It had all the makings of one too: Unique lore, a major cliffhanger, and five more books to pull from after the first.īut, as it tends to go, Twilight simultaneously caused vampire craze and quickly after, vampire fatigue, leaving Vampire Academy to flop hard, making only $15.6 million back of their $30 million budget in its entire theatrical run. The Vampire Academy book series was also a New York Times best seller, and was clearly well loved by those who read it, as the first book alone sits at an average rating of 4.11 on Goodreads.Ĭoming only two years after the end of The Twilight Saga, with Breaking Dawn – Part 2 releasing in 2012, Vampire Academy was clearly trying to be the next big vampire franchise. It boasted a surprisingly stacked cast, with names like Zoey Deutch, Claire Foy, and Sarah Hyland on the bill, and even indie darling Anya Taylor-Joy as an unnamed ‘feeder girl’ character.

On paper, everything about that film should’ve worked. The cheesy dialogue, clumsy world building, and inconsistent pacing were the final nails in this film’s coffin, but, if in the right mood, it’s a masterclass of trashy teen vampire camp. But, I love it.ĭon’t get me wrong, I don’t claim to think it’s an incredible work of cinema, but rather, I love it because it’s so horrendously bad. Boasting a whopping 16% on Rotten Tomatoes and a hilariously low box office sum, it’s pretty well regarded as a bad movie. If you know anything about me, you’ll know that one of my all time favorite movies is Vampire Academy (2014).

This is especially with Vampire Diaries alums Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre at the helm. Peacock’s new Vampire Academy series, based on the book series of the same name, has better legs to stand on than the 2014 film did.

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