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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. 125 years ago, Bram Stoker birthed his undead icon, Dracula, into the world. And right now just in time for Halloween, Stokers own descendent is here in Bowling Green with an inside look at the book and authors legacies.

Bram Stokers great grand-nephew has carried on Draculas legacy through his own novels.

Dacre Stoker used his predecessors own notebooks to co-authored the prequel to Dracula among other novels that honor the gothic author icon.

Thanks to the Warren County Public Library, you can meet Dacre Stoker Tuesday at The Capitol in Downtown Bowling Green for free.

There are so many elements of his own life that are woven into the fabric of the novel, said Stoker. So, if you really want to understand what really went into this incredible book thats been a classic, thats influenced popular culture and its huge around Halloween, come tonight. Listen to me tell you the rest of the story.

The event starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday. You can get your free tickets online here.

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By Ana Dominguez

After the Neamtu family fled Romania three years ago and moved to St. Petersburg, they noticed that the city was missing something they could truly relate to.

Their culture was being underrepresented in Pinellas County and the family knew that needed to change.

After buying the space formerly known as Wine Madonna, the Neamtus created Draculas Legacy, a castle-inspired bar that serves Romanian wine flights on 111 2nd Ave. NE.

Without hesitation, they knew they wanted a Dracula-themed bar due to the vampires legacy in their culture, originating from the Transylvania region in Romania.

For more than a century, Hollywood moviemakers have reinterpreted the origins of Dracula from the silent, unofficial adaptation of the Bram Stoker story, Nosferatu, to modern reimagining of vampire myths in feature films and television. Robert Neamtu, one of the owners of Draculas Legacy, explained that the real story of Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler, the official ruler of Walachia, now part of modern Romania.

The Turks attacked Walachia and Vlad pushed them out by impaling them. There were two reasons behind it, so the enemies that came and tried to take over that area would get scared and would back off, and to keep his people safe, Neamtu said.

Because Vlad would cut off the fingers, arms and legs of all trespassers in plain sight of all the villagers, somehow it got back to Hollywood where they made the assumption that Vlad must have been inhuman and drinking the blood of his victims.

Although the Neamtu family knows the real origin of how the story of Dracula came about, they still partake in all the fun, incorporating Dracula-themed wine, such as vampire pinot noir, bloody cabernet and Dracula sparkling wine.

The owners of Draculas Legacy offer these vampiric drinks from around the world, while embracing their cultures history through traditional Romanian wines, which normally can only be found back home. These wines can be enjoyed by the glass or in a wine flight.

Something really interesting that we offer that most wine bars in general dont have would be the Romanian wine from the Feteasca Negara grape a dark-skinned grape variety native to the Republic of Moldova and Romania and the Feteasca Regala a white wine that is rich in lush aromas of peaches and apple, Neamtu said.

This bar meets the needs of every customer, not just the blood-drinkers.

Draculas Legacy also has non-alcoholic options like coffee, cider, tea, juice and an assortment of food options, including garlic knots, bruschetta, soup, salads and chocolate fondue for dessert.

The courtyard space in front of the establishment hosts an annual Halloween costume contest and has artists of different genres come out to play live music.

The Neamtu family is very grateful that last Halloween their business started to pick back up after the pandemic, since it hasnt always been easy for Draculas Legacy.

After being open for only two months, their business was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since then, they have gone through many hardships, such as reconnecting with former customers, getting to know new ones and building a community where people from different backgrounds and cultures can come together.

Throughout the pandemic, the owners of Draculas Legacy reflected on how they could build their community back up and reconnect with customers again for the reopening of their bar. As a result, Draculas Legacy created a VIP program to help get their clientele involved.

Customers can pay a one-time fee of $100 and get a customized Draculas Legacy wine glass with a nickname engraved that is on display on their hanging wine rack for life, which is now two racks full.

The VIP program is fun; it always sparks conversations as to why my glass says Medicated Pete, said Marc Singer, a regular at Draculas Legacy.

As for students, the establishment offers a 10% discount and it is within walking distance from the St. Petersburg campus.

For most people, Halloween doesnt last longer than the month of October, but Draculas Legacy is open year-round, inviting everyone to keep the spooky spirit alive.

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October is the time for ghost stories, or vampire stories, or anything creepy and spooky and a few Cape Cod theaters are offering that those told live. Here are our reviewers' looks at Halloween-season productions: "The Vourdalak" from the Academy of Performing Arts in Orleans; "The Addams Family Musical" at Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre; and Chatham Drama Guild's "Dracula." (And notice that one man is behind two of these scary choices...)

By Shannon Goheen

Written by: Bragan Thomas; directed by Thomas and Jonathan Ryder; presented by the Academy of Performing Arts

What its about: A British Lord is traveling by horseback to Bucharest when he gets caught in a serious thunderstorm. He takes refuge under a tree with others and meets a local who invites him to spend the night. He finds himself among a worrisome family and a beautiful woman who steals his heart. The family, however, has other horrific plans for him and his horse, for that matter. Hes clearly doomed but his overwhelming attraction to the woman blinds him to any possibility of escape.

See it or not: When the play ended, the child behind me said, That was so good! Its a spooky, creepy Halloween play, just right for the season and not so gory that children cant handle it. You can take the whole family except the very young and impressionable and can expect to feel a little anxious while you watch this one-hour play.

Highlight of the show: Zdenka (Vaida Armonaite) has Lord Nicholas Somervilles (Bragan Thomas) best interests at heart and she makes an effort to save him. His hesitation to leave her has serious consequences. You must choose death or life everlasting, she tells him. Armonaite and Thomas together blur the line between the two realities, our familiar world and a world with vampires. That fuzzy boundary is where the real discomfort happens in this play.

Fun fact: Thomas presented an early version of the script, based on a novella by Tolstoy, at the Academys 24-Hour theater festival in March. He says this fully staged world premiere too him three years and 34 drafts to produce. The theme fits in nicely with the Academys goal of performing live theater throughout this Halloween season and they are integrating parts of this play into their month-long Haunted House project.

Worth noting: The members of the small cast all offer their own turbulent touches to the action. Fred Carpenters Jorg is abusive and fearsome from the get-go and its clear that hes a bad egg. His wife Elizavet, played by Diane F. Parkes, doesnt like him nor should she because hes so nasty and she uses effective body language to let us know just what she thinks. Peter Eldridge is Jorgs brother Pyotr who spends most of his time whittling wooden stakes with a giant knife. His sinister habit of holding the sharp blade near Nicholas neck is unsettling. Mishka the vampire child is a role shared by Charlie Tobin and Toby Goers. On opening night, director Ryder stepped into the role of Gorcha, the man who turns the whole family into vampires. Its clear that the cast is having fun with this Halloween special and they together turn out an entertaining production.

One more thing: There is a small price to pay… for everlasting life, says Armonaite. Really? Its an unanswerable good/bad question - the prospect of living forever. Being unachievable, it remains a concept to grapple with that will endlessly pique the human psyche. Thomas The Vourdalak entertains and confounds. Its the best kind of creepy!

If you go: 2 p.m. Oct. 23, 6 p.m. Oct. 20 and 27 at the Academy Playhouse, 120 Main St., Orleans; $15; boxoffice@academyplayhouse.org, 508-255-1963, https://www.academyplayhouse.org/.

By Sue Mellen

Written by:Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa; directed by Nick Cearley; presented by Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre.

What it's about: Heres the Addams family, in all their ghoulish glory, and just in time for the Halloween season (most certainly the Addams favorite time of the year). Theres Gomez (Anthony Teixeira), ever the debonair (if a bit charmingly wacky) leader of the clan. Then theres Morticia (Brittany Rolfs) the forever sultry siren at Gomezs side. Maryana Crawley is the somewhat sullen teenaged Wednesday, while Kelly Martin is the delightfully mischievous Pugsley. And who could forget Grandma (Trish LaRose) with her hunched back, wild hair and equally wild attitude about … well, everything.

Rounding out the household are John O. Fennell as the somewhat bumbling but always lovable Uncle Fester and Matt Gardner as the silent, enigmatic, 8-foot Lurch. (It would be fascinating to know exactly how the company managed to get Gardner up to that impressive height. And you have to wonder how Gardner became so sure-footed on the apparatus.)

Considering the above, it would almost be enough to see the Addams gathered together in their Home Sweet Mausoleum. And, in fact, when the play opens with a seemingly disembodied hand reaching through the curtain and the familiar music and finger-snapping in the background, the audience bursts into applause.

But theres actually a plot. Wednesday is contemplating marriage, and her intendeds family is from (horrors) Ohio. (Gomez comments that its a dreaded swing state.) The patriarch is the first to know about the impending union, and Wednesday asks that he keep the news to himself until after a dinner with the (of course) conservative Beinekes, boyfriend Lucas (Salvatore Guillermo Garcia), mom Alice (Jess Andra) and dad Mal (Ed Donovan). So Gomez is trapped like the moderate wing of the right, he says. He doesnt want to disappoint Wednesday, but has never lied to Morticia.

You know whats coming: Its literally a feast of hilarity, as the family introduces its favorite parlor game, Full Disclosure, to the staid Ohioans. In fact, sunshiney, rhyme-spouting Alice drinks a potion meant for Wednesday and launches into a sirens song, eventually draping herself along the dining table. Considering the chaos, will Wednesday and Lucas stay together? And how about Fester? Will his dream of a romance with the moon (thats right, the moon) ever be realized?

See it or not: Go for a deadly delightful trip back in time to those days in the 1960s when the original Addams Family graced TV screens on a weekly basis. But whatever your age, go for the sheer fun of the show. The one-liners alone especially those delivered by a deadpan Teixeira are worth the price of admission. When Alice asks to use the little girls room, he answers, We used to have one but we had to let them go. Priceless!

Highlight of the show: There is so much about this show thats outstanding that its hard to zero in. Excellent direction from Cearley means that the characters are all spot-on and scenes flow seamlessly from one to the next. And the theaters longtime musical director Robert Wilder and his behind-the scenes musicians provide deftly delightful accompaniment to the action, beginning with the opening, ensemble number, When Youre An Addams. The voices are almost universally strong and trained, with Rolfs and Crawleys standing out. And choreographer Suzette Hutchinson has ensured that numbers like the show opener (featuring a youthful ensemble of deceased Addams ancestors), and the sultry Tango de Amor performed by Rolfs and Teixeira, are perfect.

Interesting fact: The incomparable Jackie Coogan played Fester in the original TV series, with Christopher Lloyd assuming the role in the two feature films.

Worth noting: Set design by James P. Byrne and costumes by Robin McLaughlin are also fun and authentic, fueling the trip back in time.

One more thing: The intimate CCTC/HJT theater is perfectly suited to this trip into the fabulously freaky corridors of the Addams abode.

If you go: 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 30; Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre, 105 Division St., West Harwich; $35, under 21 $18; 508-432.2002, https://capecodtheatrecompany.org/

By Sue Mellen

Adapted for the stage: by Bragan Thomas; directed by Anna Marie Johansen, presented by the Chatham Drama Guild

What it's about: Were approaching the season of witches, werewolves and ghostly ghouls, so it must be time for a visit from the Count of Transylvania himself, along with his forever faithful servant Renfield. This version of the Dracula story begins far from the Carpathian Mountains in the library of an estate in North Yorkshire, England. Its 1931 and life is light and lovely for Lucy (Rachel Walman), the young mistress of the estate, whose greatest concern is deciding which of her many suitors to marry. (At the top of her list is fianc Arthur, played by Devin Massarky.) And life is just as carefree for her cousin Mina (Emily Entwisle) and her beau Jonathan (John Hanright), who happens to be a solicitor (lawyer). Also on the scene is Dr. Jack Seward (Mark Roderick), a physician who is experimenting with the reanimation of flesh at the local insane asylum. (Of course he is!)

But all is not well in the venerable halls of Whitby House. For one thing, Lucys mother, Lady Mary (Amanda Gordon), is hearing something scratch at her bedroom window and seeing dark eyes from the other side of the mirror. (Can the count be far behind?) Sure enough, Renfield (Bob Shire) shows up to cart Jonathan off to Transylvania to get Dracs signature (in blood no doubt) on the bottom line of a contract to buy an abbey in merry old England. Cut to Castle Dracula, where the Lord of the Vampires (Bragan Thomas) greets Jonathan. As the count plies his visitor with a super-deluxe wine from the Drac family cellars, we hear about the soon-inebriated travelers journey. When Drac says he is excited about moving to London where there are so many healthy people with fine blood, we know it cant be long before Jonathan is joining the count in quaffing another bright-red beverage.

See it or not: A visit with a vampire is often just the ticket in the season of All Hallows Eve. But this version sometimes suffers from an identity problem. At certain points on Thursdays opening night, the action and dialogue under Johansens direction were so melodramatic that there was laughter in the audience, as it appeared the play was a spoof. Then it became clear that no humor was intended. Still, Thomas succeeds in hitting the right, creepy note as Bram Stokers beast, often keeping the audience engaged.

Highlight of the show: The scene in Hotel Transylvania may be the best in the show. Hanright feigns drunkenness very effectively and there is undeniable tension and chemistry between him and Thomas. When Jonathan joins Team Drac just before intermission, its clear he and his coach will be seeking new recruits in Act II.

Interesting fact: Bela Lugosi was the first to play a film version of Count Dracula, in 1931. Other actors who followed his lead include Christopher Lee and Frank Langella.

Worth noting: The final scene is set in the subterranean catacombs of the London-based abbey the count owns at that point. Set designers Johansen and Roderick have created an interesting setting here, complete with ancient stone walls and a thick mist.

One more thing: There are some pretty graphic moments as actors feign blood- sucking. So this is probably not the best Halloween show for youngsters.

If you go: 7:30 p.m. Oct.16 at Chatham Drama Guild, 134 Crowell Road; tickets: $25 cabaret seating, $22 regular seating; 508-945-0510, http://www.chatdramaguild.org/

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Las Vegas, NV, October 18, 2022 --(PR.com)--Histria Books is pleased to announce the release of "A Tale of Two Villains: Theme and Symbolism in Dracula and the Harry Potter Saga," by Calvin Cherry. The book is published by Gaudium Publishing, an imprint of Histria Books dedicated to outstanding works of non-fiction in a variety of fields.

The millions of fans of Dracula and Harry Potter consist of all ages and varied enthusiasm, ranging from a curious reader or leisure cinema observer to seriously devoted academic scholars. However, followers of each universe have been chiefly segregated rarely mingling apart from an occasional culture convention, dominated by Star Wars, Star Trek, and Marvel heroes groupies. But Stoker and Rowling readers have a lot in common because Count Dracula and Lord Voldemort have much in common. These two internationally acclaimed bestselling novels possess a remarkable kinship.

Prepare to be delightfully surprised to discover that the godfather of all vampires and the infamous dark wizard share a deep character bond that goes far beyond the title monster. Be intrigued to uncover what a coffin and a horcrux share or to dig further to unearth that the often-overlooked scars which Bram Stoker wrote of in Victorian England are just as significant as those described by J.K. Rowling in the modern era. Indeed, it cannot be mere coincidence that Dracula is born in 1897 and 100 years later, Harry is too.

A Tale of Two Villains is a love letter to both sets of fans paying homage to two superb authors and their extraordinary respective works, setting both masterpieces on pedestals, side by side for the first time, exploring their similar themes, unique parallelism, and mystical symbolism. The author delves profoundly into the interesting characters, their traits, conflicts, and motivations, to show how literary art is born. This book is a must for any Stoker or Rowling fan. Calvin H. Cherry is the author of STOKER: Evolution of a Vampire and fantasy and horror scholar.

"A Tale of Two Villains: Theme and Symbolism in Dracula and the Harry Potter Saga," by Calvin Cherry, 268 pp., ISBN 978-1-59211-167-1, is available at HistriaBooks.com and from all major book retailers. The book is also available in eBook. Titles published under the various imprints of Histria Books are distributed worldwide by the Independent Publishers Group (IPG). For information on publishing with Histria Books, please visit HistriaBooks.com or contact us at info@histriabooks.com.

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Its the end of the week and its time to look back at everything new that hit Netflix over the last 7 days in the United States. Below, youll find a list of all 36 new titles to arrive plus well also look through whats been trending in the US Netflix top 10s.

Want to see whats coming up on Netflix? Weve got the next 7 days of whats coming to Netflix covered in our new preview.

Before we get into the full list, heres a rundown of some of the new arrivals over the weekend:

Rating:PG-13Language:EnglishGenre:DocumentaryDirector:Timothy Greenfield-SandersCast:Toni Morrison, Hilton Als, Oprah WinfreyRuntime:120 min

Holding a 97% on RottenTomatoes is the 2019 documentary on the late author Toni Morrison looking back through her career and how her work inspired and educated on the history of race and American history.

Wendy Ide at the Observer reviewed the movie back in March 2020 saying:

Whether you have read everything she wrote or have never ventured into her worlds, its likely that the first thing youll do when you leave the cinema is pick up one of her novels.

Rating:PG-13Language:EnglishGenre:Action, Drama, FantasyDirector:Gary ShoreCast:Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah GadonWriter:Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Bram StokerRuntime:92 min

As were in the Halloween season, you may be looking for some of the new horror or monster movies streaming on Netflix. One of the most famous monsters of all time is Dracula who is the subject of this Universal movie that was released 8 years ago.

Rating:TV-14Language:KoreanGenre:Comedy, Drama, HistoryCast:Kim Hye-soo, Kim Hae-sook, Choi Won-yeong, Kim Eui-sung, Moon Sang-min, Ok Ja-yeonRuntime:73 mins

Weekly episodes of this new Korean period drama have begun dropping this weekend with the next batch set to release next Saturday.

Heres what you can expect from the new drama:

A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.

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Dr. Stanley and Dr. Gillota present in LAE Faculty Forum

Dr. Adam Stanley, Professor of History, presented on the history of vampires as cultural phenomena in European history on Oct. 5 as part of the College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Forum series. Dr. David Gillota, Associate Professor of English, responded to Dr. Stanleys presentations with a brief overview of vampire imagery in film.

Dr. Hilton Kelly, Dean of LAE, introduced the event by sharing an anecdote of some of his research history. He concluded, The very function of the faculty forum is to provide a space for faculty to share ideas that have haunted them to present the intellectual puzzle that they are grappling with.

The intellectual puzzle of vampires in literature and in culture began to haunt Dr. Stanley during the pandemic, during which he read Bram Stokers Dracula.

Dr. Stanley was interested, in particular, with how the undead came alive, how was it that this imagery of the vampire as a specific creature emerged, developed and evolved in the European cultural imagination.

He noted, too, that this timeline of development mainly happened in the 18th and 19th century, culminating in 1897 with the publication of Dracula by Bram Stoker.

The idea of the vampire began in the Eastern European cultures, showing up as proto-vampires, as Dr. Stanley coined, in Slavic words like upyr, oupir, vepyr, vepir, which all described a reanimated corpse that tormented living creatures and, somehow, took their blood.

At this time, as early as the 14th or 15th century, the rules of the myth of the proto-vampires were not solidified like they are today. As the proto-vampire myths broadened their geographical range into the larger European mind, people attempted to explore the nature of the vampire.

Natural philosophers were having their heyday coming out of the Scientific Revolution where they had made so many different advances and were rooted in nature. So scientific thinkers were determined to seek and understand these tales, not as being of supernatural origin but on the terms of natural phenomenon.

When the scientific community could not rationalize the existence of vampires, the task moved to religious philosophers. This was a daunting task. Christian religious philosophers, for instance, had to decipher how Jesus Christ had died and risen from the dead in a dissimilar fashion than a vampire had died and risen from the dead.

These debates continued and created a cultural footprint that historians can still observe and measure today. The first Encyclopedia, published in the 1750s, and serving as a compendium of collective knowledge, includes an entry of vampires.

In this period of the 1700s, gothic writing styles began to explode in popularity. This genre sought to integrate fantastical elements (like vampires), darkness and the macabre into realistic elements of medieval or current times, culture, technology and progress.

The codified rules of vampires started showing up more consistently in the 1800s with Verney the Vampire, Carmilla and finally Dracula. Readership and viewership of theatrical adaptions propelled the vampire myth further towards the general understanding of the rules of vampires.

Technological advances in the 1900s allowed for movie-goers to watch a different form of live-action depiction of the now-solidified myth of the vampire. Two prominent depictions that paved the way for cultural understanding were Nosferatu and Bela Lugosis Dracula. Here, the modern dichotomy of the gross and monstruous vampire and the handsome and alluring vampire arose.

The myth of the vampire is, much like its subject, not dead. In perfect reflection of vampires, vampire-centric media continues to undergo cycles of death and rebirth. Recently, media like What We Do In The Shadows have reshaped the general rules of vampires away from the serious, monstruous, alluring, or seductive creatures to joking and sometimes incompetent creatures.

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AMCs new adaptation of Anne Rices Interview with the Vampire has been getting terrific reviews. Its a wonderful take on the popular novel, previously adapted as the 1994 film of the same name, and its streaming on AMC Plus. If youre one of its legions of new fans, you may be planning your next obsession. So, what are the best shows like Interview with the Vampire?

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The new series repeats many of the familiar beats of the novel and earlier film, though with a few crucial differences. Still set in Louisiana, the show is set in the early 1900s. That means it does away with the originals slavery subplot. By recasting Louis, one of the protagonists, as a Black man, the series tweaks certain social dynamics and explores interesting facets of vampirism through history.

So, if you want more, read on for our list of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire. And if you havent checked it out yet, you can watch the series on AMC Plus by hitting the link below.

AMC Plus

AMC Plus offers ad-free on-demand access to the library of shows and movies from the AMC Networks family of cable TV and streaming services.

Shows like Interview with the Vampire

True Blood

Sharing its Louisiana setting and focus on erotic thrills among vampires and humans, True Blood is a terrific show like Interview with the Vampire. Following Sookie Stackhouse, a young waitress who can read minds, True Blood imagines a world in which vampires have come out of the casket. They walk among us openly and are the subjects of hateful bigotry. Sookie develops a relationship with vampire Bill, a former Confederate soldier who exposes her to the world of the supernatural as she explores her own superhuman gifts.

HBO Max

HBO Max is your home for Warner Bros-made movies and TV shows like The Lord of the Rings, the DC Comics superheroes, and more. It's also the home for new and original movies and shows available nowhere else.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The hugely successful and influential Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains a top choice for fans of vampire fiction. Blending teeen drama with horror tropes, the show cleverly depicts a teen girl who is the latest in a long line of Slayers, young women empowered to fight vampires and demons. Working with her friends and a Watcher (a mentor who teaches her the ways of the Slayers), Buffy fights the forces of evil while trying not to let it get in the way of being a teen.

Hulu

Hulu offers not only thousands of movies and TV shows to stream, it also has original shows and films like The Handmaid's Tale. You can upgrade to Hulu Plus Live TV to get live channels, including your local stations.

Angel

A spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel is certainly the lesser show, but it owes even more of its heros backstory to Interview with the Vampire. Angel is a vampire cursed with a soul. Now, he seeks to do good and works as a private investigator in LA, helping the helpless with his unique abilities. Through flashbacks, we see how Angel came to become a vampire and how he lived before getting his soul.

Dracula

The BBC and Netflixs 2020 adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula is both a fresh update of the classic and a great choice for Anne Rice fans. Developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the three-part miniseries follows the Count through the ages. It retells the known story and follows Dracula into battles with Van Helsings descendants in the present day.

Netflix

Netflix is still the leading premium streaming service, with over 200 million worldwide subscribers. It offers thousands of movies and TV shows to binge watch, including its always growing list of original films and series, including Stranger Things, The Witcher, Bridgerton, and many more.

Penny Dreadful

Set near the turn of the century like Interview With the Vampire, Penny Dreadful has a similar literary and erotic tone as the newer series. The Showtime series features classic characters from stories like Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Dracula ina dark, horror-infused supernatural story. Throughout its three seasons, it follows a group brought together by mysterious murders in London as they fight forces of evil and maintain their own secret identities in the face of persecution.

Showtime

Showtime offers up great movies and some of the best and most innovative original TV shows, and you can get all of that for a low monthly price.

The Vampire Diaries

Another vampire love story spanning ages, The Vampire Diaries takes a more youth-focused approach to the undead. But its a great companion show for fans of Interview with the Vampire. The series follows two brother vampires caught in a love triangle with a teen girl, as well as a look-alike vampire from their past. Viewers follow the trio as well as their towns supernatural mythology through its eight seasons.

Peacock

NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service offers a lot of great movies and TV shows to stream on demand, along with live news and sports. Best of all, you can watch lots of its content for free, or watch all of it with a paid subscription starting at just $4.99 a month.

What We Do in the Shadows

If you want a comedic send-up of the entire vampire genre, you wont do better than What We Do in the Shadows. Based on the 2014 film of the same name, this mockumentary series follows a group of vampires who live together on Staten Island. Turned at different times, they each represent different generations of vampirism. Its one of the best shows on Hulu and one of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire.

A Discovery of Witches

This Sundance TV and Shudder co-production is based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness. And its one of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire. When she finds an enchanted book, a historian unlocks her own magical powers. She works with a vampire to protect the book and its secrets from dark forces. Soon, the two develop feelings for each other.

Shudder

Time to scream with this horror streaming service

Horror movie fans will find a lot to watch with the Shudder streaming service. It serves up a collection of classic and contemporary horror movies to chill you to your core.

Those are our top picks for shows like Interview with the Vampire. Which will you be checking out first? Did we miss any of your favorites? Let us know in the comments.

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Fresh from directing the latest series ofGangs of London, horror aficionado and friend of Empire, Corin Hardy (The Nun,The Hallow), is hosting a Halloween horror weekend at The Picture House Cinema in Uckfield. Dubbing it the Horrorthon,hes lined up a terrifying mix of classic horrors, many of which are celebrating landmarkanniversaries and theres also an all-ages animated spook-fest featuring a Tim Burton double bill, so smaller family members dont feel left out.

Halloween is very important to me, Hardy says. I used to put on a night of horror movies for my friends entitledThe Horrorthon. This would normally take place in my bedroom, then my parents lounge and now, thanks to The Uckfield Picture House, I get to screen my favourite Halloween movies at the cinema with you!

The weekend kicks off on Friday 28 October heres the schedule in full.

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. Its fun to be a vampire.

The poster quote could have been, and most likely was the one-line pitch forThe Lost Boys the definitive teenage vampire movie of all time. Directed with rebellious candour by Joel Schumacher, it features an incredible brat-pack cast including Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patrick and Coreys Haim & Feldman.The Lost Boysmischievously inflects the legend of Peter Pan with an 80s dose of sex, drugs and rock & roll vampire horror, balancing comedy, coming-of-age and wicked, sometimes graphic horror to exhilarating and original effect. Incorporating impressive and much-imitated special makeup FX design, non-stop quotable lines, inventive cinematography and a truly killer soundtrack of gothic hits,The Lost Boysis a real must see on the big screen.

I have travelled oceans of time to find you

Bram Stokers 1897 novelDraculais the biggest selling book of all time apart from The Bible. And Francis Ford CoppolasBram Stokers Draculais certainly the most lavish cinematic rendition of the definitive vampire story. Coppola goes all out, combining wonderfully inventive, non-computer generated set design, Oscar winning special FX makeup and lavish costumes to create a romantic, erotic, gothic horror that deliciously earns its 18 certificate. Starring Gary Oldman in a truly iconic performance as the ancient lovesick vampire, alongside Keanu Reeves (Jonathan Harker), Winona Ryder (Mina Harker) and Anthony Hopkins as the deranged Van Helsing,Dracula, celebrating its 30thanniversary, is the perfect movie to help kick off this years Halloween Horrorthon!

When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart.

Frankenweenieis a stop-motion animated film by visionary director Tim Burton; his homage to the story of Frankenstein and other classic monster movies. It is also a remake of his own short film of the same name, concerning an oddball loner, Victor Frankenstein, and his beloved dog Sparky, who is reanimated after a fatal accident claims his life.Frankenweeniefeatures Burtons individualistic trademark elements of combining a strong, gothic-horror aesthetic with a heartfelt, tender and frequently funny childrens horror story its macabre, fun and super spooky. His films are meticulously designed and crafted, andFrankenweenieis no different, rendered in gloriously stylish black and white.

A tragic tale of romance, passion, and a murder most foul!

The second in the Halloween Horrorthon Family Double-Bill,The Corpse Brideis another beautifully macabre, dark and fantastical world: a funny and whimsical model-animated feature film directed by Tim Burton. When Victor (Johnny Depp), due to pre-wedding jitters, accidentally places his wedding ring on an old, wizened tree branch, he brings to life the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter) and must step into her undead world to figure out exactly what he wants most.

One can only imagine what it must have been like to visit the cinema in 1922, during the early years of silent movies, to witness one of the first horror films of all time. This Horrorthon will celebrate the 100thanniversary ofNosferatu, F.W. Murnaus German Expressionistic interpretation of Count Dracula (renamed Count Orlok for the German audience and iconically played by the menacing Max Schreck), with a live piano accompaniment orchestrated in the cinema by Olivier Award-winning composer and conductor, Terry Davies. This is sure to be a seriously unique Halloween experience!

Man is the warmest place to hide

John CarpentersThe Thingis a remake of the 1951 Howard Hawks B-movieThe Thing From Another World. It is an innovative and intense, beautifully made creature feature whodunnit set in Antarctica, and it is also Corin Hardys favourite movie of all time. It stars charismatic, grizzled Kurt Russell as Macready, a helicopter pilot who is working with a team of researchers when they discover a parasitic organism buried under the ice. The film features some incredible performances from its many ensemble character actors and explores themes of paranoia and trust as each of the men fall victim to the terrifying human-assimilating monster hiding within them. The special effects, make-up and creature FX (by young genius Rob Bottin) were ground-breaking in 1982 and are still a benchmark in the history of practical FX and creature design. If you havent seenThe Thingon the big screen before, you are in for a truly monstrous treat as we celebrate its 40thanniversary.

Theyre here

Released the same year asThe Thing, director Tobe Hoopers terrifying (and fun) supernatural shockerPoltergeisttook an all-American middle-class family home setting, made famous by the likes of Steven Spielberg, and haunted it with a nightmarish visitation in the guise of an invisible and malignant paranormal entity. In fact, the film was produced by Spielberg and his production company Amblin, who together with films likeJaws,Indiana Jones,Close Encounters Of The 3rdKindandE.T.(also released in 1982 what a year!), managed to maintain a delicious recipe that combined a thrilling cinematic rollercoaster ride with elements of horror, and in never more potent a concoction than here. Celebrating its 40thanniversary, Poltergeistis made to be seen in the cinema the perfect movie to close this years Halloween Horrorthon!

Across the weekend, The Picture House Restaurant will be hosting the Horrorthon Bar, with spooky specials including Corins own delicious pumpkin soup and creepy cocktails. There are also free popcorn for punters wearing fancy dress, and the best costume wins a Picture House voucher. If youve never caught these classics on the big screen previously, nows your chance!

To book tickets, visit http://www.picturehouseuckfield.com, or phone 01825 764909.

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