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Movie: Lost Boys 3 The Thirst
starring: Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander
genre: Horror
year: 2010
format: DVD

plot: Edgar Frog is hired by a wealthy female author who writes teen vampire stories, to rescue her brother from a head vampire. She tells him that this is the ultimate first vampire, and if he manages to kill this vampire, all others will die with him. Edgar turns to his brother Allan, who is now a vampire himself, for help as well as a female friend who works at the local book store. Before long though, they are joined by a reality star hired by the author. They manage to locate the vampire's lair, but not everything is as it's suppose to be. The hunters find themselves neck deep in a trap and face to face with the head vampire.

This is the final (that I'm aware of) movie in the Lost Boys series. And I have to say, this one stacks up a lot better then the second one in the series. This even uses scenes from the original movie to tie the storyline together.

I liked that they brought the elements from the first movie of having the comic book store, and showing someone continuing the idea of taxidermy. (though not my favourite thing, but good to see they brought that from the first movie)

what do i think i learned from this film? Impalement is always the best way to go, specially when you stab the heart. That and don't dismiss comics, they have a lot of good advice.

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movie: The Dead Undead Vampires vs Zombies
starring: Luke Goss, Lance Frank
genre: Sci-fi
year: 2010
format: DVD

plot: A group of teens arrive at an abandoned hotel only to find that they walked right into a nest of zombied vampires.  Soon, a military group arrive having tracked the ZVs to the hotel, to destroy them.

This is Luke Goss's second vampire movie (that I'm aware of) he  played the new breed of vampire in Blade 2 Bloodhunt.  And one of the last movies legend Forrest J. Ackerman  did before his death (so this film was shot a few years before it was released as Mr. Ackerman died in 2008)

This is one of those films that is so outrageous that it works. It starts off more like a slasher film, with the kids lounging around a lake, then quickly becomes a free for all with machine guns. And the soundtrack puts you in mind of an old Megadeth or Sepultura cd, which is brilliant.
There is a flashback where you learn that two of the military group were once Vikings and turned into vampires. I think I would have had that scene as one of the first scenes instead of dead center.

When they try to figure out what it is that is infecting the vampires and making them zombies, the leader of the group says "mad cow disease"  from the vampires having drank what ended up being bad cow blood.   I thought that was one of the most original ideas I've ever come across in a vampire movie.

The end scene hints at a second film, which I think would be an interesting idea.  They close out on the leader of the group talking about the vampire history and a chance to uncover a vampire legend.

what do i think i learned from this film?
There is always a good reason to be a vegetarian.  

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Movie: Vampires
Starring: Pierre Lognay, Julien Dore
Genre: Comedy,
Year: 2010
Format: online

Plot: A film crew follows a family of vampires in Belgium, and documents how they get themselves tossed out of the community.

This was a different sort of film.  I've seen a ton of vampire movies over the decades (hence this whole project) and many mockumentaries too.  This was by far one of the better mocs out there.

It is subtitled, so if you're not a fan of reading a movie, you might want to find something else
There were elements of this movie that sort of made me cringe because they were too much like elements I've seen from role playing games.

Two of the sub-plots have to do with a female vampire wanting to be human again, and a vampire playboy who is living like he's a teenager even though he's nearly 70 years old.

What do I think I learned from this film?
No one is ever truly happy with how they are.