Dracula
Letter from the U.K.
Was Dracula a Vegan, Really?
The study of proteins has led to the reëvaluation of historical figures, sometimes with perplexing results.
By Sam Knight
The Front Row
“Renfield,” Reviewed: A Concept in Search of a Movie
The vampire comedy is bouncy, clever, fun, and extremely bloody, but dramatically inert.
By Richard Brody
Culture Desk
A “Dracula” for the Age of #MeToo
A new stage adaptation of “Dracula” literalizes the threats and microaggressions that women face daily, transposing the story from nineteenth-century Transylvania to the twenty-first-century office, home, and street.
By Maya Phillips
A Critic at Large
In the Blood
How did the figure of the vampire evolve from hideous to heartthrob?
By Joan Acocella