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FeaturePiece Of Mind - Fangs For The Memories

Believe it or not, vampires used to be cool

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Since the days of Bela Lugosi’s classic take on Count Dracula, the undead have been portrayed as mysterious and alluring creatures of the night. Often, they alternated between bloodsucking fiends and sensual beasts, captivating audiences time and time again. For example, today’s incarnation o ...

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FeaturePiece Of Mind: 'Swan' Song

Why the tale of a tragic ballerina was 2010's best horror film

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Why the tale of a tragic ballerina was 2010's best horror film Let’s be honest. By and large, the films being released each week are derivative, bland and uninspiring. Only an elite few elicit the kind of profound movie-going experience that keeps viewers coming back to theaters again and again ...

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FeaturePiece Of Mind: Slayer Sacrilege

The world of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' prepares for an unnecessary reboot

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It may not have been a ratings bonanza, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer - - which graced television screens from 1997 to 2003 -- was one of the biggest genre hits of the last 20 years and helped put the now-defunct The WB network on the map. The series was even followed by a successful spin-off and li ...

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FeaturePiece Of Mind: Monster Mash No More?

Why the Paranormal Activity series has an expiration date and whats missing from modern horror

Its hard to deny that Universal and its monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s essentially invented the horror film. Audiences came out in droves to see Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man and Boris Karloff as Frankensteins Monster. It wasnt so much the plot or the supporting players t ...

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FeaturePiece Of Mind: The Spirit Of Halloween

A quartet of films that truly capture the holiday

There are few holidays as divisive as Halloween. Some people see the holiday as nothing but child's play, only applicable to knee-high rascals or, at best, pimply teenagers being peer-pressured into toilet-papering their neighbors' house. Others, however, cling to All Hallow's Eve as an excuse t ...

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FeatureFox Lands Lincoln Vampire Hunter Movie

Popular novel by Seth Grahame-Smith to become a 3-D movie

I have always been an amateur historian, with a deep interest in the history of the great tragedy of our country, the Civil War. I am also a fan of those who write alternate history novels. When I discovered Seth Grahame-Smith's book, "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter," I was quickly caught up in ...

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FeatureImitation Is Not Always Flattery

Familiarity sometimes does breed contempt, like with 'The Gates'

In the world of science-fiction entertainment, the old cliché, The more things change, the more they stay the same seems to apply now more than ever. Familiar themes and scenarios consistently get recycled as new shows spring up that closely resemble both the successes and failures of the rec ...

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FeatureRabid Rants: Surviving The Horror Film Remake Battle

Many filmmakers, fans thirst for original content, but can the studios find the courage to pursue it?

With a seemingly endless train of remakes and sequels parked on the horizon, it sometimes feels like original ideas are an endangered concept in horror filmmaking. Many filmmakers obviously clamor to see their original ideas reach the big screen, yet here we are, inundated with rehashes of just a ...

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FeatureThrough the Past Darkly: Bargain Bins

Finding good horror while adhering to a spend-thrifty budget

Sometimes good things come to those who wait and sometimes a bargain bin can be your best friend. When I wrote my last column on Diablo II I was prompted to see if I could score other finds while also adhering to a spend-thrifty budget. And you know what? Its not that hard. Recently I had the pleasu ...

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FeatureSpending More Time With Eric Balfour

Actor talks about how he got the role of Duke, and the joy he is experiencing working on 'Haven'

If you watched the latest episode of Syfy's Haven, you were treated to an exceptional performance by Eric Balfour in his role as Duke. In the episode, Duke is exposed to something that has caused rapid aging and death in two other victims, and unless Audrey and Nathan can do something fast, (literal ...

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FeatureThrough the Past Darkly: Horror One Decade Ago

Looking back to examine the spirit of the times

Oh the year 2000. So much promise, so much innocence. The world had just survived Y2K and the term 9/11 was innocuous, a number to call when a first response team was needed. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were a few years away and Hurricane Katrina and FEMA were then terms unknown. With so little re ...

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FeatureComic-Con 2010 - Day Three

See where BlipNetwork reporters are going to be!

Wow, I can't believe San Diego Comic-Con will be all over tomorrow. But first, we get to one of our busiest days, which doesn't feel like it, because I won't even be at the convention myself until around lunchtime when I hobnob with the voice and creative talent behind the recently revived show "Fut ...

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FeatureComic-Con 2010 - Day Two

See where BlipNetwork reporters are going to be!

Although I didn't feel I did too much Thursday, my first day at San Diego Comic-Con has me exhausted. It's just after 1:30 in the morning, and I have to be up early to do some press roundtables of some of the new shows coming to television this fall -- which you'll hopefully be reading about before ...

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FeatureComic-Con 2010 - Day One

See where BlipNetwork reporters are going to be

Happy first day of Comic-Con! I am sitting at Tampa International Airport right now in Florida, and it's about 7:30 a.m. local time waiting for our flight, which leaves for Dallas in about an hour, and then on to San Diego. Traveling with me is Bryant Griffin, the editor of Rabid Doll, since ...

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FeatureA Comic-Con Survival Guide

Providing tips and tricks to enhance your enjoyment of the event

If youre a reader of Rabid Doll, you have probably heard of Comic-Con, the pop culture convention located in San Diego, Calif. Its a four-day long mashup of television/movie/comic fans, guaranteed to overwhelm any novice. I am a long-time convention goer, and even I was a little thrown by the en ...

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