Essays on Vampire

The vampire myth is an old legend from Eastern Europe that describes vampires as the dead who have returned to life usually because they are marked from birth, they were not baptized or given correct funeral rights, they are bitten by a vampire or otherwise…

Since the rise of civilisation, every society has had those they identify with, and those that are seen as foreign or alien, and lines have been drawn between the majority and the ‘others’. Neill Blomkamp’s 2009 film District 9 and Raymond A. Villareal’s 2018 book…

More than perhaps any other monster, the vampire tends to vary in appearance. The classic creatures from which the vampire legends came with often cadaverous, resembling more than zombie of modern fiction than anything else. That changed, though, with the introduction of Bram Stoker’s Dracula….

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a work of fantasy fiction. Its eerie success comes from the ability to prey on human fears, mostly about death and sexuality. Dracula reflects the problems during the Victorian period. Most of the reviewers agreed that Dracula should of be seen…

Vampire Weekend- Integrating “Afro-pop” into Western Indie Rock Culture For my example of a band inspired by world music, I chose a popular band in western music called Vampire Weekend. The indie rock band’s music has a unique style and rhythm that can be largely…

A Comparison of the Vampire Figure in Nosferatu and The Lost Boys The vampire figure is a reoccurring monster in cinema. The film Nosferatu (F.W Murnau, 1922) deals with the monster that is Count Orlok (Max Schreck), a vampire that is particularly invested in an…

The Quest for Mythic Archetypes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Slays Again Throughout mythological studies there are common themes that tie each culture together in the form of stories. A mythological tale contains characters that portray a metaphor in order to reach an underlining theme or…

For many centuries, people liked different legends and were fascinated by mysticism. One of the examples is vampires. Many books are written and many movies are made about them where they are shown as cruel, scary, night creatures. A vampire is a dead creature that…