tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post114714622414620001..comments2023-05-14T08:06:27.010-04:00Comments on Omega Channel: Source Book for Grave of the VampireMatt Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826281098320461314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post-64327939148360710432021-10-30T12:37:46.529-04:002021-10-30T12:37:46.529-04:00No one appears to have ever seen a copy of the sup...No one appears to have ever seen a copy of the supposed book, although the specificity of the title, and the fact that no one really even knew who David Chase was when the story originally appeared makes it seem authentic. Horror writer Kim Newman commented once that he had never met anyone who had ever seen an actual copy, although he knew more than a few people who had searched really hard trying to find. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post-59627532599114965722009-08-25T02:13:42.065-04:002009-08-25T02:13:42.065-04:00look for "Sci-Fi Entertainment" magazine...look for "Sci-Fi Entertainment" magazine April 1996, under Departments "Series Collection" on page 78. The article states that Mr. Chase was to adapt his novel "Still Life" into a film called "Grave of the Vampire", in 1971. The magazine's ISBN 1075-8860.Uptighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736930374695645470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post-1147357348250167482006-05-11T10:22:00.000-04:002006-05-11T10:22:00.000-04:00Here's the Library of Congress catalog. No result...<A HREF="http://catalog.loc.gov/" REL="nofollow">Here's</A> the Library of Congress catalog. No results for this book.Curt Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580782572650471362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post-1147283034109941112006-05-10T13:43:00.000-04:002006-05-10T13:43:00.000-04:00Interesting. So reference to this book pre-dates I...Interesting. So reference to this book pre-dates IMDB. I've dug around a little more and I'm still turning up nothing. I wonder if perhaps Chase based the screenplay on an unpublished book.Matt Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826281098320461314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25568343.post-1147196451866029642006-05-09T13:40:00.000-04:002006-05-09T13:40:00.000-04:00My source for the info, Danny Peary's 1986 "Guide ...My source for the info, Danny Peary's 1986 "Guide For The Film Fanatic" makes note of Chase's "The Still Life" as the basis for the screenplay (pg 180). If that's worth anything. <BR/><BR/>I know the IMDB is a font of erroneous trivia and "facts".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com