Blood Lust

Did Bram Stoker ever suspect that Dracula would become a cultural touchstone in the evolution of gothic romance? Did he endeavor to revolutionize the horror genre in the same vein as Mary Shelley’s hauntingly humanizing Frankenstein? Did he see a man or a monster in Vlad Tepes when he borrowed from the blood-stained legacy of [...]

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

So rarely in cinema has romance revolved around two more detestable characters than the pernicious Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Sullen—er, Cullen (Robert Pattinson). The film adaptation of the second chapter in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series catapults us headlong into two hours and ten minutes of abjectly ponderous territory with the first of Bella’s [...]