Sentences with phrase «vampire lore»
"Vampire lore" refers to the collective knowledge, stories, and mythologies surrounding vampires, which are fictional creatures that are often depicted in folklore and popular culture as undead beings that survive by sucking the blood of the living. Full definition
I consider myself very learned in zombie and vampire lore so I think I could hold my own.
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There's a very witty sense of humor at work in «What We Do in the Shadows,» skewering centuries of vampire lore with goofy sight gags, clever observations about vamp culture and tense run - ins with a pack of werewolves led by Clement's «Flight of the Conchords» co-star Rhys Darby.
And relative newcomer Eric Ruffin is quietly transfixing in «The Transfiguration,» portraying a withdrawn inner - city teen whose obsession with vampire lore draws him nearer to a neighbor girl and further away from reality.
This series, created and executive - produced by Guillermo del Toro, introduces a new take on vampire lore that is not only original and interesting, but seriously terrifying.
Stylish, beautifully shot, violent, gothic, romantic — Byzantium is vampire lore done right, though it has its hiccups.
Vincent incorporates vampire lore into his act, so naturally Charley goes to him for advice on how to dispatch one.
Before any bloodsucking is shown, Scott instantly recalibrates vampire lore around 1980s values, commodifying it and styling it into something nakedly sexy yet caged, at once uninhibited and repressed.
Vampire lore aside, this castle has many tales to tell, seeing as it's located in Europe (where history comes from!)
Because of the loose, improvisational nature of the film, not every joke lands, but the ones that do are laugh - out - loud hilarious, skewering centuries of vampire lore with goofy sight gags, clever observations about vamp culture and run - ins with a pack of werewolves led by Jemaine Clement's «Flight of the Conchords» co-star Rhys Darby.
An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer / director Michael O'Shea's debut feature The Transfiguration follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore.
The feature debut of Mexican director and budding genre master Guillermo del Toro is an alchemic twist on vampire lore and the price of eternal life.
In that one, fleeting scene, Hayek carves for herself a central place in vampire lore.
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.
Stefaniuk, a one - man band as writer, director, actor and author of seven of the film's songs, leavens the schtick of band humour with vampire lore.
Four deleted scenes featuring an option of a joint commentary by Lussier and Soisson are likewise useless in context, but do further the idea that the filmmakers really believed that they were involved in something of value not only to vampire lore, but to biblical scholarship as well.
Star Benjamin Walker discusses the film's approach both to vampire lore and Abraham Lincoln's biography:
A good introduction to a segment of vampire lore with which viewers may be unfamiliar, Vampire Cleanup Department starts well but ultimately ends up in overly familiar territory that meanders through a short running time.
Our advice: give this bad mix of vampire lore and melodramatic prattle («How could I bring her into this world, a world of demons and danger») a wide berth and check out the greatest of great locomotive chases, Buster Keaton's silent masterpiece «The General.»
Sadly, Jarmusch falls behind the curve in Only Lovers Left Alive, a tiresome love story that's too fascinated with cleverly subverting (it thinks) vampire lore to say anything truly interesting.
Dialogue is sparse and large blocks of text (either intertitles or pages from a book of vampire lore) provide the exposition.
Combing horror, film noir and westerns, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, is a refreshing take on vampire lore.
Waititi and Clement mine centuries of vampire lore and pop culture incarnations of blood suckers to wittily deconstruct every aspect of the supernatural world.
And while sociologists have looked at the cultural phenomenon surrounding the popularity and sexual appeal of vampire lore, one thing is for certain: fans of the genre have not tired of it... [Read more...]
In a Behind the Book essay for BookPage, he explains the constants — and the variables — of vampire lore.
And while sociologists have looked at the cultural phenomenon surrounding the popularity and sexual appeal of vampire lore, one thing is for certain: fans of the genre have not tired of it yet.