Vampire Movies & Books

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula, the iconic novel by Bram Stoker, was published in 1897. The fact that it is so often credited, mistakenly, as the originator of vampire fiction is evidence only of its success and mainstream recognition more than a century later. Stoker did not introduce vampires to fiction, let alone superstition, but he did create the [...]

Varney the Vampire by James Malcolm Rymer (Thomas Preskett Prest)

Varney the Vampire was originally published as a series of penny dreadfuls (a type of 19th century British serial publication that cost a penny for each part) between 1845 until 1847. Its original edition ran 868 double-columned pages in 220 chapters.

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

John William Polidori’s The Vampyre was originally published in 1819 and was the first vampire story to be told in the English language.