Dacre Stoker in Class
…a report from Dr. Caroline Breashears on Dacre Stokeer taking in an FYP!
Class: FYP “Monsters in the Mainstream,” instructors Jeremy Riedl and Patrick McManus, Tuesday, 25 October 10:10-11:40.
Dacre gave the class an introduction to vampires. He first showed a new documentary (which includes interviews with Dacre, Anne Rice, etc.) about the history of vampires: the early folklore, the literary vampire, the vampire in film, and vampires (real and imagined) in our culture. He then led the students in a discussion of why vampires are scary and how they have changed. It was a lively, engaged group.
The aforementioned zombies are the ones with the headbands…