Mark Gatiss, from BBC’s Dracula, and Rolin Jones, from Interview with the Vampire, on why vampires are so popular.

The first short story about the monster written ... with a journalist. He explains stories about the vampires "come back over and over again" because they "get in your bones and haunt you ...

From deeply dark fairytales to shuddering murders, these books and short stories all play a key part in the definition of the ...

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