Someone thought Twilight was a pick-up book02.11.08

A man convinced an underage girl that he was a half-werewolf, half-vampire hybrid.

He also had a guardian dragon.  To prove to police that he was a hybrid, he showed them his canine teeth.  The police responded, "I let him know that all mammals, including humans, have canine teeth."

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Vampires defanged10.29.07

Along the lines of what Tammy was talking about, here’s an article about the defanging of Vampires.

I hope that there’s a vampire pendulum, swinging from tortured and broody to bloodthirsty and vicious, because I’m personally of the opinion that Angel knocked the shit out of the tortured and broody, and we need a decade of viciousness to get us back on track.

I mean, it’s a bad sign when they come up with Moonlight, a series about a vampire detective in LA who is good, instead of evil, a scant 3 years after Angel went off the air.  Angel, of course, being about a vampire detective in LA who is good, instead of evil.

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30 Days of Night: Not as crappy as I was expecting10.28.07

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Give the filmmaking team of 30 Days of Night a gold star for a genius move: casting Danny Huston as head vampire honcho Marlow. Huston tears up the screen - and a bunch of hairy, frigid Alaskans - in a performance that is textured, intimidating and “Whoah!” inspiring.

And here’s the rest of the good news. The film isn’t nearly as crappy as I thought it would be.

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    My God, it's full of Kirk Eggs.