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Hey, T-man, you look hecka younger these days! ;P
Great review, this sounds like a must for any who are "enemies of the undead" who like hunting vampires. You mentioned some deleted stuff from the Bible in your video, I bet it's from the "Book of Enoch"?

Genesis. In (one of) the original Hebrew old testaments, God created man and woman on the 6th day. Lilith was that woman. She refused to be subservient to Adam and wound up bargaining with God, becoming a demon rather than be Adam's b!+ch and became the original succubus/vampire. She was believed to be responsible for crib death, her revenge on the children of Adam. Eve was made of Adam later as a subservient wife, having come from him. Lilith is even mentioned by name later in the Bible on a few occasions with no reference to who she actually was. More evidence if not proof that the Bible has been altered to purge any notions of female empowerment from it's pages.

When the vampires rise up, they'd better stay out of my town if they don't want me to go all Lost Boys on 'em. Thanks for stopping by, Woopak. Looks lik everyone else is in a tizzy over this ranking thing too. I'm not getting any other traffic! I'll have to check up on everyone when I get the time. Later, man.

T-man, I heard about that. Great info on the Lilith thing. I heard about it in the history channel.
Oh, look up the lost books of Enoch--wow! scary stuff.

I told you before, the rankings don't really bother me, it's the way they're doing the votes that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. They said "it's good to have fans" but those votes won't even be tabulated? It's so confusing. Why the heck can't folks with similar tastes have the right to vote? we're reading the review anyway!
Nothing will stop me from supporting my friends. I'll just be taking a break from reviewing after 11/05/08, but there's an asian movie I just want to see after the 11th so we'll see...

You're 100% right, of course. I may draft an email on your behalf later outlining exactly why this is retarded, but I've other things to do first. I'm sure I've looked into the Enoch, but my memory ain't what it used to be. Oh, and according to this here book, Lilith also appears in Sumerian folklore and Babylonian mythology ("Gilgamesh"). Apparently, the biblical story was not originally in Genesis, but in The Talmud, which is a book of Hebrew laws, customs, and lore second only to The Torah (Old Testament) in importance. There's a lot more to all this, but I can't remember the details well enough to confidently elaborate. Biblical history is both bottomless and utterly fascinating.

Man, you are doing a great job on these video reviews. Well thought-out, smooth, comprehensive...it's all we could ask for. Although, I didn't know/think Nosferatu was pronounced like that.

I pretty much fly by the seat of my pants on these things so I'm glad I don't come off as totally nonsensical and dumb. Always a possibility with me. How did you think Nosferatu was pronounced, Jason? There are varying inflections and accents adn i'm not sure which is 100% correct. I also hear noss-fair-ah-too a lot. Either works for me. Thanks for the encouragement.

Nice video review and perhaps one of your best.
I've been something of a vampire geek since I was about 12, so this book has been an essential for me. However, Melton's knowledge of the topic may be expansive and covers a lot of ground, he never goes into enough depth in any particular area. Especially when it comes to the Lilith mythos.

The Lilith mythos is really deep and varies from source to source so I can see how they didn't want to go too deep into it. Plus the shear expansiveness and variety of of vampire lore could fill several volumes this size. Thanks for the encouragement.

You have grace us with more video reviews this month cool, this book also sounds sweet plus the price is right. Anything under $20 is good by me.

Used copies are real cheap, Jenny. Helluva bargain. My wife got a job this month so I've had a lot more opportunities to shoot these videos. I'm glad you like.