New Vampire series set for FX in Summer of 2014

So Guillermo Del Toro's graphic novel about a virus turning people to vampires and humans hoping to survive has now been added to the FX networks Summer 2014 lineup.   Now normally I would be very happy with this since I am an advocate of vampirism being more of a primal thing and not just regular people who just happen to live off of blood but can function normally otherwise (Twilight and Vampire Diaries I'm talking about you) but in this case not so much as in the graphic novels for Strain, vampires are almost a whole other species from human similar to what was seen in the movie The Priest or the super vampire eating vampires in Blade 2.  

Films and TV shows like this I consider a whole other genre than vampire as the whole fear factor that came from the vampire was that unlike any other thing to fear in the night, ANYONE could be the monster so you didn't know where the threat was coming from and if that threat was especially attractive, what were you going to do?  With this, it's no different than your run of the mill zombie genre (which is only second to vampires in media overkill in the last decade).

My ideal vampire situation is more in line with the 2005 indy film Night Fangs.  In that film the vampires had all the stereotypical vampire special powers and looked exactly like humans (other than the fangs of course) but much like zombies they were completely primal.  Their only want was blood and that's it.  Another example was the 2004 film Dark Town which also followed the plot of a plague of vampirism spreading like wildfire through a major metropolitan area.  Once again, once they were completely turned while retaining the ability to talk and looking pretty much the same other than fangs their motivation was only one thing and that was to feed and spread the disease.   

So obviously this is FX's attempt at snagging the Walking Dead audience while the show is on hiatus for the summer but my money will still be on True Blood as far as the summer of 2014 Summer audiences go.  Especially since it will have a similar story (with sexier vampires) and because it will be the shows FINAL SEASON.

My Babysitters a Vampire officially cancelled!

Though it had already been a far gone conclusion being that the summer has come and gone already "Fresh TV" put out a release on it's website officially announcing there wouldn't be a 3rd season of "My Babysitters a Vampire".  The release does leave the option open for a second movie and announces the series inclusion on the Netflix Instant View library.  To read the full release click HERE. 

The show which revolved around a teenage boy who gets a babysitter due to his parents lack of trust for him and ends up finding out that not only is she hot and in the same grade as him but she's also a fledgling vampire after getting bit by her boyfriend, started out with a strong first season after it's movie but season two seemed to turn the show into a live action Scooby Doo type series.  No longer was the show about vampires but instead being about a crew of teenagers saving their school from random strange entities that would somehow end up in their town.  That was when they were not pushing an awkward teenage love story on it's viewers.     

For more on the positives of the series check out my rundown HERE.

Vampiress Review: "Sex With a Vampire"

The Gist: A vampire falls in love with a women who recently broke up with her boyfriend

Clarification:  This is a film from the Showtime Networks "After Hours" catalog.  Basically that means it's exactly the same as every other softcore porn that airs on the network meaning the actual movie is about 20 minutes long with the remaining hour being sex scenes.  As a matter of fact the ending of the film is basically just told to you in a conversation between the main characters just so they could fit in one last sex scene.  In other words, don't expect much if you attempt to watch this movie

Female Vampire Factor:

Alektra Blue (Ariel)

As the story goes Ariel is the vampire who turned the main vamp of the film and spends most of it protecting him while he lusts after a human.  We eventually find out she herself is in love with him and hoped that he would feel the same way but took it surprisingly well when he doesn't.    In other words, she would have been a great antagonist but since this was written and produced by a porn star there wasn't too much thought put into the plot and it really doesn't go anywhere. 

On the bright side she does have fangs thankfully

Honestly this film is sub par as far as erotic vampire films go.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 3 out of 5.  If you're in the mode for a similar style of film done with a lot more entertainment value I highly recommend the "Embrace the Darkness" series instead.