So this movie is about vampirism?
Synopsis is very vague and the score of 6.5 along with the two principles has me intrigued.
shareIt's bout creatures called revenants. Very similar to classic vampires...
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Yes but not your typical vampires. They can go out in daylight and they don't have fangs.
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I bought the DVD recently, and the play/screenplay writer mentioned her inspirations was the Gothic Vampires. She mentioned two works of fiction that is supposedly the first vampire stories ever written. And she mentioned Carmilla, which predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 26 years.
Fragment of a Novel by Lord Byron
(an unfinished 1819 vampire horror story)
http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_frag.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment_of_a_Novel
The Vampyre by John William Polidori
(a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 --- Originally published: April 1, 1819)
https://www.amazon.com/Vampyre-Tale-John-William-Polidori-ebook/dp/B0082U0CS0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampyre
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(Originally published: 1872)
https://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/l_carmil.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla
Dracula by Bram Stoker
(Originally published: May 26, 1897)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Dracula+by+Bram+Stoker
https://www.google.com/search?q=A+Vampire+Story+by+Moira+Buffini
https://www.google.com/search?q=Byzantium+by+Moira+Buffini
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fragment+of+a+Novel+by+George+Gordon+Byron
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fragment+of+a+Novel+by+Lord+Byron
https://www.google.com/search?q=Carmilla+by+Joseph+Sheridan+Le+Fanu
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Vampyre+John+William+Polidori
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Fairies are the first vampires
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» (Sat Feb 4 2017 18:31:27)
Yes you heard it right. Fairies were not cutesy tinkerbell types but very vengeful and grim. Before the 15th century people would set out milk and bread for them. If you did not provide them food they would come inside your house and drink your blood. THey needed the blood to reinforce their stock and to feed off of human essence and lifeforce. Fairies would use glamour to lure humans away and were associated with the dead. The whole vampire myth stems from old Iris folklore regarding these creatures who were blood thirsty. Bram Stoker himself was Irish. Many were day bound and came out at night. One IRish myth was the ganconer that has the same premise of twilight. So for everyone saying that the Cullens are not vampires and they are fairies then you are right. They going back to their roots.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ganconer
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Did you ever consider writing a post in, y’know, your own words? Scholars do research, then publish their own thoughts, with footnotes. Lazy internet posters post links. Not impressed.
shareIt's certainly very gothic. It has some slight references to Dracula (the account by missives) but Carmilla came to mind too.
The vamps hadn't lost their humanity, Ella is such a beautiful character.
Definitely one of my fave horror/suspense films from the last decade.
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shareYes, they're vampires. It's like "infected" in 28 Days Later - you can call it anything you like: spade's a spade. Vampires are vampires and this is a vampire flick.
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