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Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) is a hundreds-of-years-old vampire who is ready to die in the new movie El Conde.

‘El Conde’: Chilean dictator turned vampire

By Patrick Mazzella, Staff Writer September 25, 2023
Director Pablo Larrain has made a name for himself creating fairy tale-like reimaginings of real-life political figures, including Princess Diana of Wales and Jackie Kennedy. Now, in glorious black and white photography, Larrain offers a new take on brutal Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, known as “El Conde.” In a turn of elaborate magical realism, the former South American president is revealed to have been a vampire, hundreds of years old, who has spent his years squashing revolutions and enforcing a strict authoritarian ideology. Set in the mid-1990s, the count has decided it is time for him to die, but not without one final meal.
Deja View - What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

‘Deja View’ – “What We Do in the Shadows” (2014)

By Sydney Brumfield, Sydney Brumfield April 6, 2022

 In her fourth episode focusing on the genre of Comedy, host Sydney Brumfield is joined by junior Stephanie Hawkins to discuss “What We Do in the Shadows” (2014). The pair discuss just how bloody...

Vampire-human love story Twilight is returning to theaters Oct. 21 and 23 to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

Review: ‘Twilight’ still wonderfully silly 10 years later

By Kara Bowen, Life and Culture Editor October 8, 2018
“Twilight” is not a perfect movie, but it’s certainly not as bad as an entire generation thought it was cool to pretend.
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