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Tag: vampires

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Movies & TV

Nightcrawler Offers Us a Metaphorical Vampire with a Viewfinder

Nightcrawler borrows the cinematic language of the vampire movie to provide a compelling — and unsettling — study of its protagonist and the ...
By Darren MooneyAugust 15, 2020
Previews

With Vampyr, Life is Strange Developers Take A Dark Twist

You may not remember 2013’s Remember Me, but it was a fascinating gem-in-the-rough, an action game with a futuristic cyberpunk flair and a ...
By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorFebruary 29, 2016
Reviews

The Dracula Dossier Review – King of the Bloodsuckers

Designed by Pelgrane Press. Published by Pelgrane Press. PDF released Aug. 2015. Physical book releases Sept. 2015. Vampires owe an incredible debt to ...
By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2015
Critical Intel

How Society Defanged The Vampire

Vampires are mythology kings — a creature so buried in our consciousness that a mere mention draws up a picture in our mind’s ...
By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Of The Best Vampires In Movies

Vampires can be come of the scariest monsters in film, so today we are giving you eight of the best vampires in the ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorAugust 15, 2014
For Science!

8 Ways to Make Vampires Realistic

Tales of vampiric creatures have been part of our culture for centuries. Often steeped in fantastical mythos, more modern fictional accounts strip away ...
By CJ Miozzi Legacy AuthorJuly 9, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Vampire Movies for Vlad’s Coronation

To celebrate the day that Vlad the Impaler became the ruler of Wallachia we give you a little list of eight of the ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorNovember 26, 2013
Reviews

Dark Review – C-Grade Vampire Noir

At first glance, it seems like Dark has many of the elements that make up a good stealth game. It has numerous enemies, ...
By Paul Goodman Legacy AuthorJuly 19, 2013
Rise From Your Grave

How Games Get Zombies Wrong

Dear Game Industry, I regret to inform you that you have failed your Zombie Aptitude Test, or the ZAT. You got a score ...
By Chuck Wendig Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011
Bloodsucking Freaks

Vampire of the Rising Sun

As a shady interloper from across the sea, the vampire took Japan by storm in the 1930s and his popularity endures to this ...
By Fintan Monaghan Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2011
Bloodsucking Freaks

Contemporary Immortality

There’s no such thing as vampires. That comes straight from the top. The question was decided a long time ago by the Church ...
By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2011
Bloodsucking Freaks

Zombies Rule, Vampires Drool

On the surface, it would seem that right now is a great time for all things vampire. Twilight has sparkled its way into ...
By Richard Dansky Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2011
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