Vampires rarely go out of style. Years ago, in 2009, two authors at Slate decided that instead of looking at when vampires were in style, they would try to find the rare periods where no vampire media was being made, periods they called “The Garlic Years.” The results were slim: a few years in the ‘60s, until the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows debuted. A few years in the ‘70s, until Anne Rice released Interview With a Vampire, and so on.
