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Retro Movie Review: Bloodsucking Babes from Burbank

Bloodsucking Babes from Burbank

Year: 2007
Length: 1h 29min
Starring: Heidi Brucker, Danilo Mancinelli, Mira Rayson


Vampire Weaknesses:
- didn't stick around long enough to find out.



Vampire Traits:
- Messy eaters (tearing off chunks of flesh and blood everywhere)
- No issues with sunlight



Personal Rating: Never Want to See Again




Basic Premise:
Archeology students looking for an

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Movie Review: Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sorcerer's Apprentice


Basic Premise
Dave is the Prime Merlinian -- the one person other than Merlin who can kill Morgana. Only he doesn't know it, doesn't feel it and it's up to Balthasar to train him in his magical heritage before they're both killed and Morgana is brought back to life to raise an army of evil dead.



Review
Jay Baruchel (Dave) was really good in this role. But then, he's

Vote for ERIS

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HEA Reviews: Eris

Eris has gotten a second review from Happily Ever After Reviews.

"I cried, laughed, had moments of incredible frustration, but in the end fell in love... This is a must read for anyone who likes time travel romance..." ~ Yadkny, Happily Ever After Reviews, 5 Tea Cups

Retro Movie Review: The V Word

Retro Review: Masters of Horror - The V Word


Year: 2007
Length: 58 min
Starring: Micheal Ironside (vampire), Arjay Smith (human), Brandon Nadon (human)


Vampire Weaknesses:
- Decapitation
- Needs to feed after turning or they die
- Sunlight



Vampire Traits:
- One bite transference with few hour turn around
- Can see reflection
- Super strength (I think, no definitive proof)



Personal

Retro Movie Review: Innocent Blood

This is the first installment of the vampire movie challenge. These reviews are going to be a bit different format-wise.

Retro Review: Innocent Blood

Year: 1992
Length: 112 min
Starring: Anne Parillaud (vampire), David Proval (human)

Vampire Weaknesses:
- Sunlight
- Garlic
- Neck-breaking
- Bullets to the head
- Like zombies until after first feeding


Vampire Traits:
- Can see reflection
-

Personal Challenge: Vampire Movies

Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with writing... or does it?

I always tell people that if it has vampires in it, I'll watch pretty much any movie. I may not like them all but I will watch them.

Due to this personality quirk, I have seen some fantastic vampire movies and I have seen some vampire movies that make me wish I had immortality just so I wouldn't regret the time I wasted watching

Movie Review: Predators

Predators


Basic Premise
Eight strangers -- ex-military, special ops, Yakuza, African death squad, death row convict, cartel enforcer, Russian soldier and a doctor -- have been stranded in the middle of a jungle on a foreign planet to endure the most dangerous game predators-style.



Review
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!
Let's hear it for going back to the basics. I thought it would be a repeat of the