Category Archives: Vampire

The vampire is a common image in todays pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night; to Edward, the romantic, idealistic lover in the Twilight series. In many respects, the vampire of today is far removed from its roots in Eastern European folklore. As a professor of Slavic studies who has taught a course on vampires called Dracula for more than a decade, Im always fascinated by the vampires popularity, considering its origins as a demonic creature strongly associated with disease. Continue reading →

The vampire genre is a lot like a vampire: It has lived for hundreds of years, and every time you think its about to die off it gets an infusion of new blood. Since the logistics of neck-biting and blood-sucking are no longer incendiary, a vampire movie, novel, or TV series that strikes a chord will tend to be infused with a tasty metaphor, one that reaches beyond the erotic obvious Continue reading →

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halloween is near, so youd better beware of vampires. Continue reading →

You know, not all vampires are simply reborn with straight teeth. Just like everyone else, sometimes vampires need braces to get that sinisterly straight look and heaven (hell?) knows a properly aligned bite is a lifestyle requirement. At least that's what seems to be the case according to Savannah Walker's latest manicure Continue reading →

For the Halloween season, Nerds & Beyond is getting spooky, shining some light on a few of our favorite spooky TV show episodes or movies. Continue reading →

Vampire movies are dime a dozen. The genre of movies has been explored, tweaked, subverted and revolutionized time and time again. And some of them are the best in their genre. Continue reading →

Legacies Season 3 left Hope facing down Malivore once again. Continue reading →

The newInterview With The Vampire adaptation for AMC is starting to come together, with a far more diverse cast than anyone anticipated. Continue reading →

Anne Rice's iconic novel Interview with the Vampire already has an equally well-known movie adaption in Neil Jordan's 1994 film which starred Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, but now we are getting a TV series courtesy of veteran director Alan Taylor. As he explained in a recent interview with Collider, filming is almost ready to get underway and this could well be the start of something much larger from Anne Rice's epic mythology about the bloodsucker Lestat than has been seen previously on screen. Continue reading →

Sora In Super Smash Bros., Interview With A Vampire Cast & Source Material Modifications, And James Gunn Has ANOTHER DC Project In The Works | Daily COG The Daily Cup of Genre (DailyCOG) is the preeminent podcast of LRMs Genreverse Podcast Network. What is The Genreverse? It is everything you have ever loved, all in one place. Continue reading →