If you have STARZ then you should have already seen this but if you don't then this is one that you're going to want to make sure you add to your list of must see releases.
It's called BLOODSUCKING CINEMA and it's a retrospective of Vampires in cinema. It really is quite good and come Sept. 23rd you'll be able to buy it for yourself. Here's the press release that showed up in tonight's email:
They are the sexy embodiment of immortality. Their
literal lust for life rivals the antics of today’s rockstars. The story of the
vampire has ravished humanity for thousands of years. But, in particular, evil, erotic and
insatiable, vampires have stalked our dreams – especially with our eyes wide
open in a darkened theater. The vampire has been a fixture of the cinematic
landscape, from the silent era to today’s
CGI
blockbusters. What is the continuing fascination? The Starz Originals documentary Bloodsucking Cinema, which Anchor
Bay Entertainment is releasing on
DVD
September 23 at the anemic
SRP of
$19.97, goes a long way to toward explaining this
attraction.
Bloodsucking
Cinema dips into the bloody archives
to examine the breadth of vampire cinema classics, from the early Bela Lugosi
and Christopher Lee classic portrayals to contemporary visions including Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Van Helsing, Underworld: Evolution, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Queen of the Damned, BloodRayne and John Carpenter’s Vampires.
Bloodsucking
Cinema features interviews with such
vampire “experts” as directors John Carpenter (Vampires), Len Wiseman (Underworld), John Landis (Innocent Blood) and Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys), actors Kristanna Loken
(BloodRayne) and Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned), writers Marv
Wolfman and David Goyer (Blade), as
well as one of the last interviews with Oscar®-winning special effects wizard
Stan Winston (Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
Interview With The Vampire). Critics Leonard Maltin and Harry Knowles also
provide insights into the movies’ eternal love affair with the vampire. The
documentary is hosted by renowned film critic Richard Roeper.
Cloaked in black, shunning the
day, debonair, thirsting for the life source of his victims, the vampire is a
symbol of danger and degeneracy. Bloodsucking Cinema tells how the
many versions of his terrifying story made it to film, from Count Dracula rising
from his coffin, to beautiful women seducing their victims in the dark.
MonstersAndCritics.com called the documentary “an event in itself – a definitive
study of the marks the vampire has left on movie
history!”
