Most people today see vampires as entertaining supernatural creatures popularized by the many book, television, and movie series that abound in popular fiction,

Vampires are much more complex creatures than Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Twilight, True Blood, or scores of other movies and television shows would have you beli

Presents a history of vampire lore in America and focuses on its popular culture impact in print and film.

While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent decades that they have become a cen