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Two decades have passed since Showtime’s adaptation of Carmilla with Meg Tilly as the title character. As this article goes is written a new version of the classic is looking for a distributor. Titled Styria it stars Stephen Rhea. To be sure, Le Fanu’s wonderful and seminal novella so far ended up on the screen …
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? …
Back in 2009, a totally absurd and completely ridiculous grindhouse-style film was released to the public. The movie, Blood Moon Rising, is a mix of horror and comedy, with a large dash of deliberate cheesiness. Ok, not really a dash, but a mountain of cheese – lots and lots of it. The gory exploitation film …
Back in 1997 Full Moon Productions had found that filming in Romania saved money as well as taking advantage of truly amazing scenery. Towards this end, they made a trilogy of vampire films called Subspecies. Later, director Ted Nicolaou created a little gem of a film that fit into the same universe. He called it …
According to the interwebs, the young adult vampire novel, Soulstice: Luna’s Dream by Lance Dow and Keana Texeira, is making its way to film. Both IMDb and the author’s website say that the teen romance will be made into a movie. Never heard of this book? Worry not, neither have I, and judging by the …
Another vampire film is coming! Radowski Films has recently announced their upcoming vampire movie A Good Man (Un homme bien). Time to brush up on your French, because this upcoming movie will star actors from France and will, of course, be in French. Parlez-vous français? About the movie: “Louis Caron is a good man – …
The vampire craze isn’t over yet! Another young adult vampire novel is to be adapted for the big screen! Hollywood’s Palomar Pictures says it has optioned “Blood of Eden,” an upcoming series of teen vampire books written by bestselling author Julie Kagawa. The first book in the series, “The Immortal Rules,” will be released via …
There is an indie vampire film that made the film festival rounds this past year and received rave reviews, that film is Midnight Son, and on July 17 you can pick up your very own copy of the long-awaited DVD. From the Press Release: “An isolated life can create maladies and malaise…frightening conditions that will …
Bled came out in 2009, one of those straight-to-dvd flicks made by earnest filmmakers who don’t find distribution from a major studio. As such it belongs in the same category as Suck or Sundown The Vampire in Retreat or (a generation or so past) Lets Scare Jessica to Death. A voice over begins the tale. …
Another vampire film is on the way! Yay! Dimension Films recently announced that they are planning on bringing more vampires to the big screen with their upcoming movie Garden District. That’s right, vampires are coming back to New Orleans. Check out the details below! From the Press Release: “Dimension Films announced that it has acquired …
Over the past few years vampires have been dominating the box office, we have seen everything from vampire romances to vampire horror. But one thing we haven’t seen during this vampire craze are films on real vampires and the vampire subculture. That’s all about to change with the upcoming Sanguinarian film Bloodloss. It has been …
Yes, you read that title correctly Dear Readers. It has been widely reported that an Embrace of the Vampire remake is in the works courtesy of CineTel Films, and honestly I can’t help but think “WTF?! Why?” This old 90s flick is pretty well known and it’s not because of superb acting or a riveting …
After a fantastic run in theaters, Underworld: Awakening is finally coming to DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray on April 24! The fourth and most successful of the Underworld franchise (grossing over $150 million worldwide) reignited everyone’s love for the world of vampires, lycans and sexy women in leather body suits. Along with watching all of …
This film will go into limited release April 20, but in the meantime is available SundanceNOW, Cable VOD, Amazon Streaming, iTunes and XBox ZUNE. The Moth Diaries debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year to lukewarm reviews, an adaptation of Rachel Klein’s debut novel. Given how highly that novel stands in my eyes, my …
Tis’ the season for conventions, and what do film makers do at Cons? Well, they don’t get their cosplay on and geek out over comics, no, they promote their films. That was the case at WonderCon 2012 this past weekend where the folks behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter showed new footage of the film and …
We have been talking about Adam Sandler’s vamptastic animated comedy Hotel Transylvania for some time now, and at long last we have been given pictures of the upcoming flick! Sandler voices Dracula in this family film, opening September 28. Check out the pictures below! “It’s refreshing to go back to the beginning of Dracula — …
It looks like another comic will be heading to the big screen, a vampire comic titled Undying Love. It was recently reported that Piranha 3D director Alexandre Aja is in negotiations to direct a Warner Bros. adaptation of Undying Love, a film based on the Image Comic mini-series of the same name. Originally created by …
It’s time for another rant! Today I am bitching about the Castlevania movie, or rather, the lack of a Castlevania movie. If you are a long time reader then you may remember that this is not the first time I have pissed and moaned about this movie. Well, I’m doing it again, two years later. …
Vampires have invaded the tiny Canadian town of Dundurn, Saskatchewan thanks to director David Schultz, who is currently filming the teenage vampire drama Rufus. Why anyone would willingly go into the frozen hell hole that is the North is beyond me, but according to Schultz, the windswept winter landscape really fits the tone of the …
Based on the novel by Rachel Klein, The Moth Diaries goes into limited release this April. Exactly one month earlier, on March 20, its studio Screen Gems makes the film available on VOD. Evidence said studio doesn’t quite know how to market this film. The trailer below gives some hint of why this might be. …