With a legacy stretching back into legend and folklore, the vampire in all its guises haunts the film and fiction of the twentieth century and remains the most enduring of all the monstrous threats that roam the landscapes of horror. In "The Living and the Undead, " Gregory A. Waller shows why this creature continues to fascinate us and why every generation reshapes the story of the violent confrontation between the living and the undead to fit new times.Examining a broad range of novels, stories, plays, films, and made-for-television movies, Waller focuses upon a series of interrelated...