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Interview With the BDSM Vampirenew

Lord Ramirez's guide to life.

Boston Phoenix | Barry Thompson | 02-10-2011 | Sex

'Vampire King' Jonathon Sharkey running for Minnesota governornew

Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey has big ambitions. The self-described king of the vampyres just got out of an Indiana jail cell after cooling his heels on a conviction for threatening a judge. He's resting up in Tampa before heading home to New Jersey.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Hart Van Denburg | 01-20-2010 | Politics

Tags: Jonathon Sharkey, Minnesota, vampires

Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire Killernew

Anne Rice will never write about vampires again. Not even with these tragically hip, newfangled bloodsuckers lurking about, dating high school girls and coming out of the closet, demanding equal rights. She has told enough vampire stories to last her an eternity.

L.A. Weekly | Gendy Alimurung | 12-28-2009 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anne Rice, vampires, Twilight, True Blood

Fang Mania: Why Are Vampires Everywhere?new

It may be Halloween, but bloodsuckers are no longer relegated to the end of October. Like a dark cloud of mosquitoes, vampires have descended on America. They're everywhere, from the puppet teaching our children to count to the romantic hero stealing the hearts of teenagers nationwide.

Boulder Weekly | David Accomazzo | 11-02-2009 | Culture

Tags: & Armchair Companion to Dracula, Bathtub, Mark Dawidziak, The Bedside, pop culture, vampires, Twilight

As Pop Culture Sucks on Myths, Some Real Vampires Tell Their Storiesnew

I'm sitting in the Winstead's by the Plaza waiting for a group of people I've never met. It's the monthly meeting of Gathering Dusk, a Midwest meet-up club that's primarily for people who identify themselves as vampires.

The Pitch | Peter Rugg | 02-24-2009 | Culture

Tags: Kansas City, vampires, subcultures

South Florida's Underground Vampires Lust for More Than Your Heartnew

These folks are not your typical goth kids. Some of them claim to be psychic vampires with an ability to drain energy with their minds. And some are sanguine -- vampires who lust after and feed on human blood.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Michael J. Mooney | 02-10-2009 | Culture

Tags: South Florida, vampires

'Let the Right One In': After 'Twilight'new

In a year that may be remembered as the year of the youth vampire movie, Swedish film Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) has considerable more bite than Twilight.

Fast Forward Weekly | Shelley Arnusch | 12-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: vampires, Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, Twilight

'Let the Right One In': Blood in the Snownew

This Swedish vampire movie has a slow pace, but it amply rewards patient viewers.

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 12-04-2008 | Reviews

Tags: vampires, Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, Swedish film

'Let the Right One In' is Too Coldnew

Bookended by shots of falling snow, Right One seems to take place in a snow globe, just as still, just as quiet, its compositions just as stiff, with plastic figures arranged in stock situations.

INDY Week | Nathan Gelgud | 12-04-2008 | Reviews

Tags: vampires, Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, Swedish film

What Is Our Fascination with Vampire Love?new

Why, at this particular point in human history, do we require two different movies and a television show (all based on books) about humans who fall in love with vampires. What is it that makes drinking blood (and/or abstaining from garlic) so damn sexy right now?

San Antonio Current | Jeremy Martin | 12-03-2008 | Movies

Tags: movies, pop culture, vampires, Let the Right One In, Twilight, True Blood