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The James Clayton Column: Vampires will never bore you

29 May 2013 2:36 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »

Feature James Clayton 31 May 2013 - 06:26

Has Twilight left us with vampire fatigue? As Byzantium emerges, James argues that there are plenty of stories left to tell in the lore...

Remember the My Chemical Romance song, Vampires Will Never Bore You? You probably don't because that wasn't the actual title of the track. Nevertheless, there's no reason why the theatrical rock troupe can't remix Vampires Will Never Hurt You with revised, more upbeat lyrics for a new cultural zeitgeist in order to assist the ailing undead.

The coffin-dwellers are suffering a public image crisis and an exhilarating, affirmative pop anthem would be the perfect thing to rally spirits. It might also attract armies of impassioned, hyper-emotional adolescents going through their teen goth rebellion phase. A mass macabre awareness campaign is called for and the vampires need fresh blood and fresh resolve to bare their fangs with fierce determination.

Why do they need this? »

- ryanlambie

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Universal Casts Luke Evans to Star As Dracula In The Upcoming Reboot

8 April 2013 8:49 PM, PDT | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »

Luke Evans is next in line to join the ranks with the likes of Bela Lugosi, Max Schreck, Klaus Kinski, Christopher Lee, Frank Langella and Gary Oldman as the Wales born thesp has been cast to play the legendary king of the vampires in Universal's reboot of Dracula. According to THR, in his first starring role for a studio, Evans (picture above) has signed to topline in Dracula Year Zero, Universals dramatic horror movie telling an origin sto… »

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Review: Dracula (1958) Blu-ray

8 March 2013 11:30 AM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »

When you think about vampires the images that spring readily to mind are of tall, dark handsome strangers, of the seduction of the innocent, of smouldering looks and sexual frission, of low cut gowns and bare, bloody breasts. Well they do to my mind, anyway, having been brought up on Hammer films and then graduating to the likes of Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985), Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark (1987), Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys (1987), and Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula (1992), all of which propagate the dark and sexy image of Transylvania’s least favourite cold caller.

It wasn’t always this way, though. When vampires first appeared on the silver screen they were awkward, ugly things that anybody in their right mind would run from rather than to. Some of them had bald heads, big ears and too many teeth like Max Schreck’s timeless portrayal of Nosferatu (1922), a look »

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This Week in Horror: 'Tales from the Crypt', 'Creature from the Black Lagoon', 'Nosferatu'

8 March 2013 10:00 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

This week in horror history, fans around the world were introduced to a few of the weirdest, and most iconic characters, to ever hit the screen: The Crypt Keeper, the Creature, and the king of shadowy gentlemen, Nosferatu.

The Freddie Francis-directed Tales from the Crypt is a classic - the best in horror anthologies. Based on the EC Comic franchise, the story kicks off with a group of people taking a tour of a crypt – as you do- who find themselves locked in a room with a strange man who turns out to be the Crypt Keeper come to tell the group how each of them has died. It has to be noted that this original Crypt Keeper is slightly less skeletal than the television we all know and love, but he's memorable in his monk-like ensemble, all the same. Each tales is well-crafted and fun to watch, the »

- Sara Castillo

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