Although Count Dracula is the brainchild of a 19th century Irish writer, he’s always been a bona fide Romanian villain — or hero, depending on your level of squeamishness. Tucked away in a castle high ...

Since the early days of Donald Trump’s political rise, mental health experts have argued over the ethics of diagnosing the once-and-wannabe-again POTUS from a distance. There is one stark precedent, ...

Dracula is back on the big screen with a vengeance, courtesy of none other than Romanian provocateur Radu Jadu (Kontinental ’25, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of ...

We got Ana from 'Ana Psychology', a clinical psychology doctoral candidate and Romanian vampire specialist, to react to Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, her three daughters (Daniela, Bela, and Cassandra), and ...

Directed by Radu Jude, a filmmaker who has often hit the target of late-capitalist satire, this horror-adjacent comedy is only for those seeking a creative reinterpretation.

Transylvania’s name derives from a Latin term meaning ‘beyond the forest’, but it’s the destination’s gothic links most people have a hard time looking past. Over 125 years after Bram Stoker’s Dracula ...

The anti-vampire remedy of “cutting the heart out, burning it to ashes, and giving the ashes to the sick person or sick people” was also practiced in Romania. Whatever the source of these beliefs in ...

Meeting a centuries-old vampire in his home region would be iconic (and killer… in more ways than one). But let’s get this...

SOZOPOL, Bulgaria – Two towns in Bulgaria and Romania are planning to boost their tourist appeal by capitalising on their “vampire” past, it seems. Current premium viewers: 27 SOZOPOL, Bulgaria – Two ...

In the rugged, forested mountains of central Romania, 5,000 NATO troops gathered to fight off a make-believe enemy. In what ...