Wildly Original!
The vampire genre, as we all know, has arisen from its coffin once again – thanks, some may say, to a Mormon. Though I don’t see Twilight as the savior of the genre, I like to think Alan Ball and his excellent adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series, True Blood, is the saving grace behind the re-birth. It’s the anti-Twilight in everyway, and everything vampirism should be; dark, brooding, dangerous and sexual – not sparkly and fluffy! Regardless of which side you root for, the genre is truly alive and kicking. So when news broke that Korean mega-director Chan-wook Park was to make a vampire film; it was a guarantee that Continue reading »
