Vampire Secrets
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Vampire Secrets is a 2006
docudrama
about the mythology and lifestyle of vampires
, produced by Indigo Films for the History Channel, and narrated by Corey Burton
.
The documentary features the history of vampires from Indian (Hindu goddess Kali
), Greek, and Chinese origins, and references to the Bible
and ancient Mesopotamia. Other topics include:
Features commentaries by authors Katherine Ramsland
, and J. Gordon Melton
, parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach
, psychic vampire
author and spokesperson Michelle Belanger
, Father Sebastiaan
, forensic biologist Mark Benecke
, professor Thomas Garza, and others.
Cast: Deborah Rombaut as Demon Woman, Adrian Balbontin as Gaspard Robilette, Lyndsey Nelson as Susan Walsh (journalist), Scott Updegrave as Richard Wendorf, Christa Bella as Elizabeth Bathory
, Jack Sale as Rod Ferrell
, Thais Harris as Katherine Ramsland
, Dan Higgins (actor) as James Spalding, George Mauro as Bram Stoker
, Kari Wishingrad as Bathory Chambermaid, Jeffery Davis as Vampire
, Justin Rodgers Hall as Vampire and Peter Stack as Ficzko.
2006 in film
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docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
about the mythology and lifestyle of vampires
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
, produced by Indigo Films for the History Channel, and narrated by Corey Burton
Corey Burton
Corey Burton is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku, Ziro the Hutt and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe...
.
The documentary features the history of vampires from Indian (Hindu goddess Kali
Kali
' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
), Greek, and Chinese origins, and references to the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
and ancient Mesopotamia. Other topics include:
- Bram StokerBram StokerAbraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
's 1897 novel, Dracula - James Spalding, a Scotsman (c. 1400)
- Elizabeth BáthoryElizabeth BáthoryCountess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific serial killer in history, the number of murders has been debated...
- Haidamaque, Hungary, 1715
- Blood ritualBlood ritualA blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood.A common blood ritual is the blood brother ritual, which started in ancient Europe and Asia. Two or more people, typically male, intermingle their blood in some way. This symbolically brings the participants together into...
- Anne RiceAnne RiceAnne Rice is a best-selling Southern American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history...
's vampire novels - Vampire: The MasqueradeVampire: The MasqueradeVampire: The Masquerade is a role-playing game. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, it was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern gothic-punk world....
: Rod FerrellRod FerrellRoderick Justin Ferrell was a member of a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". In 1998, Ferrell pled guilty to the double slaying of a couple from Eustis, Florida, becoming the youngest person in the United States on Death Row...
(VTM role-player from Murray, KentuckyMurray, KentuckyMurray is a city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,741 at the 2010 census and has a micropolitan area population of 37,191. It is the 22nd largest city in Kentucky...
who thought he was a real vampire), killed two people in Eustis, FloridaEustis, FloridaEustis is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 15,106 at the 2000 census. The Census Bureau estimated the population in 2008 to be 19,129. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, USA, and was sentenced to death (but reduced to life imprisonment) - Sex appeal: Nosferatu (1922 film), 1931 film with Béla LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
(The Master of Horror), VampirellaVampirellaVampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...
, and others; demon loverDemon LoverDemon Lover may refer to:* The Daemon Lover, a medieval British ballad* "The Demon Lover", a short story by Elizabeth Bowen* Demonlover, a 2002 film, by Olivier Assayas* A song by Shocking Blue released in the 1970 album Scorpio's Dance...
story - Vampire undergroundVampire lifestyleThe vampire lifestyle or vampire subculture is an alternative lifestyle, based on the modern perception of vampires in popular fiction. The vampire subculture has stemmed largely from the goth subculture, but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture...
and gothic subculture: Susan Walsh (researcher for The Village VoiceThe Village VoiceThe Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
) who falls for a purported "living vampire" (Christian) and disappears in January 1996 - Psychic vampirePsychic vampireA psychic vampire is a person or being who claims to feed off the "life force" of other living creatures. Psychic vampires are represented in the occult beliefs of various cultures and in fiction...
(Rasputin, aura photography, Joe H. Slate), SanguineSanguineSanguine is chalk of a reddish color, often called the true colour of blood. tending to brown, used in drawing, The word also describes any drawing done in sanguine.-Technique:...
, vampire lifestylers
Features commentaries by authors Katherine Ramsland
Katherine Ramsland
Katherine Ramsland is an author who has published 37 books and over 900 articles, most of which are in the genres of crime, forensic science, and the supernatural. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, and philosophy, and teaches forensic psychology at DeSales...
, and J. Gordon Melton
J. Gordon Melton
John Gordon Melton is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently a research specialist in religion and New Religious Movements with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara...
, parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach
Loyd Auerbach
Loyd Auerbach is a professor of parapsychology and a prominent field investigator in psychic phenomena. He is an accomplished professional mentalist and psychic entertainer, performing as Professor Paranormal before private and corporate groups...
, psychic vampire
Psychic vampire
A psychic vampire is a person or being who claims to feed off the "life force" of other living creatures. Psychic vampires are represented in the occult beliefs of various cultures and in fiction...
author and spokesperson Michelle Belanger
Michelle Belanger
Michelle Belanger is an American author, singer and prominent advocate of the vampire lifestyle community, a self-described "psychic vampire", and an active speaker and commentator for those interested in vampires and vampirism...
, Father Sebastiaan
Father Sebastiaan
Father Sebastiaan is an American, event coordinator, host of the Endless Night Vampire Ball events, co-founder of the Ordo Strigoi Vii, founder of The Sanguinarium social network and a personality in the vampire subculture....
, forensic biologist Mark Benecke
Mark Benecke
Mark Benecke is a German forensic biologist.Benecke was born in Rosenheim . After receiving a Dr. rer. medic. at Cologne University in 1997, he worked in the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Manhattan, New York from 1997–1999. , he works internationally on forensic cases as a freelance expert...
, professor Thomas Garza, and others.
Cast: Deborah Rombaut as Demon Woman, Adrian Balbontin as Gaspard Robilette, Lyndsey Nelson as Susan Walsh (journalist), Scott Updegrave as Richard Wendorf, Christa Bella as Elizabeth Bathory
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific serial killer in history, the number of murders has been debated...
, Jack Sale as Rod Ferrell
Rod Ferrell
Roderick Justin Ferrell was a member of a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". In 1998, Ferrell pled guilty to the double slaying of a couple from Eustis, Florida, becoming the youngest person in the United States on Death Row...
, Thais Harris as Katherine Ramsland
Katherine Ramsland
Katherine Ramsland is an author who has published 37 books and over 900 articles, most of which are in the genres of crime, forensic science, and the supernatural. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, and philosophy, and teaches forensic psychology at DeSales...
, Dan Higgins (actor) as James Spalding, George Mauro as Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
, Kari Wishingrad as Bathory Chambermaid, Jeffery Davis as Vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
, Justin Rodgers Hall as Vampire and Peter Stack as Ficzko.