Cristina Massaccesi is an Associate Professor in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London. Her teaching and research focus primarily on horror cinema, animation cinema, and sequential art. In 2025, she published a book on Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron, as part of the Liverpool University Press Constellations series.

• IntroductionFilm Synopsis1. Contexts2. Bringing the Undead to Life3. Reading the Vampire4. Signs and Meanings5. Nosferatu's AfterlivesAppendix: Interview with E. Elias Merhige

Cristina Massaccesi is an Associate Professor in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London. Her teaching and research focus primarily on horror cinema, animation cinema, and sequential art. In 2025, she published a book on Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron, as part of the Liverpool University Press Constellations series.

• IntroductionFilm Synopsis1. Contexts2. Bringing the Undead to Life3. Reading the Vampire4. Signs and Meanings5. Nosferatu's AfterlivesAppendix: Interview with E. Elias Merhige

Cristina Massaccesi is an Associate Professor in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London. Her teaching and research focus primarily on horror cinema, animation cinema, and sequential art. In 2025, she published a book on Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron, as part of the Liverpool University Press Constellations series.

• IntroductionFilm Synopsis1. Contexts2. Bringing the Undead to Life3. Reading the Vampire4. Signs and Meanings5. Nosferatu's AfterlivesAppendix: Interview with E. Elias Merhige