August 24, 2002 (The Guardian) - Unplug your TV and book your cinema tickets now: Friday nights may never be the same again if an American television watchdog gets its way. The Parents Television Council has released its list of the 10 best and worst shows, and while few Britons will recognise its favourites, the series it would like to ban are instantly recognisable.  Buffy the Vampire Slayer is deemed the worst of all for its "violence and vulgarity", but hit comedy series such as Friends and Will and Grace are also slated as "deplorable."

As mainstays of the Friday television schedules, they are likely to be safe from the censor's axe. But British viewers could probably survive happily without Temptation Island and That '70s Show, which also make it on to the hate-list.

"The networks irresponsibly market these adult oriented programmes to younger audiences and they refuse to consider the consequences of what happens when children are continuously exposed to lewd and offensive programming," thundered L Brent Bozell, president of the Los Angeles-based body.

"Shows such as Will and Grace and Friends continue to deluge their young viewing audiences with adult themes including explicit sexual references or adult sexual situations. These programmes routinely make references to promiscuous lifestyles, masturbation and oral sex."

Surprisingly, Sabrina the Teenage Witch made it on to the "best" list despite its supernatural themes, prompting complaints from concerned PTC members.

But the top slot went to Doc, a little-watched drama starring Billy Ray Cyrus - best known to Britons for his hit Achy Breaky Heart - as a country doctor who follows his dream woman to New York. The PTC loved the show's "uplifting and inspirational" approach.

Mr Bozell believes there is some good news, and identified a possible trend towards "family friendly programming" in primetime slots.

"It appears that the networks are finally starting to listen to the collective voice of parents who want to sit down with their children and enjoy high quality, family-friendly programming in prime-time," he said.

"But [they] have a long way to go before parents can be assured that their children will not be bombarded with filth."

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Posted by Vladimir Sun, 03/25/2007 - 20:33

 

New One

Velvet darkness in which she now lays
Eternal demons licking at heels
Creeping sliding eventually into every vein
Tongue darting tasting the easy kill

Ashen fallen one
Fast talking street walker
Last trick she thought a lunatic
Paying with diamonds not dollar bills
Ice touch then head rush
In corner no longer bleeding she cried

Arisen fat customer still glistening
She woke up in a whirlwind
Carcass laying there
She had blessed and made clean again
Little boy who had lost his way

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Mercy Brown (United States)

Within Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island lies Mercy Brown, a young girl who died on Jan. 18, 1892. Her gravestone had been inscribed "Killed by Vampyres."

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Blood-drinking mental patient takes grandmother hostage after escaping swimming trip

June 8, 2007 (Daily Mail / Andrew Levy) -- A dangerous blood-drinking mental patient dubbed 'The Vampire' sparked a 12-hour siege in a grandmother's house after escaping from carers during a swimming trip.

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Teenagers Arrested in Vampire Cult Murder

December 2, 1996 -  A group of Kentucky teen-agers who claim to be members of a vampire cult face a court hearing today in a double murder case. Authorities say the teens were involved in a strange game that went much too far.

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Father, Vampire

You my dark angel have given me the dark gift,
For you have saved me from a mortal death,
My innocent blood surged through your veins more succulent than life itself.
You gave me immortality!

The spirit of a young woman cries out to be free,
From the body of a child that's me,
Yearning, burning for physical maturity,
But it shall never come,
It's forever that I shall be the age of eight,
Never experiencing puberty,
Never experiencing my first date or the rapture of a young man in my adolescent
Arms,

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