Interview with a (Vampire) Scholar

26 October 2015 · Baylor University

Baylor University Media and Public Relations

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Vampire scholar J. Gordon Melton discusses his collecting, folklore and the changing rules of screen vampires. The interview ranges from Hammer and romantic leading men to Buffy, Twilight and children’s characters, showing how each generation reshapes the vampire.

University interview dated 26 October 2015; written Q&A and the accompanying courtesy portrait inspected. The contact named on the page is not automatically its author.

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J. Gordon Melton, the Baylor scholar interviewed in 2015.Courtesy photograph supplied by Baylor University; photographer not named.