Dracula as Inter-American Film Icon - Universal Pictures and Cinematográfica ABSA
Dracula as Inter-American Film Icon - Universal Pictures and Cinematográfica ABSA
Author(s): Antonio BarrenecheaSubject(s): Cultural history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Dracula; hemispheric; inter-American; cinema; mexploitation;
Summary/Abstract: My essay explores the vampire cinema of Hollywood and Mexico. In particular, I trace the relationship between Universal Pictures as the progenitor of horror during the Great Depression and Cinematográfica ABSA’s “mexploitation” practices. The latter resulted in the first vampire film in Latin America—El vampiro (1957). Rather than strengthening separatist national cinemas, the unintended consequences of genre film production make this a case of inter-American scope.
Journal: Review of International American Studies
- Issue Year: 13/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 259-278
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English