Porn Does Dracula

Bram Stoker, most commentators and biographers agree, saw nothing erotic in his now-classic novel.  At least he’d admit to nothing like that.  Some have agreed in the interim, but they make up a minority.  Popular imagination casts Count Dracula as the world’s ultimate seducer, a demonic Cassanova irresistible to women. No surprise then, when the…

Top Ten Lesbian Vampires

Go to any search engine of your choice and type in the phrase “Lesbian Vampire.” The results will include a fair amount of scholarly essays, pure porn, a Wikipedia article, reviews to more than a few very cheap movies (as well as some of much higher quality), places where you can purchase anthologies as well…

What to do with Dracula?

Draculas have begun to feel like a dime a dozen. Starting with the milestone silent film “Nosferatu” (i.e. skeletal, rat-fanged, pointy-eared) we’ve seen Eastern European versions, Spanish ones, porn Draculas, English Draculas, at least one female Dracula, effete Draculas, etc. We’ve seen the world’s most famous Transylvanian as suave, brutal, silent, wordy, young, old, Byronic,…