Vampire Films of the 1970s: Dracula to Blacula and Every Fang Between

by Gary A. Smith

The 1970s were turbulent times and the films made then reflected the fact. Vampire movies--always a cinema staple--were no exception. Spurred by the worldwide success of Hammer Film's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969), vampire movies filled theaters for the next ten years--from the truly awful to bonafide classics. Audiences took the good with the bad and came back for more. Providing a critical review of the genre's overlooked Golden Age, this book explores a mixed bag from around the world, including The Vampire Lovers (1970), Dracula Versus Frankenstein (1971), Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973), 'Salem's Lot (1975), Dracula Sucks (1978) and Love at First Bite (1979) and many others.

240 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2017

Reviews

[Lance Lumley]

This is a wonderful book for horror fans and movie lovers. Smith covers many types of vampire films and books from the decade, in a easy to read guide that can also be used as a resource book in finding movies to search out. There is even a section on wrestler Santo and his movies. This book has great stories in it and is well written.

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[Paul Beecher]

Given the importance of this decade and the creation of the post-modern vampire, this book could have done a lot more detailed work, that is some actual insights beyond rehashing Wikipedia (and some earlier studies). Also the quality of the images suck (pun fully intended)m but what more can you expect of a cheaply printed tome from McFarland.