20
May
This is actually one of my favorite vampire novels. Via toomuchhorrorfiction:
The Delicate Dependency - Michael Talbot
Avon Books - Mar 1982
Gothic Charm School: pretty things
Fine Folk
Esquire Theme by Matthew Buchanan
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20
May
This is actually one of my favorite vampire novels. Via toomuchhorrorfiction:
The Delicate Dependency - Michael Talbot
Avon Books - Mar 1982
19
May
A beautiful photo. And WOW, do I miss doing photo shoots with stage blood. Go ahead, stamp my cliche card if you can find a blank space.
The Pale Lady X by *SamBriggs
14
May
And to continue on from that massive text post about Dracula and how he’s not a romantic figure: I prefer Lestat from the Interview With The Vampire & The Vampire Lestat eras. Lestat is supposed to be the Brat Prince, rejoicing in his vampiric nature and causing havoc because it sounds it sounds like a good time to him. Lestat from The Body Thief, Memnoch The Devil, and so on? I find disappointing. Which is one of the reasons that The Vampire Lestat is a comfort read book for me, but later stories in the Vampire Chronicles are not.
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What it seems to me is just a ploy to cash into the current obsession with romantic vampires (then again every romantic Dracula plot has been).
Now, I’m not going to claim Stokerist purity. I try incredibly hard to be open minded when it comes to Dracula. I can still watch an enjoy many interpretations of the character and the plot, even sometimes the romantic ones. I’ve often defended movies that get a lot of hate from the elitists who refuse to acknowledge anything related to Dracula other than Stoker’s novel 100%, though I too can understand their frustration.
I love Stoker’s novel. I have since I first read it when I was 8. I’ve devoted a good portion of my life to studying the impact and evolution Stoker made to vampires and horror.
But as I’ve gotten older I’ve become increasingly agitated at the fact literally no one has made a film or TV series based 100% on the book. For a story praised so highly why does Hollywood meddle with it making it nearly unrecognisable to Stoker’s intention? Dracula in film has never been portrayed as Bram wrote him. There’s always something changed or something added or something disregarded.
And quite frankly I’m tired of the fact there has never been anything in film that has ever been true to the book.
Which comes into the title of this rant: Dracula is not a romantic figure.
Very good points! I think it’s fine to have crushes on characters you’d cross the street to avoid in real life, but that doesn’t mean we should excuse what they do or pretend it didn’t happen. And frankly, I’m a little selfish in my desires for Stoker-purity: I like Dracula being evil. I find a ruthless and manipulative warlord more interesting than “Barnabas Collins but not as cool.”
While I have a fondness for romantic vampires (Hi Lestat, I see you over there), I have LONGED for there to be a film version of Dracula that is true to the book. Dracula was not a brooding, Byronic anti-hero. He was a monster: ruthless, manipulative, and not romantic. While I enjoy (most of) the various versions of Dracula found in movies, and I’m sure that the upcoming NBC series will be full of eye candy that delights me, I still want to see the Count portrayed as he was written: evil and terrifying.
On the one hand, I am incredibly excited about Only Lovers Left Alive. On the other hand, I’m worried I will spend the entire movie boggling in disbelief at the wig on Tom Hiddleston’s head.
╠ Only Lovers Left Alive
Aaaand here are the first GIFsets I’ve seen for the Dracula trailer from NBC. Yeah, I may just stare at these a lot, in between watching the trailer.
NBC’s Dracula official trailer x
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13
May
Well okay, then, I’m in. Victorian(ish) setting and vampires. YES.
10
May
Another song from the Children of Darkness playlist: one of my favorite songs as a little girl. In hindsight, this probably should have given my parents a clue as to how I was going to turn out.
07
May
Yessssss. Via dragonfiretwistedwire: MYTHOLOGY MEME ~ [2/8] Legendary Creatures ~ Vampires
03
May
Goth at the Office: found on my desk this morning! I have no idea who I should thank, but I’m delighted.
01
May
30
Apr
Sometime in the next few evenings, I’m going to rewatch this movie. And I’m going to cheer on the vampires, just like always.
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29
Apr
I love the photos bynightstudios have been sharing from their Kickstarter shoot. Plus, hey look! There’s Shane, hamming it up with his arms around pretty ladies. Some things never change.
More photos from our Kickstarter shoot. View the full gallery here
Thanks to Curious Josh for the photos!
23
Apr
@jrhysmeyerscom We premiere in Fall.
— Daniel Knauf (@Daniel_Knauf)hell yeah
Please, please let it be good. Or at least let it be pretty eye candy and not head-slappingly awful.
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