'Brides' of Dracula Lands at NBC

[ScreamingSpider]

^ Now this, I would watch.

[AlwaysWitty]

I groaned with despair when I saw this, but there's one thing, one possible silver lining, that gave me pause: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. He's the writer on Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, two of the most highly acclaimed horror comics on shelves right now, and being a loyal reader of the latter, I can tell you it's no joke. His Sabrina comic has the tone and style of 60s and 70s Satanic chillers like Rosemary's Baby, The Sentinel, The Exorcist, The Omen, and it's very effective. He clearly knows his horror roots, and if his involvement is great enough, it's not impossible that he could turn what sounds like Sex in the City meets True Blood into something actually genuinely interesting.

I've still got the jitters about it, make no mistake. It's NBC, and I haven't forgotten when they did to Dracula either. But the involvement of Aguirre-Sacasa gives me just a tiny bit of hope.

[Sean]

Can't we get Gary Busey in there somewhere, too? Now, THAT'S "must see TV"1

And can the undead sleep in cardboard boxes with packing peanuts like Johnny Depp?