Articles related to "Vampire Myths"

Quite a few common myths about vampires originated from a single source - Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

There's no denying there's an allure about the walking undead, but after all is said and done, what is fact, and what is fiction?

When asked about Dracula, most people will mumble that he was based on Vlad the Impaler. However, societies have worshipped and feared vampires for centuries.

Vampire movies can be scary, cheesey, or romantic, but they're always entertaining. Here are the top 5 movies featuring everyone's favorite ghoul, Dracula.

John Polidori's short story "The Vampyre" (1819), based on a fragment by Lord Byron, inspired a wave of vampire fiction that has continued into the modern day.

A new film from Sweden explores the road to maturity through an unexpected metaphor: vampires

The big-screen adaptation of the acclaimed novel of the same name, from the popular vampire-romance series.

In films vampires and werewolves are often depicted as having a blood feud, but in traditional folklore they were not necessarily bitter enemies.

The vampire, a creature from the ancient Far East still haunts the collective human conscious with tales of death and immortality.

A lonely boy strikes up a friendship with an equally dispossessed vampire in this superb horror...but how long can their bond survive?

Legend has it that vampires suck human blood and can only be killed with a stake through the heart. However, do vampires even exist?

Today, vampires seem to be a fixture in romance novels, but how did they originate into the human consciousness and how did they evolve in their journey through horror?

Transylvania, the mountainous region in northern Romania and home of Dracula, also offers spectacular hiking and a chance to see wolves, brown bears and lynx in the wild.

Vampires have long been a point of fascination for people worldwide. These days, the undead have found an established home in the romance novel genre.

Twilight vampires come back to haunt us in New Moon, a sequel that falls short of the original film.