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Sink Your Fangs In The 'Dracula: The Original Living Vampire' Trailer

Sink Your Fangs In The ‘Dracula: The Original Living Vampire’ Trailer

This January, sink your teeth into Asylum’s latest horror fare Dracula: The Original Living Vampire, starring Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers). In the film, Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count. Maximilian Elfeldt directs from the script penned by Michael Varrati. Michael Ironside stars as Dr. Jack Seward, with Jake Herbert playing Count Dracula, Christine Prouty appearing as Amelia Van Helsing, India Davies plays Mina Murray, and Ryan Woodcock stars as Jonathan Harker. Dracula: The Original Living Vampire is getting a day-and-date theatrical on January 28, 2022. Theaters: ATLANTA, GA Area 51’s Aurora Cineplex CLEVELAND, OH Hickory Ridge Cinema LOS ANGELES, CA Laemmle Glendale MIAMI, FL O

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 18, 2022
Vampire Rom-Com "Bite Me" Bears Its Fangs This Week

Sink Your Teeth Into The Vampire Romcom ‘Bite Me’

Adventure Kid and Blue Firefly Films have just announced their new romantic horror-comedy Bite Me is coming to Digital this February. In the film, when Sarah, a real-life vampire, gets audited by the IRS, the last thing she expects to get out of it is a date. But James, her hopelessly romantic IRS agent, thinks she’s other-worldly. As an unlikely attraction sparks between the two misfits, they are forced to confront whether they have the courage to commit the terrifying, radical act of falling in love. The film is from the award-winning writer and director duo of Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. And features an impressive cast, including Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful, “Boardwalk Empire”) who also wrote and produced the film, Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Mozart in The Jungle), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”, Ctrl, Alt, Delete) and Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black,” Cheers). Sink your teeth into Bite Me,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Climate of the Hunter (2015)

Blu-ray Review: Climate of the Hunter (2015)

Two sisters, the timid, practical Elizabeth (Mary Buss) and artsy free spirit Alma (Ginger Gilmartin), reconnect with their friend, the suave and worldly writer Wesley (Ben Hall), after two decades apart. Over the course of many (bizarre ’70s era) meals (all announced in separate vignettes), the trio catch up… and we delve deeper and deeper into the triangle’s various psychoses while the atmosphere grows ever more like an extended fever dream where a normal relationship drama becomes something that grows completely into a psychotropic soap opera replete with a “love” triangle, strange offspring, and a whole mess of red wine. Let me sum things up a bit early and announce: “Holy fuck did I love Climate of the Hunter!” Set in a Neo-Romanticized Pseudo-Transylvania (all humble cabins sitting among leafless trees under slate grey skies) of sorts, director Mickey Reece (who also co-wrote the film along with John Selvidge) put a fiercely unique spin on the ol’ vampire biz… yup,

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DanXIII
Jan 2, 2022
Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From 'Red Snow'

Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From ‘Red Snow’

Sink your teeth into the new exclusive clip from the indie vampire horror Red Snow, written and directed by Sean Nicholas Lynch. Starring Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, and Laura Kennon, and produced by Alrik Bursell, Red Snow centers on a struggling vampire romance novelist who must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe. When an injured bat transforms into a handsome vampire, struggling horror novelist Olivia Romo hides him in her garage to protect him from a vampire hunter. Besotted by the creature, she feeds him animal blood, but any chance of romance is soon thwarted when a gang of fellow bloodsuckers invades her home in search of their missing friend. Red Snow bares its fangs on DVD, VOD, and Digital on December 28, 2021, from 4Digital Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2021
Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" & "Mayfair Witches" Series Coming To AMC

Anne Rice’s “Interview With The Vampire” & “Mayfair Witches” Series Coming To AMC

AMC has just ordered the series adaptation of Anne Rice’s famous novel “Interview With the Vampire,” part of the novelist’s “Vampire Chronicles” series. It will feature eight episodes in its first season premiering in 2022. Earlier this year it was reported that Belle, ’71, and “The Hunting” actor Sam Reid has been cast as the vampire Lestat, played in the film adaptation by Tom Cruise. That’s not all, AMC has also given the go-ahead for “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches,” the series adaptation of her “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy. “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” will be an expanding universe inspired by Rice’s novels which were acquired by AMC earlier this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
Blu-ray Release: Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story (2021)

Blu-ray Release: Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story (2021)

You lot know I love me some Dark Shadows; Dan Curtis’ ground-breaking 1960’s soap opera filled to the brim with Gothic atmosphere, witches, werewolves, and of course vampires, and it’s with that last denizen of the creature feature that the series featured it’s most enduring icon, the undead Lord of Collinwood, Barnabas Collins… played by to suave perfection by Jonathan Frid… speaking of which… Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story, the new Blu-ray documentary release from MPI Pictures will either delight you with tales of showbiz and theater, or aggravate you if you want to know the man himself. What this film does right is explores in great detail the entire breadth of Frid’s work, from stage, to television, to movies, and back again; the man was an impressive actor with dozens of memorable performances under his belt before he even slipped in those enamel canines and set about putting the bite on Collinsport, Maine. Of course much

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DanXIII
Nov 27, 2021
Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From 'Red Snow'

Vampires Bare Their Fangs This December In ‘Red Snow’

Sink your teeth into the trailer for the indie vampire horror Red Snow, written and directed by Sean Nicholas Lynch. Starring Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, and Laura Kennon, and produced by Alrik Bursell, Red Snow centers on a struggling vampire romance novelist who must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe. When an injured bat transforms into a handsome vampire, struggling horror novelist Olivia Romo hides him in her garage to protect him from a vampire hunter. Besotted by the creature, she feeds him animal blood, but any chance of romance is soon thwarted when a gang of fellow bloodsuckers invades her home in search of their missing friend. Red Snow bares its fangs on DVD, VOD, and Digital on December 28, 2021, from 4Digital Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2021
New Featurette Explores Jared Leto's 'Morbius'

Sink Your Teeth Into The New ‘Morbius’ Trailer

A new trailer has arrived for Marvel’s Morbius, giving us a glimpse of Morbius’ origin story and a ton of bloody action. Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. After multiple, and I mean multiple delays, Morbius is reportedly set to land in theaters on January 28, 2022. Let’s hope this release date actually sticks.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Thomas Jane And Abigail Breslin Star In The Vampire Film ‘Slayers’

Thomas Jane And Abigail Breslin Star In The Vampire Film ‘Slayers’

Highland Film Group has come on board to handle worldwide rights for the horror-comedy film Slayers starring Thomas Jane (The Mist), Academy Award-nominated Abigail Breslin (Little Ms. Sunshine, August: Osage County, Zombieland franchise), Malin Akerman (Warner Bros.’ Watchmen and Rock of Ages), Kara Hayward (Academy Award-nominated Moonrise Kingdom, Academy Award-winning Manchester By The Sea) and Lydia Hearst (Saban Films’ The Haunting of Sharon Tate, Between Worlds ). Slayers, directed by K. Asher Levin and written by Levin and Zack Imbrogno, centers on “Elliot Jones (Thomas Jane) who has made it his life’s mission to search for the vampire who murdered his teenage daughter. Jones gets his shot at revenge when The Stream Team, a group of trendsetting social media superstars including party-girl Jules (Abigail Breslin) and Gen-Z pro-gamer Flynn (Kara Hayward), is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with reclusive billionaire Beverly Rektor (Malin Akerman) at her multimillion-dollar vacation compound. However, the group quickly learns it’s not an evening of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Netflix Review: ‘Night Teeth’ Lacks Bite

Netflix Review: ‘Night Teeth’ Lacks Bite

Netflix’s new vampire movie Night Teeth debuts this October. I sank my teeth into it to answer an important question, does it have a bite or does it suck? In the movie, Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) agrees to fill in as a chauffeur for his brother. His fare for the night happens to be two beautiful young women, Zoe (Lucy Fry) and Blaire (Debby Ryan). But as Benny drives them from place to place he notices strange things, until he discovers their secret, and their fangs, and that they are in a city-wide battle for power among the vampire elite. Quite a few stars make cameos including Megan Fox, Sydney Sweeney, “Game of Thrones” actor Alfie Allen, and “Vikings” star Alexander Ludwig, all as vampires. Here’s the thing, a lot of the advertising teased Fox would play an important role in the movie, but she gets maybe five minutes of screen time (at the most), which made me feel a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021

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Sink Your Fangs In The 'Dracula: The Original Living Vampire' Trailer

Sink Your Fangs In The ‘Dracula: The Original Living Vampire’ Trailer

This January, sink your teeth into Asylum’s latest horror fare Dracula: The Original Living Vampire, starring Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers). In the film, Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count. Maximilian Elfeldt directs from the script penned by Michael Varrati. Michael Ironside stars as Dr. Jack Seward, with Jake Herbert playing Count Dracula, Christine Prouty appearing as Amelia Van Helsing, India Davies plays Mina Murray, and Ryan Woodcock stars as Jonathan Harker. Dracula: The Original Living Vampire is getting a day-and-date theatrical on January 28, 2022. Theaters: ATLANTA, GA Area 51’s Aurora Cineplex CLEVELAND, OH Hickory Ridge Cinema LOS ANGELES, CA Laemmle Glendale MIAMI, FL O

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 18, 2022
Vampire Rom-Com "Bite Me" Bears Its Fangs This Week

Sink Your Teeth Into The Vampire Romcom ‘Bite Me’

Adventure Kid and Blue Firefly Films have just announced their new romantic horror-comedy Bite Me is coming to Digital this February. In the film, when Sarah, a real-life vampire, gets audited by the IRS, the last thing she expects to get out of it is a date. But James, her hopelessly romantic IRS agent, thinks she’s other-worldly. As an unlikely attraction sparks between the two misfits, they are forced to confront whether they have the courage to commit the terrifying, radical act of falling in love. The film is from the award-winning writer and director duo of Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. And features an impressive cast, including Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful, “Boardwalk Empire”) who also wrote and produced the film, Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Mozart in The Jungle), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”, Ctrl, Alt, Delete) and Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black,” Cheers). Sink your teeth into Bite Me,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Climate of the Hunter (2015)

Blu-ray Review: Climate of the Hunter (2015)

Two sisters, the timid, practical Elizabeth (Mary Buss) and artsy free spirit Alma (Ginger Gilmartin), reconnect with their friend, the suave and worldly writer Wesley (Ben Hall), after two decades apart. Over the course of many (bizarre ’70s era) meals (all announced in separate vignettes), the trio catch up… and we delve deeper and deeper into the triangle’s various psychoses while the atmosphere grows ever more like an extended fever dream where a normal relationship drama becomes something that grows completely into a psychotropic soap opera replete with a “love” triangle, strange offspring, and a whole mess of red wine. Let me sum things up a bit early and announce: “Holy fuck did I love Climate of the Hunter!” Set in a Neo-Romanticized Pseudo-Transylvania (all humble cabins sitting among leafless trees under slate grey skies) of sorts, director Mickey Reece (who also co-wrote the film along with John Selvidge) put a fiercely unique spin on the ol’ vampire biz… yup,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 2, 2022
Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From 'Red Snow'

Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From ‘Red Snow’

Sink your teeth into the new exclusive clip from the indie vampire horror Red Snow, written and directed by Sean Nicholas Lynch. Starring Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, and Laura Kennon, and produced by Alrik Bursell, Red Snow centers on a struggling vampire romance novelist who must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe. When an injured bat transforms into a handsome vampire, struggling horror novelist Olivia Romo hides him in her garage to protect him from a vampire hunter. Besotted by the creature, she feeds him animal blood, but any chance of romance is soon thwarted when a gang of fellow bloodsuckers invades her home in search of their missing friend. Red Snow bares its fangs on DVD, VOD, and Digital on December 28, 2021, from 4Digital Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2021
Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" & "Mayfair Witches" Series Coming To AMC

Anne Rice’s “Interview With The Vampire” & “Mayfair Witches” Series Coming To AMC

AMC has just ordered the series adaptation of Anne Rice’s famous novel “Interview With the Vampire,” part of the novelist’s “Vampire Chronicles” series. It will feature eight episodes in its first season premiering in 2022. Earlier this year it was reported that Belle, ’71, and “The Hunting” actor Sam Reid has been cast as the vampire Lestat, played in the film adaptation by Tom Cruise. That’s not all, AMC has also given the go-ahead for “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches,” the series adaptation of her “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy. “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” will be an expanding universe inspired by Rice’s novels which were acquired by AMC earlier this year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
Blu-ray Release: Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story (2021)

Blu-ray Release: Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story (2021)

You lot know I love me some Dark Shadows; Dan Curtis’ ground-breaking 1960’s soap opera filled to the brim with Gothic atmosphere, witches, werewolves, and of course vampires, and it’s with that last denizen of the creature feature that the series featured it’s most enduring icon, the undead Lord of Collinwood, Barnabas Collins… played by to suave perfection by Jonathan Frid… speaking of which… Dark Shadows and Beyond: the Jonathan Frid Story, the new Blu-ray documentary release from MPI Pictures will either delight you with tales of showbiz and theater, or aggravate you if you want to know the man himself. What this film does right is explores in great detail the entire breadth of Frid’s work, from stage, to television, to movies, and back again; the man was an impressive actor with dozens of memorable performances under his belt before he even slipped in those enamel canines and set about putting the bite on Collinsport, Maine. Of course much

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 27, 2021
Sink Your Teeth Into The New Exclusive Clip From 'Red Snow'

Vampires Bare Their Fangs This December In ‘Red Snow’

Sink your teeth into the trailer for the indie vampire horror Red Snow, written and directed by Sean Nicholas Lynch. Starring Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, and Laura Kennon, and produced by Alrik Bursell, Red Snow centers on a struggling vampire romance novelist who must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe. When an injured bat transforms into a handsome vampire, struggling horror novelist Olivia Romo hides him in her garage to protect him from a vampire hunter. Besotted by the creature, she feeds him animal blood, but any chance of romance is soon thwarted when a gang of fellow bloodsuckers invades her home in search of their missing friend. Red Snow bares its fangs on DVD, VOD, and Digital on December 28, 2021, from 4Digital Media.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2021
New Featurette Explores Jared Leto's 'Morbius'

Sink Your Teeth Into The New ‘Morbius’ Trailer

A new trailer has arrived for Marvel’s Morbius, giving us a glimpse of Morbius’ origin story and a ton of bloody action. Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. After multiple, and I mean multiple delays, Morbius is reportedly set to land in theaters on January 28, 2022. Let’s hope this release date actually sticks.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Thomas Jane And Abigail Breslin Star In The Vampire Film ‘Slayers’

Thomas Jane And Abigail Breslin Star In The Vampire Film ‘Slayers’

Highland Film Group has come on board to handle worldwide rights for the horror-comedy film Slayers starring Thomas Jane (The Mist), Academy Award-nominated Abigail Breslin (Little Ms. Sunshine, August: Osage County, Zombieland franchise), Malin Akerman (Warner Bros.’ Watchmen and Rock of Ages), Kara Hayward (Academy Award-nominated Moonrise Kingdom, Academy Award-winning Manchester By The Sea) and Lydia Hearst (Saban Films’ The Haunting of Sharon Tate, Between Worlds ). Slayers, directed by K. Asher Levin and written by Levin and Zack Imbrogno, centers on “Elliot Jones (Thomas Jane) who has made it his life’s mission to search for the vampire who murdered his teenage daughter. Jones gets his shot at revenge when The Stream Team, a group of trendsetting social media superstars including party-girl Jules (Abigail Breslin) and Gen-Z pro-gamer Flynn (Kara Hayward), is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with reclusive billionaire Beverly Rektor (Malin Akerman) at her multimillion-dollar vacation compound. However, the group quickly learns it’s not an evening of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Netflix Review: ‘Night Teeth’ Lacks Bite

Netflix Review: ‘Night Teeth’ Lacks Bite

Netflix’s new vampire movie Night Teeth debuts this October. I sank my teeth into it to answer an important question, does it have a bite or does it suck? In the movie, Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) agrees to fill in as a chauffeur for his brother. His fare for the night happens to be two beautiful young women, Zoe (Lucy Fry) and Blaire (Debby Ryan). But as Benny drives them from place to place he notices strange things, until he discovers their secret, and their fangs, and that they are in a city-wide battle for power among the vampire elite. Quite a few stars make cameos including Megan Fox, Sydney Sweeney, “Game of Thrones” actor Alfie Allen, and “Vikings” star Alexander Ludwig, all as vampires. Here’s the thing, a lot of the advertising teased Fox would play an important role in the movie, but she gets maybe five minutes of screen time (at the most), which made me feel a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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