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Vampires

GNC said:
Maybe it wasn't in the 1930s. It's a nasty little book anyway, and Pinkie was a snivelling little coward by the end, like most bullies.
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I was never interested in that part of life in the UK so gave Greene a miss. I've seen the film/tv adaptions though.
 
Naughty_Felid said:
I was never interested in that part of life in the UK so gave Greene a miss. I've seen the film/tv adaptions though.
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The Dickie Attenborough one is genuinely great, even with the toned down ending. Didn't see the remake.
 
GNC said:
The Dickie Attenborough one is genuinely great, even with the toned down ending. Didn't see the remake.
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The remake of Brighton Rock had Sam Riley in it, as did -

David Plankton said:
there's a recent-ish film where the vamps have an extendable/retractable pointy thumbnail for blood-letting, instead of fangs.

Byzantium.
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So we have come full circle.
 
Souleater said:
No pic?
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Souleater said:
Sort of look like they are made of sable lol
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And the soccer mom haircut doesn't really fit with the blond Elvira look either. Without the pointy teeth and Eddie Munster eyebrows, she's actually a nice-looking woman.
 
lordmongrove said:
Montegue Summers fighting vampires. I don't belive a f***ing word of it.
https://www.peterunderwood.org/the-...mAC5-zMx0Xm5fHHgbeKtEULfEqb-exd0_u5XRkn-TBYY8
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That takes me back to the early to mid 90s, when I found a lot of vampire/factual/fictional books - some on a 2nd hand market stall. I had a Montague Summers book and I am sure I read something edited by Peter Underwood. I intended to keep the collection as I was interested in the folklore/fiction/factual connections. I think I lost the books some years ago. I moved a few times and the books seem to have vanished from my belongings sadly.
 
Whitby Abbey seeks vampires to beat world record in honor of Dracula's 125th anniversary

The Gothic ruins that inspired "Dracula" are inviting in the world's largest gathering of vampires -- or just people dressed as them -- to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel's release.

Located in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, the ruins at Whitby Abbey consist of a monastery built in the 600s that later became a 13th century Benedictine abbey.

The novel's author, Bram Stoker, visited the site in 1890. He even picked up the name of his villain from a book he read at the public library on Vlad Tepes -- better known as Vlad the Impaler -- during his visit.

On May 26, the abbey will be attempting to break the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires. The record is currently held by Ed Kuhlmann, who organized 1,039 participants dressed as vampires in Virginia in 2011, according to Guinness.

Entry to the abbey will be free for all those wearing "traditional vampire fancy dress" and participate in the record attempt.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/24/world/vampire-world-record-whitby-abbey-dracula-trnd/index.html

maximus otter
 
Whitby goth festival will be useful in recruiting vampires. I heard this on the radio the other day when I was getting my hair cut.

There was a time when I was a goth and vampires and the folklore/fiction/factual/historical aspects were a huge interest to me.

Whitby Abbey is worth a visit. And the church at the top of the steps. You get a good view of the sea that Dracula came in on (in Stoker's novel)....
 
maximus otter said:
Whitby Abbey seeks vampires to beat world record in honor of Dracula's 125th anniversary

The Gothic ruins that inspired "Dracula" are inviting in the world's largest gathering of vampires -- or just people dressed as them -- to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel's release.

Located in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, the ruins at Whitby Abbey consist of a monastery built in the 600s that later became a 13th century Benedictine abbey.

The novel's author, Bram Stoker, visited the site in 1890. He even picked up the name of his villain from a book he read at the public library on Vlad Tepes -- better known as Vlad the Impaler -- during his visit.

On May 26, the abbey will be attempting to break the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires. The record is currently held by Ed Kuhlmann, who organized 1,039 participants dressed as vampires in Virginia in 2011, according to Guinness.

Entry to the abbey will be free for all those wearing "traditional vampire fancy dress" and participate in the record attempt.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/24/world/vampire-world-record-whitby-abbey-dracula-trnd/index.html

maximus otter
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They've done it!

A new world record has been set for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires.

A total of 1,369 people attended Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire dressed as the ghoulish character, breaking the previous record of 1,039 set in 2011.

The event was organised to mark 125 years since Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was published in 1897.

The Gothic horror tale was said to have been inspired by Stoker's trip to Whitby in 1890.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-61597097
 
This new ScienceAlert article describes a recent(?) 17th century Polish burial in which a sickle blade was fixed over the deceased's throat to prevent it from arising again. It's not clear whether this 2022 article is describing a discovery different from ones reported back to 2014 (per additional links below).

I've seen references to the cross-throat sickle placement before. I'm not sure I'd ever seen the padlocked big toe approach mentioned previously.

'Vampire' in Poland Found Buried With a Sickle to Prevent The Rise of The Dead

The skeletal remains of a female 'vampire' were found in a 17th-century Polish graveyard – with a sickle across her neck to prevent her rising from the dead.

Professor Dariusz Poliński from Nicholas Copernicus University headed the archaeological dig that led to the discovery of the remains, which were found wearing a silk cap and with a protruding front tooth, the Daily Mail reported Friday.

"The sickle was not laid flat but placed on the neck in such a way that if the deceased had tried to get up… the head would have been cut off or injured," Poliński told the Daily Mail.

In the 11th century, citizens of Eastern Europe reported fears of vampires and began treating their dead with anti-vampire rituals, ... believing that "some people who died would claw their way out of the grave as blood-sucking monsters that terrorized the living". ...

By the 17th century, ScienceAlert reported such burial practices "became common across Poland in response to a reported outbreak of vampires."

"Other ways to protect against the return of the dead include cutting off the head or legs, placing the deceased face down to bite into the ground, burning them, and smashing them with a stone," Poliński told the New York Post.

Though other common anti-vampire burial methods included a metal rod hammered through the skeleton, the remains in Poland were found with the sickle across the neck and a padlocked toe to restrain her. ...
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FULL STORY (With More Photos): https://www.sciencealert.com/vampir...with-a-sickle-to-prevent-the-rise-of-the-dead

See Also:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...MPIRE-pinned-ground-sickle-throat-Poland.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/research-reveals-the-origin-of-poland-s-mysterious-vampires

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...men-out-town-girl-or-boy-next-door-180953476/
 
EnolaGaia said:
This new ScienceAlert article describes a recent(?) 17th century Polish burial in which a sickle blade was fixed over the deceased's throat to prevent it from arising again. It's not clear whether this 2022 article is describing a discovery different from ones reported back to 2014 (per additional links below).

I've seen references to the cross-throat sickle placement before. I'm not sure I'd ever seen the padlocked big toe approach mentioned previously.


FULL STORY (With More Photos): https://www.sciencealert.com/vampir...with-a-sickle-to-prevent-the-rise-of-the-dead

See Also:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...MPIRE-pinned-ground-sickle-throat-Poland.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/research-reveals-the-origin-of-poland-s-mysterious-vampires

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...men-out-town-girl-or-boy-next-door-180953476/
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This may well be a burial intended to prevent vampire return, I don't know, but I sometimes think the word 'vampire' is thrown in to appeal to the modern reader. There was a belief in northern Europe dating back at least to medieval times that the dead would return, and be dangerous, without them necessarily being vampires, and in some folklore the methods by which they were permanently grounded are described in exactly the way some supposed vampires are laid to rest.
 
PeteByrdie said:
This may well be a burial intended to prevent vampire return, I don't know, but I sometimes think the word 'vampire' is thrown in to appeal to the modern reader. ...
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Agreed ... I think the label "vampire" is being thrown around out of proportion to the actual involvement of blood-drinking folklore in these practices. The overlay of 19th / 20th century fictional tropes has distorted our view of historical beliefs and motivations.
 
I was once attacked by one of these blood sucking types that tried to make me fall under their control by using a taser to subdue me………..turns out that they were an ampire!
 
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