These are films that have either been influential in the development of the modern concept of the vampire, or that serve as a good example or illustration of some element of the vampire legend. It is not intended as any kind of comprehensive list of vampire films, which would be beyond the scope of this work. The following film list is presented chronologically. Wolf, Leonard (ed.), The Essential Dracula (Plume, 1975) Film Twitchell, James B., The Living Dead: The Vampire in Romantic Literature (Duke University Press, 1985) The Vampire in Europe (Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1929) Summers, Montague, The Vampire, His Kith and Kin (Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1928), Gordon, The Vampire Book (Visible Ink Press, 1994) and Florescu, Radu, In Search of Dracula (N.Y. Haining, Peter, The Dracula Scrapbook (Bramhall House, 1977) The Saint-Germain Chronicles (short story collection) (1983),īarber, Paul, Vampires, Burial and Death (Yale University Press, 1988)īunson, Matthew, The Vampire Encyclopedia (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993)įrayling, Christopher, Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula (Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1991) Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn, Hôtel Transylvania (1978), Wilson, Colin, The Space Vampires (1976)* Tieck, Johann Ludwig (att.), ' Wake not the Dead' (1800) Saberhagen, Fred, The Dracula Tape (1975), Rice, Anne, Interview with the Vampire (1976)*, Powers, Tim, The Stress of Her Regard (1989) Leiber, Fritz, ' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes' (1949) Jacobi, Carl, ' Revelations in Black' (1933) Marion, ' For the Blood is the Life' (1911) Asterisks denote stories which have been adapted to films.Īnonymous, ' The Mysterious Stranger' (1860)īeaumont, Charles, ' Place of Meeting' (1953)īloch, Robert, 'The Cloak' (1939), ' The Living Dead' (1967)Ĭrawford, F. Novels are listed in italics and short-stories within quotation marks. Inclusion was based upon originality and influence the list is by no means complete. Here are some of the most significant contributions to vampire literature. If you spot any broken links or other problems with this page, please report them to for GURPS Blood Types Books Fiction You can find an index of all the GURPS bibliographies we have online here.

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