“The vampire’s flexibility is great… but yeah, I wanted this to be a horror movie,” Eggers says, To prepare, the director researched the Solomonari—folk magicians in Romanian lor ...

Out-of-space folk tales were rare before space exploration became a reality in the 1950's. On the other hand, vampire folklore dates back thousands of years. However a closer look at the forces behind ...

Vampires have always been a fascination for us no matter the time. Back in the 2010s, they became a full-blown craze with ...

While contemporary popular culture tends to point toward Transylvania as the seat and heart of the vampiric myth, most scientists today agree that the concept of the vampire came to Western culture ...

“The folk system offers an alternative, a choice.” Sometimes, superstitions represent the only hope, he says. The enduring sadness of the vampire stories lies in the fact that the accusers ...

Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images Today it’s hard to imagine a vampire without fangs. The undead have appeared in western folklore since at least the 18th century, yet most historians ...

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. What is a vampire? There are blood ...

Whatever Bram Stoker might have led you to believe, Transylvania is not the natural habitat of the vampire. Blood-sucking demons hover far more frequently in the folklore of the Adriatic region ...

Soundside Music Festival has officially unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2025 event. Staging at Bridgeport, Conn.’s Seaside Park again on Sept. 27 ...