
Paige examines the impact vampire pop culture, particularly the Twilight franchise, has had on the appropriation of the “vampire lifestyle” as a form of teenage rebellion, and how it relates to sexual paraphilias.

Paige examines the impact vampire pop culture, particularly the Twilight franchise, has had on the appropriation of the “vampire lifestyle” as a form of teenage rebellion, and how it relates to sexual paraphilias.

Although it was obvious that New Moon would do well at the box office despite the quality of cinematography and acting in the movie, less obvious is why Twilight fans, and the more fanatical “Twi-hards” (really, really intense Twilight fans), are so obsessed with this series of book adaptations.

I recently had the opportunity recently to speak with two of the recent additions to the Twilight franchise, Kiowa Gordon and Alex Meraz, about their roles in New Moon, how being involved in the franchise has changed their lives, and whether or not they’ve read Stephenie Meyers’s books.

We featured Twilight in Fan Art Friday exactly a year ago when the first movie in the Twilight Saga premiered. With New Moon hitting theaters this week, it only seems right that we revisit the series to see some more awesome fan art featuring the vamp, the wolf, and the girl.

Harcos, LLC, the company behind the RPG-styled energy drinks Mana Energy Potion and Health Energy Potion, is set to release its latest product: Blood Energy Potion.

The first episode after Sam and Dean decide to go it alone is not the horrific disaster that it could’ve been. In fact, it opens with some very cool cross-cutting between the brothers as we watch Sam clean up at the no-name small-town bar where he’s working and Dean continues to hunt and kill demons and various other monsters.

Are women really so shallow that they blindly fall in love with any story about a girl who falls in love with a vampire, or does the success of series like Buffy and Twilight, and even Charlaine Harris’ The Southern Vampire Mysteries, require something more to truly touch the hearts of female audiences?

Over the weekend of April 3rd through 5th, Harry Potter fanatics and Twi-hards ambushed the Holiday Inn on International Drive in Orlando, Florida, to celebrate their love of two massively successful book franchises. Lyn was there on hand to witness.