A2 Film Coursework

1. HAS THE VAMPIRE SUB-
GENRE EVOLVED GENRES
FROM HORROR TO
ROMANCE?

2. This presentation will focus on:
• How Vampires have been
romanticised
• The evolution of the
vampire genre
• Comparing the image of
the vampire

3. 1734 Present
Day
• red-faced,
• fat on blood,
• furry of foot,
• and may or may
not have
possessed more
than one nostril
• they’re cold,
• pale skin,
• perfectly defined
faces
• and delicate fangs.

4. Dracula (1931)

6. “They take the form of Wolves and
bats. They leave their coffins at
night and they feed off the blood of
the living.” – Dracula Script(1931)

7. The Lost Boys
(1987)

8. “Cool kids in distinctive
dress. Compelling; not
threatening.” – The Lost
Boys Script

9. "Sleep all day. Party all
night. Never grow old.
Never die. It's fun to be a
vampire."

10. “Joel (Schumacher) was very hip.
He portrayed the Lost Boys as a
combination of James Dean and Jack
the Ripper. There’s both a romantic
and a rebellious side to them.” –
Edward Herrmann

11. Twilight (2008)

13. “Two guys, two girls, all chalky pale,
purplish shadows under their eyes…
and all devastatingly beautiful.” –
Twilight Script

14. “Edward, 17, lanky, with untidy
bronze coloured hair. He seems
inwardly turned, mysterious. More
boyish then the others. But the
most striking of all.” – Twilight
Script

15. "Here's what vampires shouldn't be:
pallid detectives who drink Bloody
Marys and work only at night;
lovelorn southern gentlemen;
anorexic teenage girls; boy-toys
with big dewy eyes, what should
they be?
Killers, honey. Stone killers who
never get enough of that tasty
Type-A. Bad boys and girls.
Hunters… Those vamps got hijacked

16. CONCLUSION