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, ...

In many countries in the world, there is a myth of a creature called ‘the vampire’— an undead, blood-sucking creature with sharp fangs that preys on the living. The myth of the vampire has existed for ...

Lore about vampires and other blood-drinking beings has existed for centuries. For hundreds of years, people have been coming up with scientific explanations. Some link diseases to vampire-like ...

From “Dracula” to “True Blood,” vampires are a spooky story staple that just won’t die. Elements of science and medicine are also woven throughout vampire mythology, which once served as an ...

What’s the common thread connecting this motley crew? They’re all in Australia’s secret society of real vampires. Spawned from the goth subculture, this shadowy community – known as a ‘vampire court’ ...

F ew monsters are so invested with questions of taxonomy as the vampire. As soon as Abraham Van Helsing understands the danger in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, he gathers together his allies to explain ...

Queer people have existed in folklore throughout history. Realizing that gives us magical powers, Sacha Coward says.

In the fall of 1972, Texas Monthly cofounder William Broyles got to work building this magazine from a small office above a barbershop in downtown Austin. More than fifty years later, he and one of ...

Bye occultism, bye mythology, bye Nosferatu or Tame Impala: in 2025, Radu Jude’s Dracula is a three-hour film made with an iPhone and AI, where the vampire is now generated by design, struggling on in ...