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One of entertainment’s many battles is Elena versus Bella – who is prettier, who has a better vampire boyfriend, who is the better role model… and the list goes on and on. But today, we’re going to discuss the latter, who is the better role model? Is it Twilight’s Bella or The Vampire Diaries’ Elena? …
Valentine’s Day may be past (for this year anyway) but thoughts of love between the living and the undead remain in the hearts and imaginations of many. Let us look back upon what couples, struggling with the challenges of such a relationship, have most grabbed out attention. In no particular order… Edward and Bella (“Twilight”), …
Johnny Depp as a vampire. A minor joy in my life for the past year and a half has been getting to tell someone the news. Turns out, Depp (like yours truly) was a huge fan of the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows” and his production company bought the rights to it. Now Tim Burton …
You know how crimes caused by teens are so often idiotically blamed on video games? Well thanks to the vampire craze, parents and law officials are now blaming many teenage crimes on shows like “True Blood” and books like “Twilight.” Unfortunately, this is not a joke, but a very sad truth. According to Don Rimer, …
We’ve got quite a few Twilight fans on the site, but do any of you love it enough to actually get a Twilight tattoo inked to your skin for all eternity? Cathy Ward of Berkshire, England does. The 49-year-old Twi-hard has so far endured 22 hours of sitting and dished out £2,200 (around $3500) for …
Oh plushy vampire baby toys! Yayyyyy! Your baby’s first stuffed animal could be a baby werewolf/cockroach, also known as the ‘Wereroach” which looks more like a furry alien baby than anything, if you ask me. Or, the more adorable and less disgusting, ‘Zombie Guinea Pig’ which is pink, my favoritest color ever, and black, my …
It remains one of the iconic images of the vampire. Lengthened, piercing teeth, usually (but not always) the bicuspids or eye teeth. Sometimes they stretch to the point of becoming tusks or the saber-teeth of the extinct Smilodon. Other times just a subtle increase in length and reshaping creates the effect. Especially since the Hammer …
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 …
Since Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight Saga, is such a big important book in the series, all of the Twi-hards out there have a million questions when it comes to turning that book into two movies. Up until now there was zero info on the films, but at long last we have …
The People’s Choice Awards aired last night, and well, it was definitely a disappointment for all of us vampire fans out there. After seeing the list of winners I can’t help but think that this wonderful vampire craze is dying out. There were ten categories that featured vampire nominees, yet only few won. Sad sad. …
Those readers who cannot stomach the syrupy sweetness and sparkle-skinness (is that a word?) of “Twilight,” proceed and learn some good news. Or bad. Depends on your point of view, really. Suffice to say the tale of Edward and Bella might have been much, much worse. Some debate exists in terms of ordinary cinema over …
This was a big year for vampires; they’ve been everywhere. When 2010 began, vampire fans were enthusiastic, optimistic, and ready for a year of vampire madness. It wasn’t unfounded; the vampire had a lot of potential this year, with so many people ready to gobble up whatever the entertainment industry decided to cook up, as …
While Twilight has loads of fans, there are many folks that absolutely despise Twilight and hate how popular it is, but don’t worry haters, it’s not ALL bad. After just a few months in bookstores, sales of Stephenie Meyer’s novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, have raised over $1.5 million for the American …
Before Bella and Edward, before Bill and Sookie, before Elena and Stefan there was Zoe and Simon… Published in 1990, “The Silver Kiss” by Annette Curtis Klause (of “Blood and Chocolate” fame) tells a story that these days seems cliché. Yet it was not so then. The story is about a lonely teenage girl who …
The infamous Tim Burton recently did an interview with NYMag in which he spoke (briefly) about Twilight and his two upcoming vampire films – Dark Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Interested in what the man had to say? Then read on. Your next two movies are Dark Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. They’re …
Good news Twi-hards, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is FINALLY coming out on DVD and Blu-ray! What date should you uber fans mark on your calendars? Saturday, December 4th! Just like the previous two flicks, there are about 35752347 versions you can buy – the single-disk DVD, the two-disk DVD, the special edition two-disk DVD, the …
Long before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga became the world‘s obsession, Anne Rice ruled the world of vampires. Since then, Rice’s magnificent vampires have been pushed aside by the teen-friendly vegetarian vamps. In a recent interview with New Jersey Star-Ledger, Rice revealed how she really feels about Meyer’s new vampires. “It’s based on a really silly …
When I told my brother I was watching Twilight to review it, his response was ‘Go chop off your penis, as you clearly don’t deserve it anymore’. My sister, on the other hand, is utterly obsessed with the phenomenon and manages to tear herself away from MSN long enough to read the books at an …
Daniel Radcliffe, our favorite wizard, will be putting the wand aside and busting out his fangs to play a vampire on the upcoming Simpsons’ Halloween special. Awesome! The British actor makes a cameo appearance in an upcoming broadcast of The Simpsons in a plot which pokes fun at Twilight. In this year’s ‘Treehouse of Horror’ …
Adaptations of Bram Stoker’s most famous novel often reveal more about the adapters — and about their times — than they do about Stoker or his work. Case in point: Mina Harker, nee Murray. Looking at the novel itself, we find a character who seems very much a yin to her best friend Lucy Westenra’s …