Few creatures have captured the human imagination as vampires have. These immortal bloodsuckers have been part of folklore across nearly every culture in the world for centuries, but their cinematic ...

With Halloween approaching, University of Virginia professor of Slavic languages and literatures Stanley Stepanic investigated the history of vampire legends for The Conversation, reposted below.

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The adaptation was written by Faye Perozich, with interior art by Daerick Gross and gorgeous painted covers by John Bolton. This was a very faithful adaptation of Rice’s prose, and the characters ...

Vampires might have experienced an explosion in popularity in the mid-2000s, but they’ve always been lurking in the darkness. From the vampy (and campy) 1960s soap opera Dark Shadows to modern series ...

Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren't in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, ...

Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren’t in the original vampire myths.