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NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist This is the first signed limited edition of Let the Right One In. The edition features a new exclusive introduction by the author, six full color illustrations by Bud Cook, and collected together for the first time in a single volume, “Let the Old Dreams Die,” the …

Greetings my little monsters, this week we’ll look at ten films so striking that once you’ve seen them you won’t ever be able to forget them. This list will cover films that range from the visually stunning to the grotesque. So, let’s take the great plunge into the darkness together as we look at some of the most visually scarring …

So today I am quite pleased to introduce a new feature here at The Bloody Blender called “The Bloody BRIEF”. Pretty catchy and original huh? “But Loren, what is The Bloody Brief? What’s it all about and why are you doing it? Have you seen Timecop?” For those who have been religiously following my column to date (all 1.7 of you) you are …

“Let The Right One In” (2008) , is a Swedish horror/fantasy/romance film directed by Tomas Alfredson. It’s centered around a boy named Oskar, who is a target for bullies, and his peculiar, 12 year old friend Eli. What Oskar does not not know about Eli, is that she is a 200 year old Vampire. Her father is a serial killer, …

More often than not, when I find myself in a conversation with someone else about horror flicks, it goes through the gross stuff, the slashers, the big names and the ones so bad that everyone knows them. Within a few minutes, we’re through all of the “have you seen this?” and “have you seen that?” of the regular horror film …

SYNOPSIS: A peculiar Swedish boy named Oskar befriends a mysterious young girl named Eli. Eli helps Oskar to get up the courage to fight back when being bullied at school. As his friendship with Eli grows, so does his confidence. Although, there is something frighteningly different about Eli, she is a vampire REVIEW: There is a well-known worldwide obsession with vampires. Countless films have …

30 Days of Night (2007) “There is no escape. No hope. Only hunger and pain.” Such is the state of the beast, and, fundamentally, vampires are beasts. Even Count Dracula, when he first appeared to the public, was a decrepit creature, not the suave nobleman we know and love today. 30 Days of Night is one of the best vampire films ever because it doesn’t …

Every time I turn on the news I see another city or state with a state of emergency warning for a winter storm.  Even here in Colorado we got a big snow storm over the weekend (for which I had to be in an airport for 14 hours due to delays…).  So to honor the snow gods I decided to …

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Author), Ebba Segerberg (Translator) Published by St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: 2008 Format: Black /White – 480 pages Price: $15.95 Patience is a virtue I don’t have. For months now I have been hearing about how great this Swedish film “Let the right on in” is. Normally I don’t buy …

This just in: America cannot and will not read subtitles. Ignorance is spreading from coast to coast, is there anything that can stop this epidemic? Have you ever heard of a remake of a film that was a made just a year after the original was released? Sounds pretty farfetched, but when it comes to Americans and their unwillingness to …