Reviewed by Doug Gibson In Gary Rhodes’ new book, “Vampires in Silent Cinema,” (Edinburgh University Press, 2023), the author cites a “non-fiction” article in the June 15, 1732 issue of The American Weekly Mercury periodical. In Hungary, it was claimed, “certain Dead Bodies (called here Vampyres) killed several persons by sucking out all their blood.” […]
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From The Times, October 26, 1923A certain amount of sympathy may be felt with the complaint which Sir Philip Burne-Jones raises in his letter today against what
A broken poem begins it. The poem is “Christabel.” It is two fragments of gothic lesbian vampire fantasy printed in every proper textbook of English literature.
It is the fear of female sexuality that may have led to the caricaturing of the powerful woman as a femme fatale, while it is clear with examples all around us that the evil that men are capable of is far more lethal