Eastern Europe
A broad region associated with folklore about the returning dead and an imagined setting for many literary and cinematic vampires.
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Places
A geography of horror: folkloric regions, historical places, studios and locations.
Kisiljevo
The Serbian village where, in 1725, the case of Petar Blagojević was described in a report that brought the word “vampire” into print.
Medveđa
The Serbian locality associated with the 1726–1732 cases linked to Arnaut Pavle, documented in the Visum et Repertum report.
Rome
A production centre of Italian Gothic: I tre volti della paura and La maschera del demonio were made here.
Vienna
Habsburg capital where reports on Serbian vampires circulated and the setting for Tolstoy’s story during the Congress of 1815.