bloodthirsty, hunger and bloodlust
For those who don’t know, I am also a writer over at Werewolves.com (gasp!). Over there I frequently chat about Being Human (both the original and the SyFy version) and I just realized that I don’t give the show much love here (tsk tsk). Seeing how the show has a vampire as one of its …
Reviewing first novels can end up an uncomfortable exercise. The promise of something truly good awaits–consider that both Interview With a Vampire and Twilight were first novels by their respective authors. So too have been a more than a few that vanished without a trace. And good riddance! Melabeth the Vampire happily manages to avoid …
The clinically clean floors are surrounded by stark white walls. There are no windows in this eerie room, just artificial light shining down on a cold metal slab. Walking in you see menacing medical instruments, each telling its own tale. Underneath the nauseating and overpowering reek of industrial cleaner is the smell of old blood. …
There are people who call themselves vampires; they are real people who drink real blood. There is an entire vampire subculture which involves those who drink blood and those who donate blood to these self-proclaimed “vampires.” These vampires claim that they have no control of their cravings, that their bodies need the blood they drink. …
With the countless vampire tales out there you could find hundreds or even thousands of different types of vampires. But there is one way, out of many, to categorize them – scientific vampires and magical vampires. We have met many vampires in novels, television, and movies, and these vampire are either beings of magic or …
With all the terrible vampire movies that show up on DVD and Netflix year after year, don’t you wish Hollywood would try to make movies out of some good vampire novels? You know, the ones with good plots and interesting characters? Well, for what it’s worth, here’s my list of 5 novels I’d love to see adapted …
Want to show off your love for vampires and look damned sexy doing it? Then I’ve got just what you need my bloodthirsty fashionistas! Two easy and inexpensive bloody DIY projects for the horror fans. First is a nail art tutorial and the second is an awesome shoe tutorial – both of which feature blood, …
Over the years, many a comedy about the undead have popped up. Most end up forgettable, while others (Lesbian Vampire Killers for example) we rather long to forget. Only a very few end up almost universally accepted as good. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein for example seems a classic but really depends almost entirely upon …
Awesome news for fans of Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque’s American Vampire (which is currently on hiatus)! Vertigo Comics plans to release “American Vampire Anthology” August 7, an 80-page anthology issue featuring American Vampire universe stories by big names like Greg Rucka, Gail Simone, Becky Cloonan, Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes, Francesco Francavilla, Declan Shalvey, Gabriel …
Okay, am I the only True Blood fan who feels like this show has jumped the shark? Not just the shark, either, but also the school of rabid piranha that live next to the shark? With the new season about to start and anticipation building, I thought this might be the right time for me …
The Netflix show Hemlock Grove, based on the book of the same name, mentions a being known as the upir. But what is this creature and did the show’s writers create it? Oh no, Dear Readers, they didn’t. The upir is a vampire from European folklore, a vampire species once believed to be real. Along …
Who can pass up a used vampire book for $1? Not me! Which is how I got my hands on volume one of Chibi Vampire by Yuna Kagesaki (hurray for used book finds!). Chibi Vampire is manga, meaning it’s a comic you read right to left instead of left to right. And this particular manga …
Have you read Melabeth? If you haven’t yet, you should. Not even a month or so ago and I wasn’t aware it even existed. I’ve often had the feeling there are these hidden gems left undiscovered by circumstance and wished there was an easier way to discover them. Fortunately, I received an email from the …
Knights, dragons, quests, castles, wizards… but no vampires. Not in any fantasy land I can think of. Where are my fantasy vampires at? While wandering around the bookstore the other day and telling myself that I was just going to look and not buy anything (I bought two books), I found myself in the fantasy …
Most folks agree the first vampire movie was almost certainly F.W.Murnau’s Nosferatu in 1922 (an earlier, extremely loose adaptation of Dracula is now lost). Over nine decades of the undead on film, with more than a few genuine classics along the way. But let us turn to something other than the greats. Not to the …
Today I’m going to show my artsy vampire fans how to do a vamptastic watercolor resist. A stunning piece of art created by you for you! Here’s a super quick example I made below (minus drying time, it took 5 minutes). You can do this too! But you can write out your favorite vampire …
It’s May – the month of flowers, cool breezes and a lot of fangtastic vampire books! There are quite a few excellent reads coming to bookstores this month. May is looking like an awesome month for vampire fans. Check out the goodies coming our way. (Click titles to view on Amazon) Taken by a Vampire …
More Klaus! A whole lot more! Woo! And more Rebekah and Elijah too! I love me some Original family shenanigans. But I am getting ahead of myself… The CW has officially ordered The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals to series, the network announced last week. Starring fan favorites Joseph Morgan (Klaus), Daniel Gillies (Elijah) and …
Few can doubt that Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro created something evocative and powerful in their vampire trilogy The Strain. Amid the tributes to classic vampire fiction and cinema, they told a harrowing tale. Not simply about a terrible form of undead. They did that! Definitely! But more–they created a genuine epic. Here was …
True Blood Season 6 won’t officially arrive until June 16, but HBO is getting us excited by continuing the ever-popular “Waiting Sucks” series of behind-the-scenes teases. We’ve already seen the video of Jason Stackhouse and since then HBO has posted two more videos, one of Alcide and one of Eric. Check them out! Eric’s video …