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 […]
The name Dracula brings with it a long and varied history, and fans/scholars of the king of the vampires are well aware of the the historic precedent to the character in the form of Vlad the Impaler. But back in the pages of Castle of Frankenstein magazine (which is actually in the public domain), writer […]
Between October 21 and 30, Scotland’s neatshows.co.uk will be serving as host of Festival of Darkness in celebration of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. “This is an opportunity to celebrate Aberdeenshire’s significant contribution to creating the world’s most famous vampire,” notes their official site. “Slains Castle fed Stoker’s imagination, and the jagged rocks gave life to Dracula’s […]
Universal Pictures can’t stay out of the vampire business — not surprising considering that they’re the studio that released 1931’s Dracula starring Bela Lugosi — only this time they’re approaching Bram Stoker’s material from a different angle: focusing on his man-servant, Renfield, and now comes word that the count will be played by Nicolas Cage. […]
Humanoids has published Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula, written and drawn by acclaimed cartoonist Koren Shadmi. The biography, which chronicles the tumultuous personal and professional life of horror icon Bela Lugosi, is Shadmi’s second collaboration with Humanoids in the media biography space after The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of […]
In the pages of Marvel Comics’ Wolverine, the title character continues his battle with Dracula and his vampire army. Back in issue #5, Logan was captured by the King of the Vampires, who began using his unique blood to transform the undead back into daywalkers, thus dramatically increasing his power over humanity. Wolverine escapes, and […]
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 […]
There was a time when you pretty much knew what you were getting when you picked up a vampire novel. There would be blood, darkness, probably a cape or two and, depending on the era, either a terrifying monster or an impossibly attractive immortal yearning for someone he probably shouldn’t be. Not anymore. If the […]
Universal’s legendary monsters may be returning to television — and this time, they may be entering the kind of serialized supernatural drama that defined early 2010s genre television. Writer-producer Kevin Williamson, co-creator of The Vampire Diaries and the architect behind the Scream franchise, recently revealed that he is developing a new series set within the […]
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 […]