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It’s official: there are now enough vampires flying around the pop culture landscape to fill Transylvania Stadium during homecoming.
Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers.
An Ohio bride and ghoul have vowed to love each other and haunt and howl at the moon together at a Halloween-themed wedding. Sixty-one-year-old Jack Holsinger and 44-year-old Connie Spitznagel were both made up as pale-faced vampires for their scare-emoney Saturday night at a haunted house near Cleveland. The two chose the location because it's operated by the same people who own a campground where the couple met.
The "Twilight" tourism bonanza shows no signs of abating in Forks, an old logging town on Washington's Olympic Peninsula that's won new fame as the setting for a teen vampire fantasy.
The year's half over, and if we're grading the state of cinema in 2009, we have to hand out a mixed rating. Animated films have soared like the balloon-decked house in "Up," but it's about time to drive a stake through the heart of the vampire trend.
Watching someone bounce off of a giant red rubber ball and then flip dramatically backwards through the air, bouncing off another red ball before splashing into water: that is not an example of complicated television.
It's something Gawker's snarky arbiters of culture would normally find irresistible: An advertisement for a TV program in the form of a blog that's embedded within a popular Web site and made to look just like it.
A self-described "vampyre" and former fringe political candidate faces charges for threatening a teenage girl who tried to break off their relationship by telling him she was actually a vampire hunter.
While fans of the respective franchises might not want to acknowledge it, the “Underworld” movies and the “Twilight” novels have more in common than just the conflict between bloodsuckers and lycanthropes. They also take themselves seriously in a way that allows their fans to immerse themselves in these alternate universes while providing a steady stream of chuckles for those not so inclined.
You say you don’t understand the current resurgence of interest in vampires? Don’t worry—most of the characters (the mortal ones, anyway) on Alan Ball’s HBO hit series “True Blood” would probably sympathize. Ever since “mainstreaming” vampires came out of the coffin and took up residence in the tiny fictional town of Bon Temps, La., the locals there have been struggling to figure out the fascination with vampires, too, and, like you, they kind of resent the disruption. Moreover, they don’t know what it means now that this influx of newcomers has upset the status quo seemingly overnight, and now threatens to make them a minority in their own hometown.
If you’re a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series — symptoms include Googling the phrase “Team Jacob,” being in a bookstore at 12:01 a.m. on the day that “Breaking Dawn” came out, or pricing “The lion fell in love with the lamb” ankle tattoos — you won’t be disappointed by the movie version.
It’s a big deal, this “Twilight” stuff. Maybe you haven’t been paying attention. There was just a history-making presidential election, after all. And Rob Lowe’s house is on fire. And Beyonce just changed her name to Sasha Fierce. There’s a ton of stuff to keep up with. You can be forgiven for not knowing about “Twilight.” But let me fix that for you.
It may be the season for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, they're not real, warns physicist Costas Efthimiou. Obviously, you might say. But Efthimiou, a professor at the University of Central Florida, points to surveys that show American gullibility for the supernatural.
Meet Suzie Park, a real life VampireAS the clock strikes midnight Lady V raises a goblet to her lips and takes several hearty gulps. Finally her thirst is quenched - thanks to the warm human BLOOD she has just downed.
I found a Sci-Fi gem this week and I felt the need to get the word out. The show is called Being Human. It is a short series of six one hour long episodes made in the UK that aired on the BBC earlier this year.
I am turning over my blog today to my good friend, and a friend of all Americans, Glenn Becks.
V is for voracious: Vampire culture unveiled - St. Petersburg TimesTHE VAMPIRES wait outside the back door of the Ybor City nightclub. Newcomers stand on the fringes, alone. The regulars talk about school, about work, about the weather.
Victim! Motive! Opportunity! Scene! WHY? Time to learn a little about my fellow viners from a bit of an eerie perspective! If you could come back from the "Other Side" just to haunt someone, just one special someone, who would your special desire be? And of course, why!?
How to Enjoy a Twilight Vacation | eHow.comArticle offering Twilight fans travel tips to Washington's Olympic Peninsula where Stephenie Meyer's vampire books are set.
I read an article today called "Bella no match for Sookie at vampire love Subservient 'Twilight' heroine a terrible role model for pre-teen girls" by Susan C. Young. Here is the link:
Everyone knows that some people are like energy vampires, they just seem to suck out the energy from you.
A Werewolf, A Vampire and A Ghost Flatmates Are Moving To AmericaThe supernatural beasties are coming over from across the pond. Being Human is finally going to get some American air time. Being Human premieres Saturday, July 25, at 9 PM on BBC America.
Brit mum buried alive after being branded Bride of DraculaA TERRIFIED Brit mum was branded the Bride of Dracula and buried alive in a chain-wrapped lead coffin — despite being an innocent wife from Burnley.
Facebook is a Time VampireWith all due respect to Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, and Stephenie Meyer, it is clear to me that Dracula, Lestat, and Edward are nowhere near the baddest vampires out there.
Sony Acquires Blood: The Last VampireSony has aquired the domestic rights to the live action film Blood:The last vampire. It is based on the feature length anime of the same name. The movie is set to release this summer.
True Blood Gets WoodHBO's has cast Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler,Thirteen) as the vampire Queen of Louisiana Sophie-Anne for the series True Blood.
Italy dig unearths female "vampire" in VeniceAn archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws — evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire. The unusual burial is thought to be the result of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual.
Mediaeval 'vampire' skull found in near VeniceThe remains of a woman's skull with a rock thrust into its jaws is evidence of the mediaeval fear of vampires, Italian anthropologists have claimed.
'Vampire' discovered in mass graveA SKELETON exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the "vampires" widely referred to in contemporary documents.
It's a humorous story about a vampire from a trailer park in the south. "Beauregard Johnston" is a pdf file on the right side of the blog. Leave comments to let me know what you think.
Sex smell lures 'vampire' to doomA synthetic "chemical sex smell" could help rid North America's Great Lakes of a devastating pest, scientists say. US researchers deployed a laboratory version of a male sea lamprey pheromone to trick ovulating females into swimming upstream into traps.
Sean Hannity: Vampire Subcultures Threaten AmericaThe video really says it all. It's simply astonishing that this constitutes "news" in any sense of the phrase
Vampire Moth Discovered -- Evolution at WorkJohn Roach for National Geographic News October 27, 2008 A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. And in a twist worthy of a Halloween horror movie, entomologists say the bloodsuckers may have evolved from a purely fruit-eating species.
It's that time of year again and thanks to Kymlee I will be attending the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival again this year and covering it for Newsvine! The Festival will be featuring such bands as Vampire Weekend, The Foo Fighters, Against Me!, Flyleaf, just to name a few …
German insurer warns against growing vampire teeth trend German health insurance providers are concerned with health problems caused by the growing popularity of vampire teeth among their customers.
Outbreak Of Rabies Spread By Vampire Bats Kills Dozens In Venezuela Experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by vampire bats has killed at least 38 people in Venezuela
Mystery animal killer scares Kidapawan folkWas it an 'aswang' (the Filipino's version of a vampire) that killed sheep and goats in barangay Lower Manongol here? On Sunday, three goats owned by Cielo Alonzo were seen dead and disemboweled, in a vacant lot owned by Danny Guerero in Purok 2A, Barangay Lower Manongol …
CBS not renewing 'Moonlight'CBS' vampire drama "Moonlight" will not rise again. Sources confirm the fan favorite will not be renewed by the network for a second season.
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