Appearing as part of the annual Fantastic Fest was writer/director Noah Segan’s vampire film Blood Relatives, which has been described as a family drama with vampires. Here’s how FF describes it: “Francis has a deep appreciation for the things of decades past. He drives a bitchin’ 1969 Barracuda Fastback and wears a black leather jacket […]
The name Dracula brings with it a long and varied history, and fans/scholars of the king of the vampires are well aware of the the historic precedent to the character in the form of Vlad the Impaler. But back in the pages of Castle of Frankenstein magazine (which is actually in the public domain), writer […]
Between October 21 and 30, Scotland’s neatshows.co.uk will be serving as host of Festival of Darkness in celebration of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. “This is an opportunity to celebrate Aberdeenshire’s significant contribution to creating the world’s most famous vampire,” notes their official site. “Slains Castle fed Stoker’s imagination, and the jagged rocks gave life to Dracula’s […]
An excavation in Poland has uncovered the skeleton of a woman, believed to have been buried in the 17th century, with a scythe having been place around her neck at the time of her burial. Additionally, there was a padlock attached to one of her toes. In an interview with Britain’s Daily Mail, Professor Dariusz […]
One of Vampires & Slayers‘ other projects is a comic strip titled Media Geek & Friends, which essentially has some fun with pop culture. In the latest installment, “Media Geek & The Fang Club,” MG and his pal, Roddy (an intelligent, talking simian born as the result of being a chimp bitten by a radioactive […]
A matchmaking agency for vampires, werewolves and other fantastic creatures as well as humans? That’s the premise behind Dead End Dating, an eight book series by best selling author Kimberly Raye which is currently being adapted into a television series designated for one of the streaming services by the Big Screen Entertainment Group. Enthuses the […]
Universal Pictures can’t stay out of the vampire business — not surprising considering that they’re the studio that released 1931’s Dracula starring Bela Lugosi — only this time they’re approaching Bram Stoker’s material from a different angle: focusing on his man-servant, Renfield, and now comes word that the count will be played by Nicolas Cage. […]
AMC (and its streaming service, AMC+) continue throwing caution to the wind as they more closely embrace the vampire genre, beginning with its series take on Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire with other components of The Vampire Chronicles in development. Now get set for an eight-episode limited series titled Firebite, which is currently shooting […]
Needless to say, there are spoilers to be had here, so if you haven’t seen Marvel’s Eternals, you may want to seek out some other pieces on this site. That out of the way, the final tag scene in the new MCU entry features Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman about to reach out and grasp “The […]
In a new featurette released by Sony Pictures, actor Jared Leto takes viewers behind the scenes on his upcoming vampire film based on the Marvel character Morbius. Describes Leto, “Morbius is a Marvel character who’s been an important part of the universe. He’s brilliant, he’s strong, he’s got some unique powers, but these powers seem […]