VAMPIRES

People tried their best to keep the dead from rising again with scythes, chains, nails, and more.

The movie, which hit theaters September 19, 2003, was a surprise hit: It was made for $22 million but grossed nearly $96 million, kicking off a film franchise that brought in nearly $550 million. Here’s what you should know.

The idea that garlic repels vampire has been linked to some serious health problems.

Witches and vampires are eternally popular, but Wyoming seems to have a thing for ninjas.

Rotten Tomatoes' highest-rated horror movies aren't all Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter, and Jordan Peele. (But they’re all definitely up there.)

In September 1954, hundreds of armed children invaded a Glasgow graveyard to hunt a vampire—and inadvertently helped pass a comic book censorship law.

Forty-five years after its publication, Anne Rice’s 1976 novel 'Interview With the Vampire' stands as one of the most influential bloodsucker tales ever published. Here's what you need to know.

Today, Bram Stoker is best known as the author of 'Dracula.' But in life, he was better known as a theatrical manager.

For one of literature’s most enduring works, Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' didn’t receive much of a turnout when it was first adapted for the stage: A total of two people showed up.

On March 4, 1922, spectators filtered into the Marble Hall of the Berlin Zoological Garden to witness horror movie history—and a plagiarism success story in the making.

Archaeologists plan to use the 3D model to find out exactly what the woman’s face looked like, warts and all.

4. The vampire masterpiece's two young stars were never allowed to read the script.