Vampires in Silent Cinema

Gary D. Rhodes is Professor of Media, Oklahoma Baptist University. He is the author of Emerald Illusions: The Irish in Early American Cinema (2012), The Perils of Moviegoing in America (2012), and The Birth of the American Horror Film (2018). He is a founding editor of Horror Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Rhodes is also the writer-director of the documentary films Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997) and Banned in Oklahoma (2004).

• DedicationAcknowledgementsForeword by E. Elias MerhigeIntroductionChapter 1 - The First Vampire FilmsChapter 2 – VampsChapter 3 – CriminalsChapter 4 – Supernatural VampiresChapter 5 - Drakula halálaChapter 6 - Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des GrauensChapter 7 – London after MidnightChapter 8 - Vampires at HomeChapter 9 - Transformations

Rhodes' book is full of original information, presented affably. It entertains as well as informs. It moves through the 18th through 21st centuries, providing a history of vampire culture, and how it was presented through press, books, the stage and screen.