Blade
Stephen Norrington, 1998
Blade: The Vampire-Slayer
Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, 1973
Blade is a movie directed by Stephen Norrington in 1998 and based on the characters from the comic book Blade: The Vampire-Slayer by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, first published in 1973. The movie features Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, and others.
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“The movie is better than the comic book”
But the comic book is worth reading.
Book by Mel Odom
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Storyline
In 1967, a pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire, causing her to go into premature labor. Thirty years later, in 1997, the child has become the vampire hunter, Blade. Police take one of the vampires to the hospital, where he kills Dr. Curtis Webb and feeds on hematologist Karen Jenson and escapes.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1973
Pages
144
Book Rate
6.76
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Blade: The Vampire-Slayer
Author: Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan
Country: USA
First published in: 1973
Length: 144 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Vampire Tales 1973
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
Movie by Guillermo del Toro
Movie by David S. Goyer
User polls & recommendations
“Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.”
SAM RAIMI (Filmmaker)
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