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Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches Review

While tales of witches, vampires and demons have been haunting literature for more than a millennium, these otherworldly creatures remain trending topics in American pop culture. Today’s vampires are sexy leading men—albeit a bit moody— and the witches are a far cry from the weird sisters who incant “double, double toil and trouble” around a cauldron in __Macbeth__. In fact, witches (the good ones, at least) have now supplanted the fair maidens and princesses in fairy tales.  read more

Will Smith Signs on for Cain and Abel Vampire Movie

Parents just don’t understand. Especially when they’re Adam and Eve....  read more

Seth Grahame-Smith Joins Dark Shadows Remake

When we did our “evolution of the vampire” feature a few weeks ago, readers were nearly unanimously irritated that we left out one particular bloodsucker: Barnabas Collins....  read more

Kristen Stewart is Bored: A 42-Second Montage

In case you haven’t heard, vampires are so hot right now. (And if you haven’t, please, educate yourself on the pop-cultural evolution of these mythical creatures.)...  read more

A Field Guide to Vampire Myths

No matter how unbelievably sexy film and television vampires get, they can still be a dangerous breed....  read more

A Vampire Playlist That Doesn't Suck

For your listening pleasure, the team at Paste has compiled our favorite vamp-centric cuts, perfect for rocking out on your way to an Eclipse screening. While you listen, feel free to peruse our field guide to vampire myths and our exhaustive history of the pop-culture vampire....  read more

Bela Lugosi's Dead: Vampire History, From Scary Monster to Sexy Beast

Love it or hate it, you can't deny Twilight's impact...  read more

Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov Plan Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Movie Adaptation

Even Tim Burton isn’t immune to the vampire virus that’s sweeping the globe. The crazy-creative filmmaker is reuniting with Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov (the duo worked together to produce animated feature, 9) to sink his teeth into Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, just released this Tuesday, is in the same quirky genre as his bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is already set to be made into a film starring Natalie Portman....  read more

Amy Heckerling Starts Work on Vampire Romantic Comedy

Vampires sure are hot right now. It seems that every filmmaker is trying their hand at fang-faced movie these days. The outrageous success of the Twilight series has made vampires the subject du jour in everything from comedies to dramas to TV series. Now, writer-director Amy Heckerling is the latest to announce that she will be making a vampire flick....  read more

Owen Wilson to headline "vampire-buddy comedy"

Owen Wilson has made his non-Wes Anderson career out of variations on the buddy comedy (Night at the Museum, Starsky & Hutch, the Shanghai cycle), and it looks like he’s sticking with it. The actor will produce and star in Blood Brothers, which will adopt a supernatural take on the classic genre with the story of a man whose best friend turns out to be a vampire. ...  read more