Category Archives: Vampires
Sparkly Dinosaurs
i recently found a year old forums thread on somethingawful.com unambiguously titled “screenshots from twilight with raptors photoshopped in!” you need an archive forums account at the site to view that thread, but i’ve reproduced some of my favorites of those images submitted below.
one might think that long extinct carnivorous dinosaurs might [...]
Golden Turkey: Top Five Silliest Things About Twilight
there is a lot of hatred in the horror community for the film adaptation of stephenie meyer’s tale of brooding, day-walking and oh-so-glittery vampires. but, i have a confession to make. i like twilight. before you strip me of my horror blogger/movie fan/y-chromosome cred, let me explain why.
when john at [...]
Films That Defined My Childhood
1. Dracula (1931)
When I was five years old, the Book Mobile came to my elementary school every other month or so. I couldn’t yet read anything more advanced than “Run Spot Run,” so I never got all that excited about it, until one day I noticed this big, glossy book with lots of photos and [...]
Hammer Glamour Winner
after a very complicated and technologically sophisticated random selection procedure (i.e., i put everyone’s name on a scrap of post-it note, placed them in a plastic bowl and had a co-worker pick one), we’ve decided on a winner for our hammer glamour book give-away!
in addition to running one of the most stylish and polished websites [...]
Hammer Glamour
titan books was kind enough to send us a preview copy of their upcoming book hammer glamour. the book details a bit of the history of hammer studios before giving a comprehensive list of the starlets that made the films famous. each actress is given their own filmography and biography, complete with gorgeous [...]
Let the Right One In Blu-ray With Commentary
the fallout from the let the right one in subtitle debacle has apparently settled with the outcry dying down since you can now find dvds with the theatrical subtitles in stores. finding blu-ray copies with proper subs has been more difficult, but my guess is they’ll shortly be as easy to find at best [...]
True Blood Merchandise
i recently became addicted to alan ball’s true blood and discovered that, even when it comes to merchandising their shows, hbo does everything right. from merlotte’s server shirts to fangtasia t-shirts to actual bottles of true blood, the hbo store seems to have it all. they even have a shirt that references the [...]
More Horror on Blu-ray
let the right one in
the uk edition of let the right one in is my favorite of my horror blu-ray purchases. the dvd copy i own has the non-theatrical (read: crappy) subtitles, and all blu-ray releases in this region are the same for the moment. i took a chance and ordered the uk [...]
The Best of Twilight Rifftrax