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At this stage in his career, Francis Ford Coppola only pursues very personal projects. He likes making arty, almost ‘student’ films. Twixt he made around his Napa Valley home in 2011 starring Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning (sister of Dakota who played Jane in Twilight) and Bruce Dern. Yes, it tells a tale of vampires. Or …
Vampires are seductive and dangerous being of the night, they have captivated the minds of authors, film makers, and of course, artists. Pieces of art depicting these mysterious and dark beings have existed for well over a thousand years. Let’s explore this bit of this history, shall we… The earliest depiction of a vampire is …
It’s Christmas time! And what better way to spend these chilly nights than curled up with a good holiday book? Getting cozy with a vampire holiday book! That’s right vampire lovers, there are actually quite a few vampire Christmas books out there ready for your reading pleasure. Check some of them out… (click titles to …
The “vampire” skeleton, unearthed during archaeology excavations in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Sozopol, has been included in the National Geographic ranking of the 10 most popular news pictures for 2012. Everyone loves vampires. From the National Geographic website: “The discovery of a 700-year-old skeleton in Bulgaria—seen at the country’s National Museum of History …
We have all dreamed of it before, right? Fantasized about that one vampire that we want to spend forever with, that breathtaking being from our favorite book or film. Which vampire is it that you dream of? If you could spend eternity with one creature of the night, which would it be? And let’s say …
The ends justify the means… For vampire Miranda Dandridge, using her supernatural abilities to rescue children from impossible circumstances is her means to be a part of the human world that she loves so much, despite the atrocities of WWII. For doctor Ben Gongliewski, saving his fellow Jews from the horrific death camps is an …
Our beloved creatures of the night are immortal, they are never changing, eternal beings of blood and power. A vampire can live for eternity and do nearly anything they please. Time is nothing to them and they can spend it in any way they choose. But, the question of the day is – what would …
Now that Mockingbird Lane has aired, the question arises–how was it? The answer rather depends on what you wanted it to be. A term comes to my mind in wake of several remakes over the past year (including Fright Night and Dark Shadows). I call it “nostalgia inertia.” Consider fans of some film or t.v. …
These days a simple “thumb’s up” or “thumb’s down” too often passes for a book review. Well I don’t agree with that, and rarely more-so than with the novel Vampire by Amy Mah. Why? Because the book won’t appeal to everyone the same way. For example, yours truly doesn’t enjoy anime all that very much. …
UPDATE 10/7/12 If you wondered what happened the next day, click here. Apparently, the mistreatment of Don was only half of the outrage, and more was yet to come. Not only did they treat him like dirt, but they basically mistreated all their fans and the local Vegas residents as well. Also, to clarify, Don …
A comment I hear on a fairly regular basis from readers here, friends, coworkers and others is that the vampires found in fiction nowadays aren’t “real vampires.” Twilight vampires aren’t real vampires, Vampire Diaries vampires aren’t real vampires, and on and on. From what I am told, most vampires in modern fiction, particularly young adult …
A reader requested this, and we at Vampires.com were happy to oblige! Many a book published in the last several years offers advice of what to do when dating one of the undead. Here we offer a different set of considerations, regarding what to do when becoming nosferatu. Never mind for a moment what kind …
Regardless of how folklore portrayed them, in our imaginations the vampire radiates sex appeal. With certain exceptions to be sure. Yet by and large we see a sexual, erotic element to the seduction of a victim, the clandestine visit to his or her bedroom, a beautiful creature with lust-filled eyes placing their mouth upon someone’s …
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 …
Every few decades we are hit by a beautiful vampire storm and everywhere we look we are surrounded by the undead. The vampire craze comes and goes, one moment it’s all anyone can talk about, and the next it’s back lurking among the shadows waiting to come again. We saw this after the publication of …
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 …
Ok, well, not exactly. A vampire and fairy hybrid child is not on the way, not unless we have all warped into some bizarre True Blood dimension. The truth is that two of the stars from True Blood have just found out that they are having a baby. Co-stars and real-life married couple fairy Sookie …
The Murder of One This episode was pretty exciting, and it confirmed something I’ve suspected since big bad mommy witch, Esther, came on the scene; she didn’t plan to just kill her children, she wanted to kill all the vampires. Period. Well, actually, they have yet to prove that is what she had in mind, …
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 …
Break On Through There is going to be a season 4, starting this September! And hopefully, Elena will finally become a vampire. I know, I know, not everything turns out the same as it does in the books. And honestly, this series is more ‘inspired by’ than ‘based on’ if you know what I mean. …