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).

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.

• 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