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Movie Review: Byzantium (2013)

Once upon a time Neil Jordan gave the world a grim yet beautiful fairy tale with his nightmarishly elegiac werewolf epic “The Company of Wolves.” With “The Crying Game” he demonstrated his artistic audacity with a mysterious, intensely altruistic love story, one that shocked the world. And then boldly, intrepidly he took the helm of the screen adaptation of one of the most fiercely beloved novels of all time “Interview with the Vampire.” It was a tremendous success, artistically, critically, […]

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Movie Review: Argento’s Dracula 3D

The Prince of Darkness is back on the big screen and, in some ways, is bigger than ever. But in this case, the prince in question isn’t the subject of Dracula 3D, but revered horror director, Dario Argento, whose take on the Bram Stoker tale hit theaters and On-Demand internet video sites in the US this month.

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The Many Faces of Dracula

How many actors have played Dracula? The short answer to this question is… a lot. Since Max Schreck terrified audiences in 1922 with his portrayal of Count Olaf (legalities at the time prevented the film from using the names from Stoker’s novel outright), Dracula is without a doubt not only the most beloved and consistently adapted vampire story, but arguably the most adapted story in any genre.

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Good things are worth waiting for. Nobody knows this better certainly than the Undead. I mean, really, it might take centuries for that unsuspecting village idiot to sneak into the castle and open up the family crypt. In cases like that, patience definitely is a virtue.

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An Interview with Horror Author Darren Shan

New York Times bestselling author Darren Shan has sold over 25 million copies of his novels, worldwide. His young adult vampire series, The Saga of Darren Shan (also known as Cirque du Freak) has sold copies in 33 countries and in 30 languages, and was partially adapted for a major motion picture starring John C. Reilly and Salma Hayak in 2009.

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The Top Ten Female Vampires in Literature, Film and Television

Female vampires are just as deadly as their male counterparts. Like the males of the species, they are cunning, beautiful, seductive and blood thirsty. They don’t have as strong a presence in media as male vampires, but when they do they show their fangs.

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Top Ten Scariest Vampire Performances of All Time

When the time came to decide on another roundtable top ten list from the team here at the Source, listing our picks for the most terrifying vampire performances was the indisputable choice. Over and over in genre discussions, the nature of what a vampire is or should be is always a subject up for debate.

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Upcoming Vampire Films We’re Looking Forward To Watching

Previous articles on vampire films have dubbed certain years, or even decades, a time that “belongs to the vampire”. But here at the Source, we don’t make that distinction; every year is the year of the vampire. Through various cinematic interpretations and manifestations, the vampire will always find himself weaving through our collective consciousness, emerging from the darkness and into a spotlight fostered by an eager and hungry public. Whether he finds himself cast as the hero or the villain, […]

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Planet of the Vampires (1965)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, good readers. You are a group of intrepid space travelers whose flight through the cosmos is interrupted by a mysterious distress signal coming from an uninhabited, previously uncharted planet. You land to investigate this signal, finding only a  barren, cloudy wasteland to greet your crew. You come across a weird alien ship filled with the bones of a race of giants, lying dead in place at their navigation seats. 

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Playing Dead: Actors Who Should Be Immortalized as Vampires

Here at The Vampire Source, our team members have been working hard to bring you their personal and our collective vampire top-ten lists. Stay tuned as we present our views on everything from who surprised us the most in a vampire film to ranking the classics. In this special segment, The Vampire Source brings you Joshua Skye’s take on who should don the screen as an immortal, but hasn’t yet.

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