Barber, Paul. Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Explains physiological origins of folklore vampirism.

Mascetti, Manuela Dunn. Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead. 224p. A collection of myth, folklore, literature and popular culture.

McNally, Raymond T., and Radu Florescu. In Search of Dracula. NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1972. Traces Dracula to Vlad the Impaler.

Twitchell, James B. Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror. NY: Oxford University Press, 1985. Discussion of psychosexual dynamics in lit. and film.