5: Blade

Vampires Ruined My Life

Hello, Dark Ones and Daywalkers! Tonight, we discuss the 1998 cinematic masterpiece, BLADE, about a half-vampire (or dhampir) who hunts vampires with the help of an old mentor and a hematologist. Chael had never seen Blade, so this was her first watch, while Tori saw it when it came out and probably a few times since. We discuss the making of the movie and the cast of characters, as well as the vampire tropes in Blade and how those same tropes appear in other vampire media.

Socials:

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Links and Sources:

• What Happened to Blade? By Richard Newby
• Blade oral history: Wesley Snipes and the cast look back at a modern cult classic by Leah Greenblatt
• IMDB: Blade (1998)
• Wikipedia: Renfield
• Wikipedia: Blade
• Child Logic Labs: Blade (1998) Original Deleted Ending [Video]
• Child Logic Labs: Blade (1998) Behind The Scenes [Design Looks] [Video]
• Child Logic Labs: Blade (1998) Behind the Scenes [Cult of Blade] [Video]
• Child Logic Labs Blade (1998) Behind the Scenes [Origins from Comics to Screen] [Video]

Our music is edited and mixed by Vic-Ra the Neverliving, and includes:

• “Dark Halloween Night” by Chase Alan Willis
• “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Kevin MacLeod

This episode of Vampires Ruined My Life was edited by Lazy N Productions.