Jeffrey Weinstock is professor of American literature and culture at Central Michigan University. He is the author of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2007) and Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women (2008) and is an editor for The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.
This book provides a perfect introduction to the vampire subgenre that does not completely abandon historiography whilst vouching for a more organic thematic arrangement. Essential reading for vampire cinephiles and horror aficionados alike. -- Xavier Aldana Reyes The Gothic Imagination The Vampire Film is certain to provide a novel, penetrating look through the layers of meaning surrounding the bloodsucking undead. Rue Morgue The Vampire Film is well written and engaging. Jeffrey Weinstock has provided both scholars and general readers with yet another useful tool with which to hunt the vampire. -- Jim Holte Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts This timely book on the vampire film highlights the continued attraction of the genre. -- Juliette Wood Folklore