Congratulations to our own Theresa Bane on her release of The Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology published by McFarland Press.
Go get your copy NOW!
From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind’s deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from “Abchanchu” to “Zmeus,” includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.
Hollywood’s Crush on Vampires
by Stefica Budimir-Bekan
US production companies have been shooting films and TV shows about vampires, shape-shifters and other mythological creatures for ages but never before have those series created such hype around the globe. Vampires are the new heroes.
The film “Twilight,” based on the bestseller vampire series by Stephenie Meyer was released on 21 November 2008 and broke records at the US box offices with a 70.6 million dollars opening haul at the first weekend. The sequel “New Moon” was highly anticipated and hit the big screen on November 27, 2009 in the UK. The second-season premiere of “True Blood” based on the “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” series of novels by Charlaine Harris has become the most-watched programme with 3.7 million viewers on the US premium cable network HBO since the finale of “The Sopranos” more than two years ago. And last but not least, the series premiere of the CW’s The “Vampire Diaries” on 10 September 2009 was watched by 4.8 million viewers, a bigger audience than any other channel had to date. But, why are vampire stories so popular? Does love really suck? Read More→
Buzzy Multimedia would like to congratulate our contributing Blogger & Vampirologist Theresa Bane.
Her book Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology will be released by McFarland Press June 2010.
Theresa Bane has been featured on Discovery Channel’s “Twisted History: Vampire” and most recently was interviewed on E! channels “10 Vampires We Love”.
For more information on Theresa Banes upcoming book releases and appearances visit TheresaBane.net
My Favorite Vampire:
The Pishtaco
by Theresa Bane
© Buzzy Multimedia
Lots of people are interested in vampires, as can be proven by the wild success of books like Twilight, the Sookie Stackhouse series, 
and the classic Interview With A Vampire. But for me, reading vampire fiction or watching vampire movies is difficult because I know the history and the mythology of the vampire so intimately that I get hung-up in the details. I know that authors use artistic license to make the vampire their own creation so that it best fits into the fictional world that they have created. What bothers me is that so many authors who utilize vampires in their fiction do not bother to do any research into vampires to begin with and simply alter someone else’s fictional vampire into their own. Paraphrasing is not inventing, it’s the watering down and streamlining of something else. To “re-invent” something that has been paraphrased is not creating something new and original. Read More→
