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Like many a vampire fan, I own multiple adaptations of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel Dracula. They vary considerably in style, medium, approach and (of course) quality. But several are graphic novels, and one of these maybe deserves a bit more publicity. I refer to the All Action Classics version from Sterling Publishing, written by Michael …
In the region of greater Los Angeles known as NoHo a black box theatre known as Zombie Joe’s makes its home. They do a variety of plays there, many original as well as solid sprinkling of classics. A new show opened this last weekend, a one-act musical that includes no less than five vampires in …
It’s almost Halloween! That wonderfully eerie time of year when we dress up in fabulous costumes and consume mass amounts of unhealthy food and drinks! Yay! The best part of course is the costumes. What’s more fun than being a vampire for a day? You could go the easy route by hitting up a costume …
Awesome news for all of the fans of classic horror! An amazing limited edition collection of Universal’s most popular classic monster films is coming out soon in the US (it has already been released in the UK)! The collection is held in a deliciously spooky coffin shaped box, it contains 8 classic films in Blu-ray …
Word is that Daniel Knauf, creator of the HBO series Carnivale and writer for shows like Supernatural and Spartacus: Vengeance, has joined NBC’s upcoming 10-episode miniseries Dracula as showrunner and head writer, working with series creator and Emmy winner Cole Haddon. NBC’s Dracula will feature the incredibly talented (and gorgeous) Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, …
With a title like Lust For Dracula, one quite naturally expects either porn or a long-lost Hammer film. Probably the former. To be sure this 2004 direct-to-dvd flick is very erotic, quite explicit in many ways, and came out from a company called Seduction Cinema. Sounds like porn, albeit softcore. You can certainly treat it …
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 …
Stephen King tells a story. He mentioned the idea of Count Dracula in a modern setting, and his wife Tabitha said Bram Stoker’s most famous creation would be run over by a New York taxicab in minutes. Somehow the idea seems right. Arguably the most successful translation of the Count into the 20th century was …
Beyond doubt three of the most popular groups of vampire stories right now are the HBO series True Blood (based on the Sookie Stackhouse books), the network series The Vampire Diaries (based on novels of the same name) and the motion pictures based upon Stephanie Meyers’ Twilight. A pervasive element in all three are possible …
This week NBC and Britain’s SkyLiving made an announcement sure to spark debate among vampire fans–a new television series based on Dracula! Among other things, they also introduced the actor who’ll be the latest incarnation of the infamous Count. Jonathan Rhys Meyers of The Tudors fame joins the likes of Bela Lugosi, Sir Christopher Lee, …
I’m on yet another comic book kick and my most recent and most favorite of reads is Issue #1 of the 2006 Blade series. In this issue we have the ass-kicking half-vampire Blade, we have Dracula and, yes, even a vampiric Spiderman – and that’s all within the first few pages! Oh Marvel, how I …
A brand new vampire show is on the way! Woo! Famed film writer and creator J. Michael Straczynski (Thor, Underworld: Awakening) has partnered with producer Roy Lee (How to Train Your Dragon, The Ring) for Vlad Dracula, an original series in development for Starz. Starz is best known for their hit show Spartacus, a series …
For a long time now, we’ve heard about a project based on Dracula but focused upon just one story element. The film? The Last Voyage of the Demeter, all about the doomed schooner whose unwittingly brought the Transylvanian vampire from his homeland to England. For time director David Slade (30 Days of Night) was attached, …
Years ago, some friends of mine attended a summer school that had a pair of cordon bleu chefs on staff. One can imagine the meals! Rich, delicious, works of art really. Then, one morning, they walked into the cafeteria to see something new. Bowls. Spoons. Pitchers of milk. And lined up, in a neat row, …
Dario Argento’s new version of Dracula in 3D premiered at Cannes and looks to be headed directly to DVD. Looking at the history of Dracula adaptations, one sees a blend of different directors bringing quite different sensibilities to the exact same story. How much do Francis Ford Coppola and Dan Curtis really have in common? …
With gamer heaven, better known as E3, quickly approaching, news on upcoming video games is beginning to trickle in and a few indie game developers are using this time to showcase their goods in advance. Developer Neocore has just released a teaser trailer (see below) for their RPG adventure game The Incredible Adventures of Van …
Bram Stoker, most commentators and biographers agree, saw nothing erotic in his now-classic novel. At least he’d admit to nothing like that. Some have agreed in the interim, but they make up a minority. Popular imagination casts Count Dracula as the world’s ultimate seducer, a demonic Cassanova irresistible to women. No surprise then, when the …
Science fiction and fantasy novelist Philip Jose Farmer (1918-2009) left behind a fair number of popular works when he passed, but one project he began continues to this day–with no end in sight. He posited many books, plays, stories and films share the same reality. In other words Tarzan and James Bond, Sherlock Holmes and …
Often times when I hear people pissing and moaning about the vampires of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries and so on, I can’t help but do an internal eye role. They usually say the same old things, like… “Vampires aren’t supposed to fall in love, that’s not scary!” “Vampires kill humans, they don’t befriend them!” “Vampires …
A superhero is nothing without an archnemesis. Likewise each detective needs a crime. For vampires, they remain pale-faced immortals without someone upon whom they feed–the Victim! Behold a list of ten exemplary victims in vampire films. Keep in mind the criteria here involves much more than a good bite. That’d be a different list. Here …