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Movie: Underworld: Awakening (and also Blood Wars)
IMDB: When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind. / Vampire death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. [more inside]
Movie: Vampire Circus
[TRAILER] After a spate of murders, the villagers of Stetl kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appears in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to fulfil the Count's last words, a curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Stetl are the targets for a brutal revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance. [more inside]
Movie: Byzantium
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel. [more inside]
Movie: Twins of Evil
[TRAILER] 19th century witch hunter Gustav (Peter Cushing) leads a band of puritans through the region, burning young women suspected of witchcraft. When his identical twin nieces (Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson) come to visit from Venice, one of the twins takes an interest in Count Karnstein (Daniel Thomas), a local lord dabbling in Satanism... and worse. Hammer's third (and final) film in the Karnstein Trilogy, a series of lightly sexy vampire stories with lesbian themes. [more inside]
Movie: Lust for a Vampire
[TRAILER] A temptress (Yutte Stensgaard) does Count Karnstein's (Mike Raven) biting at a finishing school in 19th-century Styria. The second in Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy, which uses the novel Carmilla as a launching point for three films about sexy lesbian vampires. [more inside]
Movie: The Vampire Lovers
[TRAILER] The general (Peter Cushing) and a baron hunt a vampire named Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt) who seduces and bites their daughters. The first in Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy, based on/inspired by Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. [more inside]
Movie: Abigail
[TRAILER] After a group of criminals (Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand) kidnap the ballerina daughter (Alisha Weir) of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that what they're locked inside with is no normal little girl. [more inside]
Movie: Twilight
[TRAILER] High-school student Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), always a bit of a misfit, doesn't expect life to change much when she moves from sunny Arizona to rainy Washington state. Then she meets Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a handsome but mysterious teen whose eyes seem to peer directly into her soul. Edward is a vampire whose family does not drink blood, and Bella, far from being frightened, enters into a dangerous romance with her immortal soulmate. [more inside]
Movie: 30 Days of Night
[TRAILER] The isolated Alaskan town of Barrow is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction. [more inside]
Creepshow: Meet the Belaskos/Cheat Code Season 4, Ep 4
New neighbors move into an "integrated" neighborhood causing tensions to rise, and a father attempts to bond with his teenage son using a vintage video game.
Book: Carpe Jugulum
Come one, come all, to the naming ceremony for the new Princess of Lancre, daughter of King Verence II and Queen Magrat! The invitations have been sent out, beautiful and gilded, though Granny Weatherwax doesn't appear to have received hers, and is feeling a bit put out by the whole situation. And the Priest who was to perform the ceremony has been replaced by an Omnian (and they burn witches, you know!) And Count Magpyre definitely received his invite, and his retinue seems to have some sort of mind control powers that affect everyone but Agnes Nitt... (Witches #6, Discworld #23) By Terry Pratchett. [more inside]
Movie: Last Voyage of the Demeter
[TRAILER] Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo--fifty unmarked wooden crates--from Carpathia to London. Strange events befall the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew. [more inside]
Movie: House of Darkness
After meeting at a local bar, a man (Justin Long) accompanies a beautiful and mysterious woman (Kate Bosworth) back to her luxurious and secluded estate. However, he soon gets more than he bargained for when their playful flirtation turns into something sinister. [more inside]
Movie: Renfield
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as a lackey for Dracula (Nicolas Cage), Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) finds a new lease on life--and maybe even redemption--when he comes into the orbit of feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). [more inside]
Movie: Ganja & Hess
[TRAILER] After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. [more inside]
Movie: Bliss
In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for blood. [more inside]
Movie: Stake Land
After a plague turns America into a realm of vampires, a hunter (Nick Damici) of the depraved creatures travels cross-country with an orphan (Connor Paolo) he rescued, searching for a safe haven. [more inside]
Interview with the Vampire: The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding Books Included Season 1, Ep 4
Claudia learns the balance between love, lust and prey. [more inside]
Movie: Dracula
The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence in an old castle. Soon Dracula begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. When he sets his sights on Mina (Helen Chandler), the daughter of a prominent doctor, vampire-hunter Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) is enlisted to put a stop to the count's never-ending bloodlust. [more inside]
Movie: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis (Brad Pitt) is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat (Tom Cruise), a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl (Kirsten Dunst) -- whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict. [more inside]
Interview with the Vampire: Is My Very Nature That of a Devil Books Included Season 1, Ep 3
Louis grapples in a fight to retain some semblance of his humanity while struggling to identify the true nature of the identity of a vampire and the urges that come with it. Things escalate and soon take a turn for the worst.
Movie: HollyBlood
Javi, a shy teenager, has a crush on Sara who is into vampires. Sara comes to believe that Javi is a vampire named Azrael, but the real Azrael is nearby and doesn't take kindly to imposters.
Movie: Cronos
Antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) stumbles across Cronos, a 400-year-old scarab that, when it latches onto him, grants him youth and eternal life -- but also a thirst for blood. As Jesus enjoys his newfound vitality, he's unaware that a dying old man, Dieter de la Guardia (Claudio Brook), has sent his nephew, Angel (Ron Perlman), to find the scarab and bring it back to him. But Jesus will not give immortality up easily, even risking the life of his orphan granddaughter (Tamara Shanath). Guillermo del Toro's first feature film. [more inside]
Movie: Day Shift
An LA vampire hunter (Jamie Foxx) has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him. [more inside]
Salem's Lot: 1979 TV Miniseries Season 0, Ep 0
Writer Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House, but finds someone else has bought the long-empty property. When townspeople start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers the owner of the mansion is a vampire turning them into an army of undead slaves. Based on the Stephen King novel and directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre). [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: The Wedding Season 4, Ep 6
Guillermo loses his mind trying to help Nandor plan the perfect vampire wedding.
What We Do in the Shadows: The Night Market Season 4, Ep 4
The vampires take a trip to the secret Night Market, where all the supernatural creatures gather to barter and haggle. [more inside]
Movie: Fright Night
Teenage Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) moves next-door, Brewster becomes convinced he is a vampire. It's also no surprise when nobody believes him. However, after strange events begin to occur, Charlie has no choice but to turn to the only person who could possibly help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall). [more inside]
Movie: Morbius
Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease. [more inside]
Movie: Leptirica
A young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man accepts the job of miller after an infamous local vampire kills the previous miller. [more inside]
Book: Wayward Son
Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…
So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch?
What We Do in the Shadows: The Portrait Season 3, Ep 10
The housemates grieve the loss of one of their own.
Movie: Black as Night
A teenage girl with self-esteem issues finds confidence in the most unlikely way, by spending her summer battling vampires. [more inside]
The Scholar Who Walks the Night: Eps 9 - 12; followed by a personal view on cultural parallels Season 1, Ep 9
Gwi offered power to the Joseon monarchy in return for … loyalty, some deference, regular victims, a place of his own. His lair is a cavern under the palace where evil Prime Minister Lord Choi and his other toadies visit him. There he slouches on a throne made of roots and rocks, beneath a macabre trophy. I mean, it's not as though the Underground Palace, as they call it, looks like a very nice place to stay. [more inside]
The Scholar Who Walks the Night: Eps 5 - 8; Followed by a note on Taekkyon Season 1, Ep 5
I mean it's really hard to chase a coherent narrative thread through these chunks of episodes. Plans are made, fail, and are repeated to fail again. The complicated momentum of the story stutters; the visuals remain fabulous. Kim Seong Yeol and Yang Seon begin a dance of fascination round each other. [more inside]
The Scholar Who Walks the Night: Eps 2 - 4 Season 1, Ep 2
Ep. 2 trigger warning for Gwi's seduction of a child to be his vampire minion. The bite etc is suggested more than shown but it is very creepy indeed. //As well as his secret forest mansion Eumseokgol Kim Seong Yeol maintains a base at the gibang owned by his companion Su Hyang. Having learnt in Ep. 1 that even with his new vampire powers he hasn't a hope in hell of facing up to Gwi, he has spent the 100-odd years since lurking, observing, looking for Prince Jeonghyeon's memorandum and on the way acquiring an impressive library and a reputation as a mysterious book-buying scholar. Developed by the Prince and the previous vampire guardian, the memorandum is a strategy for defeating Gwi. With KSY's help it was just about to be put into action when Gwi discovered it and destroyed all but one of the plotters. [more inside]
The Scholar Who Walks the Night: Intro & Ep 1 of 20 Season 1, Ep 1
Able to be appreciated on many fronts, visually ravishing and full of restrained (and unrestrained) emotional expressiveness, the addictive qualities of k-drama are becoming more widely known in the West, especially since Netflix got involved. As a two-culture person and I've loved watching compelling art produced from what feels like a familiar space of flux, revision, brokering and reclaiming. The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015) is a historical fantasy South Korean vampire serial that I love in spite of its flaws. I want to talk about cultural context as well as episode summaries.
All I can write about is what I found out on the internet and all I've got is shallow knowledge, I could be really wrong about lots of things but will try to explain what it is about this series that so interests me.
There will be some spoilers and descriptions of the male lead's costumes. [more inside]
Movie: Boys from County Hell
A town that claims to be home to vampire finds out that the legend is actually true. [more inside]
Movie: Vampires vs. the Bronx
A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires! [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Nouveau Théâtre Des Vampires Season 2, Ep 10
The vampires prepare to attend the most exclusive event on the vampiric social calendar. [Season finale] [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Colin's Promotion Season 2, Ep 5
Colin Robinson gets promoted at work and his new power threatens the balance of power in the vampire house. [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: The Curse Season 2, Ep 4
While the vampires fear they've been electronically cursed, Guillermo tries to thwart a deadly threat to his masters. [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Brain Scramblies Season 2, Ep 3
The vampires attend their first human Super Bowl party, while Guillermo's search for virgins uncovers a deadly threat. [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Ghosts Season 2, Ep 2
The vampires hold a seance to deal with a ghost infestation, which leads to a larger ghost infestation. [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Resurrection Season 2, Ep 1
Nadja and Laszlo's new familiar poses problems for an increasingly anxious Guillermo, and the vampires enlist the services of a local necromancer. [more inside]
Dracula: Dracula (2020) Books Included Season 1, Ep 0
Moffat & Gatiss return with a three-part "adaptation" of Dracula on BBC One and Netflix. [more inside]
V-Wars: Down with the Sickness Season 1, Ep 1
Following an urgent trip to the Arctic, a scientist and his friend are quarantined with an illness that soon escalates to something sinister. (Netflix Original) [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Ancestry Season 1, Ep 10
Guillermo steals semen has DNA tests run for everyone, and Nandor and finds out that he has a descendant living in Staten Island, while Guillermo confirms that he's the descendant of, um, just your typical Mexican piñata farmers. Nadja calls to her lost love Gregor, and his current incarnation, Jeff, comes looking for her. [Season finale] [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: The Orgy Season 1, Ep 9
The vampires are chosen to host the biannual vampire orgy, and worry that it may not be successful. "What you don't understand is the stigma attached to throwing a poor orgy." Nandor hungers after Guillermo's friend, and Laszlo finds his old porno tapes. [more inside]
What We Do in the Shadows: Citizenship Season 1, Ep 8
Nadja trains her little, stupid baby vampire how to crawl and eat, and Nandor applies for American citizenship. [more inside]
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