Darkness Within, Luis Suarez the vampire, Dusk Til Dawn season 2

Damn, I wish I could do this for a living, so much more enjoyable than work! Onwards...

First up tonight, a new E-zine with a few nice vampire stories in.  Darkness Within is on its first issue, read it here.

I don't normally post much around children's books, but this one... yeah, why not.  Luis Suarez, after a few "misunderstandings" on the football field has been made into a vampire for a book called "Daydreaming Daisy McCloud"

The Fantasia Film festival has published its playlist... and there is a fairly rare vampire film in there, if anyone is within range of Montreal.  The Reflecting Skin is a 1990 film by Philip Ridley.

Dusk Til Dawn season 2 is coming, August 25th to be precise. Now we have a trailer!




From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series - Season 2 Trailer by dreadcentral

More new book news here, with a new release from Freda Warrington on July 21st. The Dark Arts of Blood has a contest running over on Dread Central.

Bordello of Blood is getting a new Blu-Ray release... details and artwork are here.

Penny Dreadful Season 3 trailer, Kros : Hallowed Ground, Vampirella contest winner

Right, weekend in Brighton over and done with, time to crack on with some new vampire stuff.

New book first... Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day Georg is out (I think) on July 7th.  Teen - Young Adult, this one.

Just in case I have anyone from Sri Lanka reading... there is a new Dracula play going on at the Lionel Wendt Theater July 10th-12th.

Vampire Hunter D has a new series coming... there is an interview with Unified Pictures about the new series here.

News of a new kickstarter project here, for a vampire comic : Kros: Hallowed Ground,’ The Story Of Vampires At The Battle Of Gettysburg

Read More: Ostrander and Mandrake Launch A Kickstarter For 'Kros' 

There is a nice feature on upcoming film Bloodsucking Bastards here, focusing on the special effects.

Penny Dreadful Season 2 is not even cold and in the ground yet, and we have a promo video for Season 3! The next season will be out in 2016.




Last but definitely not least... we have the winner of the Coffin Cuties Vampirella contest, congrats to Jamie Matsu Chin on being the official Vampirella for the coming year (at least!)

Sunderland VR game, Aliens / Vampirella crossover, Queen of Blood

I think this might be a first... a new Virtual reality game featuring vampires. Sunderland -  As his servant it is your job to see The Count safely back to his coffin, which would be fine but for the fact the local villagers have gotten wind of The Count’s true identity and a mob are at this moment storming the castle grounds in order to kill him.  Now you must protect the castle from the villagers, The Count from the castle, The Count from the villagers and yourself from getting fired. It’s a hard life serving a sleepwalking vampire.

News of a new comic here... Sunset Park is on the way from Image Comics.

There is a look ahead to The Originals season 3 and 3 new characters about to land on the show.

A bit of Theater news, for the UK... There is a production of Dracula running, 15th-17th July at The Mill Arts Center in Banbury.

Vampirella seems to be on an ever increasing upward curve, news now that Dynamite Entertainment has decided to release an Aliens / Vampirella crossover.

New DVD news here... Queen of Blood will be out on September 8th.




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Grimmfest, Frightfest, The Crimson Corset, Dread Names Red List - Vampire The Masquerade book

Dynamite Entertainment is doing a career special on Vampirella artist, Jose Gonzalez. Details are here.

A bit of festival news, Grimmfest in the UK has announced venue and dates... 1st-4th October at The Printworks entertainment complex in Manchester. The Film4 Frightfest in London has also released some details of it's playlist with an image gallery. Frightfest runs from the 27th-31st August at the Vue West End, Leicester Square in London.

New book news... The Crimson Corset is on its way from Alistair Cross this month.

Here's something for fans of vampire : The Masquerade... there is a 20th Anniversary book out (24th June, so I am a little late catching this one) called Dread Names, Red List

New Vampire Hunter D series, Bloodsucking Bastards, Daughters of the Dark Oracle, Fright Night Documentary.

ok, this is more like it, seems like the world has been saving the news up for today.

First up, news of a new Vampire Hunter D anime series on the way.

Some news on upcoming film The Slayers... Britain's strongest man Eddie Hall is set to star in it.

BD has a feature on the soundtrack to 1978 vampire film Martin here.

There is news here that Bloodsucking Bastards is getting a video on demand release around September 4th.




Some comic news next, and a big new release from Mike Wolfer called Daughters of the Dark Oracle which is going to feature plenty of vampire content. Details are here.

There is a feature on the upcoming Fright Night Documentary here.

Vampire Diaries is set to get three new female vampire characters in season 7... details are here.