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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead

Moonlight — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:48 +0000

Turns out that Indican Films has picked up the distribution rights to the popular indie film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead. This hilarious flick will now be shown in select theaters on April 16, 2010. Woo!

The movie is about Julian Marsh who is a broke and jobless ladies man who gets lucky and lands a job directing an unusual adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some super sexy vampires. He comes to find out that the play was actually written by a master vampire named Theo Horace and now it’s up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire’s curse.

You had to see this coming right? It was only a mater of time before someone mixed Shakespeare and vampires. Just look at how popular all the Quirk Books are. But after reading the reviews and seeing the trailer I already love this movie. It has a great cast, an amazing soundtrack, unique story and it looks beautiful. They’ve won me over.

Now, if you’re wondering why Hamlet and vampires, check out director Jordan Galland’s answer from an interview done here.

Q: Where did the idea come from to make a Hamlet vampire movie?

A: Actually Hamlet is very compatible with vampire mythology. Howard Bloom writes about it a little bit. His age is inconsistent throughout the play, and vampires, they’re gonna lie about their age. And there’s a scene where Hamlet says “now I could drink hot blood.” I’m not saying that Shakespeare was writing Hamlet as a vampire, but I’m also not ruling that out as a possibility. In college I studied a lot of that stuff – conspiracy theory, the Holy Grail. There were originally two versions of Hamlet: something called the Ur-Hamlet, which was another version –there’s a mystery around that text already, so I thought it would be fun to explore. Obviously there’s a limit to the amount of that you can do in a romantic comedy.

Now give the trailer a watch… because I say so.

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- Moonlight

Ethan Hawke and Weirdly Sexual Vampires

Moonlight — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:01 +0000

In a recent interview, Ethan Hawke, the star of the latest hit vampire movie, Daybreakers, gave us a bit of insight on how he feels about vampires.

“I know why I like vampires, it’s the same reason 11-year-olds like vampires. I remember I spent the night over at a friend’s house when I was about 11-years-old and Nosferatu came on, with Isabelle Adjani. She was so beautiful,” he said.

“Other vampire movies have captured that completely too, like Twilight and Interview With The Vampire tried to. It’s this sensuality… something weirdly sexual about vampires,” he added.

And not only did he land his beloved vampire role in Daybreakers, but he also got to wear some kickass fangs – on and off of set.

“The worst thing was that I loved my fangs. Because they were fitted on to my teeth, and they were really cool to put them on for parties,” said Hawke. Haha, awesome. A sexy man that loves vampires and has fangs, mmm, sounds perfect.

Daybreakers, which hit theaters January 8, 2010, follows Ethan Hawke’s character Edward Dalton. The year is 2019 and a horrible plague has transformed almost every single human into vampires. Since almost every human is a vamp they are running dangerously low on their supply of blood. The big bad vampires plot their survival, while a researcher works with a secret group of vampires in attempt to save humankind.

So far the flick has received excellent reviews. Yea yea, it has also been bashed and hated by a few reviewers, but for the most part people are saying that it’s an intelligent and highly entertaining film. Even VampChix enjoyed it.

“I’d rate it just above middle. If you think too hard, you might start questioning our own society and its dog-eat-dog mentality (which the film showcases nicely at the end), but I never want to think too much watching a horror flick.”

Sounds good to me.

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- Moonlight

30 Days of Night: Dark Days

Moonlight — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:00:58 +0000

30 Days of Night is a horror movie that came out back in 2007, it is based on the comic book series of the same name. This flick brought back the traditional bloodthirsty and violent vampires to the big screen – no pretty sparkly vamps here. Now, as great as that all is, you’re probably wondering why am I talking about a movie that came out a few years ago. Well horror fans, the sequel to this film is on the way – 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.

The first 30 Days of Night is about a small Alaskan town that falls into darkness for a month each year when the sun sets. When the last rays of light fade the town is attacked by a cruel and ferocious group of vampires with nothing on their minds but blood and chaos. The film follows a small gang of locals as they attempt to survive the month.

The sequel, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, comes back to the town one year later. The film follows the grieving Stella, who has spent the past few months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Of course, no one believes her and she is just about to give up when she meets three people that give her a chance to exact revenge upon Lilith, the vampire queen responsible for the attack on her town. With nothing to live for anymore, Stella joins the three on their mission and winds up in Los Angeles where she attempts to put an end to the evil vampires.

In an interview with Shock Till You Drop, producer J.R. Young filled fans in on what was happening with the sequel.

“I think the second film definitely stays within the world of the first film and it stays true to the second graphic novel in the series for those fans out there. The story is within that world but there are differences and a lot of that is due to the graphic novel. The first film is very much a survival film and this next one is all about revenge. There’s an action component. The last one is a western, this one is more of a war movie. It’s taking the battle to the vampires.”

Unfortunately, we don’t have a release date yet for this upcoming film.

- Moonlight

BloodRayne 3: Warhammer

Moonlight — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:00:10 +0000

Mmm just look at that picture of the gorgeous Natassia Malthe. Unfortunately you won’t be seeing more of her for she hasn’t come back to play Rayne in the upcoming flick BloodRayne 3: War hammer. Nope, it’s Kirstanna Loken who is coming back to play Rayne (she was the one that played Rayne the first time around). BUT! There are a lot of rumors flying so there may be a chance that we’ll get Natassia instead. Fingers crossed!

BloodRayne 3: War hammer will be the third and final part of the Dr. Uwe Boll vampire trilogy based on the kickass bestselling BloodRayne video games. Now, most fans of the video game can’t stand the movies and I’m one of them, but I’m hoping this third movie will make up for the utter disappointment the first two caused.

According to reports it looks like this time around they are sticking closer to the game’s storyline. Yup, after a craptastic trip through medieval times and then an odd outing spent battling vampire cowboys in the West, Rayne is finally going to where she is needed – World War II in Nazi filled Europe!

Here is where she’ll be giving hell to the evil Nazis lead by the famous Dr. Mengele. The wicked doctor has come up with a plan to give his beloved Führer immortality by turning him into a dhampir through the injection of some Rayne’s blood.

Shooting for BloodRayne 3 will start in Croatia on February 15th, 2010 and if all goes according to plan, the film will be out on DVD later this year.

BloodRayne is definitely up there in my top ten favorite video games and like I said, I’m not a fan of the movies so far. Uwe Boll, one of the world’s most hated directors, has given us nothing but trash. But hell, I’ve been surprised before so maybe he’ll come through this time around.

- Moonlight

The Best Known Dracula Movies

Moonlight — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:00:31 +0000

Bram Stoker’s influential novel, Dracula, has inspired a ton of movies… seriously, there are SO many Dracula movies. I mean, if you type “Dracula” into the IMDB search bar you get well over a hundred results. While I’m sure there are a bunch of real gems in those results, I’m going to stick with a couple of the most popular and beloved of all Dracula flicks.

Nosferatu (1922)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Lead Actor: Max Schreck

This was the first big interpretations of the famous novel. Since the writer and director didn’t have the rights to use Stoker’s actual characters they switched it around a bit, turning Count Dracula into Count Orlok.

Dracula (1931)
Director: Tod Browning
Lead Actor: Bela Lugosi

It was this movie we have to thank for the modern day vampire stereotype. This is where we got coffins, bats, satin capes, slicked back hair and all of that. Bela Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula has lasted decades and is still going strong.

Dracula -aka- Horror of Dracula (1958)
Director: Terence Fisher
Lead Actor: Christopher Lee

According to Christopher Lee, “Hammer’s Dracula, the first Dracula film to incorporate fangs, blood, and red eyes, brings the best Dracula to the screen.” This movie was huge and still is – so much so that most people still recognize screenshots taken from the film.

Dracula (1979)
Director: John Badham
Lead Actor: Frank Langella

This film also features a face we all know well, that of Langella’s Dracula. This Dracula flick doesn’t really follow Bram Stoker’s novel well at all but it’s still an interesting interpretation, one that has many fans.

Dracula (1992)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Lead Actor: Gary Oldman

This Dracula film is probably the most popular of them all. Staring not only Gary Oldman, but Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins. This was a big budget flick that gained a very large fan base and three Oscars.

- Moonlight

Vampires and Servants

Moonlight — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:00:51 +0000

Something that is used in quite a few vampire books, movies and shows is the whole vampire and vampire’s servant relationship. You have the Underworld movies where the lycans are the daytime protectors and slaves to the vampires. Then in Bram Stoker’s Dracula you’ve got the insane Renfield who worships Dracula and is completely devoted to the vampire. And in more stories than I can count you have the obsessed fans that beg the big bad vampire endlessly for immortality. It goes on and on – but there are a few different kinds of vampire/servant relationships.

- In some stories a vampire will drink from a little blood from human and then let the human drink a small amount of blood from them (but not enough to turn into a vampire) and the result is a telepathic bond between vampire and human. The two have become closer on a deeper and magical level. This is similar to the human servants in the Anita Blake novels, or in True Blood.

- There are then the vampire stories where the vampire uses their hypnotic powers to force a human into serving them. In some stories this can destroy the human’s mind if not done correctly. You see this kind of hypnotic control a lot in The Vampire Diaries; it’s also been used in Anne Rice’s novels, the House of Night series, and about a hundred other books and movies.

- The vampire can seduce the human into becoming their slave. Just the idea of becoming a vampire’s personal sex toy will make many humans willing to obey any order from their vampire lover. I’ve seen this relationship in a lot of vampire romance novels, of course.

- Sometimes, usually when the vampire is of noble blood, the human simply loves and respects the vampire so much that they will do anything simply out of friendship and admiration. This is another one we’ve seen in Anne Rice’s novels, usually with Marius.

- Then there are circumstances where a vampire will just use fear as a way to gain obedience. This has been used in damn near every single vampire book or film out there.

- Moonlight

The Worst Vampire Movie of 2009

Moonlight — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0000

This has no doubt been the year of vampires and theaters have been full of new vamp movies, but which is the worst? A poll of 20,000 people has rated Lesbian Vampire Killers not only the worst vampire movie of the year but the worst movie of 2009 period. I can’t say that this comes as a shock, just the title of the flick screams “campy trash!”

Lesbian Vampire Killers is a British comedy about two friends Fletch and Jimmy – one has been fired from his job as a clown and the other has been dumped by his girlfriend. They decide to take a trip to forget all their troubles, but since they’re broke they end up hiking in the rural village of Cragwich. It turns out that this old village is under a curse that transforms all girls over the age of 18 into sexy little vampires. Fletch and Jimmy end up getting stuck with the task of saving the village from the curse and the hot lesbian vampires.

Obviously this movie was meant to be a funny good time. I kind of doubt the writer and director were thinking of Oscar awards when they created this flick. But even so the movie fails to deliver the humor it was going for. Even fans of smutty gags and cheesy horror were disappointed by Lesbian Vampire Killers. According to a few reviews I’ve read the acting was so horrible that it actually made the sexy lesbians less sexy (that‘s some bad acting). Not only was the acting horrible but the script was as well, using either lame old jokes or relying on swear-words to get laughs… which it didn’t.

I love me some cheesy movies but they have to at least be semi-funny. I don’t even think this flick will qualify for a bad movie night. But hell, if all you want is to watch some sexy women pretending to be lesbian vampires (and I’m sure some of you do) then this is a flick you’ll probably enjoy.

Check out the trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers below…

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- Moonlight

House of Night Series On The Big Screen?

Moonlight — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:15 +0000

The hugely popular young adult vampire series House of Night looks to be following in Twilight’s footsteps by possibly getting a movie deal. The film rights to the bestselling series by P.C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast have been optioned by producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah Chechik.

The House of Night series follows teenage Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” as a vampyre and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She ends up having to leave her human family to live in the House of Night, a boarding school for fledgling vampyres. Throughout the series Zoey gains new friends, new special powers and with them, new enemies and loads of drama.

I was a huge fan of this series when the first book came out, but with each new book the Cast girls toss out, the series goes farther downhill. They had a really great idea and that first book was wonderful but then the books got worse and worse to the point where some have absolutely no point whatsoever and are nothing but money making filler (*cough*Hunted*cough*). Also, the author’s sad attempt to sound like cool hip teenagers is so pathetic and over the top you can barely stomach it. No teenage girl actually talks like that.

If you haven’t guessed it already I do not like the idea of this series being turned into a movie. Considering all the ridiculous boy drama in the series (does Zoey have 2 or 3 boyfriends now) this movie is going to be nothing but a teenage soap opera.

Before you bash me for not loving the House of Night let me say this, I did love the first book and I still have hope for the series. After all, I have yet to read Tempted, so maybe the series has been redeemed already and I’m just behind. Either way, even if the books improve a movie deal still sounds horrible to me. I see no way they can create this movie and not have it be total teen trash.

What about you, readers, what do you think about a possible House of Night movie?

- Moonlight

Christmas With Blade

Moonlight — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:00:54 +0000

Today is Christmas (duh) and while most people out there are curling up on their couch, sipping on eggnog and watching holiday movies I have decided that I will have no part in all of that. There will be no ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ or ‘A Christmas Story’ for me, nope, I’ll be laying in bed watching myself a vampire movie. My movie of choice today is Blade: Trinity. You may ask why, the reason: because I’d much rather see half naked Ryan Reynolds than a kid getting his tongue stuck to an icy pole. What can I say, I love me some sexy, half naked, chained men.

Out of all three of the Blade movies I have to say in all honesty this one was my favorite, and not only because I have a crush on Hannibal King. This Blade flick had more action than the others, way more comedy and classic lines, kickass music and the best story of the three. But that’s me, most seem to like the first movie the best and while the first Blade rocks I still love Trinity the most.

So lets go ahead and get to the plot… Blade: Trinity is about Blade’s losing battle against the growing vampire population. He ends up joining forces with two vampires hunters, Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds) and Abigail (Jessica Biel), who are part of a vampire hunting team called the Nightstalkers. Together they battle Danica Talos and the vampire she has resurrected, that vampire being the famous Drake (aka Dracula). Blade and the gang have one shot to save the world from annihilation and destroy the vampires. Ba ba buuuuuuum!

So you guys enjoy your holiday reruns, I’ll be chowing down on my poorly decorated Christmas cookies while having a night of blood, gore, hotties and vampires.

You can check out the Blade: Trinity trailer below…

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- Moonlight

Leech Lover Facts: Part 3

Moonlight — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:22 +0000

It’s been a while since I have done a “Leech Lovers Facts” post, so you’re all getting one today. For those of you new readers this is where I post some random bits of delicious vampire info; for past posts check out Leech Lovers Facts Part One and Part Two.

Whiskey: In Romania this booze is known as rachia and once they used it to prevent a vampire from returning home to feast upon its old relatives. The family would first bury a bottle of whiskey with the corpse, the say, “drink this and go away, and don’t come home!” While the vampire drinks the whiskey and prepares to travel to some other village, the family members go home in silence. You see, if they speak the spell is broken and they are vulnerable to attack.

Bebarlangs: This is a tribe found in the Philippines that supposedly had members who practiced a kind of psychic vampirism. They had the ability to send out their astral bodies to prey on fellow tribe members or on strangers. They fed not on blood but on the vitality or life force of others.

Deafula: This 1974 flick was the very first full-length movie for the hearing impaired, all the dialog in the film is done in sign language. It’s about a student becoming a vampire and going after his classmates.

Roses: Some once belived that the petals and fragrance of the roses were a terrible bane to all evil, including, witches, werewolves and vampires. Its aroma repels them, and its flowers burn them like acid. In Romania they placed a branch of wild rose over a corpse to prevent its return as a vampire. When placed upon a grave, the rose will supposedly trap a vampire within the earth.

Sun Block: Vampires going out into the sun thanks to the use of sun block (probably not SPF 30) was used in two movies, Blade and Sundown: The Vampire in the Retreat.

- Moonlight

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