Dracula

Tracking the Chupacabra by Benjamin Radford still intrigues the typical mindset of our society today. His two chapters, "A brief History of Vampires" and "Chupacabra in Pop Culture", establish the foundation of Puerto Rico and other Spanish peaking countries superstitions and while indefinitely, inscribing the significant background of its vampiric roots and the impact it has in our culture. Radford's work is extremely fascinating, to not only describe the encounters of the Chupacabra in its…

The Black Dagger Brotherhood(BDB), is an ongoing book series (paranormal romance), that focus on the Black Dagger Brotherhood of vampire warriors who live together and defend their race against soulless humans called lessers. This series of books is my favourite and I wanted to show the connection each black dagger brothers had to each other and the blind king and how their families are connected. Therefore, I use the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation,” to show these connections. Blitzer,…

Abraham Lincoln the Vampire Hunter is historical fiction. It is similar but different what is recorded in our history. They are similar because they have the Civil War, the difference is the South is the vampire species. Also similar Abe's son died from Typhoid Fever, while in the movie it was do to a vampire bite. Next, Abe's mom dies from Milk sickness. In the movie she also died from a vampire bite. I think that this could have happened in history. Reason one for my belief is, although…

The Voice of a Vampire The poem that I chose, from The Flowers of Evil, to go along with Let the Right One In was The Voice. Early on in the film, we find out that Oskar reads a lot as his escape from the troubles of the real world. Charles Baudelaire discusses the wonders of our imagination and where it will take us. In The Voice, there are two voices that visit the speaker, both encouraged the speaker to travel and discover the world that is outside the book. It also discusses being the…

The creation of monsters like vampires and zombies presents itself as an allegory the “day to day existence.” Articles like “Why Vampires Never Die” by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead “ by Chuck Klosterman emphasizes the correlation between folktale and reality. The difference between Folktale and reality is that folktale and reality is that folktale are variations of stories from many cultures, while reality is something that exist…

The Last Man on Earth (1964) is based off the novel, I Am Legend, written in 1954 by Richard Matheson. This is the original film depicting Matheson’s book; which has been illustrated in two other films as well. The 1964 version starring Vincent Price (Dr. Morgan) is definitely the most well received of these films. Directed by Ubaldo Ragona, an Italian director. This movie is shot entirely in Italy, but it is clearly “set” in the United States. There are many aspects about this film that portray…

Rabid is the David Cronenberg film that I've been craving lately after having been disappointed with Dead Ringers. The film is a 70s mishmash of vampires, zombies and biological disorder. It also has lead actress Marylin Chambers showing off her splendid boobies. In conjunction with releasing Dead Ringers on Blu-ray, Scream Factory has also released Rabid in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray package with a substantial amount of special features and a damn fine transfer. Read on to see if you should…

“The Vampire Diaries” Season 8, News Update: Is Stefan’s Promise to Elena His Motivation to Save Damon Season 7 finale of “The Vampire Diaries” left fans with a perturbing mystery. After Damon and Enzo were affected by the monster in the vault, every fan has been curious to know their fate. Theories are swirling around in good numbers and one says that Stefan’s promise to Elena has got a lot to do with his resurrection. Stefan is that one person who truly believes that Damon is still alive…

00000 In 2011, Bella Torr and Agnes Hranitzky were directed a Hungarian philosophical drama film The Turin Horse, starring Janos Derrzsi as Ohisdorfer(stableman),Enika Brok as Ohisdorfer’s daughter(stableman’s daughter), Mihlay Kormas as Bemhard(drunken man) and Ricsi as the horse. The film was written by Torr and Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Title of the film makes describe to a notorious event in the life of Fredrich Nirtzsche. In 1889, during travelling in Turin; Fredrich Nirtzsche witnessed the…

In the novel, I Am legend, the vampires go through various adaptations from the current normal to help them develop culturally, environmentally, and evolve to become the new normal. Various changes happen to help advance the development of the new normal. Some examples are how the vampires are able to go out into the light without getting hurt, the advancement of having more of a human language and culture, and even learning about the threats in the world that could potentially hurt them. While…