Kiss of the Vampire Cultural Contexts Research
Hammer Studios
- British film production company
- Well known for series of gothic horror films made form the mid-1950s until the 1970s
Conventions
- Blood - key point in a vampire film
- Neck biting and prop teeth - Teeth are one of the most important aspects of a vampire film/most recognisable feature
- Night setting - only come out at night/ allergic to sunlight
- Graveyards - good setting for vampire movies as they are creepy/ bad things happen here - negative connotation
- Gothic setting
- Coffins
- Crucifixes
- Holy water/ Garlic - weapon used against vampire/ comforting to know that the threat can be killed
- Costume/ Make-up/ Pale skin - daily dressed in black capes/ pale skin and red lips
- Indestructible - typical vampires are strong and indestructible and appear scary and hard to kill
1960s Early Progress
The beginning of the feminist movement
Poster Analysis
- Bats
- Black+Red cape
- Blood
- Damsel in distress - who is about to be bitten
- Boasts about being in colour
- Man takes the same form as the woman - a helpless victim
- Dark castle
- Moon is out - night time
- The female vampire is seen to have more power over the man - the more dominant figure
- The unusual scene of a dominant female links to the 1963 women's movement
- Genre - Neale Theory - Made up of repetition & differences e.g. horror - darkness
