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One of my favorite literary themes is ‘The King in Yellow’; you’ll find it in music, many short stories, and in a particularly favorite episode of Masters of Horror; John Carpenter’s ‘Cigarette Burns’. I always fancied the idea of a deeply disturbing musical/film/play, that made people so incredibly incensed by what they were seeing, that …
Newspapers and history books alike are full of stories about sadistic and psychotic serial killers, but they’re not alone, for vampire books have these stories as well. We have already written about some of these disturbing individuals here, but I have yet another to add to the shocking list – Martin Dummolard. Martin Dummolard was …
You know, Elijah from The Vampire Diaries? Well, originally, he was supposed to just croak, but the producers and other higher-ups, get ‘upset’ every time they start talking about his inevitable demise. So Elijah may turn out to be a long term character, although, he was first created with the intent to be snuffed within …
Two film versions of “Carmilla” are in some stage of production right now. A stage play based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s last work just opened in Chicago. With the number of Draculas numbering in the dozens, little wonder those interested in the genre find this female literary predecessor increasingly interesting. The current wave of …
January 22 is the day to make some hot cocoa, plop yourself on your couch with a comfy blanket and spend the day relaxing because the Oxygen channel is having an ALL DAY Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathon! Hurray for a day of nothing but vampies! From the official press release: “In the mood for …
The first four videos are fairly disturbing, and some of the most disturbing parts are added at the beginning of the third tape/hour/DVD. Honestly, this looks more like a videotape. But the first tape covers mostly all of Bill Schnoebel’s bullshit regarding his insertion into this Wiccan/Witchcraft/channeling lifestyle. He apparently went around, and this is …
Stephen King put it on his list of top horror movies. It has certainly achieved the status of cult film. Methinks it deserves much more. “Lets Scare Jessica to Death” (1971) captures an atmosphere of dreamlike yet naturalistic horror rarely seen outside maybe “Picnic at Hanging Rock.” John D. Hancock directed and co-wrote the film, …
Today’s classic film is Daughters of Darkness, also known as Le Rouge aux Levres (The Lips of Red). It came out back in 1971, and is definitely one of the darker vampire films out there. Daughters of Darkness was directed by Harry Kumel and stars Delphine Seyrig, Daniele Quimet and John Karlen (who was in …
If you haven’t seen Let Me In yet, then SPOILER ALERT! The funny thing about this film, is that it was probably much anticipated by the people who had never heard of ‘Let the Right One In’, but for the people who had seen the movie, it was practically feared, –there was an air of …
Warning: spoilers ahead! In the Twilight Saga, Bella and Edward are all steamy and passionate with one another, yet they never have sex because you know, Edward is a gentleman or whatever. But then in the fourth book, Breaking Dawn, they get married and finally do the deed. Stephenie Meyer made the whole thing super …
A lot more people have heard or read about “Varney The Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood” than have actually read it. Easy to understand, really. The thing comes to over two hundred meandering chapters, written in a style florid and over the top even by Victorian standards! Here is an example: It is now …
How does one become an ex-vampire exactly? That and more will be revealed in the film that had plans to shake the nation: Interview with an Ex Vampire. The ex-vampire in question here is Bill Schnoebelen, –and when you type his name into Google, it tries to finish it for you by adding the word …
I’m talking about a movie of course. Coming this March is “Blood,” a Japanese vampire flick packed full of sexy samurais, action and of course, lots of blood. If you dig violent and steamy foreign films then read on! From the official press release: “Well Go USA announced today that it has acquired North American …
Eh, I saw a picture of him just a few minutes ago and couldn’t help but kinda be like “eh…, he’s no Damon Salvatore. Hell, he isn’t even Stefan.” In fact, as far as vampires go, it actually looks as if someone took Stefan Salvator, and Armand (circa Antonio Banderas, IwaV) popped them into a …
One of the biggest projects in Hollywood right now would be Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming 3D film – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which is based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s bestselling novel (he also wrote the movie screenplay). The flick will be directed by Timur Bekmambetov and produced by Timur, Tim Burton, and Jim Lemley. The studio …
For those of you that haven’t seen any of the web series ‘Vampire Mob’, first of all, shame on you. Second, go watch it! And third, you’ll love the cast updates we have ready for you this weekend, if you’re up to speed on the first season, and the fight to sponsor a second. Vampire …
Not the real one of course, because well, I’m pretty sure that would be considered kidnapping. BUT, you can totally bring home a mini Damon Salvatore replica and you have Tonner Doll Company to thank for that. That’s right, this company is making a line of Vampire Diaries dolls for all the fans out there. …
There are new stills available for the movie VAMPIRE, by Japanese director Iwai Shunji. This is his first English film, and he’s probably pretty excited to be reaching all of us Westerners for the first time. I know I’m excited to be seeing it, so we should all be. Plus, we used to have just …
Wildclaw Theatre in Chicago (the name is in memory of Ray Wild aka “The Claw,” a writer/director/actor) specializes in what they proudly call Horror Theatre. Their avowed mission is to “…bring the world of horror to the stage. We intend to attract a new kind of audience which does not usually go to the theatre, …
One of my news loves is learning about great writers that have been lost to time, authors like August Derleth (1909-1971). He was an American writer, a contributor of over a hundred stories to the magazine Weird Tales, and he made his writing debut at the young age of seventeen with his story “Bat’s Belfry” …