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Set Sail With André Øvredal’s Dracula Movie ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Javier Botet (IT, The Conjuring), who has played some of horror’s most disturbing creatures and characters, will star as the famous bloodsucker, Dracula, in director André Øvredal’s (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Already in production, The Last Voyage of the Demeter also stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Corey Hawkins (“The Walking Dead”) according to THR. The script was penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train), based on the original script by Bragi Schut. Javier Botet stars as the infamous vampire, Dracula, with Cunningham playing the ship’s stately captain. Dastmalchian plays Wojchek, Demeter’s first mate. Franciosi stars as Anna, a stowaway aboard the ship, while Briones is playing the ship’s cook. Kapicic and Nikolaeff play two of the ship’s crew members. The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2021
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‘Wyrmwood’ Director Is Head Into The ‘Dark West’ To Face Vampires

Back in 2014, writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner unleashed zombies in the action-packed movie Wyrmwood followed by the series of the same name. Now, he’s going to release vampires into the world in the film Dark West, which he will be directing from the script he co-wrote with Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim). Dark West is already being compared to “The Hitcher and Near Dark” by The Wrap who states that “Dark West is a vampire revenge thriller set on the highways of Texas that follows two car thieves who accidentally T-bone a pair of vampires in the middle of the night.” The project from Winterlight Pictures. Hopefully, we’ll know more soon. In the meantime, be sure to check out Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2021
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‘Climate Of The Hunter’ Sinks Its Fangs Into A Release Date

Dark Star Pictures has acquired Mickey Reece’s critically acclaimed indie award-winning vampire film Climate of the Hunter and has now set a release date. In the film, “two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is recently divorced, Elizabeth is a workaholic in Washington, D.C., while Wesley lives in Paris dealing with a wife recently struck with a fatal disease. When the three come together for dinner it has all the makings of a lovely adult melodrama about loneliness, and the desire to connect and share our lives with someone… but we must add to the mix one otherworldly piece of information: Wesley could be a vampire.” Ginger Gilmartin, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, and Jacob Ryan Snovel star in Climate of the Hunter, opening in select theaters December 18th followed by its release On Demand on January 12, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2020
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Vampires Are Returning To The Limelight

Vampires appeared to be all the rage at one point. Their influence in books and movies was strong, but then, over time, they seemed to take a step away from the limelight and back into the shadows. But thanks to the rising influence of horror in video games and streaming services such as Netflix, vampires are returning to the main stage. And they’re doing so in reboots of old classics. Dracula Dracula is arguably the most well-known vampire of all time, featuring in multiple movies, books, and games. The character has featured heavily all through our lives and has even managed to be the inspiration behind the successful NetEnt slot machine Blood Suckers. 2014 saw Dracula Untold hit screens around the world, proving there’s a determination to bring the famous vampire back to life. But, after an unconvincing reboot six years ago, the time appears right for leading director Karyn Kusama to create a movie, set in modern times, which

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Dec 7, 2020
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Movie Review: Blood Vessel (2019)

Peep this; it’s the Second World War, and things are gettin’ violent as fuck! Don’t believe me? Well, those dreaded Axis powers have hucked a torpedo at a military hospital ship… resulting in a motley crew of military personal being adrift on the open sea in a lil’ life raft. Fortunately for them, they are soon within spittin’ distance of a huge German vessel… okay, that’s not fortunate at all… but possibly a p.h. better than starving to death in a rubber raft… debatable. Anyway after an action-packed boarding of that beastly boat we get down to brass tacks; namely that the ship is mostly full of corpses… mostly… I mean there’s a pretty unreasonable amount of vampires on board as well… I mean, one would be more than enough to qualify as “unreasonable”, but there’s at least a few more than that. So it’s Das Boot by way of the ‘Demeter’ sequence from Dracula as our harried heroes attempt

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DanXIII
Jul 21, 2020
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Set Sail This July With The Vampire Movie ‘Blood Vessel’ (Trailer)

This July, set sail with Blood Vessel and witness a nightmare-inducing ship filled with vampires. Co-written by Jordan Prosser, the film was co-written and directed by Justin Dix, award-winning special effects supervisor and director of Wicked of Oz studios who has worked on films such as The Babaddok, 100 Bloody Acres, Crawlspace, The Loved Ones, and Lake Mungo as well as dozens of others. Blood Vessel features an impressive cast that includes Alyssa Sutherland (“Vikings”), Robert Taylor (The Matrix), Nathan Phillips (Snakes On A Plane), Christopher Kirby (Daybreakers), John Lloyd Fillingham (“Hunters”), and Alex Cooke (“Preacher”). The Horror Collective is set to unleash Blood Vessel on VOD and On-Demand platforms on July 21st.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
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Jason Momoa and Peter Dinklage Reunite For Horror Movie ‘Good Bad & Undead’

“Game of Thrones” alum Jason Momoa and Peter Dinklage are reuniting for Legendary’s action-horror movie Good Bad & Undead, directed by Max Barbakow (Palm Springs), Deadline reports. The movie is based on an original idea by horror veterans Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the duo behind Freddy vs. Jason and Friday the 13th (2009). “Dinklage will play Van Helsing, last in a long line of vampire hunters. He develops an uneasy partnership with a vampire (Momoa) who has taken a vow never to kill again. Together they run a scam from town to town, where Van Helsing pretends to anguish the vampire for money. But when a massive bounty is put on the vampire’s head, everything in this dangerous world full of monsters and magic is now after them.” Both Momoa and Dinklage will be producing

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2020
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Gary Dauberman Sinks His Teeth Into The New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Adaptation

Almost exactly a year ago we reported that James Wan would be producing a new take on Stephen King’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot. We informed you back then that Gary Dauberman (IT, Annabelle Comes Home) would be penning the script. Now, news has come (via THR) that Dauberman will also be in the director’s chair. Published in 1975, Salem’s Lot centers on a writer who returns to his childhood home, the town of Jerusalem’s Lot where he discovers there’s a vampire plaguing the town. Dauberman had this to say last year: I did have a unique way into it but again, I think the book in itself is unique,” Dauberman told Slash Films. “I haven’t seen a scary vampire movie in a long, long time and I’d really love to tackle that. It’s one of my favorite books. It’s one of my favorite Stephen King books. We felt it should have the cinematic treatment that we gave IT; IT was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2020
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Uncork’d Snacks The Rights To Icelandic Vampire Movie ‘Thirst’ (Trailer)

Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures have snagged the rights to the Icelandic vampire splatter-comedy Thirst from LevelK, Variety reports. Directed by Gaukur Úlfarsson and Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, the vampire flick is set in a small town where evil is lurking around and strange crimes and brutality frequently occur. The film follows Hulda, a woman suspected of being responsible for the death of her brother, Steindi, and is being investigated by the police. After being released from custody due to insufficient evidence, she has nowhere to turn. Lingering around in the cold, she befriends an elderly man who turns out to be a 1,000-year-old, single and gay vampire who brings her brother to life, leading to terrible consequences. Thirst stars Hjörtur Sævar Steinason and well-known Icelandic actors, including Ingvar E. Sigurdsson (“Everest,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”), Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (“Woman at War”), and Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir (“Black Mirror”). Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment, described the film as an

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2020
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A Vampire Is On The Hunt In ‘Blood Widow’ – In Theaters And On DVD This February

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a serial killer in a small Arizona town, not knowing their villain is much more dangerous than the could ever imagine in Blood Widow (aka Viuda de Sangre), from Limbo director Brendan Guy Murphy (Limbo). James Craven (Tuscaloosa), Dallas Thomas (Wastelander), and stage actor Hector Ayala star in this bloody flick. In the film, a clan of vampires has been reduced to just one. Desperate, this sole remaining predator is preying on women, in Tucson, Arizona. Detectives Valentine (Craven) and Stokes (Thomas) are hot on the killer’s trail. But, this night stalker is determined to spill more blood on the streets and spread a dark cloud across this terror-filled city. Blood Widow is now out on Digital and will arrive on DVD on February 4th as well as open in theaters in Texas, New Mexico, and California.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020

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Set Sail With André Øvredal’s Dracula Movie ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Javier Botet (IT, The Conjuring), who has played some of horror’s most disturbing creatures and characters, will star as the famous bloodsucker, Dracula, in director André Øvredal’s (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Already in production, The Last Voyage of the Demeter also stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Corey Hawkins (“The Walking Dead”) according to THR. The script was penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train), based on the original script by Bragi Schut. Javier Botet stars as the infamous vampire, Dracula, with Cunningham playing the ship’s stately captain. Dastmalchian plays Wojchek, Demeter’s first mate. Franciosi stars as Anna, a stowaway aboard the ship, while Briones is playing the ship’s cook. Kapicic and Nikolaeff play two of the ship’s crew members. The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2021
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‘Wyrmwood’ Director Is Head Into The ‘Dark West’ To Face Vampires

Back in 2014, writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner unleashed zombies in the action-packed movie Wyrmwood followed by the series of the same name. Now, he’s going to release vampires into the world in the film Dark West, which he will be directing from the script he co-wrote with Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim). Dark West is already being compared to “The Hitcher and Near Dark” by The Wrap who states that “Dark West is a vampire revenge thriller set on the highways of Texas that follows two car thieves who accidentally T-bone a pair of vampires in the middle of the night.” The project from Winterlight Pictures. Hopefully, we’ll know more soon. In the meantime, be sure to check out Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2021
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‘Climate Of The Hunter’ Sinks Its Fangs Into A Release Date

Dark Star Pictures has acquired Mickey Reece’s critically acclaimed indie award-winning vampire film Climate of the Hunter and has now set a release date. In the film, “two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is recently divorced, Elizabeth is a workaholic in Washington, D.C., while Wesley lives in Paris dealing with a wife recently struck with a fatal disease. When the three come together for dinner it has all the makings of a lovely adult melodrama about loneliness, and the desire to connect and share our lives with someone… but we must add to the mix one otherworldly piece of information: Wesley could be a vampire.” Ginger Gilmartin, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, and Jacob Ryan Snovel star in Climate of the Hunter, opening in select theaters December 18th followed by its release On Demand on January 12, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2020
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Vampires Are Returning To The Limelight

Vampires appeared to be all the rage at one point. Their influence in books and movies was strong, but then, over time, they seemed to take a step away from the limelight and back into the shadows. But thanks to the rising influence of horror in video games and streaming services such as Netflix, vampires are returning to the main stage. And they’re doing so in reboots of old classics. Dracula Dracula is arguably the most well-known vampire of all time, featuring in multiple movies, books, and games. The character has featured heavily all through our lives and has even managed to be the inspiration behind the successful NetEnt slot machine Blood Suckers. 2014 saw Dracula Untold hit screens around the world, proving there’s a determination to bring the famous vampire back to life. But, after an unconvincing reboot six years ago, the time appears right for leading director Karyn Kusama to create a movie, set in modern times, which

Continue reading →
Ella Rebecca Horton
Dec 7, 2020
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Movie Review: Blood Vessel (2019)

Peep this; it’s the Second World War, and things are gettin’ violent as fuck! Don’t believe me? Well, those dreaded Axis powers have hucked a torpedo at a military hospital ship… resulting in a motley crew of military personal being adrift on the open sea in a lil’ life raft. Fortunately for them, they are soon within spittin’ distance of a huge German vessel… okay, that’s not fortunate at all… but possibly a p.h. better than starving to death in a rubber raft… debatable. Anyway after an action-packed boarding of that beastly boat we get down to brass tacks; namely that the ship is mostly full of corpses… mostly… I mean there’s a pretty unreasonable amount of vampires on board as well… I mean, one would be more than enough to qualify as “unreasonable”, but there’s at least a few more than that. So it’s Das Boot by way of the ‘Demeter’ sequence from Dracula as our harried heroes attempt

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 21, 2020
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Set Sail This July With The Vampire Movie ‘Blood Vessel’ (Trailer)

This July, set sail with Blood Vessel and witness a nightmare-inducing ship filled with vampires. Co-written by Jordan Prosser, the film was co-written and directed by Justin Dix, award-winning special effects supervisor and director of Wicked of Oz studios who has worked on films such as The Babaddok, 100 Bloody Acres, Crawlspace, The Loved Ones, and Lake Mungo as well as dozens of others. Blood Vessel features an impressive cast that includes Alyssa Sutherland (“Vikings”), Robert Taylor (The Matrix), Nathan Phillips (Snakes On A Plane), Christopher Kirby (Daybreakers), John Lloyd Fillingham (“Hunters”), and Alex Cooke (“Preacher”). The Horror Collective is set to unleash Blood Vessel on VOD and On-Demand platforms on July 21st.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
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Jason Momoa and Peter Dinklage Reunite For Horror Movie ‘Good Bad & Undead’

“Game of Thrones” alum Jason Momoa and Peter Dinklage are reuniting for Legendary’s action-horror movie Good Bad & Undead, directed by Max Barbakow (Palm Springs), Deadline reports. The movie is based on an original idea by horror veterans Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the duo behind Freddy vs. Jason and Friday the 13th (2009). “Dinklage will play Van Helsing, last in a long line of vampire hunters. He develops an uneasy partnership with a vampire (Momoa) who has taken a vow never to kill again. Together they run a scam from town to town, where Van Helsing pretends to anguish the vampire for money. But when a massive bounty is put on the vampire’s head, everything in this dangerous world full of monsters and magic is now after them.” Both Momoa and Dinklage will be producing

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2020
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Gary Dauberman Sinks His Teeth Into The New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Adaptation

Almost exactly a year ago we reported that James Wan would be producing a new take on Stephen King’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot. We informed you back then that Gary Dauberman (IT, Annabelle Comes Home) would be penning the script. Now, news has come (via THR) that Dauberman will also be in the director’s chair. Published in 1975, Salem’s Lot centers on a writer who returns to his childhood home, the town of Jerusalem’s Lot where he discovers there’s a vampire plaguing the town. Dauberman had this to say last year: I did have a unique way into it but again, I think the book in itself is unique,” Dauberman told Slash Films. “I haven’t seen a scary vampire movie in a long, long time and I’d really love to tackle that. It’s one of my favorite books. It’s one of my favorite Stephen King books. We felt it should have the cinematic treatment that we gave IT; IT was

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2020
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Uncork’d Snacks The Rights To Icelandic Vampire Movie ‘Thirst’ (Trailer)

Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures have snagged the rights to the Icelandic vampire splatter-comedy Thirst from LevelK, Variety reports. Directed by Gaukur Úlfarsson and Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, the vampire flick is set in a small town where evil is lurking around and strange crimes and brutality frequently occur. The film follows Hulda, a woman suspected of being responsible for the death of her brother, Steindi, and is being investigated by the police. After being released from custody due to insufficient evidence, she has nowhere to turn. Lingering around in the cold, she befriends an elderly man who turns out to be a 1,000-year-old, single and gay vampire who brings her brother to life, leading to terrible consequences. Thirst stars Hjörtur Sævar Steinason and well-known Icelandic actors, including Ingvar E. Sigurdsson (“Everest,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”), Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (“Woman at War”), and Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir (“Black Mirror”). Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment, described the film as an

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2020
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A Vampire Is On The Hunt In ‘Blood Widow’ – In Theaters And On DVD This February

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a serial killer in a small Arizona town, not knowing their villain is much more dangerous than the could ever imagine in Blood Widow (aka Viuda de Sangre), from Limbo director Brendan Guy Murphy (Limbo). James Craven (Tuscaloosa), Dallas Thomas (Wastelander), and stage actor Hector Ayala star in this bloody flick. In the film, a clan of vampires has been reduced to just one. Desperate, this sole remaining predator is preying on women, in Tucson, Arizona. Detectives Valentine (Craven) and Stokes (Thomas) are hot on the killer’s trail. But, this night stalker is determined to spill more blood on the streets and spread a dark cloud across this terror-filled city. Blood Widow is now out on Digital and will arrive on DVD on February 4th as well as open in theaters in Texas, New Mexico, and California.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020
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