Dan’s Comments (group member since Nov 19, 2011)

Dan’s comments from the VAMPS-R-US group.

is anybody in this group still alive??

Here, Read this!!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I know I haven't reviewed a book on here in a while but...





FOUR FANGS!

This was pretty good. A splatterpunk vampire novel. The main character is a writer named Davey Owen who gets involved in a peep show/nightclub run by vampires. It kind of reminds me of the movie Vamp ( which does not get enough credit, it's quite good ).

A little slow at first but it picked up at the end. And Davey, a somewhat unlikeable character at first, redeems himself.

Real nasty, evil vamps in this book. No sparkly sissies here.

Fours fangs, good book! On to the next!!!

T.A. wrote: "I know! Didn't wanna read it in case they did a movie for it. And there are so few movies to look forward to these days! LOL! Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll make mine into one. Lol."

Yeah, that would be cool. I don't think they are making it into a movie. Although if by "so few movies to look forward to", you mean vampire movies....Dacre Stoker (Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew) is working on a new Dracula movie.

T.A. wrote: "So sorry. Hey, at least this year is almost over. Better things for the New Year."
True. Fingers crossed for 2018.

That's rough. I just lost my friend a few weeks ago, this hasn't really been a great year for me.

T.A. wrote: "Cause we're the rare breed that likes what we like just because we like it, and not because our peers tell us to. LOL!!! This time around was weird, but, it felt like it was FINALLY staying around...."

I did enjoy Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, although the book was better. He came out with a sequel to that not too long ago...The Last American Vampire

T.A. wrote: "But that Van Helsing series? It has GOT to go. As much as I need a vamp fix, it's too much like a wannabe Walking Dead, just with vamps instead."

LOL....I agree. I sat through five minutes of one episode of that and turned it off. That was the end of it cause it was shit.

Yeah, the vamps in that series are not my kind of vampires. They are more like zombie heroin addicts. The whole thing is just cheap and thrown together.

T.A. wrote: "Is it just me?

Does it seem like vampires always fade in and out of the limelight, making people like us scrounge around to find more? They seem to come out full blast and be the talk of the town,..."

This is what happens with vampires every few years, maybe a decade or so. Been happening since the nineteenth century. There is a vampire craze, we see lots of vampire stuff out there, then it kind of fades and comes back again. I didn't like the vampire craze we just had...LOL. But it'll come back. Yeah, there are still people like us though, who don't follow a trend. LOL.

T.A. wrote: "BITE ME wrote: "Dan wrote: "I'm concerned about this group. It seem's like it's died off a lot or at least it's not what it was back in 2012. We were a strong group and we used to talk almost every..."

Hey, Tiff. Good to see you back! Sorry to hear about your loss. Glad things are working out for you now. Great idea, lets get the band back together.

Perry wrote: "Oh, I agree with your assessment of the big budget vampire films--Hollywood is no longer capable of making a true horror film. They only make shoot-em-ups.

Castle Dracula awaits you, Dan."

Thank you, Perry. And that is a good point. Seems like that is the case with most of the horror films (not just vampires) that have come out over the past few years. I mean Quiji, Unfriended?? A lot of them are just lame. And they Came out with a third Blair Witch movie. I remember going to see that when it first came out and I felt like I was the only one that hated it.

Perry wrote: "Dan wrote: "No one wants to see vampires anymore cause they hated Twilight"
Well, that's a bit much.
Over at the Castle Dracula group, the members are VERY active and having a blast.
And they hate ..."

Well then I'll have to join that group, sounds like my kind of people. Yes, I suppose it is a bit much to make a statement like that. But I've heard "I want nothing to do with vampire stuff anymore cause of that awful Twilight shit" from numerous people.

What was the last vampire movie we even had? Dracula Untold?? Yeah, that movie sucked ass!!! Oh yeah, and there's The Strain. About a bunch of vampires who are more like "blood drinking alien zombies" who's dicks fall off.

What we need to do is to go back to the vamps from movies like The Lost Boys, and the Hammer films, etc. No more of this wussy/sympathetic vampire shit. I don't wanna see a guy with fangs drinking squirrels and crying buckets cause he doesn't like being a vampire. They should be portrayed as total sociopaths.

BITE ME wrote: "Dan wrote: "I'm concerned about this group. It seem's like it's died off a lot or at least it's not what it was back in 2012. We were a strong group and we used to talk almost every night on here l..."

That's exactly how I felt. The people in here were cool, polite, the liked to talk about anything vampire related, and weren't crazy like some of the people in the other vampire groups. I loved all the regulars, and yeah, it was like we were friends. And like you, Bite Me, when I saw my friends stop talking on here...I stopped coming on too.

After Twilight, vampires just weren't what they used to be. Twilight killed it. It's true...swallow it and digest the damned truth! That abomination killed off a genre that was popular for over 200 years old. No one wants to see vampires anymore cause they hated Twilight.

I'm concerned about this group. It seem's like it's died off a lot or at least it's not what it was back in 2012. We were a strong group and we used to talk almost every night on here like we were friends in person. And what happened to Rayna? Is she still on here, or did she just decide to remain but to no longer be a mod? I miss Rayna. We used to get along really well, despite our continuing arguments on my view that Twilight is just a poorly written piece of garbage about sparkly vampires with an overrated movie franchise behind it. LOL. Really, she and I used to talk a lot, she even wrote me a letter once. And the rest of the regulars like Tiff, RJ and Angela just to name a few were awesome too. It was like this used to be my favorite bar...where everyone knows your name (LOL...I know, corny reference to iconic TV show).

No, seriously.....what happened?

Welcome, Nadine. I like some of your film tastes there. Don't worry, I suck at math too. I was actually diagnosed with dyscalculia when I was in high school. LOL. I hope you enjoy our group. If you ever need any suggestions on books to read you can ask any of us.

Maggie wrote: "Hi all! My name is Maggie Estel Dore, and I am passionate for VAMPIRES! I'm a 15 year old teen, and I cannot wait to discuss in this great group!"

Welcome, Maggie. What kind of vampire stuff are you into so far? We can possibly make some recommendations for you if you want.

Rjsmommy wrote: "Dan wrote: "Unfortuanetly yes. In ten years someone will come along and romantacize zombies."

Actually there's a YA series called Generation Dead by Daniel Waters where zombies are romanticized. I..."

That is FUCKING RETARDED! What the holy hell is going on with this fucking shit with, "taking of ideas that were supposed to be scary and bad-ass and sissifying them into something to comfort you at bedtime so that you don't piss the bed". Thank God we have The Walking Dead...yeah, that totally blocked that shit that whatever hack writer you mentioned was trying to do there. Because that is an unbelievably awesome show (and comic book), and I guess that means that zombies are the last monster you can't take away from us. ISN'T IT ENOUGH THAT STEPHENIE MEYER CASTRATED VAMPIRES??!!!!!!!!!! I mean she PRISON RAPED THAT SHIT!!!!

Let Horror be Horror. Vampires should have remained to be VAMPIRES. Werewolves are not oversized puppies. Stop trying to candy-ass it up.

Fuck that book!

BITE ME wrote: "Oooh God that seen was excruciating awesome sick and scared the shit out of me when I was small .....still love the movie"

Yeah, the movie is still awesome and that is probably his best scene. I first saw it at a young age too. It didn't scare me though cause I liked the idea of showing a vampire being thrown into a tub of holy water and dissolving down to a fanged skeleton as if it had the same effect that acid has on a human. I remember it just cracked me up when they showed the part where the pipes, sink and toilet all start exploding from all the blood. LOL.

The Lost Boys has always been, in my opinion, one of the greatest vampire films ever made. True, some aspects of the film may be a little dated, and some of the humor may be a little campy by today's standards...but hey, I grew up on that movie damn it and still love it. I still have a Lost Boys poster hanging on my wall! Just a great story along with a really talented cast as well as talented people who worked on the film like Joel Schumacher(director) and Michael Chapman who was the same cinematographer that shot Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. And let's not forget Greg Cannom, the Academy Award winning make-up artist who did the vampire make-up/prosthetics. He made the vampires in that film look scary and cool while not overdoing it at the same time. Whenever a cool vampire movie comes out I'm always like, "What are the vampires gonna look like?" .

Well, remember the one vampire in the movie named Paul? You know, the one that get's killed in the bathtub full of garlic and holy water?

EDGAR FROG:We trashed the one that looks like Twisted Sister!
ALLAN FROG:Totally annihilated it's night stalking ass!

Sadly, that actor died today. His name was Brooke McCarter. He passed away at age 52 after a long-term battle with a genetic liver condition . That's the third person from that film to die in recent years. Bernard Hughes who played Grandpa died at an old age. Corey Haim, we all know he died tragically.

R.I.P Brooke McCarter....you were awesome as Paul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObhh...

Francis wrote: "Opened up a whole new generation to the joy of reading erotica. Shame that it was badly written, unresearched and ultimately abusive nonsense, but..."

Yeah, I am aware that Fifty Shades of Grey started out as "Twilight Fanfiction". I have never read that (AND I DON'T HAVE TO!!!), but I remember a time about three years ago when the the books were really big. You would walk into Barnes & Noble and the place would literally be covered in copies of the three books. I mean it was all over the store like it was the damned second coming of Christ or something. LOL...when I used to go in there I used to joke around with the people that worked there about it. One time I actually said to a girl working there, "Do you ever get sick of stacking those books on the shelves?", and her answer was, "Honestly...I get sick of just looking at the fucking things. This whole thing is really annoying.".

Anyway, I think the problem with Fifty Shades of Grey is that a lot of women basically tried to pressure other women into reading it. I'm not kidding, I've talked to many girls that have been approached by other females about those books...telling them they should read it and so forth...and they were bothered by it. I mean, it actually even sort of happened to me one time. A former (emphasis on FORMER) friend was telling me one time that she had read it and "that it was really good...blah blah blah". I actually felt like she was trying to tell me to go and read it. Of course my response was, "fuck that... I am not reading that shit.". THAT SERIOUSLY IS WHAT HAPPENS.

I can remember another time when I was Christmas shopping with my sister at the mall. Well, we walked into Barnes & Noble, she picked up a copy and said, "I am going to read a little bit of this and see what the big deal is.". So she was sitting there with me reading it to herself for about 45 minutes, and at that point she yells out, "this fucking thing is retarded!!!" and proceeds to throw the book on the coffee table and go on and on about everything that is wrong with it. There was another guy sitting there with us and we were both laughing our asses off at what she had to say...even though she was pissed because it was disturbing. She started to tell us about how the dude told her that she had live in this "dungeon like room", he told her that she had to go to the gym on certain days and various other things...basically my sister didn't like it because it was a rich man forcing a girl to do things and she was okay with it. Oh, and she told me about the first sex scene in the book. The guy takes her virginity, he does it really hard and rough, she bleads...and says she likes it(in the book I am talking about). My sister was disturbed because in real life, your first time for a woman is not like that.

Anyway, a lot of people tell me that the damned thing is just really poorly written and overrated. What got really annoying to me is when the movie came out because at that point everyone was glad that they didn't have to hear about it as much everyday, and the movie just brought all that crap back. I heard the movie sucked anyway.

Well, it was fun...I guess...talking about that, but this topic is not about Fifty Shades of Grey. I'TS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A GOD AWFUL STEAMING PILF OF SHIT THAT TWILIGHT IS AND HOW IT ACTUALLY DID RUIN VAMPIRES AFTER THEY HAD BEEN POPULAR FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS IN LITERATURE, POETRY, FILM, ETC.