In the summer of 1985, amid a sea of slashers, wisecracking teen comedies and action juggernauts like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Back to the Future, a quirky little horror movie snuck into theaters and bit back hard. It was called Fright Night, and if you were lucky enough to catch it in a […]
The vampire genre is having a moment again—sharp teeth, gothic romance and all. With the critical and box office success of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake and the breakout indie hit Sinners, the undead are surging back into pop culture with fresh blood and bold storytelling. Into this atmospheric resurgence comes Love Kills, a Brazilian vampire […]
Carmilla, or Countess Mircalla Karnstein, is one of the most influential and enduring sympathetic vampires in all of fiction. First published in serialized form in The Dark Blue magazine in 1871–72, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella precedes Bram Stoker’s Dracula by more than two decades. Yet its legacy continues to echo through literature, film, television […]
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners didn’t just give us a fresh take on the vampire myth—it recharged the genre with a jolt of soulful atmosphere, historical weight and social undercurrents rarely seen in bloodsucker cinema. Set in 1930s Mississippi and pulsing with blues, sweat and secrets, Sinners is as much about identity, community and survival as it […]
Prepare to sink your fangs into the latest blood‑curdling chapter of vampire lore. Ryan Coogler, renowned for his bold storytelling, is venturing into supernatural territory with his upcoming American period horror film, Sinners. With a script that promises to blend period aesthetics with visceral horror, this film is already generating a buzz among fans of […]
FROM MARVEL: This May, BLOOD HUNT takes hold of the Marvel Universe with its own main limited series by Jed MacKay, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia, as well as a bloodbath of tie-in issues, spinoff limited series, and one-shots. As eternal night descends, an overwhelming army of bloodsucking terrors will emerge from the shadows, united […]
The official description of the VR game Vampire: The Maaquerade — Justice reads, “You are a vampire. You strike from the shadows and drink the blood of both mortal and vampire prey. In a gritty main narrative that includes several side missions and dialogue options, explore a dark and mysterious Venice to improve your abilities […]
Losing cast members from Dark Shadows is, unfortunately, something that oldtime fans of the show have gotten used to, yet it’s always a sad moment and that’s particularly true with the loss of Lara Parker, who made such an impact in her role as Angelique Bouchard. I had the opportunity to interview Lara a number of times […]
This article / [Article Title] was originally published on The Public Domain Review [hyperlink to article on The Public Domain Review] under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. If you wish to reuse it please see: https://publicdomainreview.org/reusing-material/” From that famed night of ghost-stories in a Lake Geneva villa in 1816, as well as Frankenstein’s monster, there arose that other […]
Well this one caught us by surprise, we’re not happy to admit: a vampire series that made its debut in 2018 and we’re only just hearing about it now? You couldn’t be more disappointed in us than we are, so no guilt trips! The overall series description is described as follows: “In an America quarantined […]