vampire

It’s that time of year again when the fabric between realms is at its thinnest and all manner of ghosts, ghouls and beasts can reach out and touch us! To honour this we decided to cover the spookiest beast we know. Welcome to the family,…

With Venom out this week, Andrew Carroll looks back on his personal favourite superhero Every time another Marvel movie comes out I let out a little sigh. I don’t like superheroes anymore. The glut of them that’s hit cinemas in recent…

There are many drains on society, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 romantic horror film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night seeks to represent most of them in some way. The film’s titular vampire character seems to be un-monstrous within the…

Tuberculosis (TB) has infected humans since ancient times with evidence of TB found in the bones of Egyptian mummies from as early as 3000 BC. In the medieval period deaths from TB were blamed on vampirism with the slow decline in health…

The truth is a strange beast, and often the best that history can do is simply tell you what is likely to be true rather than give a definitive answer. Elizabeth Báthory is a good example of this. She is painted by some historians as…