Happy New Year everyone! Let’s ring in 2017 with a review of Anne Rice’s latest installment in the Vampire Chronicles. The previous book in this series ended with Lestat becoming the host of the ancient force that connects all vampires throughout the world. The famous Brat Prince is now Prince Lestat, linked to the spirit Amel – who
You can listen to this episode on our Lost In Sci-Fi channel at Anchor.fm! This week Elizabeth and Leland dive deep into the different worlds and lore of Vampires. What books, shows and movies they like and which they do not. Not entirely sci-fi, but fun never the less. So please down load and enjoy!
A lot of people think the “Vampire Bubble” may have burst (Vampire Diaries seems to be gearing up for its final season, True Blood is already gone, Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Dracula never got off the ground) and that zombies have taken their place in that part of geek culture that wants to be scared by
That’s what they all love about Lestat. He says we’re damned and then he behaves as if Hell has no dominion over him. Anne Rice doesn’t need a lot of introduction. In 1976 she published Interview with the Vampire, which pretty much shaped the course of all vampire fiction from then on. The whole concept of vampires changed from things-that-go-bump-in-the-night,
Hollywood has released yet another vampire movie, this one named after Bram Stoker’s book from 1897. To the surprise of absolutely no one, the only thing the movie has in common with the source material is a) the main character is a vampire and b) the movie’s title is Dracula. What is a surprise to me is how a book can spawn so many movie
You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week the guys go into the darkness and discuss all things Vampires. They also decided to watch Wes Craven’s 1995 flick, Vampire in Brooklyn. You know you remember that one, the Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett vampire movie. Murphy plays Maximilian, the last
Oskar hurriedly said: “Maybe you already have a guy at your school.” “No, I don’t…but Oskar, I can’t. I’m not a girl.” Oskar snorted. “What do you mean? You’re a guy?” “No, no.” “Then what are you?” “Nothing.” Oskar doesn’t have much going for him: lonely, unsure of himself, incontinent – especially when he’s under
Oh the vampire flicks, ya just can’t escape them. Their one of the oldest themes in cinema history. Beginning with Robert G. Vignola’s 1913 film, The Vampire. The world has been waiting to be seduced by the vampire ever since. As the sink their teeth into movies and TV still to this day, the vampire
If you’ve had anything to do with science fiction over the last thirty years, chances are you’ve seen or read something by Peter David. The man has written for movie and TV, dozens of original novels, thousands of comic book issues, and generally has something new coming out about once a month. My introduction to all things Peter David