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David Reed—Vampire Study Center
Vampire Study Center Index
From the artist’s journal
Reference sheet, cigarbox
Gunther's letter
Madore text
Vampire movies
Quote: Carl Dreyer
Quote: Planet of Vampires
Quotes about Graz
Video Tape Script
Peter Weibel text
(in English), parts I & II
Peter Weibel text
(in English), part III
Peter Weibel
(auf Deutsch), Teile I & II
Peter Weibel
(auf Deutsch), Teil III

Museum of Contemporary Art San DiegoRosenbach Museum and LibraryNeue Galerie GrazDavid Reed-Painting/Vampire Study Center Catalogs

Interactive Cubes:

  • Dracula
  • Dracula on Stage
  • Video Tape Compilation Script         October 23, 1996

    "I started, for it amazed me that I had not seen him, since the reflection of the glass covered the whole room behind me."
    Jonathan Harker's Journal, Dracula, Bram Stoker, 1897  

    The Vampire and the Mirror
    The Mirror as Proof of Vampirism
    Preening in the Mirror and Checking One's Self
    Surprised because the Vampire is Not Reflected
    Servant as Mirror
    The Vampire Cannot Be Photographed
    The Vampire Hunter is Reflected
    The Vampire as Device
    The Vampire and the Movies

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    The Vampire and the Mirror
    1) Brides of Dracula by Terence Fisher 1960 (have laser disk) Peter Cushing as Van Helsing

    2) Blood Ties by Jim McBride 1991 (have tape) Talk show

    ?From Dusk till Dawn (need to rent tape)

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    The Mirror as Proof of Vampirism
    3) Dracula by Tod Browning 1931 (have tape) Dracula not reflecting in mirror

    A) The Return of the Vampire by Lew Landers 1943 (have tape) mirror turned to wall in vampire's room as proof

    B) The Return of Dracula by Paul Landres 1958 (have tape) wants no mirror in room.

    5) Dracula by John Badham 1979 (have laser disk) Dracula not reflecting in mirror

    C) The Return of the Vampire by Lew Landers 1943 (have tape) hand mirror test

    D) Dracula by John Badham 1979 (have laser disk) hand mirror test

    6) Warhol's Blood for Dracula by Paul Morrisey 1974 (have tape) Bathroom (different order from first tape)

    7) The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me Your Teeth are in my Neck (Dance of the Vampires) by Roman Polanski 1967 (have laser disk) Ballroom scene

    8) The Lost Boys by Joel Schumacher 1987 (have laser disk) Boys in mirror (different order from last tape)

    E) Vampire's Kiss by Robert Beirman 1989 recognizing self as vampire no image in mirror (have tape)

    F) Nadja by Michael Almereyda, 1994 (no image in mirror or vampire in bathroom mirror) (need to rent tape)

    G) The Addiction by Abel Ferrara 1996 (recognizing yourself as a vampire because there is no reflection in the mirror) (need to rent tape)

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    Preening in the Mirror and Checking One's Self: Male
    9) Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror by Murnau 1922 (have laser disk) A) Hutter knotting tie before mirror

    Hutter looking into mirror in castle (cut this scene)

    10) Dracula's Daughter by Lambert Hillyer 1936 (have laser disk) Hero knotting tie before mirror and girlfriend helping

    H) The Return of the Vampire by Lew Landers 1943 (have tape) (man knotting tie in mirror)

    I) Vampire's Kiss by Robert Bierman, 1989 (scene of man in bathroom before mirror)

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    Surprised because the Vampire is not Reflected

    11) Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (have laser disk) Jonathan in mirror

    J) The Return of Dracula by Paul Landres, 1958. (have tape) girl surprised in mirror by man

    12) Brides of Dracula by Terence Fisher1960 (have laser disk) Girl surprised in mirror by man

    13) Nosferatu the Vampire by Werner Herzog 1979. (have tape) Girl surprised in mirror by man

    14) Twins of Evil (The Gemini Twins, Virgin Vampires, Twins of Dracula) by John Hough 1971 (have a rented tape) Seduction by female vampire

    15) The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me Your Teeth are in by Neck (Dance of the Vampires) by Roman Polanski 1967 (have laser disk) Homosexual seduction

    ? Vampire Circus (need to rent tape)

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    Servant as Mirror

    16) Once Bitten by Howard Storm with Lauren Hutton 1985 (have tape) Servant as mirror

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    The Vampire Cannot Be Photographed
    17) The Return of Dracula by Paul Landres, 1958. (have tape) Vampire not in photgraph

    18) Blacula by William Crain, 1972 (have tape) Vampire not in photograph

    K) The Evil of Dracula by Michio Yamamoto, 1974 (have tape) no photo of vampire in darkroom

    19) Love at First Bite by Stan Dragoti, 1979 (have tape) Photography scene

    20) Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992 (rent laser disk) Blank photo of vampire

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    The Vampire Hunter is Reflected

    21) Dracula A.D. 1972 by Alan Gibson 1972 (have tape) Vampire hunter in telephone booth reflection and then reflected on modern window

    L) Lifeforce--The Space Vampires by Tobe Hooper, 1985. (have tape) (Hero reflected in mirror)

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    The Vampire as Device

    22) Dracula's Daughter by Lambert Hillyer 1936 (have laser disk) Hypnosis machine

    M) The Vampire Bat by Frank Strayer, 1933. (have tape) same hypnosis machine

    23) Vampyr by Carl Dryer 1931 (have tape and laser disk) machinery

    24) Cronos by Guillermo del Toro 1994 (have tape) Interior of device

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    Vampires and Movies

    N) Dracula's Widow by Christopher Coppola, 1988 (have tape) Nosferatu in background

    25) Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (have laser disk) Dracula in movie theater

    O) Jugular Wine, A Vampire Odyssey by Blair Murphy, 1994. (have tape) Nosferatu in background

    P) Vampire's Kiss Nosferatu on TV

    Q) Nadja vampire perception

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