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Teen girl writes and directs a vampire flick

By Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY

Several years ago I wrote about Emily Hagins, a filmmaker who made a full-length zombie feature ... when she was just 12 years old. Hagins' project was the subject of an acclaimed documentary, Zombie Girl: The Movie, that rocked several film festivals in 2009.

Now 19, Hagins is still pursuing a film career, and she has just finished another flick called My Sucky Teen Romance. The movie follows a group of friends at a local sci-fi convention who encounter a band of thirsty (but kinda cute) vampires.

Here's the trailer (and I love the song):
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Kyle Schmid joins Syfy's 'Being Human'

By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter

Kyle Schmid has reportedly won a role in the second season of Syfy's Being Human.

The History of Violence star made the announcement on his official Facebook page.
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Grow a pair (of fangs): Thank goodness for horrible, disgusting, merciless vampires

by Anthony Breznican

Can we please put a stake through the heart of the thoughtful, sensitive vampire?

You know, the kind that just needs the love of a nice girl to keep his deathly cold body warm through night? The poetry-reading kind. The sparkly kind.

This is why I am grateful for the whacked-out, Friday-night-at-the-summertime-drive-in vibe of this weekend’s Fright Night remake, which takes the vampire out of the gothic, mist-shrouded castle and plunks him into the middle of suburban life — but unlike Twilight or The Vampire Diaries, or (most recently, unfortunately) True Blood — Colin Farrell’s bloodsucker isn’t here to be a prom date.

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'Fright Night': Don't ever cross Colin Farrell -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

by Jeff Labrecque

Normally, the phrase “Catch you later,” simply means, “See you soon.” But when it’s said by Jerry, the hunky neighborhood vampire played by Colin Farrell in Fright Night, it literally means, “I will catch you… later.”

In an exclusive sneak peek at the remake of the 1985 cult horror-comedy, Charlie (Anton Yelchin) challenges his blood-thirsty neighbor after a harrowing car-chase. Jerry isn’t pretending anymore — his fangs are out, his pupils are black — but Charlie, who’s clearly done his homework, wields a mighty big cross. “Not the cross, Charlie!” hisses Farrell.

Watch their fiery confrontation .


Much like the original, this updated Fright Night, which opens this Friday in 3-D, feels like the vampire movie the boys have been waiting for. No epic romance, no self-loathing blood-suckers. Just pure predatory evil wrapped in dark humor. Of course, the ladies will be captivated, too -- by either Yelchin's earnest goodness, or more likely, Farrell's bite.

EXCLUSIVE: Aidan Turner on prepping for 'The Hobbit' and possibly leaving 'Being Human'

by Aubry D'Arminio

The U.K. version of Being Human returned last night with a big shocker: ( Read more... )

Richelle Mead's new series 'Bloodlines' cover reveal -- EXCLUSIVE

by Keith Staskiewicz

Richelle Mead has graduated from Vampire Academy, her popular YA series that wrapped up in December with the release of its sixth and final book, and now she’s moving onto new territory. Well, somewhat new: Bloodlines will be a spin-off of VA, moving the previously tertiary character Sydney, a human alchemist, from the sidelines to the forefront. It will also be set in a sunny Californian high school instead of that rigid, preppy-bloodsucker academy, which I imagine will be like transferring from the Undead Poets Society to Bayside High. Check out the finalized cover for the first book of the series—that’s Sydney with the filigreed face, by the way—and watch a video after the jump of Mead talking about how it will differ from Vampire Academy. Bloodlines is set to hit shelves on August 23.
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Ingrid Pitt: An appreciation of the late 'Queen of Horror'

by Clark Collis

My first real introduction to the horror film came courtesy of the British film company Hammer, whose gory, gothic output was a late-night TV staple when I was growing up in the U.K during the ’70s. However, there was much more to Hammer movies than death. There was also, frequently, sex. And no Hammer actress was sexier than the Polish-born Ingrid Pitt, the star of 1970′s The Vampire Lovers and the following year’s Countess Dracula, who sadly died Tuesday at the age of 73.
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'Psych' season 6 scoop: Vampire, musical episodes in the works!

by Sandra Gonzalez

You haven’t even seen Psych‘s highly anticipated Twin Peaks homage episode yet (Dec. 1, hurry the hell up!), but the show is already looking to season 6. Oh, the perks of early renewal.

Series star James Roday (who penned the upcoming Peaks tribute and last season’s Hitchcock-inspired hour) told EW exclusively that the show has plans for a vampire-themed episode, a musical, and a nod to the greatest baseball movies of the past.
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Review: Coming-of-age vampire movie has real bite

TOM LONG
Detroit News Film Critic

Just when you thought bloodsuckers had been sucked dry of any potential, along comes "Let Me In."

True, the film is a meticulous and tone-perfect remake of the Danish vampire hit "Let the Right One In," so it's not exactly new. But it should open the story up to a much wider audience.

What works so well here is the juxtaposition of youthful innocence and downright puppy love with monstrosity and murder. Mean kids are scary. Kids who drink blood are scarier.
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'Let Me In' is stylish remake of Swedish vampire tale

BY ROGER MOORE
ORLANDO SENTINEL

There are monsters who wander the halls of our schools, selecting victims, destroying lives.

We call them bullies. And they're the real beasts of Matt Reeves' "Let Me In," his bloody remake of "Let the Right One In," the Swedish tween vampire hit from 2008. Sure, the film's star bloodsucker unleashes some horrors, but they're not as immediate as the no-holds-barred brutality inflicted on poor Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) by a gang of tormenting middle schoolers.
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