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A few weeks ago, a common complaint heard and read among fans of Dark Shadows and Tim Burton was “Where’s the trailer?” No longer. The trailer has debuted, amidst controversy (i.e. free publicity) along with a series of t.v. spots as well as a media blitz of interviews, articles, photos and a startling number of …
Over the past few years vampires have been dominating the box office, we have seen everything from vampire romances to vampire horror. But one thing we haven’t seen during this vampire craze are films on real vampires and the vampire subculture. That’s all about to change with the upcoming Sanguinarian film Bloodloss. It has been …
The Murder of One This episode was pretty exciting, and it confirmed something I’ve suspected since big bad mommy witch, Esther, came on the scene; she didn’t plan to just kill her children, she wanted to kill all the vampires. Period. Well, actually, they have yet to prove that is what she had in mind, …
The first trailer for the animated comedy Hotel Transylvania was just released! Finally! Starring Adam Sandler as Dracula, this family friendly story focuses on Dracula, who works as a hotel manager of a luxury hotel for monsters who want to “rest in peace.” Official plot synopsis: “Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, …
Yes, you read that title correctly Dear Readers. It has been widely reported that an Embrace of the Vampire remake is in the works courtesy of CineTel Films, and honestly I can’t help but think “WTF?! Why?” This old 90s flick is pretty well known and it’s not because of superb acting or a riveting …
More True Blood goodies to share! HBO recently released three new teasers for Season 5 of True Blood, which is set to return this summer. The videos don’t show any of the actual stars of the show or any new upcoming scenes, but instead feature lines from previous episodes while the camera pans around three …
I Kissed a Vampire, the first ever vampire rock musical web-series, hit iTunes a few years back and became such a hit that it’s now a movie, a movie coming out on DVD this summer – July 10th to be exact. But that’s not all, it will also be shown in select theaters this coming …
Carolyn Hennesy, one of the many new cast members coming to Season 5 of True Blood, recently did an interview with fearnet.com where she gave fans the dish on her Texan vampire character Rosalyn Harris and a bit on Season 5. Check it out! You play a new character this season, Rosalyn Harris, who is …
In the style of another online magazine, Cracked, I invite you to consider the implications of vampires if they actually existed! Wait! You may say. What kind of vampire are we talking about here? A valid point! For purposes of this discussion we shall use the most classic image of the vampire from our popular …
I’ll admit, I wasn’t thrilled when I heard the news that The Munsters was being remade into a new show. Titled Mockingbird Lane in reference to the fictional family’s address in the original series at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, the new show doesn’t have me all excited, mainly because I was never a fan of the …
After a fantastic run in theaters, Underworld: Awakening is finally coming to DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray on April 24! The fourth and most successful of the Underworld franchise (grossing over $150 million worldwide) reignited everyone’s love for the world of vampires, lycans and sexy women in leather body suits. Along with watching all of …
This film will go into limited release April 20, but in the meantime is available SundanceNOW, Cable VOD, Amazon Streaming, iTunes and XBox ZUNE. The Moth Diaries debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year to lukewarm reviews, an adaptation of Rachel Klein’s debut novel. Given how highly that novel stands in my eyes, my …
Break On Through There is going to be a season 4, starting this September! And hopefully, Elena will finally become a vampire. I know, I know, not everything turns out the same as it does in the books. And honestly, this series is more ‘inspired by’ than ‘based on’ if you know what I mean. …
I’ve heard talk about Rosario + Vampire for a while now but just recently gave the silly anime a watch. Based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda, the show tells the same tale of a human boy who accidentally gets enrolled in a school of monsters where he befriends a …
I’ve got a treat for all of the Twi-hards out there! The very first teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has been released! Yay! The actual full-length trailer won’t be released until Friday (March 23) before The Hunger Games film. But to tide you over until then is the 15 second …
Amid all the debate and anticipation surrounding the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film version, the previous revival of Dark Shadows ends up forgotten. It premiered in 1991, an hour-long weekly show in primetime on the NBC network. That alone changed a great deal. Whereas the original was a daily half-hour, the new program had to …
Thanks to that awesome vampire section on Comixology I discovered yet another fangtastic vampire comic – Blood Hunter written and illustrated by Loren Meyer. I checked out the first issue of this dark and twisted vampire comic and it’s definitely a different kind of undead tale. “In a world ruled by vampires, the life of …
That’s right Dark Shadows fans, if you want to own every single episode of the cult classic soap opera, you’re going to have to dish out a whopping $600! With the resurrection of Dark Shadows in the Johnny Depp film (coming May 11), MPI Entertainment thought that now would be the perfect time to release …
Tis’ the season for conventions, and what do film makers do at Cons? Well, they don’t get their cosplay on and geek out over comics, no, they promote their films. That was the case at WonderCon 2012 this past weekend where the folks behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter showed new footage of the film and …
The gorgeous and talented Johnny Depp shared that he feels the portrayal of vampires on screen in recent years has changed drastically from the golden era of the 1940s and 1950s, which was one of the reasons he was thrilled to go for a classic look for his vampire character in ‘Dark Shadows.’ Depp recently …