Research Guides: ENGL 454: Vampires: Finding Videos

Vampire Films

Vampyr (1932)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.G4 V25 2008

This is the tale of the strange adventures of young Allan Gray, who immersed himself in the study of devil worship and vampires. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla. (in German with English subtitles)
Cronos (1992)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.S6 C873 2010

Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white skin that burns under sunlight and an insatiable thirst for human blood. (in Spanish with English subtitles)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.9.H6 I57 2000

Against the backdrop of a gloomy San Francisco, the nearly two-century-old vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac, recounts the unbelievable story of his eternal transformation and a life worse than death to the sceptic reporter, Daniel Molloy.
Day Watch (2006)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.R8 D53 2007

Anton fights the forces of darkness while trying to find and save his son, but when vampires from the dark side mysteriously get killed, he is framed for their murders and must now try to escape the Day Watch who is looking for his blood. (in Russian w/ English subtitles.)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.S8 L36 2009

12-year-old Oscar is a fragile and bullied boy who finds love and revenge when he meets Eli. Eli is a beautiful but peculiar girl he befriends. She has moved into his building. Oscar does not know that she is a vampire. ( in Swedish with English subtitles)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.P4 G574 2014

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. (In Persian with English subtitles.)

Ways to watch DVDs on Campus

1. AV Rooms 1 and 2 (Mark O. Hatfield Library Second Floor). Check out keys at the Circulation Desk.

Students are welcome to contact the DLS or drop by to reserve the studio for group viewings of DVDs and we will be happy to assist them, especially in the evening or when there are no classes utilizing the space. For individual DVD watching, the studio has 7 iMACS, with external DVD drives available that can be used as DVD watching stations, students can contact us and we can reserve an iMAC for them. The studio is located in Ford 101, or we can be reached at digital-learning-studio@willamette.edu or 503-375-5492

Dracula-Based Films

Nosferatu : A Symphony of Horror (1972)
Call Number: MOH Reserve PN1995.9.S5 N7 2002

The first film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The insatiable Transylvanian vampire, Count Orlock (Nosferatu), leaves his castle in the Carpathians and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague rats.
Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection (1931 - 1948)
Call Number: MOH Reserve ; PN1995.9.H6 D74 2014

Dracula's Daughter.
Son of Dracula.
House of Frankenstein.
House of Dracula.
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein
Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream (1972)
Call Number: MOH Reserve ; PN1995.9.H6 B5 2009

African Prince Manuwalde, introduced to Count Dracula at a party, pleads for the Count's assistance in freeing his people from the slave trade. Dracula is so incensed at the request he vampirizes, curses, and imprisons Manuwalde in a coffin in the dungeon.
Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.91.G4 N68 2002

A remake of the German silent classic by F.W. Murnau, closely based on the novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ; PN1995.9.B55 S445 2001

Film director F.W. Murnau forms an unholy bargain with Max Schreck, a centuries-old vampire, in exchange for his performance in the vampire film "Nosferatu."
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) by The Quintessential Guy Maddin!
Call Number: PNCA Mezzanine DVDs ; DVD Action & Sci-Fi -- QUINTESSENTIAL

A transposition of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire yarn.
Van Helsing (2004)
Call Number: PNCA Mezzanine DVDs ; DVD Horror -- VAN

Legendary 19th-century monster hunter Van Helsing is sent to mysterious Transylvania to battle the evil Dracula

Streaming Videos

What Makes Dracula a Classic?
First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula is the chilling tale of a bloodthirsty narcissist. Drawing on European folktales and gory accounts of a 15th century ruler, the novel reimagined the age-old vampire myth for a new generation.
Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global
From Horace Walpole to John Ruskin to Bram Stoker, this is the story of how an old, derided style of architecture became a defining characteristic of the Victorian age.
Carmilla
Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and governess. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate...Inspired by the 1872 Gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

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ENGL 454: Vampires: Finding Videos

Vampire Films

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