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Spoofing the Vampire : Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacon, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vampire films--History and criticism.
- Vampire films.
- Vampires on television.
- Comedy films--History and criticism.
- Comedy films.
- Wit and humor in motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Film criticism.
- Television criticism.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Famous for being deathly serious, the vampire genre has a consistent yet often critically overlooked subgenre-the comedic spoof and satire. This is the first book dedicated entirely to documenting and analyzing the vampire comedy on film and television. Various types of comedy are discussed, outlining the important differences between spoofing, serious-spoofing, parody and satire. Seminal films such as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Love at First Bite, Vampire in Brooklyn, Dracula: Dead and Loving It and What We Do In the Shadows are featured. More importantly, this book demonstrates how comedy is central to both the common perception of the vampire and the genre's ever-evolving character, making it an essential read for those interested in the laughing undead and creatures that guffaw in the night."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Comedy and the Vampire
- What We Do in Twilight Shadows
- The Comedy of Terrors
- Dracula in New York
- Less Blacula and More Buffy
- Part II: Spoofing Across Media
- Care for a Bite?
- Defanging Nosferatu
- Between Sentimentality, Sentience and Sense Making
- Part III: Spoofing and Gender
- "Meet the Camp Vamp"
- Refusing Life in the Shadows
- Mocking Masculinity
- Fuckable Bodies
- Part IV: Seriously Spoofing
- Vampires Clashing with the 21st Century
- Spoofing the Byronic, Changing the Vampire
- A Spike for an Angel
- "This is the bloody twenty-first century!"
- About the Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bacon, Simon Spoofing the Vampire
- ISBN:
- 9781476647395
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