Greg Nicotero, From Zombies to Snake Vampires

FX guru on 'The Walking Dead' to 'From Dusk Till Dawn'

"...the original film, you know the Titty Twister means vampires. And vampires and Rodriguez can only mean one thing:..."

April 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vampires Suck

From the filmmaking team that gave us Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans comes this inevitable spoof of teen vampire movies.

"...the satire vs. parody front. The best thing about Vampires Suck, and I use the term guardedly, is Proske's..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...some obscure AIDS metaphors. For all its violent chutzpah, Vampires fails to affect the ice-cubes-in-the-blood reaction of even Interview..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Lesbian Vampires"

"...light (or darkness) on those famous monsters of filmland, vampires, by giving strong women the oversized incisors and playing..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Irma Vep & Les Vampires Double Bill

"...Louis Feuillade's popular silent movie serial of 1915, Les Vampires, inspires and informs countryman Olivier Assayas' 1996 movie Irma..."

May 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

So, Where Were the Vampires in Before Sunrise?

"...Dead: Dead By Dawn) has got to have either vampires or zombies in it, since the first half of..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Column

about AIDS Can Vampires Get AIDS?

"...Regardless of vampires and other kinky creatures of the night the exposure..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Column

Fantastic Fest Proves 'All My Friends Are Vampires'

New PBS doc explores Austin's geekiest film fest

"...beloved, and berserk. New doc All My Friends Are Vampires explains why your hardcore genre fan friends are sporting..."

Nov. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Rider in the House of Vampires

Danzig gets dusty in this vampire Western

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review

Of Barbecue and Vampires

An interview with Todd Lowe, True Blood's Terry Bellefleur

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Blade II

"...story throws Blade -- a daywalker sworn to eradicate vampires -- into partnership with his former vampiric enemies in..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Little Vampire

"...less aggressive sort of vampire. Maligned and misunderstood, the vampires in this story "don't want to eat humans. They..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

"...demons and demon hunters, as well as werewolves and vampires. After her mother disappears, Clary Fray (Collins) discovers she..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Red Riding Hood

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight movie, helms this update of the fairy tale.

"...Irons, Julie Christie, Virginia Madsen and Lukas Haas. Werewolves. Vampires. What’s the diff as long as they make the..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bloodsucking Bastards

Cubicle horrors: Vampires bloody the workplace

"...horrors of cult favorite Office Space with actual corporate vampires may seem like an awfully obvious metaphor – capitalism..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...They call them reluctant vampires, the ones who live among us and rue their..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Unlike Twilight, the other vampire series based on young adult novels, Cirque du Freak isn't afraid to laugh at itself or the conventions of the genre.

"...haven't yet noticed, there are currently two types of vampires fighting it out tooth and nail and leaving a..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bog Bodies, Blood Pulling, and Muppets: Making the Monster of Boys From County Hell

How Chris Baugh raised the evil of Irish vampire

"...Vampires are vile. They are not your exciting friend, they..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Will Johnson’s New Paradigm

Song sage on baseball, house concerts, and wisdom from Neil Young

"...and Patterson Hood quote. His new album Swan City Vampires is a masterpiece of folk, Americana, and punk rock...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

A Terminator Travels 'From Dusk Till Dawn'

Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network brings back Robert Patrick

"...If you've got some vampires to kill, why not get a terminator to do..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotel Transylvania

There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sucking the Life From Penn State

The baddest beast on the block

"...watched a television show called True Blood in which vampires discussed how they should approach relationships with humans and..."

July 23, 2012 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Who knew our beloved president also worked the graveyard shift? This capable rewrite of American history delivers its splatter with a straight face.

"...Davis and the Confederate States of America support the vampires among them and, eventually, become heavily reliant on the..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld: Awakening

When humans sniff out the existence of vampires and Lycans, all hell breaks loose.

"...speed: Humans have finally caught on that Lycans and vampires live among them, and both species are now being..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...private eye Dylan Dog (Routh) goes up against werewolves, vampires, and ancient, evil amulets in New Orleans, which is..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daybreakers

The vampire community goes into crisis when humans have been hunted to near-extinction; Ethan Hawke plays a doctor working to create a blood substitute.

"...even less time – they're already dead, in fact; vampires, the lot of 'em – which explains why everyone..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Transylmania

In this comedy, college students on a semester abroad in Romania party hearty – with vampires.

"...a semester abroad in Romania party hearty – with vampires...."

Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Despite being the third entry in the Underworld series, this is a prequel story about the age-old war between the vampires and the werewolves.

"...entry in the ongoing exsanguinators vs. lycanthropes franchise (that's vampires and werewolves to anyone not weaned on Famous Monsters)..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...and the third-act arrival of a trio of "bad" vampires appears out of nowhere and goes nowhere, too. It's..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...translated so seamlessly into the medium of film – vampires, werewolves, and ghosts – can no longer hold a..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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