The Onscreen History Of Vampires Los Angeles Times Edition

LONDON, 1958. Cinema audiences are introduced to a striking new Count Dracula in Dracula from Hammer Film Productions. On screen, Christopher Lee’s tall, menacing vampire faces off against Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing. Filmed in vivid colour and far more intense than earlier versions, Hammer’s Dracula signals a bold new direction for horror on screen.

Follow the onscreen history of vampires in film and TV with a book of authentic Los Angeles Times newspaper articles. This edition documents key milestones in vampire movies and television — exactly as they were reported at the time. Relive pivotal moments, including:

– The many portrayals of Dracula, from Bela Lugosi in the 1930s to the iconic interpretation by Christopher Lee in the Dracula from Hammer Film Productions
– Cult favourites such as The Lost Boys in 1987
– Adaptations of modern vampire tales including Interview with the Vampire in 1994, True Blood and the hugely successful Twilight series from 2008
– Various versions of the classic Nosferatu throughout the decades
– Groundbreaking television such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), which helped redefine the genre
– Modern comedy hits like What We Do in the Shadows
– Recent critically acclaimed entries such as Sinners

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to create a unique keepsake. Whether for a vampire fan, a film or TV enthusiast, or someone who remembers these moments first-hand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of vampire screen history ready to be treasured. 

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.

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