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"The old taboos have fallen like sandcastles before the tide of rationalism."

"In a cultural sense, the 20th century has been the great age of debunking, of secularisation and de-mythologisation. It is not just that we believe less in gods and superstition: it is impossible now for racial mythologies about Jews, Arayans, and blacks to get a respectable hearing; and in large areas of social and private life the old taboos have fallen like sandcastles before the tide of rationalism. In a sense, we are all agnostics now.

There is one great exception to this: the vampire myth. To be sure, the myth is hardly a modern creation. But the audience and resonance this myth has achieved in the 20th century is quite unparalleled."

~R.W. Johnson

The existence of these films is proof of our undying facination with the undead. We want to know all the ins and outs of the movies and the legends. Dispite the fact that most contain exactly the same information, or decidedly inaccurate information, there is among them a rare jewel of truth amidst all the speculation: Vampires are alive (more or less) and well, and will continue to be, in our culture for a very long time.

Ancient Mysteries: Vampires Ancient Mysteries - Vampires
(1994)

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Starring: et al.
A&E
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• ASIN: 6303179878

Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire
(1994)

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Starring: Anne Rice, et al.
Director: Anand Tucker
• Runtime: 45 minutes
• ASIN: B00004WG45

Synopsis: The famous author of The Vampire Chronicles is profiled and interviewed in this BBC documentary. Includes readings from her novels.

Biography - Bela Lugosi Biography - Bela Lugosi
(1995)

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Starring: A & E Biography, Bela Lugosi, et al.
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• ASIN: 6303927335

Dark Shadows Vampires & Ghosts Dark Shadows:Vampires & Ghosts
(1966)

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Starring: et al.
Director: Dan Curtis, John Sedwick
• ASIN: 6303866379

Fangs! Fangs! A History of Vampires in the Movies
(1997)

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Starring: et al.
Director: Bruce G. Hallenbeck
• ASIN: 6304597630

Summary: This is a fairly standard but quite entertaining collection of clip cataloging but a small fraction of all the Dracula/Vampire movies that have been spawned by Hollywood in the last hundred years. There is no attempt to get into deep meaning or to really differentiate between the variant styles employed in such films, but you will recognize all of your favorites and probably come up with a few new flicks to track down at your local video store. Reviewer: amazingmrkimble

From Beyond: Vampires From Beyond: Vampires

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Starring: From Beyond, Joey Travolta, et al.
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• ASIN: 630500420X

Click for Price & Purchase Unexplained: The Vampire Myth
(1999)

Rated:
A&E
• ASIN: 0767010795

Synopsis: Vampire Myth doesn't provide any final answer to the question, "Are these creatures for real?" It does, however, introduce viewers to a woman who sleeps in a coffin and a man who lives with his "blood donor" and frequents a vampire fetish club in, of all places, Beverly Hills. The hour-long video also offers literary and historical perspectives for our fascination with these denizens of the dark, examining Bram Stoker's Dracula and revealing the grisly details of the 15th-century reign of Vlad the Impaler, who liked to dine among his screaming victims. Although the narration warns of disturbing imagery, the clips of modern-day vampires sucking blood from the shoulders or arms of their donors (necks, apparently, are now passé) are actually fairly tame. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

The Vampire Interviews The Vampire Interviews
(1995)

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Starring: et al.
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• ASIN: 6303406513

Synopsis: Includes mythology, Hollywood horror, and rare interviews with Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, John Carradine and Peter Cushing (one of his last on-screen appearances).

Click for Price and Purchase Vampires
(1986)

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Director:
• ASIN: 6303387780

Synopsis: This is a documentary, not a movie, but for many that's even better. This set of two videos contains mostly stories of real life vampires, It's very creepy and entertaining, might give you nightmares. It focuses mostly on the idea of vampires as a superstition, and eventually as modern vampires who just think they are vampires. There are scary interviews with modern day victims.

Vampires
(1994)

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Starring: et al.
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• Runtime: 90 minutes

Synopsis: Since the dawn of civilization, blood-drinking ghouls have been documented in every major culture around the world. From the ancient Babylonian Edimmu through Richard Trenton Chase and Jeffrey Dahmer, vampire-like beings have walked among the living.

This program takes you on a terrifying historical journey through the ages, with vivid stories of people like the 16th century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory - better known as the "Blood Countess" - who tortured and killed over 600 servant girls, drinking and bathing in their blood.
Other notorious figures include the real-life Dracula, Prince Vlad Tepes - born in 1431 in Transylvania - who impaled and killed over 100,000 people; and the German butcher Fritz Haarmann whose deadly bite claimed at least 24 young victims - and who later ground up the body parts to make sausages which he ate himself and also sold to his customers.

Vampires: Thirst for Truth Vampires-Thirst for the Truth
(1998)

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Starring: William Marshall, et al.
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• ASIN: 1575235471

Synopsis: For centuries, men and women have been entranced by and fearful of "the children of the night" -- VAMPIRES. This detailed presentation offers an extraordinary in-depth exploration of the world of the undead. Through the myths and folk tales passed from generation to generation, film clips from Hollywood's scariest movies, and engaging interviews with experts in the field, we search to discover why our fascination with this timeless phenomenon continues to this day.

Witches Vampires and Zombies

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Starring: John Russo, et al.
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• ASIN: 6302936497

ARCHIVE:
Count Dracula, The True Story (1979) d.Yurek Filjalkoski; Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1990) Rhino Video, d.Ted Newson; The Dracula Business (1974) d.Anthony de Latbiniere; The Historical Dracula, Facts Behind the Fiction (1973) d.Ion Boston; In Search of Dracula (1976) d.Calvin Floyd/Tony Forsberg; Le Vampire (1945) La Cinegraphic Documentaire, d.Jean Painleve; Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987) Umvd; Vincent Price's Dracula (1982) M&M Film Productions/Atlantis, d.John Miller

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