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Could a Castlevania Spinoff Star Trevor Belmont’s Son or Daughter?

This Castlevania article contains spoilers. Castlevania season 4 may be the end of the line for Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, but it likely won’t be the last Netflix adaptation of the long-running video game franchise. In fact, the streamer is already planning a new series set in the same universe but starring different characters. What form this Castlevania series would take remains a well-kept secret, although a reasonable guess would be that it’ll take place during a different era before or after Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard’s adventures. Konami’s prestige franchise has a timeline that spans hundreds of years,…
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Castlevania Season 4 Ending Explained

This Castlevania article contains spoilers. Netflix’s Castlevania comes to a close in season 4. Trevor and Sypha head to the city where the war with Dracula began, while Alucard finds new purpose beyond his castle. And when a new threat arises that’s bigger than anything they’ve ever faced, the heroes have to band together once again to save humanity. The penultimate episode of the series feels like a final boss fight, and it’s only fitting that everyone converges at Dracula’s castle for the fireworks. Here’s what happened in the series finale and what it all means for the characters: So…
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Castlevania: Who Is Varney?

This Castlevania article contains spoilers. While Netflix’s Castlevania has always ultimately been about the heroes’ eternal fight against Dracula, the fourth and final season does introduce a few new villains to the mix. One of those baddies is Varney of London, a two-bit vampire who was once one of Dracula’s generals and has now made it his mission to resurrect his master. The only problem is that the foul-mouthed bloodsucker is kind of a joke, a has-been who even his vampiric cohorts don’t respect. Voiced by the legendary Malcolm McDowell, Varney is leading a gruesome siege in the city of…
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Castlevania Season 4 Easter Eggs Explained

This Castlevania article contains spoilers. The endgame is finally here in Castlevania season 4, which sees Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard face off against the forces of evil that wish to wipe out humanity. While the story takes a few interesting turns you’re not expecting, fans of the long-running Konami series will likely notice quite a few connections to the original video games. As you’d expect, that all means that there are quite a few easter eggs and references to the games as well as real-world history in Castlevania season 4. Here are all of the easter eggs we’ve…
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Will Castlevania Season 5 Happen?

Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard face their toughest challenge yet in Castlevania season 4. After the disaster at Lindenfeld, and the betrayal inside Alucard’s castle, the trio of heroes are in worst shape than ever. Trevor and Sypha can’t seem to escape the shadow of death that looms over them everywhere they go, while Alucard has lost all interest in the world outside his castle’s doors. With our heroes’ morale at an all-time low, this is the perfect time for Carmilla, Isaac, and their night creatures to strike. Indeed, all hell breaks loose in season 4, as Carmilla and her vampire…
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Castlevania Season 4 Review

This Castlevania review contains spoilers. It may not seem like it during the first five plodding episodes of Castlevania season 4, but this is meant to be our last trip with Trevor, Sypha, Alucard, Saint Germain, Carmilla, Hector, and Isaac. After years of vampire wars and plots for world domination, the many sides fighting to decide the fate of the planet finally reach the endgame. Yes, the final season of the best video game adaptation ever made suffers from many of the same pacing issues as past seasons. Fortunately, the show sticks the landing overall. Although there are some standout…
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Resident Evil Village: How Lady Dimitrescu’s Height Recalls Castlevania’s Dracula

Weeks after her reveal, Resident Evil fans are still obsessed with Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, the latest standout villain in a series full of them. Specifically, gamers are unexpectedly taken by her height. When you look her up on Google or Twitter, you’ll find people talking about how tall she is, and more recently, how her height compares to other villains in the franchise. Kotaku initially speculated in a very entertaining article that Lady Dimitrescu was eight feet tall, but Capcom set the record straight this week, cheekily announcing the character’s height on Twitter: Your love for Lady Dimitrescu is loud…
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Assassin’s Creed: What the Netflix Series Can Learn From Castlevania and The Witcher

Netflix recently announced its partnership with Ubisoft to develop multiple series based on the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The scope of this deal could eventually include both live-action and animated series, but the partnership will start with the production of a live-action adaptation of the best-selling games.  While there aren’t many official details available at this time regarding what parts of the Assassin’s Creed franchise these shows will cover, expectations are unusually high for these projects. Why? Well, Netflix happens to have produced two of the more notable adaptations with video game ties in recent memory: Castlevania and The Witcher, which…
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