Price$19.95
Media TypeTrick
CategoryBizarre, Close Up
Date AddedAug 05, 2013
Bitten
Solari, Bob
Bob Solari Magic
(Based on 1 review)
A TRICK SO GOOD...IT SUCKS !
When I was a young child, it was a dark rainy night when my grandfather told me a story about vampires. He used picture cards to depict the story. He showed me four blank picture cards. 'Hold your hands in a prayer position', he said. 'You will need all the help you can get in a moment.' As he said this he slipped one of the blank cards into my hands.
'Sometimes, when you least expect it', his voice began to rise, 'bats suddenly appear out of nowhere!' As he turned over each of the once-blank cards, an image of a bat magically appeared on each card!
'At will, a vampire can take its human form!',he bellowed. He turned over the cards again and now each of the three cards no longer showed a bat, but vampires!
I had forgotten about the blank card trapped between my praying hands. He took the vampire cards and tapped on my hands; one, two, three times with them. This time, all three cards became blank once again!
My grandfather looked at me and asked in a loud voice, 'Have you been praying ,boy?' His voice made my heart jump. 'Yes", I replied, my voice a bit shaky. 'It didn't help!' he exclaimed. 'Open your hands!'
As I opened my hands, the once-blank picture card now had bite marks through the card dripping with blood! I looked up as my grandfather laughed a hearty laugh! And when he showed me his teeth, they weren't his teeth at all, but they were the fangs of a vampire!
Complete with specially printed cards, Vampire fangs, Easy to follow instructions.
Steve Dusheck : ' BITTEN is a real winner. The graphics on the cards, the presentation and the amazing effect makes this a perfect trick for any magician to carry and perform. BITTEN is not just wonderful magic, it's fun. , Fun to perform and fun to watch.'
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Just in time for Halloween (2013)!
This is a wicked creepy story on several levels. What I love about it is the layering of personal childhood story with vampires and a bit of tongue-in-cheek religiosity. And there's a cool payoff with the final card being physically altered (not just the image)… and then the fangs! (read the product description, if you haven't already)
Yeah, it's a packet trick. Given the specific story, I think it's perfectly acceptable to carry around a small packet of cards just for this routine. The reason for their existence is explained in the story.
I have two challenges to anyone who performs this:
First, figure out how to perform it vertically. The old "heads-down, hands-down" way of doing things is for beginners. If you're a performer, stand up straight and work for a bigger audience!
Second, do some research into the Flushtration Count. In particular, see Jon Armstrong's DVD Set. I saw him give a short lecture on how to do it correctly and deceptively at a World Magic Seminar several years ago. I had been doing it wrong for 30 years. OK, not technically wrong, but Jon has work on it that will completely change how you perform this move.
The moves are relatively standard for packet tricks: Flushtration Count (and a modified version) and a Rumba Count.
This is a wicked creepy story on several levels. What I love about it is the layering of personal childhood story with vampires and a bit of tongue-in-cheek religiosity. And there's a cool payoff with the final card being physically altered (not just the image)… and then the fangs! (read the product description, if you haven't already)
Yeah, it's a packet trick. Given the specific story, I think it's perfectly acceptable to carry around a small packet of cards just for this routine. The reason for their existence is explained in the story.
I have two challenges to anyone who performs this:
First, figure out how to perform it vertically. The old "heads-down, hands-down" way of doing things is for beginners. If you're a performer, stand up straight and work for a bigger audience!
Second, do some research into the Flushtration Count. In particular, see Jon Armstrong's DVD Set. I saw him give a short lecture on how to do it correctly and deceptively at a World Magic Seminar several years ago. I had been doing it wrong for 30 years. OK, not technically wrong, but Jon has work on it that will completely change how you perform this move.
The moves are relatively standard for packet tricks: Flushtration Count (and a modified version) and a Rumba Count.