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Edward and Bella (Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart), the vampire and the human who fall in love in 'Twilight.'

Leaving the shadows for passion: Why vampires are classic monsters that best reflect our fears and desires

Mar Carmena|Feb 13, 2024 - 15:10 CET

In the 2000s, there was a boom in vampire-inspired movies and TV shows, which triumphed among teenagers. These mythical nocturnal creatures went from being monstrous and terrifying to arousing desire and connecting with an entire generation

The actors Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, protagonists of the series 'True Blood.'

Literature

Charlaine Harris, the other Queen of the Damned

Laura Fernández|Aug 05, 2023 - 00:01 CEST

The author of the vampire series that inspired the cult TV show ‘True Blood’ explains how she wrote the novels to process the trauma of a sexual assault that nearly left her dead

Jack Nicholson in the Mike Nichols film 'Wolf' (1994).

Mythology

The werewolf still walks among us

Laura Fernández|Barcelona|Mar 23, 2023 - 17:54 CET

The anthropologist Roger Bartra examines the metamorphoses of the myth of the wild lycanthrope, a 4,000-year-old legend born to ‘identify the civilized’

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