reversals

June 14th, 2009 | Posted in hyper-real spiritualities (or fiction-based), True Blood, vampire

A recent article in religion dispatches, “True Blood: When Marketing Goes For the Jugular,” by Joseph Laycock, author of Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampires (Praeger, 2009), describes an interesting scenario where the lines between horror fiction and popular culture were blurred, and for some, obliterated. Laycock discusses the hit HBO series True Blood, […]

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New David Wellington Vampire Book – 23 Hours: A Vengeful Vampire Tale

April 10th, 2009 | Posted in David Wellington, vampire

David Wellington, author of three previous vampire novels as part of the Laura Caxton series, including 13 Bullets, 99 Coffins, and Vampire Zero, is about to release the latest in his series with 23 Hours: A Vengeful Vampire Tale (Three Rivers Press, 2009). The press release for the forthcoming book describes its storyline: After killing […]

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