vampires
Seven Dracula Adaptations That Totally Reimagine the Story
Outside of Sherlock Holmes, Dracula has seen more appearances on screen than any other fictional character. The book remains the single most frequently adapted novel in history. Given that, it seems o...
Why Martin Remains Unparalleled in its Portrayal of Vampires
George Romero had stated a couple of times that Martin was what he felt to be the best, most complete and closest to his original vision of all his films. Yet, even now, it remains one of his most und...
Five Vampire Movies That Don’t Make Their Vampires Sexy
Vampires and sexiness go together like peanut butter and jelly. While that connection has become more explicit in recent years, its roots reach all the way back to the early days of horror cinema. For...
Five Vampire Movies That Changed The Genre
Among horror characters, my personal favorite has always been the vampire. The thought of the power and magnetism they are portrayed portrayed with has long fascinated me. Vampire movies typically hav...
Review: Carmilla is the Classic Story’s Most Faithful Adaptation Yet
I’ll admit that my subjective opinion is immediately colored by my love of the source material. J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla is one of my favorite vampire stories if not simply one of ...
This WH Exclusive Clip from Carmilla is Brutal as Hell
Carmilla, based on the short novel by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, which served as a primary source of inspiration for Dracula and is an exceptional work of gothic horror in its own right, is a...
You And I Are One Forever: Why Carmilla Remains One of the Most Important Vampire Stories Ever Told
Dracula was an obsessively well-researched book. While the novel was published in 1897, Stoker had written his first notes on the story—of a young solicitor unknowingly venturing into the home ...
Back to the ’80s: Fright Night
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particul...
Worst to First: Ranking the Fright Night Franchise
Fright Night is a staple of the vampire genre. It came along at exactly the right moment. After the Hammer horror films of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, vampires kind of disappeared...