Vampire Lovers


Book Description

A heady history of the silver screen?s undead dreamboats, this intoxicating study examines each of the mesmerizing performers who have taken on the role of leading vampire. From Buffy?s brooding flames David Boreanaz and James Marsters to Stephen Moyer, the pulse-quickening star of True Blood, every intriguing incarnation of Stoker?s monster is found here. Beginning with radical characters like Kate Beckinsale?s gun-wielding, PVC-clad action hero in Underworld and ending with delectably dark visions of legends Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, the book demonstrates precisely why the fascination with this genre ? much like Cullen?s timeless love ? will never die. Illustrated with more than 100 irresistible film stills.




A Vampire's Love


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A Vampire's Love made it all worthwhile... Accepting an invitation to a paranormal investigation on Halloween night was supposed to help Genice disprove superstitions and myths. Instead, it brought encounters with ghosts, the death of a dear friend, and the awakening of a side of her she never knew existed. Filled with excitement, peril, and sizzling romance, this is a story that you'll want to read more than once! WHAT SOME READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS STEAMY PARANORMAL ROMANCE "What a completely compelling story! I loved all of the mystical elements brought into the story. This is not your typical romance love story, it's even better! There's action, excitement, drama, intrigue, and of course, a smoldering hot vampier love interest!!" "What an incredible paranormal romance! I hope there are more to this book!" "I loved, loved, loved this book! This book had everything I wanted in a paranormal romance, insta love from an alpha vampire trying to protect his mate, drama, some mystery and lots of paranormal activity. You don't want to miss this book." "There is lots of action and paranormal activity in this novel. Throw in some steamy sex scenes and you have yourself a novel to read while relaxing with a glass of wine." "This is the first book I’ve read by Ellen Sheehan and I loved it. She has a nice writing style and tells the story well. "




Pain, Blood And A Vampire's Love


Book Description

This is the story of a girl who, after suffering a life of hurt and pain, finds her true love, but unlike most girls, she ends up falling in love with a myth, a fantasy, a dream. She finds herself actually finding love in a man that isn't a man--he shouldn't be real; he belongs in movie or in a book. To keep this dream, she must face losing him to keep him. Love know no bounds, which, for Storm, is true as the man she falls in love with is a vampire and one who will do anything to keep her safe and show her a better life.




Vampire Lover


Book Description

Razor-edged wit, plenty of bloody mayhem and unique modern illustrations set VAMPIRE LOVER apart from other horror fiction. ?Scarred, disfigured and disturbed? describe the four central characters?the invisible ?throw aways' of society. Vera ? a 62-year-old widow suffering from nightmares. Bone ? a horribly disfigured Vietnam Vet bent on suicide. Phoebe a.k.a. Little Fibs ? a beautiful adept liar, grafter and murderer. Harry/Harriet ? in life, a serially abused, bi-sexual male with multiple personality disorder; in death, a vampire. Three of these souls make choices that have dire consequences, and one follows her heart. All must deal with the consequences?




Vampires & Violets


Book Description

A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten.




Ten Years of Terror


Book Description

Documenting the heyday of independent horror film,production in Britain, 'ten Years of Terror' is an,encyclopaedic record of this era featuring a,stunning selection of film stills and truly great,promotional artwork. Films covered include: 'the,Wicker Man', 'A Clockwork Orange', 'the Devils','Countess Dracula', 'Alien', 'the Omen', 'Killer's,Moon', 'the Rocky Horror Picture Show', 'tales,From the Crypt', 'Frankenstein and the Monster,from Hell' and more! With 48 full-colour pages.,'Gruesomely beautiful and frighteningly good!' -,Hotdog (Book of the Month)




Psychoanalysis and Sovereignty in Popular Vampire Fictions


Book Description

An exploration of the uncanny modalities of eroticism in vampire literature and film. It critiques the predominant approaches to a body of texts which depict sovereignty and the will to power, and considers the shortcomings of the overwhelming focuses on sexuality in current Gothic studies.




Vampires


Book Description

From folk tales to popular culture, Vampires chronicles the long history of these bloodthirsty creatures, both real and imagined, throughout the world. People's fascination with vampires remains as strong today as it was centuries ago in Eastern Europe, and Vampires deftly explores the evolution of these seductive immortals from ancient history to popular contemporary culture. Beginning with the true stories of the cruel fourteenth-century Romanian prince Vlad Drakul, and the sixteenth-century "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory, Vampires moves into the twentieth century to explore real-life murderers whose motives were the desire to drink the blood of their victims. Vampires also explores the fictional place of vampires in popular culture and, specifically, their proliferation in literature, television and film. Vampires includes four blood-chilling stories about vampires including a professed "true" account by the famous nineteenth-century occultist Franz Hartmann. Handsomely illustrated throughout, Vampires is an essential addition to the libraries of vampire enthusiasts everywhere.




The Dracula Book


Book Description

Explores the history and lore of the vampire figure and examines Stoker's Dracula and his representation on the screen and in the comics.




The Complete Vampire Companion


Book Description

A chronicle of the origins, legends, and habits of the world's vampires, including Southeast Asia's viscera suckers and Eastern Europe's walking dead, explores the evolution of the vampire of folklore into the compelling anti-hero of literture and film.