Was vampirism based on a real disease? Pale skin, fear of sunlight, pointy fangs, and a taste for blood — all the tropes of fictional vampires have long caused people to connect the ...

Real Vampires’ Fears of Coming out of the Coffin ... helping professionals and preferred to ‘stay in the coffin’ for fear of being misunderstood, labeled, and potentially having to face ...

Today, in a thoroughly electrified world, are we still afraid of vampires or, on the contrary, are we long past that fear? It’s hard to say. Leśmian argues that there are strigoi, ghosts that can mess ...

Despite their sexy reputation, vampires are at their most effective on the screen when they have a monstrous, inhuman look to them.