Vampire Secrets
Directed byDiana Zaslaw
Written byJosh Rosen
Katherine Ramsland
Produced byDiana Zaslaw
Narrated byCorey Burton
CinematographyYoram Astrakhan
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

Content

Other topics include:

The documentary also features commentaries by authors Katherine Ramsland,[8] and J. Gordon Melton, parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach, psychic vampire author and spokesperson Michelle Belanger,[9] Father Sebastiaan,[10] forensic biologist Mark Benecke, professor Thomas Garza,[11] and others.

Cast

  • Deborah Rombaut as Demon Woman
  • Adrian Balbontin as Gaspard Robilette
  • Lyndsey Nelson as Susan Walsh
  • Scott Updegrave as Richard Wendorf
  • Christa Bella as Elizabeth Bathory
  • Jack Sale as Rod Ferrell
  • Thais Harris as Katherine Ramsland
  • Dan Higgins as James Spalding
  • George Mauro as Bram Stoker
  • Kari Wishingrad as Bathory Chambermaid
  • Jeffery Davis as Vampire
  • Justin Rodgers Hall as Vampire
  • Peter Stack as Ficzk

Reception

The film received rather poor critical reception,[12] DVD Talk finding it "redundant".[13]

References

  1. "Vampire Secrets". Topdocumentary.
  2. Jones, Stephen (2011-08-04). The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-78033-277-2.
  3. Rocca, Daniele Della (2017-04-11). Dracula (in Italian). Youcanprint. ISBN 978-88-926-5964-3.
  4. "Vampire Secrets". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  5. Sebastiaan, Father (2010-09-01). Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampire. Weiser Books. ISBN 978-1-60925-314-1.
  6. See the 2002 film Vampire Clan.
  7. Author of Investigations into Kirlian Photography: Final Technical Report, United States Army Missile Research and Development Command, 1977.
  8. The Science of Vampires
  9. "Review of Vampire Secrets on DVD - Page 2 of 2 - DVDTOWN.com". www.dvdtown.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  10. Publisher of The Vampyre Almanac and a "living vampire".
  11. "Vampire Secrets" with Dr. Garza on the History Channel Archived 2007-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), University of Texas at Austin
  12. "TV guide". NPR.
  13. "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
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