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# Posté le lundi 25 mai 2009 06:42
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A Brand New Look at Dracula
In time for Halloween, vampire fans will get a new look at Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel Dracula. Leslie S. Klinger has written The New Annotated Dracula, following up on her Edgar Award-winning work, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes.
The New Annotated Dracula includes facts drawn from letters, journals and newspaper articles, as historical truth, while treating the novel as history not fiction. As depicted, the entire cast of characters from Jonathan Harker to Count Dracula, are seen as real people with the names changed by Stoker to protect the innocent.
Klinger did extensive research and traveled to Philadelphia, London and Transylvania including days spent examining Stoker's original typescript.
“I'm fascinated by the Victorian age, and Dracula is its other great iconic figure—Sherlock Holmes being the first,” Klinger told Fangoria. “There's a lot of crossover in fan literature, with Holmes and the vampire as twin poles—Holmes standing for reason and justice, Dracula for unreason and evil. I also saw an opportunity to bring a fresh new approach to Dracula, one that Sherlockians have applied for a century to the stories of Holmes. I considered the story in light of historical and scientific evidence to determine its veracity.”
The heavily illustrated $39.95 volume has a street date of October 15 also boasts an introduction by Neil Gaiman (American Gods).
The New Annotated Dracula includes facts drawn from letters, journals and newspaper articles, as historical truth, while treating the novel as history not fiction. As depicted, the entire cast of characters from Jonathan Harker to Count Dracula, are seen as real people with the names changed by Stoker to protect the innocent.
Klinger did extensive research and traveled to Philadelphia, London and Transylvania including days spent examining Stoker's original typescript.
“I'm fascinated by the Victorian age, and Dracula is its other great iconic figure—Sherlock Holmes being the first,” Klinger told Fangoria. “There's a lot of crossover in fan literature, with Holmes and the vampire as twin poles—Holmes standing for reason and justice, Dracula for unreason and evil. I also saw an opportunity to bring a fresh new approach to Dracula, one that Sherlockians have applied for a century to the stories of Holmes. I considered the story in light of historical and scientific evidence to determine its veracity.”
The heavily illustrated $39.95 volume has a street date of October 15 also boasts an introduction by Neil Gaiman (American Gods).
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# Posté le lundi 25 mai 2009 06:36
Review: BLOOD SCARAB
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, writer, director, screenwriter, musician, special FX man, prop builder, and actor, Donald Glut continues to feed his passion for making independent movies in his latest project, Blood Scarab. As one of the original “sci-fi boys”, Glut lived and breathed horror and science fiction. His efforts gained him much publicity in the original Famous Monsters of Filmland magazines during its time. Today he returns to us in the new era of Famous Monsters.
Blood Scarab, produced by Dan Golden and directed by Donald Glut, is Frontline Entertainment's sequel to their Countess Dracula and Mummy's Kiss series. Starring Monique T. Parent, Blood Scarab tells the tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, the infamous vampire who bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth, in her quest for survival in daylight. Her motivation: her husband Count Dracula (accurately hounded as Vlad) has just fallen victim to the sunlight, and she too nearly suffered a similar fate. Committed to serving now Countess Elizabeth, Renfield (of the long line of Transylvania Renfields not to be confused with Marty Renfield of the Long Island Renfields) discovers a method via the “mummy's kiss” for his mistress to walk in the daylight. Their hunt leads them to steal the mummified body of Hor-Shep-Sut (Hmmm...that's a mouth full) which will allow the contact to Hathor, the Egyptian blood goddess and sister of Ra, (cousin to Courtney, mother to Bolinda...oh sorry, wrong movie). Consumed by her newfound ability, the Countess attempts to dispose of the loyal Renfield and defies Hathor. The Countess and the Mummy engage in an all out battle of the boobs.
Anyone familiar with the old Hammer films will immediately recognize Blood Scarab. Donald Glut pays homage to these old films by revisiting the legend (created in the last 37 years) of the “Blood Countess” from the 1971 Hammer horror Countess Dracula and in addition, merges her character with another one of our favorite genre monsters, the Mummy with boobs.
Glut takes the film to a new level. You know the level you wanted to see when you were 12, watching Creature Features and the two vampire chicks are almost naked, cat calling the other? Get your mind out of the “Glut-ter”. The bloodshed is plentiful throughout the movie (and so are the boobs) to keep the audience in suspense. Glut spares no details for the virgins in this film...Virgins in Hollywood?!!! We'll that's some acting, Aye?
The mummy suit was created by special FX man John Buechler. Although the mummy suit is not up to par with today's The Mummy franchise, this had boobs...are you getting the picture? Well you can on DVD.
Blood Scarab, produced by Dan Golden and directed by Donald Glut, is Frontline Entertainment's sequel to their Countess Dracula and Mummy's Kiss series. Starring Monique T. Parent, Blood Scarab tells the tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, the infamous vampire who bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth, in her quest for survival in daylight. Her motivation: her husband Count Dracula (accurately hounded as Vlad) has just fallen victim to the sunlight, and she too nearly suffered a similar fate. Committed to serving now Countess Elizabeth, Renfield (of the long line of Transylvania Renfields not to be confused with Marty Renfield of the Long Island Renfields) discovers a method via the “mummy's kiss” for his mistress to walk in the daylight. Their hunt leads them to steal the mummified body of Hor-Shep-Sut (Hmmm...that's a mouth full) which will allow the contact to Hathor, the Egyptian blood goddess and sister of Ra, (cousin to Courtney, mother to Bolinda...oh sorry, wrong movie). Consumed by her newfound ability, the Countess attempts to dispose of the loyal Renfield and defies Hathor. The Countess and the Mummy engage in an all out battle of the boobs.
Anyone familiar with the old Hammer films will immediately recognize Blood Scarab. Donald Glut pays homage to these old films by revisiting the legend (created in the last 37 years) of the “Blood Countess” from the 1971 Hammer horror Countess Dracula and in addition, merges her character with another one of our favorite genre monsters, the Mummy with boobs.
Glut takes the film to a new level. You know the level you wanted to see when you were 12, watching Creature Features and the two vampire chicks are almost naked, cat calling the other? Get your mind out of the “Glut-ter”. The bloodshed is plentiful throughout the movie (and so are the boobs) to keep the audience in suspense. Glut spares no details for the virgins in this film...Virgins in Hollywood?!!! We'll that's some acting, Aye?
The mummy suit was created by special FX man John Buechler. Although the mummy suit is not up to par with today's The Mummy franchise, this had boobs...are you getting the picture? Well you can on DVD.
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# Posté le lundi 25 mai 2009 06:34
Official Stoker Dracula Sequel Novel and Film Announced
So many Dracula films and books have been redone over the years that I was certain I had developed immunity towards excitement over the matter anymore until now. Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, has teamed with award-winning Dracula documentarian/historian Ian Holt to bring us the first official Dracula sequel since Bram's classic 1931 tale starring legendary Bela Lugosi, his cape, and the killer fangs. Titled The Un-Dead, the book will be available October 2009 with a motion picture adaptation to follow. Read on for the details.
LONDON, 1912: Someone is stalking the brave band of heroes who had defeated the vampire Dracula a quarter-century ago.
Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and blood descendant, Dacre Stoker, and award-winning Dracula documentarian and historian Ian Holt have sold North American-English publishing rights of the Stoker-family-authorized sequel to Bram's classic novel for well over mid - seven figures U.S. to an alliance of Dutton U.S. (Brian Tart), Harper U.K. (Jane Johnson), and Penguin-Canada (Laura Shin) brokered by Danny Baror of Baror International and Ken Atchity, of Atchity Entertainment International, the literary manager representing Stoker and Holt. The novel will appear in October 2009.
Laura Shin, senior editor of Penguin-Canada, who signed up for two additional sequels, said, “I was thrilled by this page-turning story and loved spending time with those great characters-Stoker and Holt did a fantastic job melding the old with the new, and I found the work to be a virtually seamless continuation of the original. The story has all the hallmarks of a historical novel, but with a modern sensibility that gives it wide-spread appeal.” Dutton and Harper signed a single novel deal. Although other precedent-setting foreign deals are already closed from preempts, Baror is planning to sign the bulk of world territories at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair.
Using Stoker family connections, the writers were able to access Bram Stoker's hand-written notes for his novel - which, before an editor changed the title, was to have been called The Un-Dead.
“Our story,” Stoker said, “includes characters and plot threads that had been excised by the publisher from the original printing over a century ago.” Dracula is one of the most recognized fictitious characters in the world, having spawned dozens of books and movies; the original novel, according to historians' best estimates, has sold millions of copies-second only to the Bible, available in over fifty languages–and generated hundreds of millions of dollars. The Un-Dead is the first Dracula story to enjoy the full support of the Stoker clan since the original 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi. Lugosi's appearance in Hamilton Deane's and John Balderston's stage production of the story on Broadway in New York, fifteen years after Bram Stoker's death in 1927, sparked the original novel's bestselling popularity. It has never been out of print since. (more...)
LONDON, 1912: Someone is stalking the brave band of heroes who had defeated the vampire Dracula a quarter-century ago.
Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and blood descendant, Dacre Stoker, and award-winning Dracula documentarian and historian Ian Holt have sold North American-English publishing rights of the Stoker-family-authorized sequel to Bram's classic novel for well over mid - seven figures U.S. to an alliance of Dutton U.S. (Brian Tart), Harper U.K. (Jane Johnson), and Penguin-Canada (Laura Shin) brokered by Danny Baror of Baror International and Ken Atchity, of Atchity Entertainment International, the literary manager representing Stoker and Holt. The novel will appear in October 2009.
Laura Shin, senior editor of Penguin-Canada, who signed up for two additional sequels, said, “I was thrilled by this page-turning story and loved spending time with those great characters-Stoker and Holt did a fantastic job melding the old with the new, and I found the work to be a virtually seamless continuation of the original. The story has all the hallmarks of a historical novel, but with a modern sensibility that gives it wide-spread appeal.” Dutton and Harper signed a single novel deal. Although other precedent-setting foreign deals are already closed from preempts, Baror is planning to sign the bulk of world territories at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair.
Using Stoker family connections, the writers were able to access Bram Stoker's hand-written notes for his novel - which, before an editor changed the title, was to have been called The Un-Dead.
“Our story,” Stoker said, “includes characters and plot threads that had been excised by the publisher from the original printing over a century ago.” Dracula is one of the most recognized fictitious characters in the world, having spawned dozens of books and movies; the original novel, according to historians' best estimates, has sold millions of copies-second only to the Bible, available in over fifty languages–and generated hundreds of millions of dollars. The Un-Dead is the first Dracula story to enjoy the full support of the Stoker clan since the original 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi. Lugosi's appearance in Hamilton Deane's and John Balderston's stage production of the story on Broadway in New York, fifteen years after Bram Stoker's death in 1927, sparked the original novel's bestselling popularity. It has never been out of print since. (more...)
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# Posté le lundi 25 mai 2009 06:32
Dynamite Entertainment Presents The Complete Dracula Graphic Novel
Dynamite Entertainment will release a the graphic novel titled The Complete Dracula, written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. The title will be Dynamite's main attraction for 2009. The Complete Dracula is being described as the graphic novel that is an adaptation of the original work and not the modified version that most of us are familiar with reports the site. It will be “dense, atmospheric, and most faithful to the original of originals.” Ready for the first of five Complete Dracula's? Read below for the details or click on the link above.
As the Count leaned over me and his hands touched me... a horrible feeling of nausea came over me, which, do what I would, I could not conceal.” — Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dynamite presents an unprecedented comic book series that tells the complete story of the Lord of the Undead–Dracula! For the first time in 112 years the tale that Bram Stoker intended to tell is told (including “Dracula's Guest”!). If you thought you knew how it began or how it ends, you were wrong! Writers John Reppion and Leah Moore are joined by painter Colton Worley for a 5 issue odyssey of life, death, and the blood that flows within us all!
This fully painted series features a massive 32 pages of story and art per issue, each page fully-painted in a rich, moody style by Worley, all under covers by modern master John Cassaday! Moore and Reppion also provide bonus material such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Bram Stoker!
As the Count leaned over me and his hands touched me... a horrible feeling of nausea came over me, which, do what I would, I could not conceal.” — Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dynamite presents an unprecedented comic book series that tells the complete story of the Lord of the Undead–Dracula! For the first time in 112 years the tale that Bram Stoker intended to tell is told (including “Dracula's Guest”!). If you thought you knew how it began or how it ends, you were wrong! Writers John Reppion and Leah Moore are joined by painter Colton Worley for a 5 issue odyssey of life, death, and the blood that flows within us all!
This fully painted series features a massive 32 pages of story and art per issue, each page fully-painted in a rich, moody style by Worley, all under covers by modern master John Cassaday! Moore and Reppion also provide bonus material such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Bram Stoker!
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