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The CW has debuted an official promo for the second season of their breakout hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

[ October 1, 2010; ] Overture Films releases this rather unnecessary remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, the wonderful Swedish vampire film from 2008. Kodi Smith McPhe plays unhappy 12-year-old, bullied at school, who finds a new friend when the mysterious Abby (Chloe Moretz) moves in next door. Matt Reeves (CLOVERFIELD) wrote and directed LET ME IN, officially based [...]

1960 was a blood-red year for the vampire’s kith and kin, with over a half-dozen variations on the theme: some old school, some modern; some ugly, some sexy; some classic, some camp. In short, there such a rich diversity of undead revenants and blood-drinking monsters that it is hard to generalize; you have to take each on on its own terms. Here then is a Photographic Retrospective of the Vampires of 1960.

[ September 17, 2010; ] Indican Pictures has been releasing this cult horror-comedy to art house theatres on a region-by-region basis this summer, with engagements having taken place in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York.

The title, of course, is a play on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard’s 1966 play that retold the story of Shakespeare’s [...]

[ August 18, 2010; ] 20th Century Fox Film Corporation releases this alleged spoof of vampire movies from Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the writer-director team responsible for MEET THE SPARTANS, EPIC MOVIE, DATE MOVIE, and the upcoming SCARY MOVIE 5. Expect lots of references to THE TWILIGHT SAGA, along with bits from ALICE IN WONDERLAND and other movies. The [...]

According to Deadline.com, NBC has signed a deal for ZOMBIES Vs. VAMPIRES, described as a “fun buddy cop procedural”.
One of the cops will secretly be a vampire, and his/her partner are both assigned to a unit that handles zombie crimes. You see, being a zombie is just a condition that can be controlled with the proper [...]

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 will hit theaters in November 2012, one year after Part 1

The Dylan Dog film adaptation starring Brandon Routh is almost ready for release in Italy and the first footage has made its way into the public

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Made in Italy as L’Ultima Preda Del Vampire (”The Last Prey of the Vampire”), THE PLAYGIRLS AND THE VAMPIRE was picked up for American distribution and dubbed by Richard Gordon (THE HAUNTED STRANGLER, ATOMIC SUBMARINE), then released in the U.S. in 1963. The American version, 7 minutes shorter than the Italian original, was released [...]

Marie Devereux as the silent temptress
While surfing the Internet searching for images to illustrate the various reviews and retrospectives we are compiling as part of our ongoing tribute to the Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Films of 1960, I have encountered more than a few of Marie Devereux, the stunning beauty who appeared in a [...]

“In West Transylvania, Born and Raised. In a casket is where I spent most of my days…”