Vampires

people talking Nov. 17, 2023

Creating What We Do in the Shadows Is ‘All Panic and Desperation’The writers of the vampire comedy explain how they deal with gobs of supernatural lore and requests to make Nandor and Guillermo kiss.

By Roxana Hadadi

get drac’d Aug. 13, 2023

Dracula Has Been Way Weirder Places Than a BoatLike the moon, the old west, and a place called Restaurant King Bar Disco.

By Bethy Squires

vulture lists Aug. 11, 2023

Draculas, RankedWe’ve counted all the counts and put together a high-stakes ranking of the best and the worst.

By Celia Mattison

role call Mar. 29, 2023

Scott Speedman Answers All Our Questions About UnderworldOn why he left the franchise after two films, the pressures of fame at a young age, and wild times in Budapest.

By Wolfgang Ruth

vulture lists Dec. 2, 2022

The Most Horrific Twilight Character Backstories, Ranked by AbsurdityYou only get a glimpse of Stephanie Meyer’s twisted mind in the movies, but the books really let the freak flag fly.

By Bethy Squires

let the right one in Oct. 10, 2022

We’ve Drunk This Blood BeforeTwo vampire remakes are currently competing for TV audiences’ attention. Surprisingly, they both have teeth.

By Jen Chaney and Roxana Hadadi

close read Sept. 29, 2022

The Sax Man’s Tribute to Reservation Dogs’ Lost BoyThe season-two finale’s closing Tim Cappello performance is both a sly wink and a poignant eulogy.

By Jen Chaney

cancellations Aug. 4, 2022

First Kill Was Mind-Numbingly Stupid. It Ruled.Gay girls deserve to watch garbage just the same as everyone else!

By Rebecca Alter

trailer mix July 11, 2022

Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco Stomp Some Vamps in Day ShiftSnoop Dogg is there too!

By Jason P. Frank

rip Dec. 12, 2021

Anne Rice, Queen of Gothic Lit, Dies at 80Author of The Vampire Chronicles.

By Charu Sinha

casket sharp Oct. 30, 2021

The Vampires of The Hunger Haunt Eternity in Endlessly Considered GlamourTony Scott’s goth classic is a deeply stylish contemplation of consumption and obsession.

By Rina Nkulu

fangs for reading Oct. 30, 2021

Vampire Veek Will Never DieVulture turned nocturnal for just one week, but our stories will be bloodthirsty forever.

By Vulture Editors

draculean feats Oct. 28, 2021

Most Shows Would Be Better If They Were About VampiresLet’s raise the stakes (sorry).

By Rebecca Alter

vulture recommends Oct. 27, 2021

The Best Vampire Cop Show Ever Made (in Canada)No other Canadian vampire cop show comes close to Forever Knight, a ’90s cult hit about an 800-year-old homicide detective.

By Naomi Skwarna

endings Oct. 27, 2021

The Best Line in a Vampire Movie Is in The Lost Boys“One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach …”

By Jen Chaney

vulture movie club Oct. 25, 2021

Twilight’s Final Vampire Battle Is Better Than Anything Marvel Has Ever DoneSlay, TCU (Twilight Cinematic Universe)!

By Rebecca Alter and Wolfgang Ruth

blacula lives! June 17, 2021

Blacula Rises Again With MGM Reboot, Currently In DevelopmentDeon Taylor will reportedly direct the studio’s revival of the blaxploitation movie.

By Halle Kiefer

cosplay Apr. 17, 2021

Tessa Violet’s New Music Video Is Pure TwilightcoreWatch the artist formerly known as Meekakitty pay homage to 21st century cinema’s greatest scene: the Twilight baseball sequence.

By Rebecca Alter

vampires Mar. 24, 2021

A What We Do in the Shadows Spinoff Will Haunt The CW and HBO MaxThe New Zealand–based comedy series follows the officers investigating the vampires from the 2014 film.

By Rebecca Alter

reboots Dec. 9, 2020

True Blood Is Getting Rebooted by Riverdale Evil Genius Roberto Aguirre-SacasaThe show is in the early stages of development.

By Rebecca Alter

sexy vampires May 4, 2020

A New Twilight Book Is Coming to Feast on Your NostalgiaThis time, Edward tells the story.

By Devon Ivie

100 scares Dec. 5, 2018

A Beginner’s Guide to Women’s Horror FilmmakingThis A to Z list reflects the scope and longevity of women filmmakers and their work in horror.

By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

comedy gold Nov. 21, 2018

The Vampire Baseball Game in Twilight Is the Funniest Film Scene EverLet’s break it down frame by frame.

By Brian Boone

Oct. 25, 2018

The Rise and Fall of the Vampire Romance CrazeWhen did dead people get so sexy?

By Andrea Schmitz

reunions Sept. 9, 2018

Robert Pattinson Can Be Ready for New Twilight Film at the Drop of a Vampire Wig“I’ve got the Botox out.”

By Halle Kiefer

dark night of the soul Nov. 1, 2015

Anne Rice Blessed All the Outcasts During a Vampirish Visit to New Orleans“The Vampire Chronicles have always been for us outcasts, us people that think differently.”

By Jada Yuan

ganja & mess Feb. 13, 2015

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Is the Strangest Film Spike Lee Has Ever MadeIt’s a mess, but it’s the kind of mess that only one of our greatest filmmakers could make.

By Bilge Ebiri

ha ah ah Feb. 13, 2015

Vampire Parody What We Do in the Shadows Is a Triumph of UndeadpanA crazy-great blend of vampire movies and reality TV from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.

By David Edelstein

books Dec. 17, 2014

J.K. Rowling: No, Professor Snape Was Not a VampireThe newest Pottermore update is all about vampires.

By Nate Jones

bloody brilliant Nov. 21, 2014

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: An Old-School Romance (with Persian Vampires)Is Ana Lily Amirpour’s movie the most original film of the year, or the most familiar?

By Bilge Ebiri

age quiz Aug. 14, 2014

Can You Tell Younger Elijah Wood From Older Elijah Wood?Take our age quiz.

By Lindsey Weber and Emily Bennett-Coles

vamping Apr. 11, 2014

The Charming Vampire Dirge of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left AliveStarring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as undead hipsters.

By David Edelstein

Nov. 1, 2013

Only Lovers Left Alive Trailer: Tilda Has TeethIn a new vampire flick by Jim Jarmusch.

By Lindsey Weber

vampires Aug. 20, 2013

Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt Join Kitchen SinkIt’s a vampire/zombie/alien comedy.

By Margaret Lyons

unholy appetites June 28, 2013

Saoirse Ronan Makes a Perfect Bloodsucker in ByzantiumNeil Jordan’s new bloodsucker tale arrives almost two decades after Interview With the Vampire.

By David Edelstein

vampires Apr. 1, 2013

See a Teaser for the New Season of True Blood“A tyrant is rising.” From a mud puddle, apparently.

By Margaret Lyons

Mar. 18, 2013

To Catherine, Regarding the Absurdities of the California Gold Rush, 1849, […]My Dearest Catherine, We are heading by caravan to San Francisco, ready to mine for gold. Everyone is telling wild tales about how much gold […]

By Brian Boone

the arousal index Nov. 15, 2012

Watch Vulture’s Twilight Horniness Focus GroupCharting the arousal level of Twi-hards from Twilight to Breaking Dawn Part 2.

By Julie Klausner and Sarah Frank

supercut Nov. 14, 2012

We Discovered Robert Pattinson’s Nervous Tic: The Talk-Show Water SipHe’s a very thirsty person.

By Jake Moore

explainer Nov. 14, 2012

A Crash Course on the Vampire Rules in Breaking Dawn - Part 2Here is how to keep all the vampires straight.

By Amanda Dobbins

vampire weekend getaway Sept. 28, 2012

Who Cares that Hotel Transylvania Is So One-Note, It’s a Funny NoteAdam Sandler’s animated monster mash-up is pleasantly disposable.

By Bilge Ebiri

twilight Sept. 1, 2012

Kellan Lutz Was Dubious About ‘Glimmering Vampires’ at FirstThat doesn’t sound very marketable to us!

By Andre Tartar

Aug. 16, 2012

Conan Is a Foreground Vampire Well, he is already pale enough. (Zing a ding!) Watch out, Conan production staff, the big bossman is going to… lick your hat? Conan is off […]

By Jesse David Fox

Aug. 6, 2012

The Complete Guide to Everything: VampiresHello there, dear Splitsider reader. We’re Tim Daniels and Tom Reynolds and we host a podcast called The Complete Guide to Everything, which is […]

By Splitsider Editors

vampires July 1, 2012