Sentences with phrase «of vampire stories»

For me, Castlevania was not only an indulgence of my childhood love of vampire stories and movie monsters, but the music of the series became the baseline for which I rated so many game soundtracks through my life.

Romania is also home to the mountains of Transylvania & home to the legend of Count Dracula that has spawned a stream of vampire stories.

After Tarantino quit Video Archives in 1989, he met Bob Kurtzman, who had written a few paragraphs of a vampire story.

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The first is a device of modern retellings, found in stories like Twilight, where the vampires are vegetarians and the werewolves can transform at will.

These are among the items promoted for Holy Week: two polemics against white racism, an attack on the tobacco industry, three murder mysteries, one story about a serial murderer, a comedy about soap operas, a story on the sexual abuse of children, and a drama about vampire families in San Francisco.

Joss Whedon tells stories about heroes, whether they're California teenagers slaying vampires, a misfit band of smugglers saving the galaxy, or a group of superheroes repelling an alien invasion.

(CNN)-- The books and movies of the Twilight Saga have launched a firestorm of debate as to whether the vampire - human love story represents eternal love at its finest or glorifies misogynistic and abusive relationships.

Some people dedicate a lot of time and energy watching Joss Whedon's «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and debating the finer points of that story, debating what Whedon's intent was with certain images, what philosophy is supported by that storyline.

CNN: My Take: 5 reasons Christians should love «Twighlight» Jane Wells, author of Glitter in the Sun: A Bible Study Searching for Truth in the Twighlight Saga, writes that the Twilight Saga has launched a firestorm of debate as to whether the vampire - human love story represents eternal love at its finest or glorifies misogynistic and abusive relationships.

The last time I recall a vampire - themed political hit was September 2008 when the New York Post put a photo - shopped shot of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with blood - dripping fangs on its cover to illustrate a story about then - Gov.

In a development that calls to mind both vampire lore and stories of bathing in blood, young blood appears to in fact rejuvenate old brains.

There are people who intentionally drink blood, which is another story, but even small amounts in vampire terms, such as the amount of swallowed blood from a long nosebleed, can give a human diarrhea, says Tomas Ganz of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Vampire stories aside, the idea of rejuvenating the body with young blood dates back to macabre 1950s experiments that stitched young and old mice together so they shared a circulatory system.

Case in point: The surprising medical history of vampires, witches, zombies, and other spooky characters that you're likely to encounter (at least in stories) this season.

Vampires don't only exist in horror stories — they can be your «best friend» sucking the life blood out of you.

Her critically acclaimed recent novel Dracula, My Love, reveals the untold story of Mina Harker?s secret: a passionate romance with the most famous vampire of them all.

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As for the story, it has potential but fails to follow through; writes the Guardian in a two - star review typical of the overall reaction, «Byzantium starts to introduce issues that you'd seldom find in most vampire films, before cutting of the blood and leaving them to die.»

Some of the stories include a submarine crew running out of air, a lumberjack hunting for a missing girl, vampires called «aswang,» a mustache that has come back to life, and a man teaching us how to take a bath.

Season 5 kinda regressed into the cliche story of the vampire struggle, there were plenty of jokes but again, stupid subplots were involved to ruin the experience.

Indeed, it is a uniquely dreamlike, lushly romantic, highly erotic and prototypically Coppolaesque version of the story - a movie that does for the vampire genre what «The Godfather» did for the gangster saga, and what «Apocalypse Now» did for the war movie: raises it to the level of grand opera.

After recounting their harrowing stories of braving the hoards of teenage girls at their respective screenings, Kevin and Neil take a trip to Planet 51 then are Blind Sided by Precious before laying down a Fat Guy Five about awesome vampire / werewolf movies (hint: neither Twilight film makes the list).

«In the Heart of the Sea» stars Chris Hemsworth («The Avengers,» «Rush») as the vessel's veteran first mate Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker («Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter») as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy («The Dark Knight Rises») as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw («Skyfall») as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event 30 years later helped bring the story to light.

At the film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.

It's a sort of a cross between Twilight and Interview with a Vampire — a love story between 12 - year - old Owen (Kodi Smit - McPhee) and Abby (Chloe Moretz), the girl vampire who has been 12 for a very, very lonVampire — a love story between 12 - year - old Owen (Kodi Smit - McPhee) and Abby (Chloe Moretz), the girl vampire who has been 12 for a very, very lonvampire who has been 12 for a very, very long time.

The story being told here is pretty decent and feels at times like early episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a new monster each episode.

I don't want to give anything away, but the reason why vampires stay out of the sun and what vampires do for fun in the story simply didn't work for me and I found some of the scene unintentionally humorous.

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Marking Irish director Jordan's second venture into the vampire genre, the film is an adaptation of a play by Moira Buffini called A Vampire Story, which was commissioned as part of Londonâ $ ™ s National Theatre Connections season ivampire genre, the film is an adaptation of a play by Moira Buffini called A Vampire Story, which was commissioned as part of Londonâ $ ™ s National Theatre Connections season iVampire Story, which was commissioned as part of Londonâ $ ™ s National Theatre Connections season in 2008.

Per Variety, it looks like Sarah Gadon will be taken under Dracula's spell for Universal's upcoming origin story of the most famous of vampires.

From the creators of American Horror Story and Glee, the show also stars Emma Roberts (Scream 4, American Horror Story), Abigail Breslin (Maggie), Lea Michele (Glee), Keke Palmer (Masters of Sex), Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and pop singer Ariana Grande.

According to Empire, the story of Vampire Academy goes like this...

The refreshing idea of pitting vampires and werewolves against each other is soon lost under a story that most viewers will struggle to keep up with.

Daughter of Dracula was inspired by Sheridan LeFanu s Carmilla (which was also the source of Hammer s lesbian vampire trilogy), but as one might expect, Franco s version was unlike any treatment the story had yet received.

From filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and showrunner Carlton Cuse, The Strain tells the story of an epic battle for survival between man and vampire, and will premiere on FX in July.

This film will see the conclusion to the story of vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and his new vampire bride Bella (Kristen Stewart), as they try to protect their new child Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy) from evil folk.

He produced man - of - the - moment Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast and more recently Jim Jarmusch's lush and deadpan vampire love story, Only Lovers Left Alive.

Del Toro and Hogan have created a truly unforgettable story, and in it is the kind of vampires the genre has been waiting for.

The friendship between Oskar, a scrawny, 12 - year - old outcast, and Eli, a centuries - old vampire frozen in the body of a child, is a chilling but beautiful story to behold.

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Got ta» say I'm not into zombie or vampire or masked killer flix, but WWZ put me at ease and allowed me to enjoy a well told story, and I believe it was because of the lack of gore.

Viewers looking for an unusual horror story, or who know enough history to be able to laugh at the absurdity of the proceedings, should have fun with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Check out some Cannes sales art, as well as a stack of new images from Jim Jarmusch's crypto - vampire love story Only Lovers Left Alive, which stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt and Anton Yelchin.

Description: Since humans have written stories, they've told the tale of mythical beings known as vampires and werewolves.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold story that shaped our nation.

The story follows a young woman with a rare disease that, if exposed to the sun's rays, she could potentially die (kind of like a vampire but without any of the need to drink blood).

Co-written and directed by David Greenwalt, who would later do mostly television work for teen series such as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Angel», this is a smart and energetic film that, despite some of one of the more contrived premises you're ever likely to see, manages to succeed by keeping the story constantly moving and changing, and actually do it with some wit.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its ficstory of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its ficStory (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

Not too much was changed other than making it a modern retelling of the story, but it made sense to have a vampire in Vegas go unnoticed because a lot of people work at night and sleep during the day.

«As if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren't enough, Sookie and her allies in Bon Temps are about to face another round of otherworldly threats... continues the story of this human / fairy waitress with telepathic gifts and an irresistible attraction to a vampire named Bill Compton.