Some historians, chemists, doctors, and scientists are constantly searching for an explanation for the creation of our human folklore, specifically the origin of vampires, werewolves, zombies, krakens, etc. Unfortunately, one of the by-products of this search is the mislabeling of modern diseases and conditions. Rather than producing a resulting explanation for why we are so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vampire’
Dispelling the Rumor: Porphyria, or “The Vampire Disease.â€
Posted: 31st January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: Porphyria, vampire, vampire folklore, vampiric
Werewolf-Vampire Connections
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: jé-rouges, vampire, vampires, vampiric werewolf, vampiric wolf, werewolf, werewolves
Before the dawn of our modern society, word of mouth was the main mode of transportation for information and stories. Anyone who has every tried to pass on a piece of information via word of mouth would know that this information often becomes jumbled and misconstrued. Some historians believe this process of orally passing along [...]
Sookie…wtf? a Fairy?
Posted: 29th August 2010 by Cara Maria in Halloween UnexplainedTags: bill compton, fairy, nymph, sookie, true blood, vampire, wolf
It’s my favorite day of the week (and yours t00): TRUE BLOOD SUNDAY! I have about four episodes to catch up on so don’t spoil my thought process if you’ve been watching all along. The last I saw, our beloved Sookie had awoken from a dreamlike state where she was surrounded by light and fairy [...]
Bite Me.
Posted: 13th August 2010 by Cara Maria in Halloween FunTags: bella, bite, blood, gore, make up, special fx, twilight, vampire
With our modern day love affair with vampires still in full force, and Halloween right around the corner, there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. If you can’t beat em, join em. Take look at quiet mysterious Bella from the Twilight Series. She dresses dark and appears to be half dead and depressed [...]
Fight!
Posted: 10th June 2010 by Holly in Halloween FunTags: fright night, mortal kombat, ninja, playstation 3, vampire, XBOX 360
So, the mysterious Mortal Kombat Rebirth film short/trailer that started making the rounds this week is not a game teaser, but a pitch to Warner Brothers for a new, darker MK movie, according to Jeri Ryan, who appears in the short. No word yet on whether WB is backing the movie, but if you were [...]
