The series introduces Dracula as he arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. There’s only one circumstance that can potentially thwart his plan: Dracula falls hopelessly […]
This is the most captivating American Horror Story yet! A well thought out plot. I love the incorporation of real time, place and historical characters. And kudos to Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, and Kathy Bates for making these parts what they are! Also as a Stevie Nicks music fan, I loved the incorporation […]
Classified as horror, dark humor and fantasy, HBO’s series True Blood is a modern tale of Vampires. And while some of the “regular” rules apply (can only be invited in) but as the story goes on being able to walk in the sunlight and others fall away. How about vampires that cry blood and fall […]
“There once was a man who lived a life so strange, it had to be true. Only he could see what no one else can—the darkness inside … the real monster within … and he’s the one who must stop them. This is his calling. This is his duty. This is the life of a […]
The Lost Boys 1987 film. This is one of my first modern vampire films I saw at the theater. instead of the classic character vampire dressed in black cape and formal attire, speaking with Romanian accent. He is presented in a 80’s “rock star” style and promotes the idea of vampires living together with […]
While not the original or even the earliest, clearly the most famous of the vampire stories, is that of Bram Stoker: “Dracula“. A midling actor in 1890 Dublin, Stoker knited together the legend of the real 15th centery Wallachian warload, Vlad, known as Impaler, with Romanian legends, from the Carpathian mountains, of blood suckers to create a […]