Meyer Lansky

Society’s fascination with fictional monsters is a topic most love to talk about. You know what really grinds people’s gears. The basis of the monster and its true portrayal and the excitement of being scared of the monsters. Vampires on the other-hand have changed the portrayal, even the argument of what is scary and what is not. Vampires used to be scary and unattractive, but now in modern times vampires are highly sexual, desirable, and even admirable. The discussion here though, is “Do vampires

Frostbite by Richelle Mead is the second novel of Vampire Academy series. The major characters are Rose and Lisa who are main characters of the entire series. Dimitri Belikov is Rose’s main love interest and Mason is one of Rose’s best friend. They are dhampirs which are human and vampire hybrids that protect the precious morori from the evil strigoi. Lisa is part of a royal bloodline and needs to protect herself from the undead who want to kill her. A Strigoi attack puts St. Vladimir’s academy

In Noah Berlatsky’s article “Twilight vs Hunger Games: Why Do So Many Grown-Ups Hate Bella” puts me a an interesting prospective on what Berlatsky is trying to say. In his article, he starts by saying how who would win the battle between Bella from Twilight and Katniss from Hunger Games. Berlatsky claims that Bella would get squashed by Katniss if that were to happen. He describes Bella as very weak individual, clumsy and ineffective. At the other hand, Katniss is much more smarter, courageous and

The title of the Television Show is Vampire Diaries. The story will follow a teenage girl, Elena Gilbert, who falls in love with a classmate who happens to be a 163 year old vampire, Stefan Salvatore. The love story between the two becomes extremely complicated as Stefan’s brother, Damon Salvatore comes into the picture. Damon returns into Stefan’s life after years of not being in contact to seek revenge for turning him into a vampire. Both of the brothers soon begin to show affection towards Elena

As I binge watch The Vampire Diaries lying prostrate on my bed, I drool over the hot vampire that I fantasize will sweep me off my feet. I catch myself dreaming of a bloodsucking vampire that will bite my neck, but then reality kicks in and I remember that I am single. I know vampires are not real, and I realize that I enjoy being single more than I like being in a relationship, even if there are fetching and thirsty bloodsuckers out there. While I do think about having someone to spend my time with

Fans have a glimpse of the coming "Shadowhunters" Season 2 with the latest unveiled character posters. With its enticing and darker look, it seems like the second installment will be full of new adventures and intense drama. According to MoviePilot, the show's executive producers teased that "Shadowhunters" Season 2 would have new props, costumes and settings along with the coming of new Seraph Blades. It is the shadowhunters own sword as the program will carry a lot of changes. Moreover, in the

Chapter 3: “Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires” • Literary vampires have similar traits: an attractive old man preys on young, unmarried women. He corrupts their innocence, and he draws life from them • Vampire: old, appealing, corrupt, grows younger after getting victims, leaves a mark on his victims (strips them of their youth, beauty, energy) • Victims: young women (virgins), beautiful, usefulness/marriageability is taken from them, death or destruction occurs • Vampirism can also be about selfishness

Throughout the last ten days, I have read Richelle Mead’s Frostbite and have started Shadow Kiss, and I am currently on page 98. Seventeen-year-old Rose Hathaway tells Frostbites’ story while she is attending the Vampire Academy. An attack takes place near the academy by Strigoi, the bad vampires, and all the students are required to go to a nearby ski lodge, but Rose’s friends have a different idea. They decide to go hunt down the Strigoi, which ends in deathly consequences. Following the completion

Secret Rule Reasons Rule #2288: Don’t watch, read or listen to anything with vampires in it Reason: It can be inappropriate, violent, or gory Real Reason: Your parents are actually trying to save your lives secret vampire lovers. They may say you can’t watch the vampire movies and read the vampire books because they are inappropriate or violent, or maybe they say they just don’t like the idea you’re in your room thinking about the undead instead of doing homework or socializing with the living

In the movie The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher, a group demonic teenagers reek havoc on the small town of Santa Carla. In the film, the vampires use their powers to terrorize the town and to lure in other teenagers to feed off of. By flying through the air, the vampires are able to kidnap the citizens of Santa Carla and take them back to their cave. These powers go along with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s fifth thesis on monsters “The monster polices the borders of the possible” (Cohen 20). The