From book to screen

Vampire Diaries.

I know this show has been on the air for a few years, but we're only getting it in my area now.  We'll be getting this on Cosmo Canada starting in a few weeks.
I'm not sure how this show is going to be.  As a fan of the original books by the original writer L.J. Smith (I know the new series is being ghostwritten by other writers now) I'm not sure how the updates are going to play for me.
In a way, I think newer fans have a leg up because there are no expectations.

With that said, it will be interesting to see how the 20+ year old books are translated to modern tv.

Aug 19th Random vampire stuff

I saw the trailer for the new remake of Total Recall  few weeks ago and realized something, all the main cast members have done vampire movies in the past.
I added a list to my profile over on Letterboxd but here's the basic rundown...

 Colin Farrell - Fright Night remake

 Kate Beckinsale - Underworld, Underworld 2 Evolution, Underworld 4 Awakenings, Van Helsing

 Bill Nighy- Underworld, Underworld 3 Rise of the Lycans,

 Jessica Biel- Blade 3 Trinity

Bokeem Woodbine- The Breed, Blade the tv series

 Also... The release date for the DVD/Blu-Ray of  the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version of Dark Shadows is October 2nd in Canada and the US. 

and Hotel Transylvania will be getting a cinema release on September 28th in Canada and the US.  

Blog update

There seems to be something very wrong with the comment box.
I've just spent the last half hour going through each post and turning back on the comments. I've been having this issue on my wrestling blog as well for the last few months, but it seems when I asked about it in the Blogger help area, they said it was just a glitch and would straighten out on it's own.
That was nearly two months ago.

Anyways... as of right now at 11:50am on Saturday August the 18th 2012, the comment boxes are all working again on this blog.

Ardeth Blood

365 Days of Fangs

It's crawling out of the crypt.

365 Days of Fangs.

Stay tuned for more...

Sunday July 29th 2012

As I mentioned the other day, I had planned on doing a blogathon today over on my movie year challenge blog.
Here' is the link to the post I did.

All I can say is at this point I'm disappointed.

Classic Monsters blogathon

I'm trying to scare up some new blood for a monster blogathon I'm having next week over on my all year movie challenge blog.
The details are simple... pick 2 classic style monster films from any decade and on July 29th 2012 crawl on over to my other blog.  Here's the link

While I'm here, I'll just mention that I saw the vampire film  Midnight Son the other day,  it was part of the challenge so ... here's that link too

Wait till Your Vampire Gets Home-review

Book #4 in the Broken Heart series by Michele Bardsley.

Plot:  A paranormal investigator shows up in Broken Heart just in time to be attacked by two dragons in the middle of a deadly fight.  But she's not the only one, a recently turned vampire who was hanging around the tomb of his late wife, also finds himself caught.  Soon both are running from the one dragon while fighting their own passion for each other.

By introducing an entire new set of characters to the mythos, Bardsley manages to bring her series back from the edge {yeah my last post I talked about not caring that much for book #3}
Not much is really given about the already established characters from the first half of the series, but it does draw you in quickly.

The books in this series are easy to understand, they don't take themselves overly seriously but still manage to not be cheesy.  {if you're a fan of Buffy or Charmed you will understand what I mean} They are also highly addictive.