Zombies, vampires and werewolves: why are movies about monsters always relevant? We discuss it in the new episode of the podcast “The Caretaker”.

About when supernatural antiheroes appeared in movies, how the Internet influences their popularity, and why the undead are so “tenacious.”

Creatures from the other world have been living on the big screen since the end of the 19th century. One of the earliest films, “The Devil's Castle” by Georges Méliès, was filmed in 1896. Since then, the genre of films about monsters has evolved: now comedies and even melodramas are made about vampires and werewolves. What can we say about zombies - the favorite type of evil spirits among viewers of all ages. Here are TV series with video games based on the “Walking Dead” universe, and remakes of George Romero’s classics, and an endless number of original films that always end with Z: “World War Z,” “Hungry Z,” “New Age of Z.”

The hosts of the “Keeper” podcast, Alexey Khromov and Mikhail Volnykh, found out how the images of vampires and werewolves in cinema have changed , talked about “Twilight”, Internet horror films, and touched a little on domestic attempts to create something on the topic.

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01:30 - about vampires, the history of their appearance in cinema and the attractiveness of the image for the viewer.

05:55 - about the diversity of genres of films about vampires . Why do directors love working with bloodsuckers so much?

09:57 - the path of werewolves on the big screen: from the silent "Werewolf" of 1913 to the comedy "Teen Wolf" with Michael J. Fox.

15:12 - about everyone’s (or not everyone’s) favorite “Twilight”: how vampires and werewolves found their place in youth melodramas.

17:54 - about why people still enjoy watching zombie films .

27:35 — Alexey recalls the unsuccessful attempts of Russian directors to make a zombie slasher film.

29:20 - about “The Watch” as a movie about vampires, as well as about “Gremlins” and other plush monsters.

34:00 — are creatures from internet horror stories capable of replacing Count Dracula and other old-school monsters?

What to see on the topic

We have collected the films that were mentioned in the podcast:

• “Nosferatu, Symphony of Terror”, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922.
• "Dracula", creator - Steven Moffat, 2020.
• Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992.
• "Shadow of the Vampire", directed by E. Elias Maridge, 2000.
• From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, 1995.
• “Only Lovers Left Alive,” directed by Jim Jarmusch, 2013.
• “Real Ghouls,” directed by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, 2014.
• "Teen Wolf", directed by Rod Daniel, 1985.
• "The Wolf Man", directed by George Waggner, 1941.
• "Cat People", directed by Jacques Tourneur, 1942.
• "Another World", directed by Len Wiseman, 2003.
• Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 2008.
• The Walking Dead, created by Frank Darabont, 2010 - present.
• “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” directed by Burr Steers, 2015.
• "Paris. Zombie City", directed by Dominique Rocher, 2018.
• " Ghoul ", director - Sergei Vinokurov, 1997.
• “Dogs”, director - Dmitry Svetozarov, 1989.
• "Gremlins", directed by Joe Dante, 1984.
• “The Critters,” directed by Stephen Herek, 1986.

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