Nancy Kilpatrick is one of a handful of horror authors who has made her reputation primarily in vampire fiction. In this collection, readers will find a sampling of the different types of vampire stories she has published over the years. The book begins w...
Leave it to Jean Rollin to create a damn good vampire film on his first try, one that mixes horror with style, wit, melancholy, eroticism and a hip edge that would play better in an art house than in a drive-in. THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE is one of the respe...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yoshitaka Amano / Hideyuki KikuchiTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayFollowing on the heels of the retrospective Coffin comes this new collection of paintings, line-art illustrations, and photography by Vampire Hunter...
... when the vampire lord Count Magnus Lee bit her. An agonizing transformation into on of the undead, to be stalked by her fellow villagers or cursed to become the bride of the unholy creature and face an eternity of torment, driven by the thirst for hum...
...beautiful vampire inhabitants were \"punished,\" driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one - Baron Meinster - refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin.
Summoned to contempora...
What They SayIn the year 12,090 A.D., the Earth has fallen into the clutches of ruthless Vampires; humans are enslaved by a corrupt feudal system. Only one being has dared to challenge the cruel authority of these arrogant immortals--the mysterious Vampir...
... The Last Vampire? Limited Edition DVD Box Set.
Perhaps the most unique thing about this Limited Edition DVD Box is that it contains 2 versions of the film on 2 separate DVDs: The direct Digital Master transfer, and the Film Telecine transfer. In ad...
...rs ago by vampire Nobility and held in Castle Gradinia on the Frontier\'s far border.
But rescuing Tae is only half the battle - Viper knows she and the girl can\'t cross the formidable expanse to the town of Barnabas alone. After making the fatal mis...
...Traveling Vampire Show takes place in the span of a single day in 1963. It’s about three teenagers—our protagonist Dwight, the fantastically annoying Rusty and the pseudonymous Slim, the feminine object of both boys’ affections—who find out about a mys...
...odthirsty vampires walk among them. Appearing human, the beasts lurk in secret among the soldiers, waiting for the moment to attack. Saya, a fierce and beautiful vampire hunter, is sent to lead a team of undercover agents whose mission is to decide who...
...was aware Vampire Hunter D: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea was the first part of a two volume story arc; I just wasn’t prepared for a cliffhanger ending. This is a novel (a novella really) after all, and when was the last time I reached the ...
...ow of the Vampire, a fictionalized, behind-the-scenes account of the making of Nosferatu, cinema’s first attempt to translate Dracula to the screen. If anything, the Vampire King seems determined not to relinquish his crown, in spite of changing times ...
The Record of a Fallen Vampire wins a few points for sheer ambition ... otherwise, it's a mess.Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Kyo Shirodaira / Yuri KimuraTranslated by: Andrew CunninghamAdapted by: Andrew CunninghamWhat They SayThousands of years ago, Vam...
What They SayDVD edition of the \'Vampire Hunter D\' movie which is a high quality anime made by teams from Japan and the U.S. and opened theatrically in April 21 (2001.) Based on the original story by Hideyuki Kikuchi, and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (...
...s full of vampires!
Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She as adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy, and now works along Zero to guard the Academy's secret. Yuki believes th...
What They SayWritten and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll, Wicked City), based on a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the story revolves around D, the infamous \"dunpeal\" (born of a vampire father and a human mother) outcast and renowned vampire hunt...
New property receives multiple media release
LOS ANGELES - 05/25/2001 - TOKYOPOP® Anime is proud to announce it has licensed the Vampire Princess Miyu Television Series, while at the same time the Vampire Princess Miyu Official Soundtrack will be one...
... be about vampires. I printed it out, read it, and quickly subscribed. The newsletter led me to Angie McKaig`s online vampire resource, Pathway to Darkness. Between the NL and the website, everything anyone would ever want to know about vampires, from ...
This October, Dracula will once again rise from the dead to haunt comic shops. Image will bring William Harms's unique vision of the historical Dracula to New York City in IMPALER. The prince awakens in modern times to fight a vampire plague begun centu...
In Part One of our interview with Leonard Wolf (Dracula: A Connessieur’s Guide) and David J. Skal (V is for Vampire), we asked the scholars about the continuing appeal of Count Dracula in the 20th Century and beyond. The Vampire King clearly is not fading...
It's a little hard to determine who Tokyopop is targeting with their "Pop Fiction" titles. According to the publisher, their novel adaptations of popular anime series are for fans and non-fans alike, but Chibi Vampire is an embarrassin...
...he Little Vampire.As kidpics go, this one`s not so bad, but that`s not saying much. It`s not as mind-numbing as something like Ernest Scared Stupid, but it lacks the verve of other, better scary-movies-for-kids, like The Monster Squad and especially Th...
...OW OF THE VAMPIRE, a fictionalized account of the making of the classic silent vampire film NOSFERATU (an unauthorized film version of DRACULA) from German director F.W. Murnau. SHADOW postulates that actor Max Schreck was, in fact, a real vampire pla...
E. Elias Merhige isn`t your typical horror movie director, and Shadow of the Vampire isn`t your typical horror film. It`s debatable as to whether it`s horror film at all, really, for the true villain of the story isn`t a bloodsucking fiend but a modern-ag...
The best image in LUST FOR A VAMPIRE comes right up front, as a red-and-black-cloaked vampire cuts a peasant girl's throat and pours the blood out on a skeleton while he chants in Latin in order to bring a hot naked female vampire to life. Lurid and absur...
In Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Crash Test Demons, Dark Horse Comics’ running series of adaptations finally aces the most challenging test of any media adaptation: that of reproducing the look and feel of the show it’s based on. It’s a thankless challenge, ...
One of few horror authors to make her reputation primarily on vampire tales and novels, Nancy Kilpatrick has been called `Canada`s Queen of the Undead.` Her vampire fiction ranges from the humorous short story to full-on erotic horror novels, and everythi...
...r Chinese vampire films, offer wild variation on themes from the Hollywood horror cycle of the `30s and `40s, which featured the likes of Lugosi, Karloff and Chaney portraying a manic menagerie of monsters. Yet in Hong Kong, where ghosts, gods and sup...
For viewers who will be checking out BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER for the first time on its new network UPN, there's good news and bad news. Fans of the show expect that traditionally the season openers tend to be a little on the expository side as they try t...
`Fortunately, the only Mr. Pointy I`ve had to deal with is the autograph pen,` says Nancy Holder in her best Sarah Michelle Gellar voice. Her first BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER tie-in book signing at Burbank, California`s horror bookstore Dark Delicacies brok...
In light of the ever-popular television series, it’s easy to forget the original cinematic version of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - which is probably for the best. While the general rule of thumb is that television spin-offs of hit movies pale in comparison ...
...rts loyal vampires (whose names will be familiar to fans) into key positions in the government: Lord Ruthven is Prime Minister, Sir Francis Varney is Viceroy of India, General Iorga leads the elite Carpathian Guard. As most vampires are part of the upp...
The BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER series arrives in all new limited edition 40-disc collectors' case on November 15, 2005 from Fox Home Entertainment. The DVD collection features a one-hour documentary on the special edition bonus disc, a collectible book and ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hino MatsuriTranslated by:Tomo KimuraAdapted by:Tomo KimuraWhat They SayOutside the safe boundary of the academy, Yuki is attacked by a vampire. Injured and unable to defend herself, two Night Class students come to her aid an...
What They SayAt the Yokata Air Force Base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam war. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatch...
...o connect vampires with the New Testament – DRACULA 2000 and John Carpenter’s VAMPIRES are two recent examples – but it sure is the most fun.In the new millennium, evil has grown so strong throughout the world that vampires are able to walk around in t...
Innovative Hong Kong producer/director Tsui Hark has become sufficiently famous that his name is over the title of this supernatural action epic, which is known overseas as THE ERA OF VAMPIRE. Wellson Chin (INSPECTOR WEARS SKIRTS, 24 HOURS GHOST STORY) is...
What They SayAt the Yokota base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a mysteriou...
Should you somehow have missed six years of great TV, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER concerns Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an outwardly normal (if slightly neurotic) young woman mystically chosen to protect the world from supernatural evil, a fact she...
What They SayEvil Shinma -- shape-shifting monsters and vampires -- roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu Royal Princess from the dark is the Chosen One -- The one being who must banish the Evil Shinma from the Ea...
...n\'t like vampires much. Or, let me rephrase that; I don\'t like the curent trend of vamprires. I\'m all for Bela Lugosi and Max Shrek scaring the crap out of us in their black and white ACTING! glory, I certainly have no problem with the euro-trash mo...
What They SayAt the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists with the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a m...
What They SayKarin Maaka leads an ordinary life in spite of the fact that she is from a family of vampires. Unlike the rest of her family, she has no problem with bright lights, sleeps in a bed instead of a coffin, and loves to eat garlic. She is such an ...
What They SayKarin Maaka leads an ordinary life in spite of the fact that she is from a family of vampires. Unlike the rest of her family, she has no problem with bright lights, sleeps in a bed instead of a coffin, and loves to eat garlic. She is such an ...
I could almost hear the main character, Vittorio, speaking with an Italian accent as I read this wonderful book. A slight departure from Rice's other vampire books, VITTORIO THE VAMPIRE: NEWS TALES OF THE VAMPIRE, tells the sad, haunting tale of a young m...
Thespian Ken Watanabe has joined the cast of Universal's upcoming vampire flick Cirque du Freak, reports Variety. The action will co-star alongside John C. Reilly and Salma Hayek in the first adaptation of the 12-book children's series by author Darren Sh...
What They SayEvil Shinma - shape-shifting monsters and vampires - roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu was born a Vampire Princess, charged with the responsibility of banishing Shinma from the Earth.
Stranded in...
The Review!There are two major points of contention that I feel must be brought up regarding reviews and criticisms of 'Blood: The Last Vampire.' The first regards the plot, a topic which has already seen its fair share of opinion. The other deals with th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Hideyuki Kikuchi, Artwork by Yoshitaka AmanoTranslated by:Kevin LeahyAdapted by:What They SayThe vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter, who was kidnapped by the pow...
What They SayVampire Princess Miyu. Is she friend or fiend? As the demonic forces of the Shinma strive to obtain a foothold upon the mortal plane, spiritualist Himiko seeks the truth. Join us now for two elegantly chilling journeys into the Occult - Japan...
...antage to Vampire Wars is that it\'s short. But if you do pop this disc in your player, be prepared for 60 minutes of inane, silly and dumb storytelling, unlikeable and forgettable characters and vampires from space. Yeah, you heard me.
The show follo...
Second only to Joss Whedon in the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER creative roster, producer Marti Noxon has a strong influenceand strong feelingsregarding the lives of the Slayer and the other characters on the popular UPN show. Today, CINESCAPE continues its di...
As the creative boss of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (not including series creator Joss Whedon, of course), producer Marti Noxon is the chief guiding force in the lives of the title character and her fellow residents of Sunnydale. Today, we conclude our chat ...
I come into playing VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE BLOODLINES without having any former experience with the VAMPIRE RPG or game. I didn't really know what to expect from the game, but the HALF-LIFE 2 engine and non-linear gameplay had me sold immediately.The st...
One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about reading Dark Horse’s adaptations of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the one thing an adaptation offers over a show. Assuming for a moment that you wouldn’t bother with an adaptation if you didn’t like the property in ...
Stuart Townsend, the actor chosen to follow Tom Cruise (after Interview With THE Vampire) in the role of the vampire Lestat, continues his discussion today about his new film, Queen of the Damned.The film's chief strength is its strong visuals, something ...
...s full of vampires!
Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She was adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy and now works alongside Zero to guard the academy's secret. Yuki believe...
Strieber works his usual prose magic in this imaginative follow-up to THE HUNGER. His rich, realistic dialogue plays beautifully against the complex and believable vampire world that he creates.Vampires, in this world, call themselves "Keepers." Once upon...
Largely derided when it first premiered in 1997 on the then-fledgling WB Network, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer turned out to be not only one of the best genre television shows ever, but also one of the best shows on TV as a whole. Now, Twentieth...
...BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER blessedly ends its seven-season, 144-episode run with none of the above. Series creator Joss Whedon writes and directs a final hour that feels emotionally and thematically connected straight back to the opening episodes, with a...
...BOCOP VS. VAMPIRES in districts where he could get away with it, Ho's ROBO VAMPIRE mixes Chinese gyongsi (hopping vampires) with cyborg cops in another Frankenstein monster of a movie typical of his productions. It was not uncommon for Ho to use chunks...
Anne Rice is proving that you just can't keep a good vampire down and in the ground. Her latest book in the "Vampire Chronicles", BLOOD CANTICLE, has just been released this week and blends together her characters from THE WITCHING HOUR and the vampire Le...
What They SayThe sounds of Miyu\'s dark world are presented here in their fine, haunting beauty. The perfect companion to the Vampire Princess Miyu anime, currently being prepared for release by TOKYOPOP Anime, the Vampire Princess Miyu soundtrack explore...
Though background information on the anime film VAMPIRE HUNTER D says it takes place in 12090 AD, nothing in the film states a specific year. It may as well be a fantasy world that could be long past, far in the future, or in another dimension. Our heroin...
One of the most popular television shows during the last few years has been BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Based on the movie with the same name, BUFFY basically expands on the movie, while making the show darker and edgier for today's society. With any popula...
...e the new Vampire Hunter D). That doesn't mean there isn't any Japanese. The main character, Saya, and the school nurse speak Japanese a couple of times in the movie. It's set in the US and Saya is Japanese. So don't get mad at Manga for this. No disto...
...rtals and vampires have lived in harmony for years. It is there that seventeen-year-old Sheavil Schmidt has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years since first receiving the vampire\'s immortal kiss. The mysterious Vampire Hunter D is lured t...
... the game.VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE BLOODLINESI wasn't going into my hours with VAMPIRE holding a large set of expectations, but I was blown away by what was there. Using the HALF-LIFE 2 engine and the rules for the pen and paper role-playing game, thin...
The Review!You might remember seeing the original Vampire Hunter D back in 1985 from Streamline Pictures. Even though the animation was poor and did little to explain the world of Vampire Hunter D, it became a hit. And now the #1 gothic hero of them all i...
John C. Reilly is gearing up to put on some fangs in the upcoming vampire fantasy CIRQUE DU FREAK, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Reilly, John Hutcherson and Chris Kelly are in negotiations to topline the fantasy for Universal Pictures. Reilly would play...
OK, I can kind of see this having some potential. Believe it or not, Anne Rice's vampires are in the process of being turned into a...Broadway musical production.THE VAMPIRE LESTAT is the title of the musical and it's based on material found in Rice's fi...
After a largely up and down season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, patience for the devoted viewer finally came to a head with the two hour finale - combining two one-hour episodes ("Two To Go" and "Grave") into one amazingly powerful punch.Whereas the past ...
One of the fastest growing franchises in Hollywood history, Buffy and her "vampire slaying" gang of friends are currently staring down the Hellmouth into a world of fear and uncertainty: that of Saturday morning cartoons. With a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER a...
How do vampires work?With a single film about vampires you can hedge your bets and leave how vampires work a little fuzzy, but with ongoing series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, there`s a temptation to begin to quantify and classify one`s vampir...
You'd think an actor who had to step into Tom Cruise's shoes would be nervous. Not Stuart Townsend, who follows Cruise's interpretation of the vampire Lestat in Interview With THE Vampire with his own version of the charismatic bloodsucker in Queen of the...
In 1985, one of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s VAMPIRE HUNTER D novels was adapted as an animated feature film. It’s a fun flick, with nice character designs based on simplified versions of the book’s illustrations, an interesting hero, and an engaging fantasy settin...
Danielle has taken a dip into the novel pool this morning as she provides a look at the January 2007 release of Chibi Vampire Novel Vol. #1 (of 9) from TOKYOPOP.
The folks at Right Stuf have gotten in a limited number (less than 400 at last count) of empty Vampire Princess Miyu TV art boxes. These are the same boxes found on the hard to find full box set release, but is just the box (no discs, no charm, no soundtr...
...eldest of vampire. Working with some unknown group that has connections to the military, Saya hunts down the various broods of vampires that exist. We meet up with her at the end of one assignment and the start of the next.
She gets assigned to take o...
Greg has taken some time to go through a fairly length anime/manga related book this week with the November 2005 release of the Blood the Last Vampire: Night of the Beasts from Dark Horse.
Apparently, actor Ray Winstone may be dealing with vampire strippers in a theater near you very soon for Live Girls, reports Shock Til You Drop. The site reports the actor set to lead a new spec centering on vampires and a strip joint. The feature will be...
...ten about vampires. The only vampire is Blood. Pay attention in the garage scene. She calls the opponents Demons, and her associates (David and Louis) label them "Teropters". She is the one who reacts strongly in a negative fasion to the cross. An...
...d her new vampire squeeze."My mom called me and said I knew it was your [writing] in the first scene because it was dirty (laughs). We do have standards and practices. They don't have a separate department at the UPN, they caution us on things, but the...
...by way of VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU. Manga is justly proud of this addition to their library, even giving it a theatrical release in certain cities.There is only one thing that will keep BLOOD from joining the likes of AKIRA and PRINCESS MONONOKE as a mode...
The Review!The third volume of Vampire Princess Miyu shows that Tokyopop is starting to get better, and as the second volume has done, the mistakes in volume one have been corrected.
AUDIO:
This disc provides two audio options, a Japanese Stereo track, a...
Electronic Arts announced today that Fox Interactive's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER has entered production.The game will be released on August 19th for the Xbox console and features characters and locales from the popular TV show. Fans of the TV series will b...
There's a weird story coming out of Australia this morning that actress-turned-pop singer Holly Valance is in discussions to take over Sarah Michelle Gellar's role in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.The report originated in the Daily Star newspaper and has been ...
It's almost time to say goodbye to a show that has captured the hearts of millions: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. On April 18 Fox held a wrap party for the cast, guest stars, and crew at Miauhaus on La Brea Avenue here in Los Angeles.It was a fun filled nigh...
...Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This is the second omnibus edition of slayer tales and reprints several issues from the Buffy comic as well as various trades/graphic novels into this 320 page tome. The stories are set at various points in Buffy...
What They SayA chilling tale of modern day vampires, set loose on a city, free to kill at will!
First, a brutal terrorist attack on a NASA base takes place deep in the Arizona desert. Then ten days later, the corpse of a CIA man is found floating in the...
What They SayWhen spiritualist Himiko continues her pursuit of Miyu, Princess of the Vampires, she does not have to look far. For Miyu comes to Himiko, and offers her a bargain -- the truth about herself, in return for Himiko\'s assistance in her battle a...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jun Ji-hyun will star in the upcoming live-action English remake of the Japanese animated film Blood Vampire.The film is based on the Oshii Mamoru anime hit about Saya (Jun), a vampire employed by the U.S. government t...
...he Review!Vampire Princess Miyu continues on with its episodic formula in this second volume, and it works surprisingly well.
Audio:
For my main viewing, I watched the show with the Japanese stereo track, which sounded decent with no noticeable audio ...
...volume of Vampire Princess Miyu.
Audio:
I listened to the Japanese audio track for my main review, which was a pretty standard stereo mix with no noticeable dropouts or distortions. The English dub sounds quite good from what I\'ve heard, and spot-che...
You`ve got to give Joss Whedon a lot of credit. The guy decides to take a failed motion picture named BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, which was based on his script, and turns it into the hottest genre series since Fox introduced THE X-FILES. And as if this isn`...
Diamond Select Toys has announced that a limited quantity of autographed Vampire Schoolgirl Darla action figures are now available at their online store. Each figure is hand-signed by BUFFY and ANGEL star, Julie Benz. The figure was previously only availa...
White Wolf Publishing's role-playing game VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE is being developed as a feature film. The project is now set up at New Line Cinema, with producer Adam Fields behind it. New Line hopes it will create a new movie franchise with the propert...
Here are the latest images from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.Afraid that Spike (James Marsters) could be killing again, the gang investigates his mysterious behavior. Their investigation results in a confrontation between Spike and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gella...
A few years ago, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER writer Jane Espenson was just another overachieving U.C. Berkeley student, double-majoring in Computer Science and Linguistics. As she entered grad school, a career in teaching Linguistics almost certainly in her ...
Most genre TV shows hit their stride around the third season - just look at STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION or BABYLON 5. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER had hit that stride even earlier, but a look at last week's series finale shows just what essential viewing t...
Filming has begun on the new DARK SHADOWS series, to be broadcast on The WB Network this fall. The cast of the new SHADOWS has now been filled out and starring as the gothic vampire Barnabas Collins is Alec Newman. The Scottish-born actor is best known to...
...OW OF THE VAMPIRE, although the bite here will probably be more figurative than literal.Cheech Marin is set to direct SENOR DRACULA for Back Lot Pictures and Focus Features. The picture will focus on the filming of the second Drac pic, and a romance th...
The Review!The second volume of Vampire Princess Miyu shows great improvment from TokyoPop. The mistakes made in the first disc have been corrected.
AUDIO:
This disc provides two audio options, a Japanese Stereo track, and an English Stereo track. Neithe...
...telling a vampire to come right in) endangers the family stead, and Buffy must trash the new vampire club and rescue her meddlesome little sis’ at the same time. The key to this episode is that club, led by none other than Harmony, vapid former sociali...
Whether you agree with this statement or not, the world of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is getting smaller by the minute. Sure, with each incarnation of the series' characters (animated, comic book adaptation, novelization, etc.) the franchise expands exponen...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tohru KaiTranslated by:Andrew CunninghamAdapted by:What They SayKarin isn\'t like all the other teenage girls. Once a month, she experiences intense bleeding - from her nose! Karin is from a family of vampires who love to suck...
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER co-executive producer Marti Noxon says that you shouldn't expect to see another new slayer given that Buffy died, again. The last time that happened, Kendra took on the slayer mantle. Then, Kendra died, followed by Faith's debut.W...
Whenever BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER comes up with a show that seems gimmicky in nature, it always seems to overcome the initial hokiness of it with a great payoff. Creator Joss Whedon has always been at the forefront of those episodes. In "Hush" he did an e...
It looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar isn't all that interested in portraying the ass-kicking vampire slayer BUFFY in a big screen version of the TV show, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. While doing a press junket for her new film SCOOBY DOO, Gellar had this to s...
The Review!It's a good thing that they named this movie "The Last Vampire", otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue what was going on... no wait, I still didn't have a clue what was going on.
I'll get to the technical end of things here. The video in Blood ...
What They SayGenetics researchers are turning up dead, drained of blood, with fang wounds on their throats. Is this the work of an old-fashioned vampire, or has science created a new monster to terrorize the Cyber City? Ex-criminal turned cop Benten track...
BRIAN PULIDO`S CHASTITY: VAMPIRE ASSASSIN 12-inch figure (Eternal Toys)After the bustiferous Lady Death and the hellacious Purgatori, red-headed vampire riot girrl Chastity is probably Chaos! Comics` third most popular nasty girl character. Fans were majo...
...BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. `That was Joss`s idea. He did not want to do a big season ender this year. So there will not be a cliffhanger, although there will be allusions to events to come next season. Joss`s final episode of the season, Episode 22, wil...
In a new interview with TV GUIDE, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Sarah Michelle Gellar has a few things to say about this last season of the show (which closed out on UPN last night) and what she hopes for next year. "(This season) was a little dark even for me...
Eliza Dushku, who had left BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER earlier in 2000 and made noises about not returning to the series, has signed on to do five more episodes of Joss Whedon's groundbreaking show. What's more Dushku, who plays the vampire slayer Faith and ...
What They SayAt the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists with the walls of the heavily guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents dispatches a m...
It looks like the vampire genre is going to get the SCARY MOVIE treatment, with a new comedy/horror script in development called SUCK. The film, written by Ari Margolis and James Morley, centers on a newly afflicted vampire who must fight other creepy cre...
...`Laymon`s vampire novel THE STAKE is one of my favorite vampire books, and he`s written other vampire novels such as BITE and the new novel THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW. What`s the appeal of vampires? Why do we--both writers and readers--keep coming back...
Come Twilight is Chelsea Quinn Yarbro`s thirteenth novel based on the adventures of the vampire Saint-Germain, first seen in Hotel Transylvania. A far cry from the satanic Count Dracula, Saint-German seems based on the idea that with age comes wisdom. Tho...
You think your life sucks. You think your job sucks. It feels like it will never end. But for Dave Miller, it’s all true. Dave is a vampire, but he owes his allegiance to Lord Radu Arisztidescu, the vampire owner of the Last Stop convenience store i...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Artist: Aki Shimizu / Writer: Saki OkuseTranslated by:Stephen PaulAdapted by:What They SayThree centuries ago, a vampire by the name of Migiri was running a reign of terror across Japan when a hero named Naonosuke Kobayashi ...
...Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series. These volumes all carry the name `Sunnydale High Chronicles` to distinguish them from later releases that will cover Buffy`s college days. Volume One features `Bad Girls,` a third season episode from the `Ascension...
... indeed a vampire but it doesn't state the sucker's name. That may be due to the identity of the vampire being a story spoiler. Of course, if you've been following our coverage on BLADE: TRINITY you'll probably know who it is Reporter is talking about....
Now that Christmas is almost upon us, it’s the perfect time to look at some horror titles in the anime section!
First one on the list is a classic, for many US otaku their first title on VHS. Vampire Hunter D (distributed by Urban Vision)...
...st famous vampire in HORROR OF DRACULA (1958), and anyone who has seen his into-camera soliloquy in Jess Franco`s COUNT DRACULA (EL CONDE DRACULA, 1970) is immediately mesmerized by his seductive Hammer suavity as the Count. From Amicus to Hammer, Drac...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story today about two film production firms working on a new horror movie project titled THE FIRST VAMPIRE. Relativity Management has joined forces with Asgaard Entertainment to finance the feature which is currently being cas...
..., a young vampire named Miyu is hunting in the Human world for shape-shifting demons known as \"Shinma\". She takes disguise a high school student. She is accompanied by a bodyguard who use to be an evil Western Shinma, Larva (Tokyopop have renamed him...
Fox 2000 has won the bidding war for a new post apocalyptic vampire tale, currently titled PASSAGE, which has been traveling around hollywood circles. The studio paid seven figures for the film rights to the manuscript written by author Justin C...
...lbum, The Vampire Suite, was released in 2003 but garnered a stronger degree of notoriety in recent months. The double album offers 54 minutes of modern rock on disc one, while the second disc features 51 minutes of verbal fiction, all having to do wit...
A remake and a vampire tale, centering around teenagers. Well, this time, it's Hammer Films and Spitfire Pictures that have acquired remake rights to Lat den ratte komma in, the Tomas Alfredson-directed Swedish film that last week won the feature prize at...
Summit Entertainment has cast Kristen Stewart in the lead for their upcoming vampire tale TWILIGHT, based on the best-selling book series by Stephenie Meyer. The main story is described as a Romeo & Juliet-like tale twisted with vampires as the center...
...s another vampire-killer on the loose), the thrillers of Ian Fleming (having made vampires of Inspector Lestrade and Biggles, I here present a secret agent with a license to drink blood) and Patricia Highsmith (I didn`t know when I wrote that Anthony M...
Dear Steve, I wish you guys all the success in the world. Also I really loved your interview - the questions were insightful, responses well edited, the photos looked good, everything about it was terrific. You are the best, Steve! But I have to say I...
Plot: Unknown, but probably something big and bad. Something so big and bad it can't be shown on the TV show. Of course, given what we've seen on the show, we can't really conceive of what that would be.Players: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Ja...
Hollywood North Report has two new photos showing Wesley Snipes as Blade busting a move down a city street as well as a better look at Halle Berry as CATWOMAN.The site also reports that members of the two productions played a casual hockey game last eveni...
...n: FEMALE VAMPIRE, VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD, SADISTIC BARON VON KLAUS and OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES. NEW RELEASES (O) THE APE / THE APE MAN (Inspired) Simian Poverty Row horror double feature. Boris Karloff is a small town doctor who disguises himself a...
...n it: The Vampire Lectures, which came out last year from the University of Minnesota Press, is by Professor Laurence A. Rickels, who teaches a class on vampirism at UC Santa Barbara. Now folks, is this the coolest class in the world to teach or what? ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saiko TakakiTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:What They SayThe people of the village of Tepes once cowered in fear beneath the shadow of the Nobility manor. But the Nobility moved on, and the castle sat empty, a place whis...
According to Variety, Fox has picked up AMY AFTER DARK from writer John Scott Shepherd and director Todd Holland.The show will focus on a young New York attorney who discovers she's a vampire.Fox also picked up another untitled drama from Allan Loeb and C...
The Review!Ok, before I start I should let you know that Kyuuketsuki Miyu is my favorite anime/manga series, period. There's a lot to like about it. It has endlessly deep characters, wonderful atmosphere, and some great Twilight Zone-ish twisted morals. N...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kakinouchi NarumiTranslated by:Ted WaxAdapted by:What They SayFledgeling vampire Sei Kodo continues his quest to locate the one who awakened him - the love of his life, The Vampire Yui!
His quest has taken him to a prestigious...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ken AkamatsuTranslated by:Peter David and Kathleen O'Shea DavidAdapted by:What They SayBlood Feud With A Vampire! There is a vampire stalking the night! Normally, ten-year-old teacher/magician Negi Springfield would have no pr...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hideyuki Kikuchi / Yoshitaka AmanoTranslated by:Kevin LeahyAdapted by:What They SayIn the title story, \"Dark Nocturne,\" D is hired to unlock the secret of a siren\'s song that is drawing men in their twenties to their deaths...
...volume of Vampire Princess Miyu.
Audio:
As with previous volumes, I listened to the Japanese language track for my main viewing, which was a nice stereo mix with no dropouts or distortions. Spot-checking the English dub, which sounded pretty good, rev...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Sasakishonen Translated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayShiki has destroyed Nero Chaos, but the vampire victims seem to be increasing in the city. Is this Arcueid\'s doing or is there another vampire aroun...
The Review!Being released only a few months after the last volume of the series, is the Vampire Princess Miyu TV box set from Tokyopop. This review is simply for the box art.
PACKAGING:
The box isn\'t anything too special. It\'s thin cardboard, so it\'s ...
...ok of the Vampire, Nigel Suckling (Facts, Figures & Fun)
Nigel Suckling, one of the foremost authorities on unicorns, leprechauns, and angels, has developed a taste for blood. Book of the Vampire is a stimulating and chilling look at world...
The Review!I've decided to write this Alternate Angle as a counterpoint to what seems to be the generally accepted view of Blood: that it's pure eye candy, without a heart or a brain. As such, it's going to be relatively short, (hopefully) sweet, and to t...
The Review!My opinion of this DVD is drastically different from the majority of the reviews that I have read, as well as the people I've talked to who have seen it. I don't know if I'm seeing something they're not, or if they are just too caught up in the...
...a haughty vampire and a world he cannot comprehend. The vampire Hazuki, having waited years for someone to finally set her free, proves unwilling to part with her unwitting hero and follows him home, promptly adopting his life as her own. And as the ...
While the final episode of the first season of the manga series Vampire Knights will be airing next week in Japan, the official website for the series has announced that the second season is expected to begin broadcasting on TV Tokyo this October. The sit...
What They SayContains:
Episode 22: Once Upon a Time
In a flashback, Miyu, unaware of her true identity is living as a normal girl and a stray Shinma tribe is plotting to kill Miyu off before she awakens.
Episode 23: Confrontation
In mid-summer Tokyo, ...
What They SayGarden of Crying Reeds
A young man, looking for a missing cat, comes across a strange a beautiful woman.
Light of the Sea (Part 1 & 2)
Soon after a ghost ship appears. Larva begins to act strangely and disappears from Miyu\'s sight.
Dre...
...spoilers)
Vampire Princess Miyu continues with four more standalone stories, each telling a different tale, but ultimately coming back to the Shinma.
\"Red Shoes\" has Chisato deciding to go off and audition to be a singer. When Miyu refuses to go wit...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Maguro WasabiTranslated by:Melanie SchoenAdapted by:What They SaySakuya used to be a fearsome high rank vampire before he fell in love with Atsumi. Now he\'s fallen so low that he can\'t even drink other people\'s blood becaus...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masayuki TakanoTranslated by:Kentaro AbeAdapted by:What They SayEnter Misaki, perhaps the most innocent and sincere young lady there ever was. It's almost inconceivable that she could be a vampire. And with her powers as a vam...
...BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and tackles Vlad on Halloween night in the USA Network TV movie, DARK PRINCE: THE TRUE STORY OF DRACULA. `At least that`s the way I see it. A lot of people have asked me what it`s like to play the same character twice, but it`...
In 1996, BLADE began with a fabulous, kinetic sequence set in a vampire disco where jets of blood rained down from the ceiling as the bloodsuckers attacked their suddenly alarmed victims only to be interrupted by the arrival of vampire hunter Blade (Wesl...
COLD HEARTS by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Wed 06-25-2003)
Life is tough for the undead, especially if you’re perpetual twenty-something Viktoria (Marisa Ryan). Years ago Viktoria was so into vampire lore she and a boyfriend went out and got themselves turned into members of the blood sucking persuasion, and I ai...
...out every vampire title in their film library this month. This one isn't half-bad, rather reminiscent of THE KINDRED for those who remember that short-lived TV series. The vampires are our main characters and have adjusted to modern life and learned ho...
... It's got vampires. It's got a sword wielding school girl. And to top it off, it's called Blood. How could any self respecting anime fan miss this one.
-Technical Review-
This movie is visually outstanding. The sound design is top notch. So we need ...
The Review!We\'ve all seen vampire anime like Vampire Princess Miyu and Vampire Hunter D, but none of these titles even come close to explaining Hellsing.
Audio: Pretty standard Dolby 2.0. Nothing flashy, but nothing bad either.
Video: For such a dark s...
...SS OF THE VAMPIRE have remained unavailable except on Warner Home Video VHS. Until now.After years of badgering, Warner Home Video has released HORROR OF DRACULA (called simply DRACULA in the UK) on DVD, along with its companions, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN...
If you're a vampire your life sucks. Sunlight destroys you, everybody's trying to drive a stake through your heart and you never know who your next meal is going to be. But all that pales in comparison to the trials and tribulations director Michael Rymer...
...the rogue vampire Arucard. Although his signature weapon is an enormous \"anti-freak\" gun called Jackal, he is a \"true\" undead with mysterious and frightening powers, which includes the ability to transform himself into bats and other creatures. Whi...
It’s become something of an annual event: the new Anne Rice novel, every fall season, usually just in time for Halloween. For fans, it’s another chance to delve into a familiar world of vampires, witches, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, all pre...