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Olalla – review
Director: Amy Hesketh Release date: 2015 Contains spoilers One of the interesting things about this film is it is Bolivian in origin (though star/director/writer Amy Hesketh is, I believe, American). I...
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Me and the Devil – review
Author: Nick Tosches First published: 2012 Contains spoilers The Blurb: An aging New Yorker, a writer named Nick, feels life ebbing out of him. The world has gone to hell and Nick is so sick of it all...
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Sexandroide – review
Director: Michel Ricaud Release date: 1987 Contains spoilers This is strange, so very, very strange. From what I can work out French (the very sparse dialogue is in French, though the lack of...
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Taliesin Meets… …Wiktor Plitz
Today on Taliesin Meets the Vampires we meet Wiktor Plitz, a French artist who produces vampire killing/hunting kits and makes them available to buy. TMtV: Can you tell us a little about yourself? WP:...
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Hiatus
It’s time for that annual, work-related hiatus and there won’t be a post on Taliesin Meets the Vampires until the 23rd May 2015. I will do my best to moderate comments during the week,...
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Honourable Mention: Die Einsteiger
Directed by Sigi Rothemund and released in 1985 this German comedy was a vehicle for Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger, who had become stars due to their popular radio show. The resultant film (one of...
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Dead but Dreaming – review
Director: Jac Avila Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers Dead but Dreaming is from the same team who would later bring us Olalla, with Jac Avila at the helm, rather than Amy Hesketh, but with some of...
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Vampire Wars – review
Author: Perry Lake First published: 2014 Contains spoilers The Blurb: For thousands of years, ancient vampire lords ruled the Night. Their queen, the coldly beautiful, immortal, and all-powerful...
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Dracula Reborn – review
Director: Attila Luca Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers Not to be confused with the 2012 film, this was originally called Drakula XO but was subject to a name change for the UK DVD release. At the...
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Lilith, a Vampire who Comes Back – review
Director: Gianni Virgadaula Release date: 2008 Contains spoilers Originally called Lemuri – Il bacio di Lilith this is an Italian black and white (and at times dyed, including into sepia) silent film....
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From the Dark – review
Director: Conor McMahon Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers Why this Irish offering hasn’t (at time of review) seen a wider release yet is beyond me as whilst it is simple in construct it is also a...
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Interesting Shorts: Margery of Quether
For those that are unaware, Bram Stoker used Sabine Baring-Gould’s The Book of Were-Wolves (1865), as part of his research for Dracula. Indeed he incorporated some of the physical description of a...
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Arise of the Snake Woman – review
Director: David Palmieri Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers One of the issues with reviewing films – and I’ve been at this a long time now – is that it is difficult to turn your critical faculties...
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Dracula (1973 I) – review
Director: Jack Nixon-Browne First aired: 1973 Contains spoilers When we think of a version of Dracula from 1973 it is natural to think of Dan Curtis’ Dracula, however there was another version, of...
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Empire of the Dead Act 1 – review
Author: George A Romero Illustrator: Alex Maleev First published: 2014 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Zombie godfather George Romero unleashes his next undead epic - as an all-new Marvel comic! Welcome...
View ArticleRIP Christopher Lee
My tribute, following the news that Sir Christopher Lee has passed away, is over at Vamped.org.
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The Carriage or Dracula & My Mother – review
Director: Benjamin L. Gordon Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers I’m often in a quandary when it comes to short films, should I review them or just give them an Honourable Mention. The short film is...
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Honourable Mention: El Vampiro Negro
This was an Argentinian film from 1953 and directed by Román Viñoly Barreto. It is a remake of the classic Fritz Lang movie M and, in honesty, it isn’t a patch on that classic film – though it is a...
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Vampires Under the Hammer – review
Author: Charles E Butler First Published: 2013 Contains spoilers This is the third book of movie reviews (with original illustrations) by Charles E Butler. Having concentrated on adaptations of Dracula...
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Demon – review
Director: Mark Duffield Release date: 2012 Contains spoilers When is a vampire film not a vampire film? Perhaps when the V word is not used, when there is a direct statement of identity – demon…...
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