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.