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David J. Skal

1952 - 2024

Historian of horror entertainment

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  • Cover of: Dracula

    First published in 1933 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

    First published in 1990 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition hollywoodgothict0000skal
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  • Cover of: Vampires: Encounters With the Undead

    First published in 2001 6 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition vampiresencounte0216unse Cover of edition vampiresencounte0000unse Cover of edition isbn_9781579122096
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  • Cover of: The monster show: a cultural history of horror

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition monstershowcultu0000skal Cover of edition monstershowcultu0000skal_z3p3
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  • Cover of: Something in the blood: the untold story of Bram Stoker, the man who wrote Dracula

    First published in 2016 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween

    First published in 2002 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition deathmakesholida0000skal
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  • Cover of: V is for Vampire: the A to Z guide to everything undead

    First published in 1995 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Claude Rains: an actor's voice

    First published in 2008 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday

    First published in 2016 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond

    First published in 2020 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Antibodies

    First published in 1988 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Screams of reason: mad science and modern culture

    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dark carnival: the secret world of Tod Browning--Hollywood's master of the macabre

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Les croque-morts

    First published in 1999 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Romancing the Vampire: From Past to Present

    First published in 2009 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Graphic communications for the performing arts

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Living And The Dead

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: When We Were Good

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Scavengers

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
History and criticism, Horror films, Count Dracula (Fictitious character), History, Horror films, history and criticism, New York Times reviewed, Vampires, Vampires in literature, Biography, Fiction, Halloween, Stoker, bram, 1847-1912, Vampire films, 791.43/6164, Actors, Actors, biography, Actors, united states, Adaptations, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Authors, biography, Authors, english, Authorship, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, Biographies
Places
Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Great Britain, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Transylvania (Romania), United States, Whitby (England)
People
Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Claude Rains (1889-1967), Dracula, Tod Browning (1882-1962)
Time
19th century

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  • OLID: OL404413A

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Alternative names

  • David Skal
  • David John Skal

History

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January 28, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris Add birth & death dates, brief bio, and full name from obit
January 28, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 2, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import