Glossary DA·G·0004
Literary adaptation
The transfer of a literary text to cinema, with the choices about fidelity, cuts and inventions that this entails.
Definition
The atlas measures adaptation element by element: characters, structure, supernatural rules and ending.
Network
Connections
3 direct connections · 31 further links. Dashed lines indicate weak or unproven links.
Films (1)
Black Sabbath
I tre volti della paura · Les Trois Visages de la peur
Versions (1)
I tre volti della paura vs Black Sabbath
Sources (1)
La famiglia del Vurdalak
- Mario Bava person · via Black Sabbath
- Boris Karloff person · via Black Sabbath
- American International Pictures person · via Black Sabbath
- A. K. Tolstoy person · via Black Sabbath
- Anton Chekhov person · via Black Sabbath
- Guy de Maupassant person · via Black Sabbath
- Vurdalak creature · via Black Sabbath
- Vampire creature · via Black Sabbath
- Revenant creature · via Black Sabbath
- The family vampire motif · via Black Sabbath
- The vampire child motif · via Black Sabbath
- Theft from the dead motif · via Black Sabbath
- The threatening telephone motif · via Black Sabbath
- The sound that announces the supernatural motif · via Black Sabbath
- The threshold and invitation belief or ritual · via Black Sabbath
- Italian Gothic collection · via Black Sabbath
- Dubbing glossary · via Black Sabbath
- Censorship glossary · via Black Sabbath
- Alternate cut glossary · via Black Sabbath
- The Vurdalak, from folklore to cinema bloodline · via Black Sabbath
- Eastern Europe place · via Black Sabbath
- Rome place · via Black Sabbath
- Black Sunday film · via Black Sabbath
- Night of the Devils film · via Black Sabbath
- Black Sabbath (band) person · via Black Sabbath
- The Chekhov credit: a source that cannot be found journal · via Black Sabbath
- Why Dread Atlas begins with I tre volti della paura journal · via Black Sabbath
- Films changed by dubbing collection · via I tre volti della paura vs Black Sabbath
- Sem’ja vurdalakov film · via La famiglia del Vurdalak
- Vienna place · via La famiglia del Vurdalak
- La Guzla source · via La famiglia del Vurdalak
Revision history
- First draft.— Editorial team
How to cite this page
Redazione Dread Atlas, «Literary adaptation», Dread Atlas, Entry DA·G·0004, updated 27 September 2026. https://macabralia.com/en/glossary/adattamento-letterario/