Before vampires ruled streaming television and TikTok aesthetics, they were taking over The New York Times bestseller list—one leather-clad warrior at a time. When J.R. Ward’s Dark Lover debuted in 2005, it introduced readers to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a secret band of vampire warriors protecting their race from extinction. What began as a sexy, […]
When Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) first stepped out of his coffin on Dark Shadows in 1967, viewers were introduced to a different kind of vampire. More than a predator, Barnabas was a tragic figure, forever haunted by the memory of Josette Du Pres, the 18th-century woman he once loved and inadvertently doomed. His longing for […]
A new vampire film is quietly taking shape overseas, and if its premise is any indication, Crave is aiming for atmosphere and unease rather than familiar gothic comforts. Currently in production in Spain, Crave brings together a cast that spans genre veterans and rising talent, including Nell Verlaque, Jason Isaacs, Paulina Chávez, Kieron Moore, Eoin […]
Note: This interview with author P.C. Cast and producer David Cormican was conducted back in 2019 when House of Night was in active development as a television series. While that show has yet to move further in the production process, historically it’s interesting to see what the thought process was at the time. Let’s face […]
Vampires have adapted to the modern world before, but Vampires of the Velvet Lounge–reaching theatres on March 20—takes the concept to deliriously wicked extremes. Set deep in the American South, the film unfolds inside a shadowy back-alley absinthe bar where Countess Elizabeth Báthory and her glamorous coven of vampires have found a very contemporary hunting […]
While the name John Karlen may not register with today’s television viewers, there are a couple of generations of them that will surely remember him for two very distinct roles: Willie Loomis on the Classic TV daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (the show’s answer to Bram Stoker‘s Renfeld in Dracula) and Harvey Lacey, the epitome of the […]
Before leather-clad Daywalkers and teenage Slayers wielded stakes and sarcasm, there was a vampire hunter who fought with holy water, ancient knowledge and an unshakable moral compass. His name was Abraham Van Helsing, and for more than a century he has stood as the archetypal vampire slayer—part scientist, part mystic and relentless adversary of the […]
When The Lost Boys arrived in theaters in 1987, it reinvented vampires. Gone were the capes and castles and in their place were motorcycles, leather jackets, boardwalk neon and a seductive promise of eternal youth. Nearly four decades later, that same mix of danger, desire and outsider longing is preparing to take center stage as […]
Long before streaming platforms made animated revivals routine, there was a serious effort to expand the Buffyverse into animation. Buffy: The Animated Series was conceived as a continuation rather than a novelty—one that would return the characters to high school, embrace stylized visuals, and lean fully into the show’s humor, action, and mythology without the […]
There’s one inescapable conclusion: vampires — those bloodsuckers that go bite in the night, whether in movies or on TV — aren’t going anywhere, which is perfectly fine with us. To celebrate, we’re presenting mini-interviews with the stars of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Moonlight, Angel, Midnight Texas, Dark Shadows and more. David Boreanaz as Angel […]