WAIT! Before you blow off this trailer as part of the teen vampire glu,t know this: Vampire Academy was made by Mean Girls director Mark Waters and adapted by Heathers writer Daniel Waters. Plus the book was pretty great.
Set in a VAMPIRE ACADEMY where vampire royals attend classes with the vampire half-breeds who are trained to protect them, the main character Rose Hathaway is kind of like a badass, Buffy-type lady. But instead of killing vampires, she's tasked with protecting them — specifically, her vampire bestie, Lissa. Most of the story is centered around their relationship instead of a 1,000-year-old immortal lusting after a 17-year-old girl, so that's a bonus.
The new teaser doesn't look like much, but it's a teaser. Either way we're suckers for teenage girls walking around in slo-mo like a pack of evil bitches. Get it, girls! Fingers crossed this one brings back the teen nasty we loved from the director's past.
Vampire Academy will hit theaters on February 14th, 2014.
DISCUSSION
I hate all the overblown vampire romance novels that pop up all over the place as much as the next person ... but these books are a totally guilty pleasure. There's nothing you haven't seen a thousand times before but I swear these books are like candy. You don't even feel sick afterwards for some strange reason. I'll take Rose Hathaway over Katniss Everdeen any day of the week (It's just a pity that Jennifer Lawrence can't be in ALL the movies).