Vampire fiction is sinking its teeth into November 2026, with a lineup that ranges from supernatural romance and deadly dating apps to comic-book crossovers, gothic horror and the return of some familiar bloodsuckers. Among the month’s new novels, bestselling romance authors Alexandra Vasti and Elena Armas are embracing the undead, each offering a different take […]
What would happen if Carl Kolchak, the relentless reporter who exposed a vampire in Las Vegas, came face-to-face with Barnabas Collins, the tormented vampire of Dark Shadows? Would Kolchak immediately reach for a wooden stake? Would Barnabas recognize a fellow outsider? And, perhaps most intriguingly, what could possibly bring these two men together? Author and […]
There have been plenty of interpretations of Count Dracula over the years, from Bela Lugosi‘s hypnotic aristocrat to Christopher Lee’s bloodthirsty predator and Gary Oldman’s tragic romantic figure. But for director Mary Lambert, the vampire’s greatest terror isn’t necessarily his fangs, his thirst for blood or even his supernatural abilities but rather the absolute power […]
Combining vampires, romance, werewolves and Brazilian folklore, Blood Red: Under the Moonlight is preparing to introduce British audiences to a supernatural world that’s already attracting attention in Brazil. Vampires have traveled just about everywhere on film and television, from the castles of Transylvania to the streets of New Orleans and the small towns of America. Now a […]
Could another version of Dracula be heading to television? A newly released teaser for something called Dracula: Blood War is raising that possibility, although there are still plenty of unanswered questions about the project. A video titled Dracula: Blood War — Official Teaser (2026) appeared on YouTube on October 10, 2026, credited to a company […]
What do you get when you bring together two of comedy’s greatest legends and one of television’s most beloved monster slayers? If writer and publisher James Aquilone has his way, the answer will be a whole new era of horror-comedy comic books. Aquilone, who has already helped revive Carl Kolchak through a series of crowdfunded […]
For readers who prefer their vampires monstrous rather than romantic, Australian author Jay Kristoff has created a particularly unforgiving world. In his Empire of the Vampire trilogy, the sun has effectively disappeared, the undead have conquered much of civilization, and humanity’s survival rests in the hands of a disgraced vampire hunter named Gabriel de León. […]
When Guillermo del Toro stepped behind the camera for Blade 2 released in 2002, he was hardly an unknown filmmaker, but he wasn’t yet Guillermo del Toro in the sense moviegoers understand the name today. There was no Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim or The Shape of Water, and the Academy Awards and international recognition that would accompany them were still years away. […]
October and vampires have always gone together, but this year the connection extends well beyond Halloween. A new collection of vampire novels is arriving throughout the month, taking the undead into everything from Gothic horror and historical fiction to romantasy, supernatural mystery and romantic comedy. Among the most intriguing is Calvin Cherry’s Stoker, which turns Dracula author Bram […]
Sixty years ago, Victoria Winters boarded a train bound for Collinsport, Maine, and television viewers were introduced to the strange world of Dark Shadows. What began on June 27, 1966, as a Gothic daytime serial about a young woman’s search for answers would eventually become something considerably stranger — and far more enduring. There were ghosts, […]