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Empire of the Vampire Makes Vampires Scary Again

This article is sponsored by As a species, humans have more or less always been obsessed with vampires. (The earliest references to blood-drinking creatures date back to ancient Mesopotamia, believe it or not.) But the way we relate to these creatures has shifted throughout the centuries, as legends, folklore, and popular culture have adapted to the needs and fears specific to respective societies.  Published in 1897, Bram Stoker’s Dracula may have sparked a particular vein of horror story that continues to this day (looking at you, American Horror Story: Double Feature), but Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, published in…
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Are Resident Evil Village’s Vampires and Werewolves the Future of the Franchise?

A recent extended gameplay preview of Resident Evil Village strongly suggests that Lady Dimitrescu’s vampires and Heisenberg’s werewolves could sooner become the face of the franchise over the zombies that are so closely associated with the Resident Evil name. At various points during the gameplay preview, we see Ethan do battle with werewolves (now formally referred to as “Lycans”) and a host of vampire-like creatures. Yes, we’ve seen those monsters before in previous trailers, but these recent previews confirm that those archetypes aren’t limited to the game’s major villains. There’s a small army of those monsters running around the village,…
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Vampires vs. the Bronx Review: Young Bloods Clean Up the Concourse

The Frog Brothers’ street cred echoes way uptown as Netflix offers up its after-hours, after-school Halloween special treat: Vampires vs. The Bronx. Think of it as Get Out for tweens as the real bloodsuckers in this Bronx tale are the real estate developers looking to gentrify the Concourse. They even dress like landed gentry. “The Murnau guys are chewing up the neighborhood,” street proud Miguel (Jaden Michael) warns his crew. The Murnau real estate firm doesn’t even try to hide it, they have a Vlad the Impaler face on their logo. Miguel is known as Lil Mayor in the reluctantly…
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Vampires vs. The Bronx Trailer Keeps Blood Off the Streets

Ever wonder what effect a crosstown might have on vampires? Netflix’s upcoming horror comedy is an educational look at an urban problem. There’s a lot of things happening in the neighborhood right now. Keep your eyes open. That may sound vague, but the new Vampires vs. the Bronx trailer is about a silent threat: gentrification. And it’s not just any old white people buying up property in the Boogie Down Bronx; it’s ancient old people who stay that way by sucking the blood out of locals while draining the community of anything special. Have you noticed those missing kids’ posters?…
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