Day: October 20, 2015

Previously Lost ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Footage May Have Been Found!

Click here to read at horror-movies.ca.

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#POCtober: Crimson Peak is a Breathtakingly Beautiful Subversion of Gothic Romance

Click here to read Leah Schnelbach’s review at Tor.com.

Check Out @JeffreyVeregge and 6 Other Native Comics Creators

LINK: Some of the Indigenous Creators Featured in ‘Moonshot’ Anthology

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South Korea’s Lee Joon-gi Cast in ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

LINK: Director WS Andersen personally emailed ‘The King and the Clown’ Star

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#POCtober: Vampires Beyond the Mythology of Europe

Thanks to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and all the eventual Hollywood adaptations of that prim, Victorian body horror, much of the west sees vampires from a very narrowly European perspective. But the living dead and tales of feinds lapping up the blood of mere mortals are recurring fixtures through out the world’s folklore and popular cultures. Below are listed but a few of the world’s many and varied takes on these creatures and the lore that makes them a global trope in supernatural story telling.

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• Vampires Throughout Asia

• Native American Vampires of Myth and Legend

• African Vampire Mythology

• Bloodthirsty Vampires Of India

• Bats in South American Folklore and Ancient Art

• Enchanted Doorway: Vampires in Japanese Myth

• Algul: The Arabic Vampire

• The Camazotz of Mayan Legend

• True Vampires of the Philippines and Malaysia

• Beyond Twilight: 9 Lesser-Known Vampires

• Vampire Legends from around the World: Australia & Asia

What Is Déjà Vu? Michio Kaku Wonders If It’s Triggered by Parallel Universes

Click here to read at OpenCulture.com.