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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
Pop culture critic Poole (history, Coll. of Charleston; Monsters in America) sure knows a monster when he sees one. He continues his macrocultural exegesis in this microquasibiography and cultural (especially the 1950s) explication of TV's first and most revelatory horror host. Maila Nurmi, the eponymous Vampira, was a deliciously sexy siren from the graveyard with a deathly wan pallor, 19-inch cinched waist, talons for nails, a busty chest,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More