http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/john-polldori Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 21:25:38 -0400 Sun, 24 May 2026 21:25:38 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/247/vampires-the-ever-changing-face-of-fear By Tori E. Godfree - In the past two-hundred or so years, vampires have transformed from a sort of worst nightmare into the charming hero of our dreams. Flashback to 1734, Oxford English Dictionary’s first record of the word vampire: they were generally and, depending on geographical location, inconsistently thought to be red-faced, fat on blood, furry of foot, and may or may not have possessed more than one nostril. Fast-forward to present: their impossibly pale, perfectly sculpted faces and delicate fangs adorn best-selling book covers and box-office hit movie posters. This is quite the makeover, and these... Fri, 07 May 2010 07:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/247/vampires-the-ever-changing-face-of-fear