This vampire-turned-hunter saga owes a lot to both the original and remake of Vampire Hunter D. In Britain, vampires that were artificially created by implanting chips in their necks are attacking people. Dispatching them is the job of the Royal Order of Religious Knights, headed by the icy (and apparently female) Sir Integra Hellsinger. Her chief agent, the red-clad Arucard, destroys one vampire, then turns police woman Victoria into a servant-vampire, bound to him. The outré story violates the rules of the traditional legends: vampires wear crosses, enter churches, and pose as priests; Hellsinger's mortal enemy is the Vatican's Iscariot Organization. The animation is very static, and the design style changes from character to character. Despite grotesque imagery borrowed from Night of the Living Dead, the result is more silly than scary. Rated 16 Up: Considerable violence, sexual situations, profanity, tobacco use. --Charles Solomon

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A conversation with P.N. Elrod

A conversation with P.N. Elrod, author of the cult-smash series, The Vampire Files. Get the inside story behind her new novel, A Chill in the Blood.

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Childe

A glitter in the eye
A smile to add surprise
A soul that would defy
A cold heart in which to hide
A mind harmed by lies

A glance in hopes to confide
A cheek down which a teardrop slides
A vampire who would cry
A reaction that cannot be defined
A barrier within the mind

Michael
February 23, 2002

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Canada's Baroness of the House of ... Dracula

January 13, 2008 (Sun Media / Alan Parker) -- A cold wind gusts past surrounding gothic spires as the Baroness of the House of Dracula touches a bat-shaped earring and sinks her teeth into a discussion of one of her grand, consuming passions.

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I Wonder

I wonder,
Where are you?
Does the cold get to the very center of you%85
Does the pain and misery threaten to break you in two
In the night, does the wind whisper my name
Can you feel my touch as I reach for you in my dreams
Does your heart break anew with each rise of the sun
Am I in your thoughts each night and day
Has your very existence been proven futile

I wonder,
What happened to us?
Where went the heartfelt, carefree days of youth
Where went the never-ending love

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That sucks - bankrupt Dracula forced to sell castle

August 15, 2007 (metro.co.uk) -- The blood-bank has dried up for Count Dracula - who has gone bankrupt. Dracula - or plain old Otto Berbig, as he was known before being adopted by a princess allegedly related to Vlad the Impaler - thought stake-and-ale nights (ha!) at his German castle would make him rich.

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