Bram Stoker’s descendant has spent years investigating the origins of Dracula, and his discoveries suggest the legendary vampire’s connection to Vlad the Impaler may be much stronger than scholars once believed. For generations, the connection between Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the real-life Vlad the Impaler has been treated as something close to historical fact. Vlad […]
There’s something wonderfully appropriate about a vampire saga that refuses to follow the rules, particularly when its creator discovered that the character she had originally envisioned as the villain was actually the one whose story she most wanted to tell. For Welsh author Margarita Felices, that character is Rachel, the vampire at the center of […]
As the actor joins the supernatural romance Pretty Kill Machine, we revisit previously unpublished-online interviews with the creators of his 2013 Dracula series, revealing their ambitious plans and what made Meyers their ideal Count Jonathan Rhys Meyers is returning to the world of vampires, although this time he won’t be the one sinking his teeth […]
From vampire queens and supernatural blood bonds to forbidden romances and centuries-old curses, a new generation of short-form dramas is bringing the undead to phones and computer screens. Vampires have been haunting movie theaters and television screens for more than a century, but these days they’re finding another home: the world of short-form streaming dramas. […]
Dr. Mystic reads the article that follows, which you can download to listen to later In 1975, Stephen King’s second novel transformed a quiet Maine community into a breeding ground for the undead, establishing a vampire mythology he would revisit for decades. Long before Stephen King introduced readers to the psychic vampires of Doctor Sleep, the […]
For generations, we’ve been told that Count Dracula was inspired by a bloodthirsty Romanian ruler. But the real origins of Bram Stoker’s immortal vampire may lie in a childhood haunted by death, a domineering theatrical legend and the darkest fears of Victorian England, all of which is explored in a new Mystik Manor video, “Why […]
Quentin Tarantino was only six years old when he saw House of Dark Shadows in 1970, but the experience made an impression that has stayed with him for more than half a century. And considering the filmmaker’s own fascination with cinematic violence, it’s perhaps not surprising that one of his most vivid memories involves the spectacularly bloody […]
For a television series that featured vampires, witches, werewolves, ghosts, time travel and just about every other supernatural menace imaginable, it might seem difficult to believe that one particular storyline could have been too strange for Dark Shadows. Yet that’s precisely what happened in late 1969, when the ABC daytime Gothic soap opera introduced the […]
Garlic has been one of humanity’s favorite weapons against vampires for generations. Hang it around your neck, place it near a window or scatter it around a doorway, and supposedly even the most determined bloodsucker will think twice about coming inside (assuming they’re not just waiting to be invited inside). It’s a wonderfully simple defense […]
While not really equating the two, there is nonetheless an element of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes suggested by the new film Vampire Carnival, available as video on demand beginning October 30. That’s particularly true in the form of its unique take on the undead, drawing people in through their despair and offering […]