Vampires
Nosferatu: a cinematic history
What do we know about vampires and where does that lore come from? This year marks the centenary of a very special piece of Hollywood history. Professor of Film and Popular Culture at AUT Lorna… Audio
Playing Favourites with Taika Waititi
New Zealand actor and director whose latest production, What We Do In The Shadows, is a mockumentary film about a group of vampires flatting in Wellington Audio
Lorna Piatti Farnell: vampires and goths
Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at the Auckland University of Technology, Chair of the Gothic Association of New Zealand of New Zealand and Australia, and author of The Vampire in… Audio
Vampires - why are we fascinated with them
How has the representaion of vampires in popular culture changed over the years? Audio
Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture
The Americans are sucking the life blood out of the Vampire genre according to delegates who attended a British conference at the weekend. Open Graves Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern… Audio
Teen Fiction - is a Vampire story ever just a vampire story?
The Twilight Saga has stolen the hearts of many young girls as well as more mature women who should know better. Or so says Gina Barreca a professor of feminist theory in the US. She joins Noelle to… Audio
The Last Confession: Vlad the Impaler
Chris Humphrey's book 'Vlad, the Last Confession', is about the historical figure and inspiration for the vampire, Dracula. Audio
Kate's Klassic: Dracula
Kate Camp discusses the 1897 novel Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker, which served to popularise the idea of the vampire. Audio