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Cumberland (1142 KP) created a post in The Smashbomb Book Club

Aug 2, 2019  
For August we will be reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. Discussion will start on the 23rd. Happy reading!
  
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Eleanor (1463 KP) Aug 7, 2019

Think I'll have to miss this month; half way through a load of books, holiday and house moving craziness.... Read this years ago and it kick started an Anne Rice binge reading phase so I hope everyone enjoys x

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Memma (190 KP) Aug 13, 2019

I would have loved to have read this again, it's been years. I have only just joined the book club but look forward to reading next months book.

Marked (House Of Night #1)
Marked (House Of Night #1)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
5
8.1 (47 Ratings)
Book Rating
Good to start with for a Y A Book (0 more)
Bad as a series (0 more)
When I first saw this Vampire Y A book I thought it would become a good series to collect as its about a group of kids who have been marked to become Vampires and sent to The House Of Night Vampire School. In the first book we learn about Zoey who has just become a student at the Vampire school. As the series goes on the books get boring. Not one of the best buys in Young Adult fiction.
  
Beneath London's Fog
Beneath London's Fog
Iona Caldwell | 2020 | Horror
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The protagonist of this novella is Jonathan, a vampire, who is trying to blend in into society, and this book is told from his perspective. I really liked the main character, he is charismatic and very human-like. I enjoyed his thoughts and feelings, it was quite surprising to see how much warmth and love a vampire can have.
  
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Chrissie-ann (78 KP) created a poll

Jun 18, 2018  
Poll
 Anonymous
What are the best type of horror movies?

Paranormal - Ghost

5 votes

Possessions/Exorcist

0 votes

Slashers

3 votes

Found footage

0 votes

Zombie

5 votes

Psychological

5 votes

Supernatural - vampire/werewolf

2 votes

Space - aliens

1 votes

Other

0 votes

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Brillant weekly podcast all things buffy the vampire slayer plus I'm meeting both ladies next in London which is also great highly recommend
  
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Anne Rice | 1976 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8.4 (51 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Lestat would be a great drag queen, a vampire drag queen! Especially since he’d become a rock star at one point. He’s fantastic!"

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The Return of the Vampire (1944)
The Return of the Vampire (1944)
1944 | Classics, Horror
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Bela Lugosi (0 more)
Vampire Telsa
The Return of the Vampire- at first I thought it was a sequel to "Mark of the Vampire", but it was not. Second i thought it might be a sequel to "Dracula", than i was like it couldnt be cause ths film was made by Columbia not Univerisal. So what is it than. Its a stand-alone. Its Bela Lugosi playing as a vampire, sound like anethor film? Anyways..

The Plot: In 1918 London, Hungarian vampire Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi) uses his servant, werewolf Andreas Obry (Matt Willis), to assist in procuring victims. When a friend of Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort) becomes Tesla's next victim, Jane and an acquaintance stalk the vampire and kill him by driving a stake through his heart. But 23 years later, a German bomb disturbs Tesla's grave, and cemetery workers restoring the site pull the stake from his corpse, bringing him back to life to seek revenge.

The Return of the Vampire is not an official sequel to Lugosi's 1931 Universal Studios film Dracula, but the film has been interpreted by David J. Skal as an unofficial follow-up with Lugosi's character renamed only because the film was not made by Universal.

Bela Lugosi's scenes were filmed in August and September 1943, prior to his final two Monogram films. This was also the last time he would receive top billing by a major Hollywood studio.

Its a really good film.
  
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Salvatore1842 (1 KP) rated Bloodlines in Books

Jul 24, 2018  
Bloodlines
Bloodlines
Richelle Mead | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.1 (16 Ratings)
Book Rating
Sydney and Adrian <3 (2 more)
Jill
Anytime Rose shows up because she's amazing
If you loved Vampire Academy then this series is a no brainer.
  
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Alice (12 KP) rated Half Blood in Books

Jul 3, 2018  
Half Blood
Half Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout | 2011 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
4
7.4 (10 Ratings)
Book Rating
Eh. I didn't think much of this book. It was a little bit too much like Vampire Academy. It was okay but not fantastic.
  
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
Stephen King | 2012 | Art, Photography & Fashion
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8.6 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really wish that this could be updated. I'd be interested in what King has to say about the vampire craze and horror remakes.