However, Del Toro borrowed liberally from some of his movies, most noticeably Mimic and Blade II. It’s got a Stephen King ‘Salem’s Lot vibe in those descriptions. Especially creepy is the way that Manhattan is soon being quietly overrun during the initial outbreak. The book had a fresh take on the vampire story and Del Toro and co-author Chuck Hogan do a good job of mixing some Old World vampire mysticism with 21st century science and tech.
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Before you can say 'Bela Lugosi', a CDC doctor is getting lessons from a Van Helsing wannabe named Setrakian on the best way to deal with the vamps, which are essentially a parasitic virus run amok with a Master bloodsucker as the main villain pulling the strings to launch a full scale vampire apocalypse.
And he does a pretty good job.Ī Boeing 777 lands in New York but most of the passengers are dead. Too bad because I’d pay good money to see that.ĭel Toro, who directed several horror movies as well as the critically acclaimed but extremely gruesome Pan’s Labyrinth, apparently was tired of the vampires being castrated by hordes of adoring teenage girls and set out to make them monsters again. A six foot stinger/sucker thing flies out, and it zaps that silly girl right in a major artery and drains her dry in about twenty seconds while parasitic worms take over her corpse and turn her into a mindless bloodsucking meatbag.Īnd that is why Guillermo Del Toro will never direct one of the Twilight movies.
Suddenly Edward’s head flips back and his throat opens up like he just became a Pez dispenser. A six foot stinger/sucker thing flies out, and it zaps that silly girl right in a major artery and drains her dry in about twenty seconds while parasitic worms take over her corpse and turn her into a mindless bloodsucki Imagine that you’re reading one of those Twilight books as Edward is whispering chaste sweet nothings into Bella’s ear, and it was oh-so-romantic-and-couldn’t-you-just-die-OMG-OMG-OMG. Imagine that you’re reading one of those Twilight books as Edward is whispering chaste sweet nothings into Bella’s ear, and it was oh-so-romantic-and-couldn’t-you-just-die-OMG-OMG-OMG. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late.more So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing. In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. All communication channels have gone quiet. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biolo A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead.
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead.
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