The vampire subgenre of Horror became famous thanks to a pair of world-famous creatures of the night — Dracula and Nosferatu. From the time they arrived in movies, it set the template for what vampire ...

Since then, every adaptation of Nosferatu has used Murnau’s film as a foundation to further Orlok’s mythos. For example, ...

Long have I been intrigued by the macabre and paranormal. I love all things witchy, and Halloween is my favorite time of year. But as a self-proclaimed scaredy cat, I’ve had to be selective when it ...

Very few filmmakers take research as seriously as Robert Eggers. In his first three films, 2016’s The Witch, 2019’s The Lighthouse, and 2022’s The Northman, Eggers has demonstrated not only an ...

Thanks to centuries of folklore, novels, movies, and TV shows, the tropes of vampires are carved deep into the popular imagination: The creatures drink blood, sleep in coffins, recoil from garlic and ...

Katrina Anderson has an avid interest in film, TV, and pop-culture. She has a MA in English Literature from Simon Fraser University. Her thesis project described the literary qualities of the ...