LandLord isn’t going to color inside the lines. Sure, it’ll color inside some of the lines, but this coloring book wasn’t made by someone looking to retread all the cliches. It was made by someone who almost wants you to fall for some of the tropes. If you fall for the tropes, after all, you won’t be expecting the punch.

The newly released film Sinners by Ryan Coogler takes center stage on vampire lore. Building on the decades long tale, Coogler reimagines this classic monster in a timely and creative new light.

Out of all the pieces of pop culture that feature vampires, the Castlevania franchise stands out for one particular reason. Everyone’s favorite character? The castle. Rarely is the setting of a storyline one of the first things that fans recall. While it’s mostly fans of the Castlevania video games who are responsible for this pop culture preference, the castle depicted in the critically acclaimed Netflix series has also received praise.

The highly anticipated film Nosferatu by Robert Eggers was released on Christmas Day, and does not disappoint.

With the long-awaited remake of Nosferatu by Robert Eggers quickly approaching, it’s a great time to dust off your old favorite vampire flicks to amp yourself up. Whether you’re an Interview with the Vampire (1994) person or you’re more into The Lost Boys (1987), or even if you’re a 30 Days of Night (2007) fanatic, vamps have the unique ability among monsters to adapt to almost any kind of story.

Released one year ago today, Michael McGovern’s Blood Ending takes you on a decades-long adventure filled with vampires and an angry alchemist with little-to-no opportunities to catch your breath.

Destiny covers the new release Piglady - a film inspired by the true brutal murders in Oregon.

Arran Crawley discusses writing the horror screenplay and protagonist: There’s more than one way to structure a story—particularly horror with its detailed sub-genres.

Screenwriter Arran Crawley examines the differences between two common types of stories in horror film and how you can use them to create engaging plots in your own writing.

The 2022 release of Luca Guadagnino’s movie Bones and All is a genre-bending romantic horror film about living on the run. It is a vampiric, cannibalistic, grotesque, haunting, and gut wrenching account of two young lovers coming of age at the margins of society.

Shudder has become an indispensable source of horror with its highly curated collections and broad selection of original works. Read on for a list of (more than) top ten Shudder original films.

The retro-futuristic land of Phil Tippett’s newest release Mad God revives scary stop-motion animation in a mostly silent movie that pays homage to films across the dystopian horror genre.

The horror in Midnight Mass isn’t its vampire, though that is horrifying as well, but in its people—that an entire town of good, well-meaning families could be so easily convinced to turn on each other and their humanity. It’s a difficult but necessary pill to swallow in a post-COVID, post-QAnon world.

Stuart Gordon’s Dagon, often overlooked in favor of his other movies, stands the test of time as both a unique horror movie and a parry against the racism in Lovecraft’s literature.

Jakob’s Wife, directed by Travis Stevens and starring the highly acclaimed Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, both plays well with a vampire and man-of-the-cloth dynamic, while also reinforcing the growing trend in horror of pushing subgenres in new, much-needed directions.

Following the end of Sundance, Ande dives into the madness of Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth and examines the challenges of Sean Ellis’ Eight for Silver.

From the tragic evening, into the unknown and unwavering forest, the viewer is met with horror-version visuals of what it might be like to live through a devastating experience.

A timely & thoughtful look at the 2019 Pet Sematary.

The Transfiguration stitches together a new vision of what it means to be a vampire in modern cinema. A lovechild between Let the Right One In, and the hidden ’70s gem, George A. Romero’s Martin, it effectively builds on the rich history of vampire films in the U.S. and maintains a sense of relevancy, without sacrificing its unique point of view.

Looking back on this beloved film in the wake of Covid-19, I didn’t know what holding a job, providing for myself, or living alone was like. I had no idea about life’s greatest fears or the fragility of human life itself.