All posts tagged: Vampires

Bring me vampires | Radio Times

Bring me vampires | Radio Times

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add The Reluctant Vampire to your watchlist Eric Morecambe was the man whose TV work brought sunshine to millions. But when he embarked on a late second career as a children’s writer, things took a more… nocturnal turn. “He’d always been fascinated by vampires,” recalls Eric’s son Gary, whose memory of his father from the time –bashing away at an old typewriter, pipe clamped between his teeth – is gratifyingly on-brand. “He loved Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee in the Dracula films, so that’s why he chose the subject.” Now, almost half a century on, the book wot Eric wrote – 1982’s The Reluctant Vampire – has been transformed into a sitcom, with fang-sharp scripts by Neil and Rob Gibbons (brothers best known for spending the past 16 years giving peevish voice to Alan Partridge). For executive producer and ex-BBC head of comedy Shane Allen, who first discovered Morecambe’s book as a child, it’s the culmination of a lifelong dream. “My main worry was, ‘You’ll never get a child actor to pull this off,’” Allen …

‘The Blood of Dawnwalker’ Is a Bloody Balm for My Completionism

‘The Blood of Dawnwalker’ Is a Bloody Balm for My Completionism

Published by skeptic

Ah, so, “We have The Witcher at home,” is that it? Well, not exactly. The sameness might feel derivative at first, but give it a minute. Once you get through the prologue, the world opens up in a way that invites exploration of its very pretty, blood-soaked world. There’s no way to beat The Witcher 3 in depth, breadth, or sheer volume, but The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn’t try to replicate or surpass that scale. Instead, it gives you a simple goal and a limited time to pull it off. That sounds restrictive at first, but it plays out in a way that’s more freeing than you’d expect. Dawnwalker takes place in a fictional plague-era medieval world. You play as Coen (I call him Young Geralt), a poor peasant who lives with his family in a town controlled by evil vampires. After some inciting events, the Draculean boss vampire kidnaps Coen’s family and turns him into the Dawnwalker—a vampire hybrid that manifests as a human in the daytime and a bloodthirsty vampire at night. You’ve …

‘Til Death (And After): Undead Romances Involving Ghosts, Vampires, and Spirits

‘Til Death (And After): Undead Romances Involving Ghosts, Vampires, and Spirits

Published by Jenni Sidey

In the romance genre, authors make a sacred promise to their readers that their protagonists will, by the end of the story, live happily ever after. That promise is a little trickier to fulfill in paranormal romances where one (or more!) of the characters is dead. How can a sexy ghost live happily ever after if they can’t “live” at all? That’s what draws me to paranormal romances starring ghosts, vampires, spirits, and other undead beings. I know I’m going to the happy ending I want, but chances are that the author will have to find a particularly creative way to get there. Paranormal romances aren’t exactly new, but I’d argue that they’re a rising trend walking hand-in-hand with romantasy’s explosion in popularity. Tons of fantastic paranormal romances are hitting shelves in 2026, and there’s no better time to enjoy them than autumn, as the weather turns chilly with Halloween on the horizon. Below are three new undead romances you can lose yourself in now, plus two upcoming books you can preorder for a ghastly …

Filipino Vampires, The Death Card, and More New YA Book Releases for August 12, 2026

Filipino Vampires, The Death Card, and More New YA Book Releases for August 12, 2026

Published by Jenni Sidey

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For Sam Reid, Playing the Vampire Lestat Comes With Pleasure—and Perhaps a Nip of Pain

For Sam Reid, Playing the Vampire Lestat Comes With Pleasure—and Perhaps a Nip of Pain

Published by Sam Flores

Since the first Interview episodes, Jones and Hannah Moscovitch, both playwrights, have imbued the series with a kind of meta-argument for the power of art in times of tremendous turmoil. These are dense, literary shows packed with references to all manner of highbrow art and pop culture—compositions inspired by the poetry of Baudelaire, visual nods to films like Trainspotting, dialogue that gestures toward figures as disparate as pioneering Black American jazz pianists, medal-winning British ice dancers, and Post Malone. But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love. The new show leads with up-tempo earworms that magnify Lestat’s ego, his spiral into all the expected vices, or his petty musings about Louis. Before we hear the cracks in Lestat’s voice, we see him peacocking onstage; before Lélio, we see Harlequin. “Rolin was always like, ‘Serve more cunt, serve more cunt,’ and I was a bit like, I don’t think you know what is in …

Before ‘Sinners,’ There Was ‘Nadja’—the Most Stylish Vampire Movie of the 1990s

Before ‘Sinners,’ There Was ‘Nadja’—the Most Stylish Vampire Movie of the 1990s

Published by Sam Flores

Löwensohn: Which I enjoyed. The closer it got, I was ready for my close-up. Do you still have those cameras? Almereyda: I do, but I’ve been trying to get them to work again. They’re kinda beyond repair. I’ve been with a technician who’s a kind of camera surgeon. He’s been trying to help me revive them, and so far, he’s been defeated. I bought mine for $45 each from an 800 number. Have either of you been to Transylvania? Löwensohn: Passing through. I never visited the actual castle of Vlad Țepeș, but I’ve visited Transylvania and it is very beautiful. What I love in Michael’s film is the talent of invention and ingenuity with no money. It was Central Park for Romania. Almereyda: I haven’t been to Romania, but I have a new friend: my shy Romanian brother Radu Jude, who is a great filmmaker. He’s given me his blessings that Nadja had meaning for him when he first saw it. It’s mind-blowing to think that the film can translate. But I guess I have …

Witches and Vampires and Genies, Oh My: Comics Featuring Supernatural Entities

Witches and Vampires and Genies, Oh My: Comics Featuring Supernatural Entities

Published by Jenni Sidey

Who couldn’t use a little more of the fantastic in their lives? Well, some of the protagonists of these graphic novels have probably had their fill, but for the rest of us, the following five comics are a great way to spend an afternoon. The Bizarre Bazaar: Down a Dark Path by Daniel Nayeri and Lesley Vamos Hosted by a fairy and a djinn who were exiled to Earth for seven (and a half!) eternities, this series features unsettling mystery stories. In the latest installment, two sisters come to suspect that a vampire is lurking in the woods surrounding their family’s isolated farm. But is there something closer to home that should worry them more? I Can Sell You a Body by Ryan Ferrier and George Kambadais (Out Jan 28) Denny has a most unusual talent: the ability to transfer the spirits of the dead into living human bodies. This makes him a very popular fellow, right up until it doesn’t. When he falls in love with one of the people whose body is about …