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With Halloween approaching, University of Virginia professor of Slavic languages and literatures Stanley Stepanic investigated the history of vampire legends for The Conversation, reposted below.
(THE CONVERSATION) — The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of ...
A street painting in Bucharest, Romania, depicts Bram Stoker, right, the author of Dracula, sharing a drink with Vlad the Impaler, left, the medieval Romanian ruler who inspired the book. AP ...
The vampire is a powerful symbol. Over the years, it has been used to illustrate societal fears and conflicts, from race relations in the 1972 film “Blackula” to gender identity, like the ...
Welcome to the first New on Steam feature for 2026! It may be a new year, but it seems survival horror is here to stay, and today's feature is proof that this genre is not going anywhere. Without ...
In many respects, the vampire of today is far removed from its roots in Eastern European folklore. As a professor of Slavic studies who has taught a course on vampires called "Dracula" for more than a ...