There’s certainly no shortage of famous vampires. Dracula has been haunting readers for nearly 130 years, while Anne Rice’s Lestat, Stephenie Meyer’s Edward Cullen and countless others have ensured that the undead never stay buried for very long. But some of the most intriguing vampire stories today aren’t necessarily the ones you’ll find stacked on […]
This interview with Forever Knight star Geraint Wyn Davies was conducted back in September 1995 when the show was early in its third season. Forever Knight (1992–1996) was a Canadian-produced supernatural crime drama that blended police procedural storytelling with gothic romance. The series followed Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a homicide detective in […]
Listen to this Article: From the outside, Collinwood —home base to the horror soap opera Dark Shadows — just looks like another grand New England estate. Sunnydale of Buffy the Vampire Slayers, appears to be an ordinary California town with a decent high school and an alarming mortality rate. True Blood‘s Bon Temps is a […]
Based on reporting from Playbill and New York Theatre Guide More than three decades after Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult classic helped redefine youth-oriented vampire mythology, The Lost Boys are riding their motorcycles straight onto Broadway. The long-awaited musical adaptation begins previews March 27 at the Palace Theatre, with an official opening set for April 26 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Before Mulder and Scully investigated the paranormal or Buffy stalked vampires through high school hallways, there was Carl Kolchak—a rumpled reporter in a straw hat with a knack for stumbling into nightmares. Played by Darren McGavin with a perfect blend of cynicism and tenacity, Kolchak was neither chosen nor trained to be a slayer. But […]
What if Michael Bay directed a vampire film? If the director of such films as Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor did choose to turn his focus to the undead, the resulting film would undoubtedly be along the lines of something like “Vampire Marines” — a team of young, good-looking, kick-ass vampires working […]
Move over, brooding immortals—there’s a new vampire in town, and she’s more interested in fixing up a bed-and-breakfast than unleashing ancient curses. Meet Tiffenie, the 300-year-old hot mess at the heart of Undead and Unwed, a genre-blending new novel by Sam Tschida (Siri, Who Am I?, Errands and Espionage), hitting shelves just in time for […]
There was a time when vampires were easy to define: monsters lurking in the shadows, feeding off the living, heartless, soulless and terrifying. But over the years—particularly across television and film—that picture has changed. A lot. Somewhere along the way, the creatures of the night started showing signs of something deeper. Not just bloodlust, but […]