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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i hope if they do make a movie about the HON that its somewhat like the book and i agree that the twilight book ws ok because they couldnt put everything froma 500-700 page book in a 2 hour movie so everyone who thought is was bad think about that and the HON movie(if they make one) is probably gonna be better cuz its a shorter book
omg twilight sux huge a**. im glad they r making this awesome book series a movie.
i love these books there cool! the authers are great. and that transaltion is SO wrong they would NEVER say that. the writer of this arttical is an asshole.
I read all the House of Night books that are currently out (5) and it is my favorite series, I like it so much better than Twilight. I dont think of it as a combination of anything. i think of it as a way to make an AMAZING vampyre story without sticking to the stereotypical sleep in coffins, if you get bit you become one, hiding from the world vampires.
ok….
where i work i go by the book section all the time b/c i like to read and the House of Night series kept catching my eye so on saturday/sunday i bought the books and read them right away and now im on the third book. They are truly amazing books and i love them (i also lovw twilight 2 i’ll admit it im a twilight-freak =]). But i really do hope they make a move out of it but as for who will be playing the people from the books go to this website…
http://www.houseofnightseries.com/pages/yearbook.html
its a yearbook of some of the people like zoey and her friends and some new people 2.
ok..so i have a list of all the vampire series i have read..and this list goes from the ones i love best to the ones i like but not so much..:
1. Morganville Vampires
2. The House of Night Series
3. Blue Bloods
4. The Demonata (not exactly a vampire book, more like demons)
5. Cirque Du Freak
6. Twilight
7. Vampire Kisses
i can’t remember the rest..lolz..:)
I love all those books but my oder is:
1. Morganville Vampires
2. Vampire Academy
3. House of Night
4. Twilight
5. Vampire Diaries
6. Blue Bloods
7. Night World (has a lot of different kind of fantasy people)
and a lot more i cant remember because i read too much and it all kinda flows together…
You know hon isn’t a bad series. It’s just not great.. a whole lot more could be done. Its just a really simple read. Yes more so than harry potter or twilight. That doesn’t mean its bad, just simple. If you want an entertaining easy read then these are the perfect books.
eh but if they make a movie of it.. i doubt it will go far. Books like this just dont translate well into movies most times.. Plus there’s really not a whole lot to work with from the first book. They’ll have to start making things up and that will just completely kill it.
there’s only ever been one movie that turned out better then the book.
Everything is illuminated
the only one.
House of Night FTW.
Whoever wrote this obviously never read the books and Marked was actually written before Twilight was famous or optioned to become a movie.
Vampires weren’t invented by Stephenie Meyer.
Okay, sorry people. But i honestly think Twilight the movie wasn’t that good. I love Twilight. I have everything that has came out. But they hurried. They didn’t even show my favorite part–when Bella passes out– Come on?.. But i think The House Of Night series is better in it’s way’s. I bet if they came out with a movie. It would be just as good as Twilight. As long as they don’t rush like they did with Twilight. I have no idea about what yall think, but, i wouldn’t mind waiting too have a seriously wicked movie from The House Of Night series. I love these book’s. They are first on my list’s.
I love the House of Night series and love seeing other series/titles listed to read by others who enjoyed the books. Some of my favs are Harry Potter and Twightlight (although, since they became so popular, haven’t felt like reading past the second book…Had found them a few years ago and forgot about them until the movie drama.) I was really surprised that no one has mentioned Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Lestat, Louis, Armand….those are great books!
If someone has fell in love with a story line, don’t bash ‘em. I’m sure you’ve found a series you’re passionate about and then you feel let down when you’ve finished them. I’m always on the lookout for new titles to read!
(Besides the vamp thing HON has, I was so pleased with all the Pagan influences! Harry Potter definately didn’t take that route!)