THEME EXPLORATION

vampirism as metaphor

10 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Martin
Martin
1977 · George A. Romero
The Slow Game
The Slow Game
2009 · Paolo Sorrentino
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
1963 · Mario Bava
Stan’s Window
Stan’s Window
2003 · Stan Brakhage
Byzantium
Byzantium
2013 · Neil Jordan
The Addiction
The Addiction
1995 · Abel Ferrara
Vampire
Vampire
2011 · Shunji Iwai
Vampire Virus
Vampire Virus
2020 · Charlie Steeds
Wazir
Wazir
2016 · Bejoy Nambiar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His film 'Vampyr' (1932) uses vampirism as a metaphor for the supernatural invasion of rational modernity and the blurring of life and death.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Crimes of the Future' and his adaptation sensibilities explore vampirism as metaphor for bodily autonomy, consumption, and existential transformation.