Vampire Blog Archive

2006 Vampire Blog Archive

November 26, 2006

LORE: San Francisco State University gets added to the list of colleges who add vampires to the curriculum.

MOVIES: On DVD this Tuesday, Dating a Vampire.

TOME: Coffin: The Art of Vampire Hunter D reveals some compelling artwork.

MOVIES: The Vampire Collection, the European release, has a much more detailed description on what's inside.

TV: A review of Dracula: The Series.

OTHER: You have to love new drink recipes: The Constipated Vampire.

November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends out there! Love you all!

OTHER: What are you going to get your vampire for Christmas?

MOVIES: Mexican vampire movies from the 1950's make their way to DVD.

COMICS: More on Buffy Season 8....

November 20, 2006

TV: Unaired Buffy pilot now on YouTube. Yea!

TOME: William Faulkner wrote a vampire tale. Who knew?

MOVIES: More news on the movie, Town Creek, the one about Nazi vampires.

November 13, 2006

MOVIES: Japanese anime favorite "Blood Vampire" is being made into a live action film with Jun Ji-hyun.

MOVIES: Despite the failure of the BloodRayne movie, there's going to be a sequel. But this time - direct to DVD.

MOVIES: Anne Rice biography to be released on DVD in December.

MOVIES: Bubba Hotep II to include vampires? All right!

TV: Fallen celebrities (saying who would be cheating) dress as vampires and sing the Monster Mash.

OTHER: Are you a vampire? Surely an internet quiz will let you know.

November 10, 2006

MOVIES: The live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire has been cast.

MOVIES: I say it's just been a matter of time. Movie being made based on Castlevania.

LORE: Once Bitten presents vampire myths from around the world.

OTHER: I don't see these nearly enough: Vampire Jokes!

November 9, 2006

GAMES: Playstation 3 and Xbox360 will have a new vampire game in 2008: Harker based of off Dracula.

COMICS: Pretty cool Halloween Dracula pic.

MUSIC: Check out Concrete Blonde's video, Bloodletting (the Vampire Song)

MOVIES: See Christopher Lee in one of his earlier films, Crypt of the Vampire, now on DVD

November 4, 2006

COMICS: A better vampire hunter than Buffy or Blade? Well, Blake is the new rival.

TOME: Darren Shan trilogy to be made into a movie. Vampire spookiness for kids!

MUSIC: Soundtracks to vampire films can be pretty edgy, and well worth the purchase.

LORE: The vampire ninja-factor. Where do they learn to kick like that? Really!

LORE: Top ten vampire myths. What makes a vamp a vamp?

OTHER: Garlic flavored vodka wards off vampires! And makes for a tasty cosmopolitan!

LORE: Vampires feed more than create. Hello! Anyone paying attention in class?

OTHER: Wondering where all the vamp news is coming from? Well, I just found out. Someone called for a blog-a-thon on vampires for the month of October. Sheesh!

MOVIES: The Vampire Collection out on DVD.

October 30, 2006

LORE: There may or may not be vampires in Toronto. Just a heads up.

TV: Vampire Secrets on the History channel. Premiered last night (late Google alert!) but you should be able to catch it again.

OTHER: The Vampire Lestat Ball was the most anticipated event in New Orleans Friday night.

OTHER: A look at the Transylvania tour by a MN Pioneer Press writer.

MOVIES: A vampire blog-a-thon? Isn't that what I do?

October 29, 2006

Sorry, sorry... Busiest month EVER.

MOVIES: Hollywood Legends of Horror now on DVD with some great vampire features, and of course other monsters.

TOME: Vampire poetry!

MUSIC: Just in time for Halloween, Vampire Love, a new single by Kenny Love.

MOVIES: First pictures from new horror movie, Desert of Blood online (warning: icky)

TV: Fans of Buffy can (or could have, had I posted this earlier) see the house where Buffy lived in the show.

GAMES: New board game for teens, BBQ With A Vampire. Nice.

GAMES: They sound like Reavers to me. But Darkwatch is coming out with Jericho costumes.

STAGE: Dance of the Vampires to appear in Berlin, with Roman Polanski.

LORE: Another class being taught on things that go bump in the night. Yes!

MOVIES: AZ Central lists Nosferatu at the top of their list for scary movies.

MOVIES: MoonPhase Volume 1 on DVD. More Anime about vampire girls.

LORE: West Virginia University students are added to the list of those learning about vampires.

TV: National Geographic Channel asks the question of vampires: "Is It Real?" in their aptly named show.

MOVIES: I have to share this just because of the article title, "Vampire Hunting is Tax Exempt."

COMICS: "Blood on the Tracks" comic to be made into a movie.

MUSIC: Weirdest band name ever: Kung Fu Vampire.

STAGE/LORE: Make-up tips for vampires, and other scary things.

MOVIES: Movie news on Revamped, coming out in 2007.

MUSIC: Vampire rock takes hold in Scotland!

LORE: Scientists decide to spoil the fun of make-believe just before Halloween. Also, vampires a scientific impossibility.

LORE: About.com added some interesting info from Ancestry.com about vampires in the family.

LORE: Scientist says if vamps existed, we wouldn't. Pfft! Shows what he knows.

GAMES: GameTap picks up vampire titles: Castlevania. Woot!

LORE (sort of): London's Vampire Club seeks new recruits, but beware - no blood suckers allowed.

STAGE/LORE: Best haunted tours for the Halloween season.

MOVIES: Slayer horror movie on DVD. (note: icky pics)

TOME: A new book I think I'm going to buy, about the history of vampire hunting. Yea!

LORE: Vampire study part II, available to read online.

STAGE/LORE: Camden Toy on how to make vamps look really real.

LORE: Top ten places to get spooked on Halloween. This is under "lore" until I come up with a new category.

STAGE/LORE: What's your vampire name?

LORE: Museum to show film on history of vampires. Bring paper to take notes, hunters!

TOME: Anne Rice, of the Vampire Chronicles fame, sent a video to fans appearing at the Lestat Ball.

October 9, 2006

COMICS: Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase is a vampire love story with a pretty interesting plot.

MUSIC: The Vampire's Revenge jazz album has its good and bad points, but as is always with music, you might have to try it out for yourself.

TV: Nickelodeon releases its Halloween lineup, complete with the standard "Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts and Zombies."

October 3, 2006

LORE: More studies by Fireheart on the lore & legend of vampires.

COMICS: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter 8-page preview online

COMICS: Comic Book Resources takes a look at Bryan Lynch's "Spike: Asylum"

MOVIES: Production completed on "Exit 38", a vampire suspense thriller filmed in Vegas.

GAMES: Images for X-box 360's "Vampire's Rain" now available for a look-see. Trailer and Japan site also live.

MOVIES: "Ganja and Hess", a vampire cult film from the 70's, gets reborn on DVD.

COMICS: New Angel comic to surface: "Angel: Auld Lang Syne"

TV: Forever Knight, released in Canada today, details the life of a vampire cop.

TV: The fun shows always get creamed. That's right boyz n' girlz, Blade gets staked.

September 24, 2006

Controversy in vampirism steps up as a vampire-themed site is asked to find a new home.

It's the 75th anniversary of Bella Lugosi's Dracula, and the new DVD relives the creepiness.

September 19, 2006

Arrr! Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day to ye all!

New on DVD (at least in Canada), The Last Sect - a modernized vampire tale.

Sticky? Really? He couldn't have found a better nickname? Comic Book Resources talks to the star of Blade (TV).

Vampire's hair at museum growing at an eerie rate.

30 Days of Night (staring Josh Hartnett) names Danny Huston as the lead bad guy.

Joel Schumacher is directing a vampire film (nazi vampires!) entitled Town Creek.

New manga vampire-themed graphic novel released, Vampire Doll Vol. 1.

Want to study the occult in the UK? Fine, but no wannabe vampires, understood?

Troubled kids turning to VampireFreaks.com, which is becoming as controversial as MySpace. Kids, vampires aren't cool.

Blood: The Last Vampire looking to shoot in Austrailia. Filming starts October or November.

For those of you in the Pittsburgh area, there will be a Buffy TVS sing-a-long at the CLO Late Night Cabaret on Saturday. I guess not only VHU loves BTVS sing-a-longs.

Vampire site looking to clean up their image with a walk for sick kids. No, they won't eat any along the way.

September 6, 2006

Would vampires kill us all in a few short weeks if they existed? Researchers are looking in to it.

September 4, 2006

Dark Shadows hits it's 40th anniversary (from when it began) and is also on DVD.

I've hit my first Halloween link, so now is the perfect time to remind everyone that I will try my hardest not to post Halloween related links (unless they refer to TV, movies, etc. as related to vampires). But I can't sort through all of the townie activities, so if you are interested in Halloween goings-on in your community, please refer to your local news source.

Because I'm the Vampire, That's Why. A book review (I know, I know... I don't usually do books, but I have a soft spot for vampire humor)

The University of North Carolina, Greensboro begins their lecture series this week, staring our favorite slayer, Buffy.

Grave of the Vampire now on DVD. Review by Blog Critics.

Who gives these scientists money, anyway? Two idiots, er... respectable members of the scientific community are trying to prove that vampires and zombies DO NOT exist. *sigh*

Scorpions bassist Ralph Rieckermann is helping do the music for a new vamp horror movie, Brotherhood of Blood.

The Vatican officially condemns "Harry Potter," joining the ranks of other book series I love, including Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

August 17, 2006

Paul Barber writes in Vampires of Folklore and Fiction problems with the modern vampire.

Jason Mewes of the "Jersey movies" is going to make a vampire flick with Judd Neslon. Snooties! Another site reports that this is going to be a comedy.

The BBC will add a new version of Dracula to their airwaves later this year. Not sure when or if we Americans will see it.

A new game from Mayham Studios entitled Vampire Story is looking for a distributor for a possible late 2006 release.

This doesn't have a lot to do with vampires, but it's kind of interesting. Barbara Fredricksen proposes that we live like vampires in the summer time, due to the excessive heat. I'm okay with that.

Netherbeast Incorporated, a "funny" and "quirky" vampire tale, is being shot in Arizona.

I am Legend is being shot beginning at the end of September. Not due out for a while, this film will star Will Smith.

August 10, 2006

William Welles plans to write a play based on his scholarly research of vampires in literature.

Vampire.com appears, but not so fast vamp enthusiasts, the site is for the Vampire themed drinks.

C.B. Cebulski talks to Comic Book Resources on his latest vampire projects.

NintenDojo features a review on the Castlevania sequel: Portrait of Ruin. Hard to believe it's been around for almost 20 years, huh?

Darkness: The Vampire Version, debuts on DVD, and according to BlogCritics, it's about time.

Fox picks up two dramas about the undead. Gotta watch! One is unnamed, and the other is called "Amy After Dark." A little more information is also here.

We really need more Halloween songs. "Vampire Love" is a new single that will be released this fall.

Elton misses the vampire musical, and says critics were "making it up." The bad stuff, that is.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will be released on X-Box live early next year.

July 20, 2006

Gifted students test the possibility of vampires, werewolves, and other such monsters in Albilene, TX.

Next in Sideshow's Buffy lineup? Giles! I'll have a banner here soon. And Lorne from Angel!

July 19, 2006

Comic series Impaler comes out this October, making vampires just a little more scary.

July 18, 2006

Sorry about the long in-between. Gotta love Con, though- right?

Vampire musical, The Sundowe, does well at a talent contest. See? Not all vamp musicals suck.

If you have X-Box 360 and the Live features, you can now get the vampire add-ons for Oblivion.

When sequels just won't work, try a prequel! Like maybe Dracula before he was Dracula. Excuse me while I groan.

Real Vampires by Inanna Arthen - I'm not sure how I stumbled upon this, but it's an interesting read.

Like jazz? Of course you do. Dom Minasi's latest album was inspired by Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

Preview of Nintendo DS's upcoming Lunar Knights: Vampire Hunters. One more reason for me to get the DS. Can someone please tell my husband this is a necessity?

New Vampire Hunter D manga to hit stores in late 2007. Yeah, over a year away. Why'd they bother announcing that?

July 5, 2006

I am Legend is getting a lot of mixed pre-reviews, even before the movie is filmed. Why the crap? It might have to do with Johnny Depp, adding to previous news that he was joining Will Smith in the highly anticipated film.

The WB will go off the air with their best shows running, including Buffy and Angel.

It's hard to kill your own kind. A review of Blade, the series. And according to the NY Times, you don't really have to have seen the movies to get the series.

Monster Madness, by SouthPeak Interactive, will be a hack-'em, slash-'em monster killing game for the X-box 360, and Playstation 3, due next February.

British vamp movie, High Stakes, aiming for a November release. Unsure if we'll get it in the states. IN addition, Fangoria has some pictures from the movie.

Ooh, a post-apocolypic horror western! My favorite! lol Priest will star Phantom of the Opera's Gerard Butler, and is based on a Tokyo Pop graphic novel.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has vampires! Who knew?

While I don't usually put reviews of vampire books on here (that would take pages!) I like interviews; I think they're a good way to see how the vamp culture is played out. Like here, with Laurell K. Hamilton.

June 17, 2006

Sony is considering Josh Hartnett (a Minnesota native, for all my pals out there) for 30 Days of Night, a vamp thriller based on the graphic novel.

Lit professor at Campbell University finds literary meaning in Buffy, which she presented at the annual Slayage Conference.

The Vampire Slayer Act of 2006 (mentioned previously) was approved by the California Assembly. Good- make The Man work harder!

The Russian blockbuster Nightwatch finally comes to the US on DVD, available June 20th.

Whedon confirms that Buffy/Angel movies are not going to happen.

June 11, 2006

Vampire Sighting! Vampires on the Berkley campus. Is anyone really surprised at this?

Underworld: Evolution is now on DVD. Ah ha! The circle is now complete. I remember reporting on this movie from its conception. How old is this blog anyway?

Vampire appliances caused California lawmakers to draw up this- don't laugh, this is true - the Vampire Slayer Act of 2006. Stand down, you evil vampire toaster!

The city of Johannesburg welcomes back Fangs, a comedy rock-musical from the 70's.

Darkness: The Vampire Version (a small-budget horror/sci-fi flik) is on DVD, and may be worth looking at.

Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe is also coming out on DVD, but doesn't have great reviews.

May 30, 2006

The DaVinci Code can be related to vampires. Well, can't everything really?

May 27, 2006

Lestat is closing after only 39 performances. Sucks to be them. Heh.

Ohio University announces new classes- including Vampires in Myth and History, chosen by award winning professor, Bonita Blessing.

IFC says Bloodrayne really isn't all that bad.

Former owners of Dracula's castle have it returned by Romania.

Vampire Loves, a French graphic novel, is translated in English, collecting the first four volumes of the popular comic.

Blade the series starts on Spike TV on June 28, staring Kirk Jones. You can see a picture on CableWorld.

May 21, 2006

Blood the Last Vampire- from comic to anime to live-action? You bet. Locations are being scouted.

Shadow of the Vampire DVD review from BlogCritics.

May 15, 2006

Dracula themed tours offered by Continental Journeys shows off the castle and more. The prices aren't so bad, either.

Konami's ever popular Castlevania series returns to Nintendo DS in November, with the release of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the handheld.

The vampires have blocked out the sun and it's your job to get of them and return things to normal in Game Boy Advance's Lunar Knights.

May 7, 2006

I have nothing against Alyssa Milano, or vampire porn... but when you're in between acting jobs, and you need some money in your pocket, maybe Embrace of the Vampire (new on DVD) isn't the way to go.

Trinity Blood, the latest in vampire anime, is releasing its first four episodes on DVD as sort of a "prequel" to the series, if that makes any sense. Considering the reviews aren't that great, they're probably just looking for ways to lose money. I mean, that's the fun part, right?

Blade, the television series looks to start on June 28th. I hope the summer start doesn't turn fans off.

May 3, 2006

Graphic novel Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit #1 is available now. Read a review and see what you think.

Lestat: The Musical isn't doing much better out of San Francisco and on Broadway. Sucks to be them. Even so, Elton John and Anne Rice look pretty happy to be there anyway.

Vampire Sighting! Puerto Rican Chupacabra vampire seen in Russia. Big deal. I saw the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri-Lanka the other day*.

You boys will like this. Blade, the television series has made a teaser site for the new show. As for me, I'm not a breast fan... Unless it's a chicken.

Teenage vampire love novel lassos kids in with this modern tale of adolescent hormones. Actually, I might pick this up.

Castlevania is being revived (which you'd know, if you read the blog entries) but alas, we have learned it's only for Nintendo DS. Is there hope for the rest of us?

Another vampire blog site (which, FYI isn't so much a blog, as it is MySpace for vampire wannabes) is getting lots of press lately. How come? Murder! Yes, murther!

Spoof News! Though still, highly believable. Condoleeza Rice to be in a vampire movie!

Art imitates other art, and such is true (sadly) with a Brokeback vampire movie. No, I'm not joking.

* If you don't understand this joke, you need to watch South Park more often.

April 1, 2006

The British bring Vampire Rock to Lancashire with hits by AC/DC, Guns N Roses and Queen.

Southern Vampires (the book series) is coming to HBO as a series in 2007.

Completion films acquired the rights to Razorwire, "an urban horror movie" where vampire cops feed on the ghetto poor.

New PC game by Lengendo Entertainment, Dracula Twins, is planned for release this spring.

I knew it wouldn't be long before I mentioed a game that can be played on a cell phone. *sigh* Adventure/ puzzle game Mystery Castle II features Monty, a little wizard who has to defeat Fang, a vampire with serious issues.

March 18, 2006

Vampire music gets jazzy with Dom Minasi's album, The Vampire's Revenge.

Blood: The Last Vampire is currently in New York, soon to be at Indi theaters in the rest of the country (hopefully). About.com fills us in with a review of the English re-dub.

Sci Fi channel acquires some favorites, including vampire series Buffy TVS and Angel.

Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter moves from novels to comic books. Yea comics!

Immortally Yours, a vampire drama being filmed in Dayton, OH (they report everything) is about a vampire yearning to be mortal again after falling in love. Awww....

Watch for the vampire flick, Dead Serious, playing in various theaters. It's not well known, but has won various awards.

Another series we'll probably never see (sadly), is a series in Canada based on Tanya Huff's novels, Blood Ties.

February 25, 2006

Even the Olympic athletes aren't safe from vampires.

February 5, 2006

Elton defends Lestat saying yes, it does need work but hey, leave me alone already! Well, no one said it would be easy.

February 2, 2006

I'm still writing 2005 on everything. By the time I remember 2006, it'll be 2007. *sigh*

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Lestat brings in help, cancels shows to warm up for Broadway.

A treat for you guys out there- IGN lists their top vampire women in Hottest Vampire Babes.

More on the vampire course in UW-Madison. Unlike VHU, it's not hands-on, but literature is always good for the mind.

Vampire mayor-wannabe gets arrested. Way to go VHU!

I guess blood of the vampire makes a pretty good wine. Weird.

January 27, 2006

I Am Legend is scouting for a venue, so of course, there's always NYC.

A vampire western? Well, there was a time when I believed a space western wouldn't work, either.

January 24, 2006

Bite Club comic returns with Vampire Crime Unit, to be released in April.

The news for Lestat isn't great. Let's hope they fix it up a bit before hitting Broadway.

January 21, 2006

UW-Madison is offering a new class: The Vampire in Literature and Film. Way to go UW, M!

I still hate the WB. They're always eager for new projects (like the Spike movie)... but they'll never keep anything good around for long.

Russian vamp movie scores with audiences. It also seems to be boosting their economy, which is always nice.

A poll tied in with Underworld shows that people would rather be vampires than werewolves. Well, duh!

January 12, 2006

Why didn't anyone tell me I was still putting 2005 on everything? Sheesh. Well, I changed it all to 2006.

And now...only January 12 and I'm saying I've seen it all already. First time this year though. Vampire for a governor! Of where? Where else?

A picture for the new Blade is now available. I hope TV doesn't fuck this up.

January 10, 2006

Is "Lestat doesn't suck" a good review or a bad one? Hmmm. Well, at any rate, I hear it needs work.

New indie film, Sacred Bloods in the works. Ever heard of J.A. Steel? Yeah, me neither.

January 2, 2006

Happy New Year! This month, you'll see some changes to the VHU site, as well as the news pages. Your favorite vampire blog will still be around though, and with a few added entertainment links. For example...

Want to see where you'll be spending your Friday nights? Sci Fi gives a break-down of 2006 movies.

Updates on the movie Ultraviolet, staring Mila Jovovich including synopsis and an international banner.

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