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Archives for September, 2012

Humans VS Vampires Now Free in the App Store

Humans VS Vampires Now Free in the App Store

Humans VS Vampires is a retro arcade game based on the popular children show My Babysitter’s a Vampire and it’s now yours to play for free! The game is currently free in the App Store and for only 99 cents players can unlock 10 additional characters. Check out the game details below: From the Press …

Forever Knight Re-Imagined

Forever Knight Re-Imagined

Consider the ongoing popularity of shows like The Vampire Diaries as well as True Blood.  Now consider also such re-imaginings of staples such as BBC’s Sherlock as well as the two Guy Ritchie films.   Now imagine if you will a rebooting, a retelling of a cult favorite that our readers might well find attractive–and so …

Review of Vampyric Variations by Nancy Kilpatrick

Review of Vampyric Variations by Nancy Kilpatrick

I have been a longtime fan of Nancy Kilpatrick’s, for her work as both a writer and an editor (best vampire anthologies ever!), so I was thrilled to get an ARC of her upcoming book Vampyric Variations. Coming out October 15, Vampyric Variations consists of short stories and novellas written by the award-winning author herself. …

Vampire Diaries Spoilers: Synopsis Revealed for First Two Episodes

Vampire Diaries Spoilers: Synopsis Revealed for First Two Episodes

The CW has revealed the episode descriptions for the first two episodes of The Vampires Diaries Season 4 and with them comes all kinds of fantastic spoilers. The two synopsis’s reveal Elena’s fate, new players in town and a death. Check it out below. WARNING: There are BIG spoilers below, if you don’t want to …

Vampire Aliens Attack!

Vampire Aliens Attack!

Every part of the world has vampire myths and legends, and believe it or not, but in South America there are stories of bloodsucking aliens called Chupa-chupa. Sounds like a bad Sci-fi movie, right? Well, there are actual reports of people having their blood drained by a mysterious UFO.  Buh buh buuuum! Let the weirdness …

Vampire Season: An Awesome iOS Game Droid Users Can’t Play (Boo!)

Vampire Season: An Awesome iOS Game Droid Users Can’t Play (Boo!)

While searching the interwebs for games to play on my cell, I came across this awesome vampire game with a shit-ton of rave reviews, a game called Vampire Season. Lamely, the game is only available for Apple users, and not Droid users like myself. Boo! Even though I can’t play the game (grrr) I’ll still …

Review of Dystopian Novel ‘Darkness Before Dawn’ by J.A. London

Review of Dystopian Novel ‘Darkness Before Dawn’ by J.A. London

After writing my post on dystopian vampire novels and discovering the young adult book Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London, I just had to give it a read. It combines two of my loves – vampires and a post-apocalyptic world. I couldn’t resist… sadly, my excitement was for naught. “The war is over. The humans …

Goretorium Treats the Vampire King Like a Peasant!

Goretorium Treats the Vampire King Like a Peasant!

UPDATE 10/7/12 If you wondered what happened the next day, click here. Apparently, the mistreatment of Don was only half of the outrage, and more was yet to come. Not only did they treat him like dirt, but they basically mistreated all their fans and the local Vegas residents as well. Also, to clarify, Don …

Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone Bare Their Fangs in ‘Vamps’ Trailer

Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone Bare Their Fangs in ‘Vamps’ Trailer

At long last the trailer for Amy Heckerling’s Vamps is here! The comedy has been in the works for quite some times now and the amusing, and wonderfully cheesy, trailer has been a long coming. So I am thrilled that it’s finally here and we are one step closer to this fun, campy little vampire …

New Horror Film ‘A Vampire’s Tale’ Coming Soon to DVD

New Horror Film ‘A Vampire’s Tale’ Coming Soon to DVD

There’s a brand new vampire film heading our way, A Vampire’s Tale, by Hellraiser director Doug Bradley. The flick originally showed at various horror film festivals, and now, it’s coming out on DVD December 4, 2012. Cowboys, sexy women and a revenge-filled plot all await you in this new movie. Check out the movie details …

MASSIVE Twilight Marathon on the Way

MASSIVE Twilight Marathon on the Way

The Twilight franchise is finally coming to an end this November with the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, but the entire series will have one final hurrah.  Summit recently announced that “The Twilight Saga Marathon” will hit theaters across the country on November 15th, a day before the release of Breaking …

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ TV Series Adaptation in the Works

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ TV Series Adaptation in the Works

Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain has become one of the most popular vampire books released the past few years, and now, the fan favorite is heading to television. “They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come. In one week, Manhattan will be gone. …

Watch Opening Scene from The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Premiere

Watch Opening Scene from The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Premiere

There’s still about a month to go until the Season 4 premiere of The Vampire Diaries. And, well, that just sucks, and not in the fun way. Luckily, the CW gets that we’re craving Vampire Diaries and just released a new clip from the highly anticipated first episode of Season 4, which airs on October …

‘Vampire Dog’ Trailer is Possibly The Cheesiest Trailer Ever

‘Vampire Dog’ Trailer is Possibly The Cheesiest Trailer Ever

The trailer for the straight-to-DVD children flick Vampire Dog is out, and just as you can imagine, it’s incredibly cheesy and all kinds of ridiculous. But hey, it is a kid movie and even though 99.9% of adults will cringe at the trailer, the youngins will be giggling in their seats. Check out the movie …

Queen of the Damned Out Now on Blu-Ray

Queen of the Damned Out Now on Blu-Ray

Let’s just pretend for a moment that the Queen of the Damned film isn’t a crude bastardization of the beloved novel by Anne Rice. On its own, totally separate from the famous book, it’s an entertaining vampire film with a damn good soundtrack. That said, the movie, which originally came out in 2002, is out …

Vampires Attack Land and Sea in ‘Namor: The First Mutant’

Vampires Attack Land and Sea in ‘Namor: The First Mutant’

I just got my hands on the incredible, yet short-lived, Marvel comic Namor: The First Mutant Issue #1. The second I heard of Namor, who is half Atlantean and half mutant, I HAD to give his comic a read – especially when I learned they threw vampires into the story as well. “Spinning out of …

Favorite Brides of Dracula

Favorite Brides of Dracula

The vast majority of Dracula films and television shows show the Transylvanian Count either transforming or having transformed some stunning female into one of the undead.  The more faithful versions include his three brides in the castle.  In Francis Ford Coppola’s version their status became more clear.  With flimsy clothes, haunting a bedchamber with enough …

Top Vampire Dystopian Novels

Top Vampire Dystopian Novels

With the huge success of The Hunger Games trilogy, dystopian novels have become a must-read for all the book lovers. We crave more dark, dreary and heartbreaking dystopian futures like in Katniss’ world, and you can get them Dear Readers – with vampires. There are quite a few impressive vampire dystopian novels out now and …

Carmilla Adaptation STYRIA Needs Your Help

Carmilla Adaptation STYRIA Needs Your Help

As some of you may know, I’ve been following the production of Styria for some time.  This is the first major effort to seriously adapt Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic novella Carmilla in over twenty years.  Last year I even did a three-part interview with Mark Devendorf, one of the writer/directors of the project. Now …

‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Comic Series To Introduce First Gay Character

‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Comic Series To Introduce First Gay Character

Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer has always been forward-thinking with its storylines and the wide variety of characters found in both the show and the comic series (which picked up where the show left off). It’s one of the many reasons the show, and now the comics, have had such a diverse fanbase. Buffy …