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Archives for August, 2010

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Darla

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Darla

Darla was a mixed bag for me, one episode I absolutely hated the vampire bitch, then the next I loved her.  She may not have been hilarious compared to the others, but you’ve got to admit her timing and execution was excellent. But in all honesty, it wasn’t until she went to Angel’s spin-off show …

Friendly Advice for Vampire Authors

Friendly Advice for Vampire Authors

Here at Vampires.com we have a lot of first time authors contact us to either review or feature their book (something we are always happy to do), and with them I have learned a few dos and don’ts – which brings you today’s post. Here are a few pointers that may help you guys out …

Universal Studios is Looking for Vampire Dancers!

Universal Studios is Looking for Vampire Dancers!

Do you love vampires? Do you love to dance? If you answered yes to both then have have got to check out Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Night open call auditions. They are currently recruiting for their annual Horror party, which kicks off on September 24. More info on the event can be found HERE. …

Exclusive Interview with Emmett Spain

Exclusive Interview with Emmett Spain

Emmett Spain is a new author who has already earned quite the fanbase with his debut novel Old Haunts. On top of that, he’s a huge Buffy fan, which earns him a couple hundred awesome points. Thanks to Twitter, I got an interview with the up and coming author, check it out: Can you tell …

Ten Things You Don’t Know About Dracula

Ten Things You Don’t Know About Dracula

1. He never once hints that he himself is Vlad the Impaler (although there is the suggestion that maybe he is related to that figure). For that matter, the most current scholarship into the novel indicates Stoker himself hardly knew anything more about the historical Vlad Tepes (pronounced tseh-PESH) than the name. It sounded good, …

Christianity and Vampires

Christianity and Vampires

The history of vampires has always fascinated me, every time period viewed them in an entirely different way. In older times, organized religion drastically changed how the undead were seen by the people, this is something I have read countless times in a handful of books, but I recently read a different take on Christianity …

Vampire Fashion

Vampire Fashion

Vampires….they seem to be all around us today. Our popular culture is soaking them in like a sponge; movies, TV, books, music, decor and not at all surprising, Fashion. The brilliant minds behind the Australian fashion house Saint Augustine Academy, recently debuted a True Blood Vampire inspired clothing line at the Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. Filled …

Monster High

Monster High

Monster High is the big new product explosion for kids. It’s a new line from Mattel that offers all sorts of goodies from toys to videos. What is Monster High though? It’s a high school of monsters of course. You’ve got students like Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, Frankie Stein, Deuce Gorgon and more. Mattel’s Official Monster …

Bio Briefs: True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse, Eric Northman and Sam Merlotte

Bio Briefs: True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse, Eric Northman and Sam Merlotte

True Blood Biography Briefs featuring Sookie Stackhouse, Eric Northman and Sam Merlotte. Some of my personal favorite characters in the Southern Vampire Mystery series by Charlaine Harris and now one of the most successful HBO sagas from the creative mind of Alan Ball. Beware, here be spoilers! Sookie Stackhouse is a barmaid from Bon Temps …

Vampires Thrown Out of the Bible!

Vampires Thrown Out of the Bible!

The parties responsible for canonizing the Bible found certain passages unsuitable, such as one of the earliest instances of vampirism. The Bible has been around for thousands of years in one form or another; whether you subscribe to Christian faith or not, it’s a fact that it’s one of the oldest books in the world, …

Exclusive Interview with Amanda Ashley

Exclusive Interview with Amanda Ashley

Thanks to Twitter I was lucky enough to interview Amanda Ashley, a talented author that has made the New York Times list and the USA Today bestseller list. Check out the interview: Can you tell us about your book Everlasting Kiss? Everlasting Kiss is about a young woman – Daisy – who comes from a …

True Blood Season 3 Episode 8

True Blood Season 3 Episode 8

Night on the Sun This episode is very busy, and we’re starting to see some climax that’s been building up for the last seven episodes, –and for all that the last episode didn’t deliver, we got maximum payoff for last night’s episode. We start up exactly where we left off, with Sookie screaming when she …

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Drusilla

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Drusilla

Drusilla, my favorite Buffy character of all! She was insane, psychic, and a vampire – perfect! She was so wonderfully twisted and dark, yet still playful and childlike. In 1860 Angelus had became obsessed with the human Drusilla, a lovely young Catholic woman who lived with her parents and two sisters in London, England. Drusilla …

Top Future Vampire Women

Top Future Vampire Women

With vampire books and films and t.v. series swarming the media, one thing we can perhaps look forward to is some famous beauties finally getting around to sporting fangs. Offered for consideration–four such that have been mentioned more than once on the web and who could potentially be quite fetching licking some fresh blood from …

‘Breaking Dawn’ Release Date Set

‘Breaking Dawn’ Release Date Set

If you haven’t heard, the final book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, will be split into two movies. The first part is set to open November 18, 2011. Summit Entertainment has recently let fans know when the fifth and final movie will hit theaters – Breaking Dawn: Part 2 will be released November 16, …

Exclusive Interview with Alyxandra Harvey

Exclusive Interview with Alyxandra Harvey

Thanks to the awesomeness that is Twitter, I landed an interview with Alyxandra Harvey, author of the Drake Chronicles. This incredible novelist “loves medieval dresses, used to be able to recite all of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ by Tennyson, and has been accused, more than once, of being born in the wrong century. She believes …

Vampires Invade Children’s Books

Vampires Invade Children’s Books

Yet another success for the vampire team, vampires are now situating themselves within the world of literature for children. Their first success: Dick and Jane and Vampires. I can’t help but get a kick out of that. “See Dick run. See Jane flirt with the vampire. See vampire eat Jane.” That’s not a real excerpt… …

‘Vampire Wars’ Review

‘Vampire Wars’ Review

Vampire Wars, also known as Bloodsuckers, is yet another B-grade vampire flick, but this one has a twist – the vampires are in space. Oooh yea, all of that cringe-worthy bad acting, over the top gore and cliché lines takes place in outer space. The year is 2210 and the universe is overrun with hundreds …

Bio Briefs: Twilight’s Bella, Edward and Jacob

Bio Briefs: Twilight’s Bella, Edward and Jacob

Twilight Biography Briefs featuring Bella, Edward and Jacob.  Three of the most popular characters from the Twilight saga, but which character in the series is your favorite?  Be warned, there are spoilers ahead. Bella Swan moves into her father’s home in the rainy, cold, and dreary city of Forks, Washington. On her first day of …

Exclusive Interview with Lauren Hammond

Exclusive Interview with Lauren Hammond

Lauren Hammond published her first novel in 2007, since then she went on to write several screenplays, a few award winning poems, and of course, a vampire book titled Love Sucks. Thanks to the magical world known as Twitter, I was lucky enough to score an interview with the author. Can you tell us about …