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Big news for vampire loving gamers! We’re getting another Castlevania game, and this time it’s 3D! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the latest in the kick ass Castlevania series. The game, said to come out some time in 2010, is being developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions and will be playable on the PS3 and …
As mentioned in the Exclusive Interview with Melissa de la Cruz, author of the fantastic Blue Bloods series, Vampires.com is holding a contest and giving away box sets! These would be great to give away to friends if you already own them yourself. Introduce others into the fantastic world of Blue Bloods. We’re also giving …
The breathtaking Carpathian Mountains are home to many old vampire stories, including today’s. Today you’ll learn about a case of supposedly real vampirism that was reported in the early 1900s, so get comfortable and prepare yourself for a tale of horrible death and fear. June 10, 1909 was when the vampire of the Carpathian Mountains …
Good news fellow True Blood fans, Alcide has been cast at long last! Season three’s most talked about character has finally been chosen, but not only that, they have also cast the actor to play Franklin Mott (if you’re wondering about the other new players, check out our older casting post here). Now let’s take …
For those who have gotten tired of pretty, sparkly vampires, there is a new vampire movie coming out called Damn Nation. The movie sounds completely different than anything you’ll get from the Twilight saga, with the vampires in this movie cruelly attacking the world and seeing what remains of it. The movie shows how the …
It’s that time of year! The time to love, laugh and celebrate the holidays – and what better way to celebrate than with undead gifts. If you’re having trouble finding a gift for a vampire fan here are 10 ideas to help you out… 1. Twilight Perfume Yea this first one is for the Twilight …
This is a post for all of you would-be vampire hunters – you know who you are. We have mentioned in past posts the various means of destroying a vampire, and today I am going to go a little more in depth with one method – staking a vampire with a stake made of hawthorn. …
How many of you have seen and loved the movie ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ (which was based on a book of the same title)? If you haven’t read or seen it, the book/movie was a lesson to women on the dating world and how men work. What does this have to do with …
It’s time again for some vampire lore! Today’s vampire species hails from the Zemplin district of Czechoslovakia and it goes by the name of Nelapsi. Like most vampires this one feeds on human blood, but it doesn’t stop there, it also feeds on the blood of livestock. But when it’s not draining your family and …
When we submerse ourselves in everything that’s vampire related, we often find that the words “vampire” and “vampyre” are used interchangeably. But are these two things really one in the same? And if so, why the different spellings? I know that the very idea of vampires lends itself to interpretations of many different kinds but, …
Good news Twilight fans, the third Twilight flick, Eclipse, will be on IMAX. Woo! Now you can see a five story high image of Edward’s pasty white sparkly body! Yea… anyway, according to Richie Fay, Summit Entertainment’s President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution, “Twilight moviegoers will have a whole new way to experience this next installment …
New Moon isn’t even out of theaters yet and already fans are dying for just a glimpse of the next movie, Eclipse. The poster looks kind of cool, although I was secretly hoping for a blown-up poster of the vampires and werewolves shaking hands (or somehow other showing their signs of newly found brotherhood.) Instead …
Via our Twitter page we asked you, our faithful readers, what you would like us to write about here, and a few of you asked for stories about Asian vampires. Now, if you are a long time reader you know that we have done quite a few Asian vampires posts, but even so I’ll give …
The vetala is another vampire of India. The vetala are a class of demons in Hindu mythology that have the power to enter the bodies of human or animal corpses and reanimate them. They can enter living victims as well, and manipulate them as they please. Generally, though, the vetala stick to inhabiting the bodies …
I was sort of wondering how they were going to shoot Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment of the Twilight saga. There’s so much that happens in it, I was wondering how they were going to edit it so that it wasn’t eight hours long and we still didn’t miss any of the vital parts – …
So good news vampire fans, it looks like Brad Pitt and the makers of the Twilight movies, Summit Entertainment, are in the process of making another vampire flick for us to sink our hungry fangs into. The incredible Brad Pitt is set to produce a new film called Vlad, which tells the story of the …
On my most recent trip to the book store I saw that the older but well-known teenage vampire novel, The Silver Kiss, was back on the display shelves with a brand new cover. Not only that, but it appears a lot of old vampire books are getting reprinted and shipped to bookstores. Hurray for this …
All this talk about vampires, but what the heck is a vampire anyway? The definition has changed so much over time, that what once was considered a vampire is now called something else. The original European vampires were more like what we would call zombies today. Vampires have been based on demons and ghoulish spirits …
Count Orlock in 3D, –wow. I can’t say that’s something I ever thought I’d see, even during the big 3D craze that seems to pop up once every couple of decades. The old fashioned blue and red format of 3D really adds to the vintage feel of the film, –it’s an all around fun, crazy …
How does some Japanese vampire lore sound? Good? Good. Today’s blood drinker of choice is one of the most feared demons in the very large Japanese pantheon, the Hannya. The hannya’s most common form was that of a woman, although there are a few male hannya out there. It is said in old tales that …