Tag: Castlevania
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Castlevania: Nocturne Team on the New Bloody Spinoff & That Surprise Reveal
Warning: This interview contains spoilers for the entire first season of Castlevania: Nocturne.It’s been more than two years since vampire-hunter Trevor Belmont and his allies, the mage Sypha and the half-human/half-vampire Alucard, defeated Death himself and got their happy ending in the Castlevania series finale. But as anyone who’s played the popular series of Castlevania…
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Castlevania: Nocturne Team on the New Bloody Spinoff & That Surprise Reveal
Warning: This interview contains spoilers for the entire first season of Castlevania: Nocturne.It’s been more than two years since vampire-hunter Trevor Belmont and his allies, the mage Sypha and the half-human/half-vampire Alucard, defeated Death himself and got their happy ending in the Castlevania series finale. But as anyone who’s played the popular series of Castlevania…
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How ‘Castlevania — Nocturne’s Action Scenes Raise the Stakes
If there’s one thing that fans of Castlevania fans know going into Castlevania: Nocturne, is that there will be plenty of thrilling action sequences across the eight episodes from the spinoff. However, with so many epic battles going on, how is it possible to keep surprising viewers? In an interview with Collider, the creative team…
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‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Review — Spin-off Offers a Promising Start
When Netflix first released Castlevania, it brought to life a beloved video game franchise with stunning animation and a star-studded voice cast. It was a slick series that capitalized on the fantastical nature of the game without sacrificing any of the grimdark themes due to the medium. After a successful four-season run, it only made…
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How Is ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Connected to the Rest of the Franchise?
Another fictional vampire aims to destroy the world, and just in time for Halloween. This coming Thursday, Netflix will be returning to the world of its critically and commercially acclaimed Castlevania series for the first time since 2021 with the spin-off Castlevania: Nocturne. The original Castlevania was a gem, one of the rare video game…
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September’s New TV Shows, From ‘Daryl Dixon’ to ‘The Wheel of Time’
Can you smell the pumpkin spice? Autumn is in the air, and the television landscape turns appropriately spooky for September. Things kick off on Apple TV+ with Lakeith Stanfield’s fantasy-horror series The Changeling followed by The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon on AMC. The theme continues with Castlevania: Nocturne, the sequel to Netflix’s original Castlevania series.…
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‘Castlevania: Nocturne’: Everything We Know So Far About the Netflix Series
There have been very few shows that have caused a stir in both anime and gaming communities, and Netflix’s Castlevania was one of them. Often considered one of the best TV adaptations of a video game ever made, Castlevania took the world by storm with its amazing visual style, an immersive and bloody storyline, soulful…
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‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Series Finally Sets Release Date
Before The Last of Us emerged as the best adaptation of a video game, Netflix’s Castlevania held that spot and was a massive hit among fans. To build upon the success of the anime series after its conclusion the streamer was quick to announce a new animated spinoff, Castlevania: Nocturne to fans’ delight. Over two…
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Nicolas Cage Nearly Played Dracula for James Wan in His Ill-Fated ‘Castlevania’ Movie
Earlier this year, fans of Nicolas Cage were given the chance to see him embody the Prince of Darkness opposite Nicolas Hoult’s titular Renfield in Chris McKay’s horror comedy. Horror visionary James Wan recently watched the film and had plenty of praise for Cage’s take on Dracula as the worst boss ever over on Instagram,…
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Chernobyl Made Craig Mazin the Perfect Choice to Adapt The Last of Us
As HBO readies for the release of The Last of Us television series, one can’t help but think about the sorry state of video game adaptations throughout the years. Though the tide has slowly begun to change thanks to the likes of Arcane and Castlevania, the idea behind a critically acclaimed live-action adaptation that doesn’t…