Why the vampire genre will never die

Bram Stoker's Dracula is ground zero for the vampire genre. The first bloodsucking Count has had his ups and downs, but things really took off when vampires went to the movies. Today the vampire genre is a billion dollar industry. 

How has the genre managed to rise from the dead so many times? Join us on a trip to Whitby on England's north-east coast to find out how Dracula author Bram Stoker got his inspiration. What are the secrets of the genre? What role does sex and the occult play? Are vampires real?

On this episode of Arts Unveiled we explore the legend of the vampire. Enter freely if you dare! 

Special thanks to the F. W. Murnau Foundation, Dacre Stoker, Whitby Abbey, St Mary's Church in Whitby, English Heritage, Tony Partington (Bram Stoker's Apartment), the Wilmersdorf Stahnsdorf Forest Cemetery, the Stahnsdorf SW Cemetery and the town of Whitby.

00:00 Intro
00:55 The City of Whitby - Bram Stoker's inspiration
01:15 The obsessive vampire fandom
02:12 Mixing of reality and fiction
06:05 The story's immanent sex and sexuality
07:23 Dracula in the movies
11:25 The female perspective
13:19 The basis in the "Dark Arts"
14:17 Back to Whitby and the fans

Thumbnail: Picture-Alliance/United archives

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