How to Kill a Vampire
eBook - ePub

How to Kill a Vampire

Fangs in Folklore, Film and Fiction

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Kill a Vampire

Fangs in Folklore, Film and Fiction

About this book

A fascinating investigation of what strikes fear in an immortal's heart

Vampires exist. And in every culture with a legend about bloodsuckers that rise from the grave to prey upon the living, there are rules and rituals for how to destroy them. How to Kill a Vampire is the first book to focus specifically on all known ways to prevent vampirism, protect oneself against attacks, and ultimately how to destroy the undead, as documented in folklore as well as horror film, TV, and books.

Covering everything from obscure legends to contemporary blockbusters, Ladouceur's unique approach to vampires traces the evolution of how to kill the fictional creatures and celebrates the most important slayers.

In exploring how and why we create these monsters and the increasingly complex ways in which we destroy them, the book not only serves as a handy guide to the history and modern role of the vampire, it reveals much about the changing nature of human fears.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Author's Note
  3. Introduction: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
  4. Chapter One: The Evolution of Vampire Killing
  5. Chapter Two: Detection, Prevention and Protection
  6. Chapter Three: The Weapons
  7. Chapter Four: In Praise of the Slayer
  8. Chapter Five: A Few Words on Vampire Suicide
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Selected Sources
  11. Copyright