Tag: vampires

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Certain Dark Things”

LINK: A Compelling New Take On Vampires

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Watchmojo.com’s Video on Superhero Origins: ‘Blade’ #POCtober

Sex Machines Collide in these New ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Videos

Click here to read and check an additional trailer at Dreadcentral.com.

“Season 3 features a returning ensemble cast including D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo, Emily Rios, and Jake Busey.”

Q&A: Robert Rodriguez on “FROM DUSK TILL DAWN,” Season Two

Read at Fangoria.com.

Director Robert Rodriguez

Director Robert Rodriguez

NBC Orders Pilot for Show It Hopes Will Be Its ‘True Blood’

Read all about it at io9.com.

Ghanian-American TV producer and writer Monica Owusu-Breen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Charmed, Lost, Fringe) is set for the project.

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#POCtober: The Aswang Phenomenon (2011) A Documentary

“What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real? In the Philippines, for the last 400 years, the ‘aswang’ has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine government, and even the CIA.”

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#POCtober: Vampires Beyond the Mythology of Europe

Thanks to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and all the eventual Hollywood adaptations of that prim, Victorian body horror, much of the west sees vampires from a very narrowly European perspective. But the living dead and tales of feinds lapping up the blood of mere mortals are recurring fixtures through out the world’s folklore and popular cultures. Below are listed but a few of the world’s many and varied takes on these creatures and the lore that makes them a global trope in supernatural story telling.

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Vampires Throughout Asia

Native American Vampires of Myth and Legend

African Vampire Mythology

Bloodthirsty Vampires Of India

Bats in South American Folklore and Ancient Art

Enchanted Doorway: Vampires in Japanese Myth

Algul: The Arabic Vampire

The Camazotz of Mayan Legend

True Vampires of the Philippines and Malaysia

Beyond Twilight: 9 Lesser-Known Vampires

Vampire Legends from around the World: Australia & Asia

#POCtober: Vice.com Spoke to Takashi Miike About His Bonkers Yakuza Vampire Movie

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Watch: Arts Philosopher Noël Carroll Speaks on the Paradox of Horror…

Watch the video at Aeon.co.

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Michael B. Jordan In Talks To Star in Vampire Comedy ‘Blood Brothers’

Click here to read at Geektyrant.com.

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