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The Vampire is one of, if not,  the most well-known monsters in all of horror cinema. From Nosferatu in 1922 to Universal’s Dracula series in the ‘30s and ‘40s, and from Hammer Horror’s cycle in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s,  all the way up to BBC’s 2020 mini-series, Irishman Bram Stoker’s seminal novel  Dracula has had nearly a century of influence on cinematic horror. But what influenced Stoker? One theory is that Stoker was inspired by the irish legend of the Abhratch, an old Irish bloodsucker in the tradition of the Dearg Due or the Néamh Mairbh.  

The Body Snatcher and  An Alex de la Iglesia double feature: the mid ‘90s cult classics,  Day of the Beast and  Dance with the Devil. ‘Halfway to Halloween Hotline’ in which Shudder’s director of programming, Samuel Zimmerman, provides callers with real-time movie recommendations. Creepshow, Season 2 – Premieres April 1, New Episodes Every Thursday  **Shudder Original Series Based on the 1982 horror comedy classic, the anthology  Creepshow returns for a second season and is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of vignett...

Shudder Reveals "Halfway to Halloween" Slate of Releases for April ✖ With a number of holidays just over the horizon, most people are focused on more imminent celebrations, but horror fans start preparing for Halloween every time November 1st rolls around, with streaming service Shudder unveiling a massive slate of programming in April to celebrate being "Halfway to Halloween." New seasons of both The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs are set to premiere in April, but subscribers will also get to check out exclusive and highly anticipated films to get in the spooky spirit. The streamer wil...

Arracht Last year’s Capital Irish Film Festival was one of the last vestiges of movie-going normalcy in the Washington area. In late February and early March of 2020, fans of movies and Irish culture had the opportunity to explore films of all genres from the Emerald Isle before theaters closed. This year’s festival is a little bit different, but Solas Nua and the American Film Institute remain committed to offering Ireland’s best just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The 2021 Capital Irish Film Festival is entirely virtual, and individual and all-access passes are available online from...

Director of Dublin International Film Festival Grainne Humphreys “I do believe that if I hadn’t gone through that snow year, I wouldn’t have known what to do in terms of getting us through this one. But yes, we were always going to have a festival, and part of that was down to the support of the Arts Council, knowing that was there. And the Galway Fleadh was the flagship in a sense: they did an online festival and very generously shared their experiences with us, as did others. So we were learning all the time; we’ve all been trying, chipping away at getting audiences to move online.�...