Bela Lugosi, below left, tries the count's cape on for size in "Dracula." He'll reprise the role in 1948's "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." The same year, Carlos Villarias, right, puts a ...
Vampires, in literature and folklore, were much like zombies, fairies, and other monsters. They hurt people and drank blood because that's just what they existed to do. They were creatures people ...