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Ninjas Vs Monsters – review
Director: Justin Timpane Release date: 2013 Contains spoilersThe sequel to Ninjas Vs Vampires, this is actually the third in the film series (and I confess, at time of writing this I still haven’t...
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Honourable Mention: Adult Wednesday Addams: Babysitting
Directed by Mike Bernstein and written by and starring Melissa Hunter, Adult Wednesday Addams is a fun web series imagining the adventures of Wednesday as she makes her way through modern life....
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Vamp or Not? The Fritz Lang Mabuse Trilogy
My series of ‘Vamp or Not?’ articles have occasionally raised eyebrows, I know, but there is most definitely a reason for each of them. Perhaps there has been an association of the film/book with...
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El Castillo de los Monstruos – review
Director: Julián Soler Release date: 1958 Contains spoilers When I ordered this on Amazon (UK) the page suggested the film was in English. Given the set’s Spanish titling I hoped it would be at least...
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Sanguivorous – review
Director: Naoki Yoshimoto Release date: 2011 Contains spoilers The DVD suggests that Sanguivorous, also known as Kyuketsu, is an Avant-garde vampire movie from Japan. That is likely to tweak your...
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The Rivals of Dracula – review
Editor: Michel Parry First published: 1977 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Vampires! Vampires – those toothy denizens of darkness with their deathly-pale faces and hot-coal eyes and their craving for...
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Tales of the Third Dimension – review
Director: Thom McIntyre (vampire segment) Release date: 1984 Contains spoilers A portmanteau film from the early 80s, with a most uninspired and almost puerile name, this really was a low rent Tales...
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Bride of the Midnight King: A Grimm Blood Tale – review
Author: Kat Parrish First published: 2014 Contains spoilers The blurb: Bride of the Midnight King is a paranormal romance with a fairy tale twist--Bride of the Midnight King. A vampire version of...
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Honourable Mention: A Clockwork Orange
A genius piece of film-making – withdrawn from UK distribution by director Stanley Kubrick and only subsequently rereleased after his death – this 1971 piece of cinema was based on Anthony Burgess’...
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Interesting Shorts: The Mysterious Stranger
Montague Summers has a lot to answer for. He listed the short story “The Mysterious Stranger” as being translated into English in 1860, for the Odds and Ends publication. Actually this was a reprint of...
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Open graves, open minds – review
Edited by: Sam George and Bill Hughes First Published: 2013 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Open graves, open minds relates the Undead in literature and other media to questions concerning genre,...
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The Temptress – review
Director: Jeff Kirkendall Release date: 2002* Contains spoilers *IMDb gives the release date as 2003, the DVD box states 2002. It is sometimes difficult, when watching a low budget independent movie....
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Beverly Hills Vamp – review
Director: Fred Olen Ray Release date: 1989 Contains spoilers You’ve got to hand it to Fred Olen Ray, he kept pumping those films out (at the time of writing this review IMDb listed 136 directing...
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Honourable Mention: Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead
When I originally looked at Dead Snow I did so on the basis that, whilst it looked like a zombie film, it really wasn’t. The Z word was used once all film and these intelligent, tool using creatures...
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Vamp or Not? The Mysterious Lodger
When looking at the work of J Sheridan Le Fanu, specifically for vampire tales, there are three primary pieces. The obvious one is Carmilla, the classic tale of Styrian vampirism. The other two primary...
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Honourable Mention: Christmas at Draculas: Montage
Christmas at Draculas is, at the time of publishing this article, a forthcoming comedy written and directed by Simon Mckeon. The film is a no-budget production and yet the comedy has certainly got my...
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3 to murder – review
Director: Jeff Kirkendall Release date: 1999 Contains spoilers When I reviewed the Temptress I mentioned that this prequel short (which comes in at 40 minutes) was on the special edition DVD. I...
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Honourable Mention: Vampz!
Whilst Vampz! Is available as a just over an hour piece via video on demand, it did start life as a web series and it is still available to view for free on YouTube (you can find the channel here) and...
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Tales from the Crypt – The secret – review
Director: J. Michael Riva First aired: 1990 Contains spoilers When I looked at the uninspired Tales of the Third Dimension I accused it of being a low rent Tales from the Crypt. I have to thank Scott...
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Honourable Mention: The ABCs of Death 2
The 2014 released second instalment of the clever anthology series, which started with the ABCs of Death, this followed the same premise of 26 directors each with a letter of the alphabet, a small...
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