There are many varieties of vampires out there in the pop culture universe, and you’ll see a lot of them lurking on your streaming services and rental platforms in October.
There are angsty adolescent vampires (the Twilight franchise) and decadent aristocrat vampires (Interview with the Vampire).
There are the depressive vamps of Only Lovers Left Alive, eternal hipsters who use their endless oceans of time to listen to cool bands you’ve never heard of. There are the repulsive parasites of The Strain, which infect human hosts through a kind of fast-moving tapeworm.
There are scary-sexy vampires, sexy-scary vampires, doomed romantic vampires, ethical vegan vampires.
I have pretty eclectic taste in the undead, but even I reach vampire overload. And when I do, I hit the refresh button by watching the funny vampires. That’s why I’m thrilled about the return of What We Do in the Shadows, which started its sixth and final season this week on …