Vampire Girl

This Christmas, enjoy a little nightmare

Isn’t this picture of vampire Santa intense? I stumbled across it online while I was trying to get into the Christmas spirit.

If this guy comes down your chimney, you better grab your wooden stake (aka “Mr. Pointy”).

This past weekend I went to Disneyland and rode the “Nightmare Before Christmas” version of the Haunted Mansion ride. Memories came flooding back of how truly spectacular the Tim Burton film is. “Nightmare” is the perfect blend of beautiful-ugly… scary-cute… holiday spirit-(and a different sort of holiday spirit). Plus Jack and Sally are just about the cutest movie couple ever. Their figurines adorn my desk. Unfortunately her arms fall off quite easily – I’m still unsure of whether this is a feature of the toy or if it’s a manufacturer’s defect.

Obviously “Nightmare” is my favorite holiday classic (depending on my mood, it occasionally comes second only to “Elf”). If there’s such a thing as a Christmas movie for vampires then this would definitely be it.

And to put you in the mood to watch it, here’s a snippet of the song number “What’s this?” (For those who don’t know the story, Jack is king of Halloween town but he’s become bored with putting on the holiday every year so he looks for something new. Cue Christmas town.)

How creepy does Jack sound at the end of this clip when he schemes to take over Christmas? Love it.

So this holiday season, trade merry for scary Christmas (at least for a little bit).

Happy Holidays!

Tags: Halloween, music, Nightmare before Christmas, Tim Burton

Full of brooding: Song “Dracula’s Lament”

A friend of mine (non-vampire) sent me the following clip because he said it reminded him of me.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I clicked the link. (Well, other than the fact that it would surely feature blood-sucking creatures that is.) I never expected this:

You just had the pleasure of witnessing Jason Segal’s rendition of “Dracula’s Lament.” I watched this clip having no background information about the film, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” in which it was featured. Understandably then I had no clue what went on to lead up to this spectacular number.

At first I was completely boggled and couldn’t understand what he saying with his pseudo-Transylvanian accent. Maybe I was just in awe of the accent… maybe it was sheer horror… I don’t really know.

During the following verses, I really started feeling Dracula’s plight:

“And if I see Van Helsing, I swear to the Lord I will slay him! A-ha-ha-haa!

Take it from me I swear I will let it be so! A-ha-ha-haa!!

Blood will run down his face when he is decapitated…aah!

His head on my mantle is how I will let this world know:

How much I love you…”

His girl seemed to like it. That’s all that matters.

I believe “Dracula’s Lament“ needs to fall along the lines of this more:

(Love the song. Hate the video.)

…”Tainted Love” by Marilyn Manson.

Tags: Dracula, gothic, Marilyn Manson, music