For Halloween, you really can't do better. Images here are from 'Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years,' the newest gothic horror deep dive by @christopherfrayling & @reelartpress — launching tonight, Monday, October 31 at 6 PM, @rizzolibookstore ⁠ ⁠ This visual feast celebrates classic vampire cinema—mainstream and niche—through the many colorful ways in which the key films have been marketed and consumed.⁠ ⁠ F.W. Murnau's haunting film 'Nosferatu' had its premiere in Berlin in March 1922. Bram Stoker's widow, Florence, tried hard to sue the production company for breach of copyright but had to settle in the end for a court order to destroy all prints and negatives. The film kept resurrecting, though, and is now considered the first, and one of the greatest, of all vampire movies—the founder of a dynasty of prints of darkness.⁠ ⁠ The bloodline has spread from Nosferatu to Hollywood's 'Dracula' and progeny (1931–48); from Hammer's 'Dracula/Horror of Dracula' and sequels (1958–74) to versions of Sheridan Le Fanu's story 'Carmilla' and other lesbian vampires (1970–2020); from the bestselling novels 'Salem's Lot' and 'Interview with the Vampire' to vampires who have shed their capes, hereditary titles and period trappings to become assorted small-town oddballs, addicts, delinquents, psychopaths, rednecks, fashionistas, gay icons, comedians and even comic-book heroes (1975–2022).⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ Rizzoli Bookstore asks guests to please wear masks at this event.⁠ ⁠ Rizzoli Bookstore⁠ Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years⁠ Monday, October 31: 6 PM⁠ 1133 Broadway⁠ New York, NY 10010