Representation - Kiss Of The Vampire Context Flashcards
What film genre is Kiss of the Vampire?
Gothic horror
When was Kiss of the Vampire released?
1963
Who produced Kiss of the Vampire?
Hammer Film Productions
With whom did Hammer Film Productions work with?
Universal Studios
Who released Kiss of the Vampire?
Universal Studios
What was their ideology?
To be the best gothic horror film produced at the time and to also display an evolution of gender roles.
They display different representations of femininity and masculinity; a traditional representation, as well as representations that subvert traditional stereotypes.
What is Universal Pictures and when was it formed?
An American film studio which was formed in 1912 and is now one of the oldest surviving film studios in the United States.
What is Universal reputable for?
Creating the ‘classic monsters’ (such as Frankestein, Dracula and The Mummy) that we still see in contemporary horror films today.
They are now the pedestal of any horror film ever created which has now evolved into global phenomenon.
What is Hammer Film Productions and when was it founded?
A British Film production company which was founded in 1934, that specialises with the horror genre.
What is Hammer Productions best well known for?
Their series of gothic ‘Hammer Horror’ which are film made from the mid 1950s until the 70s.
Which major United States studios did Hammer Productions have a partnership with?
Universal and Warner Bros
Why are the ‘Hammer Horrors’ different to the typical Hollywood horror film?
They are produced on a low budget further displaying a low production value to their films.
Despite this, many of their fans enjoyed these films because Hammer liked to project an eerie atmosphere into their gothic horrors and would even go on to exploiting violence within them and providing sexual content throughout.
Who produced the first Dracula novel and when?
Bram Stocker, 1897
What happened 100 year later, in 1992, after Stoker released the first Dracula novel?
Francis Ford Coppolla’s adaptation of Stoker’s book saw Vampires and Draculas classed as a type of ‘monster’, which
consequently turned the film into a ‘monster movie’.
What is a ‘monster movie’?
A disaster film that focuses on a group of characters struggling to survive the attacks by one or more antagonistic monsters.
What are the codes and conventions of a monster movie film poster?
- Hyperbolic and superlative language to convey terror and a sense of scariness about the creatures.
- The directors and producers using bankable stars within their horror product to attract a large amount of viewers to watch their film, further making the film commercially viable as they will then be earning a big
sum of money from the product. - Making the monster/creature a dominant threat to the whole of the human race creating further terror towards the audience.
The 1960s was what kind of decade?
A pivotal decade in which gender roles began to change.
It was a time for the feminists, women began to campaign for their equal rights and The Woman’s Sexual Liberation also became apparent.
Women also began working full-time, just like males did, yet they were sexually harassed constantly so they also protested for this to be banned, which did eventually happen.
What is the Woman’s Sexual Liberation?
A social movement that challenged
the traditional codes or behaviours related to sexuality and interpersonal relationships throughout the world
What did the Sexual Liberation also include?
An increased acceptance of sex outside of the traditional heterosexual relationships, as well as normalising factors such as public nudity, pornography, premarital sex, alternative forms of sexuality and the legalisation of abortion.
Why did both men and women start to become more promiscuous within their behaviour during this time?
Because the contraceptive pill had just been invented which then caused people to become more sexually active as women no longer had to worry about the risk of unwanted pregnancies
What is a Feminist?
Women which advocated and protested for women’s rights on the grounds equality of the sexes.
What did women begin to campaign for?
Equal pay - even though it is still not equal, their protesting and preaching had caused the Equal Pay Legalisation to come into place which aimed at abolishing the wage disparity based on a person’s sex.
