Harry Potter + Twilight = House of Night?
Horror Movie News, House of Night Movie — By Nix on November 18, 2008
Harry Potter isn’t the only kid who developed abilities as a wee lad and had to be sent off to some faraway school to hone his skills. Zoey Redbird had to go through the same thing when she developed vampiric abilities at puberty. Yes, that’s right, it’s the female vampire equivalent of Harry Potter, minus the weird accents and flying around on brooms and freaky, evil looking British kids which, come on, are just bloody creepy. Hollywood has been looking for another Harry Potter ever since Harry Potter got to be Harry Potter, with pretty much every would-be franchise falling by the wayside except for the “Chronicles of Narnia” series. The latest stab at Potter cash is a series of young adult novels about teen vampires called “House of Night”, currently in its fourth volume of a planned nine volumes. No doubt, the current out-of-this-world popularity of Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” books and upcoming movies had something to do with it, too.
Variety has your sordid cash grab news:
“House of Night” takes the vampire myth in a “Harry Potter”-esque direction. In the series, “vampyres” are accepted in society; they possess a genetic anomaly that manifests itself in some people at puberty. Vampyres are “marked” and sent to the House of Night, a school that offers training necessary to become an adult vampyre.
Protag is Zoey Redbird, whose ordinary life is thrown into disarray when she becomes a vampyre and must change schools and enter a brand new world.
“P.C. and Kristin Cast created a thrilling world that juxtaposes teen drama with supernatural suspense, using the transition from human to vampire as a metaphor for the transition from adolescence to adulthood,” Birnbaum said.
Translation: “Yeah, we’re trying to cash in on Harry Potter and Twilight, what of it? Kids are suckers!”
Of course, don’t tell them that nothing has stuck since Potter except for the aforementioned “Narnia” franchise, and even that isn’t exactly setting the world on fire. Then again, there’s the upcoming “Twilight” books, which are destined to become bigger than Potter in the States. Add a dash of Potter, a dash of Twilight, and you get “House of Night”. CHA-CHING? The producers certainly hope so.
Below: So what kind of curfew do you have in a school for vampires?
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OMG! i read the whole twilight series and i read all of the house of night!i have no idea which is better!i L-O-V-E twilight!i ador the house of night series! p.s.they messed u the twilight movie i hope they dont mess up the house of night
yeah, gawd bt they have weird clippings of people on the HON website, weird
I loved the house of night books though the arn’t as good as twilight! I think they’ll do well, there are a lot of people obsessed with it, it’s like twilight but way smaller!
so can’t wait for the movie! praying they get the casting right (please let erik be cute please)
Ok, we NEED Rana LaPine as Zoey!! She is half Native, but Zoey is 1/4, so that’s ok!!
UMMMM No Rana LaPine should not be cast as Zoey! Im sorry but Zoey is way cuter then Rana. Im not sure yet who should play her but definately not Rana.
NO WAY RANA LAPINE IS UGLY! HAVE HER 4 LEAH BT SERIOUS? HEATH LOREN ND ERIK WOULD NOT FANCY A FACE LIKE THAT!
yea, ur probably right, she is kinda ugly. shes mad pretty in real life tho, shes just not photogenic, probably bad as an actress lol. How do u kno wat she looks like?
I think Matt Dallas would be perfect for Erik Night – I also think of that girl from Wildfire (cant remember her name) as Zoey… she is not native american but its who I have in my head for some reason.
OH GAWD Matt Dallas IS Erik Night!
Ok so i loved twilight read it four times so far but had to get away from so i have read three other series HON being one Vampire Academy and Blue Bloods love them all. I think HON is great to make into movies is a coming of age movie and about the types of struggles i can’t wait til it comes out and i love the part about the visable tattoos wear the proud love it can’t wait for this to hit theaters also can’t wait for hunted to come out
Okay, sure HON is a mix of Harry Potter and Twilight, but still? I think it’s waaay better than both. In Harry Potter, it’s all about finding “horcruxes” and destroying Voltemort and in Twilight it’s all about Bella and Edward’s relationship. NOTICE HOW THE FIGHT WITH JAMES ONLY TAKES UP THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS! Now, House of Night has tons of relationships and tons of action. It’s balanced. The writing is great because the authors know when to be serious and when to be funny. It’s also so much more like a highschool. Believe it or not, but most highschools don’t have all goody-good kids like Twilight. And Harry Potter? There’s so much stuff going on you can’t remember what’s happening to who! Anyways, this book captures what most highschools are like but also makes it fantasy. I absolutely love it! And don’t get me wrong, HP and Twilight are also extreme favorites!
I LOVE U! u speak the truth
I really hope that this movie doesn’t let me down like Twilight did. I have read all 4 of the first books and I am really looking forward to the next one coming out next month! I heard there was a movie coming out and I just about screamed! *crosses fingers* Lets hope they don’t screw this up
I absolutly loved twilight but the movie totally sucked so i started reading hon i loved it cuz it was wy more realistic i hope if they do make a movie it will actually be somewhat like the book so it doesnt suck dont get me wrong that twilight was ok but hon is neck and neck and i havent even finished the series
I really liked The house of night series and cannot wait for book five to come out. I also am a huge twilight fan. The movie did not let me down because unlike most clueless twilighters out there I knew It was an ADAPTATION of the book and would not be perfect seeing summit entertainment is a small company and explain to me how you fit every detail from a 500 page book into a 2 hour movie. In comparison The house of night books are a lot shorter than the twilight books (by 2 to 4 hundred pages) so it should be easier to make the movie without leaving things out, but there will be man complications because do you know of any castle like school with and absolutely huge area because the way the house of night is described i believe somewhere it says it takes five minutes to walk from one end to the other. which would be pretty big.
But I don’t think it will be a let down like twilight was to some.
Anyways I think twilight was good I have never read harry potter and I don’t think it really relates to twilight much The main character Zoey is nothing like Bella at all.
A movie based on the House of Night series would be the best thing that ever happened, The books are very addictive and i would love to see these actors protray all the great vampyres named in the series. I believe the movie would be a great addition to the books and have the vampyres come to life. twilight and harry potter would have nothing on the house of night.