This thesis analyses motifs of vampirism in gothic film parodies on the basis of Mel Brooks
Dracula: Dead and Loving it which parodies its original Dracula by Tod Browning. The
contrasting juxtaposition of the two films serves to provide the parodic constructions of
vampirism. By using the six methods of parody by Dan Harris - reiteration inversion
misdirection literalizitation extraneous inclusion and exaggeration - the parodic
constructions will be examined. This works aims to find answers to the question what is left of
the old-fashioned motifs of vampirism.
