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Tales of Dracula – review
Director: Joe DeMuro Release date: 2015Contains spoilers If we class Tales of Dracula as a fan film – which it most assuredly is, given that the film has clearly been created with a fan’s touch – then...
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Honourable Mention: Brood of the Witch-Queen
Brood of the Witch-Queen was a 1918 novel of supernatural adventure written by Sax Rohmer, the author better known for his creation Fu Manchu. The story follows Dr Bruce Cairn and his son Robert as...
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Brides of Dracula: the legend of Dracula: Book 2 – review
Author: Perry Lake Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Vlad the Impaler was once the most fearsome ruler in Europe. His armies marched against both Turks and Saxons until his enemies...
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Strange Blood – review
Director: Chad Michael Ward Release date: 2015 Contains spoilers The vampire created by science, it’s a nice route to tread at times. It makes me think back to the vampire bat and deranged experiments...
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The Vampire Almanac vol. 1 – review
Edited by: J-M and Randy Lofficier First published: 2015 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Stories by Matthew Baugh, Nathan Cabaniss, Matthew Dennion, Win Scott Eckert, Brian Gallagher, Martin Gately, Rick...
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Honourable Mention: Doctor Who: Journey into Terror
I have featured plenty of Doctor Who episodes on the blog, however this is by far the earliest being part of season 2 of the original Doctor Who and featuring William Hartnell as the Doctor. Directed...
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Rise of the Vampire – review
Author: Erik Butler First published: 2013 Contains spoilers The blurb: Before Bella and Edward; Stefan and Damon Salvatore; and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, there was Lestat and Louis, The Lost...
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Honourable Mention: Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending was the 2015 space opera by the Wachowskis and I was very tempted just to run a review as vampirism (in a form) is at the core of the film and the main antagonists could all be said...
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Sinbad: the Fifth Voyage – review
Director: Shahin Sean Solimon Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers I was to see this at the 2014 Bram Stoker International Film Festival but it had fallen from the schedule when we arrived. This...
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Story of my Death – review
Director: Albert Serra Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers The 18th Century libertine Giacomo Casanova is synonymous with the lover and yet such earthy pursuits seem to be almost missing (almost but...
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The Vampire Almanac volume 2 – review
Edited by: J-M & Randy Lofficier First published: 2015 Contains spoilers The blurb: Featuring Alsinka the Virgin Vampire, Captain Vampire, Carmilla, Countess Carody, Dracula, the Gyaos, Nosferatu,...
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Honourable Mention: Adventure Time: Season 1
The Cartoon Network series Adventure Time does feature a vampire character, Marceline (Olivia Olson). However in the thirteen episodes of season 1, each split into 2 stories, she only appears in 2...
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Taliesin Meets… …Brian Stableford
Having sold his first short story to Science Fantasy in 1965, Brian Stableford has been publishing fiction and non-fiction for fifty years. His fiction includes eleven novels and seven short story...
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Creature of the Walking Dead – review
Director: Jerry Warren* Release date: 1965* Contains spoilers There are some films that just hide away undetected. With a title that is overly clunky and a tagline that was marvellous – The Fountain Of...
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Vamp or Not? Frankenstein Island
I received a comment recently from JaredMithrandir asking if I had seen Frankenstein Island, a Jerry Warren directed film from 1981, as it had a vampiric element. I had not but I discovered that it had...
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The Face of Marble – review
Director: William Beaudine Release date: 1946 Contains spoilersI need to start this with a thanks to Doug Lamoreux and the vampire trivia game he was playing on Facebook. Had it not been for that I...
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Honourable Mentions: Necropolis
This was a 1970 released art film directed by Franco Brocani, which was said to be a dissertation on evil through the ages. In reality it is very, very strange and the actors take on several roles. We...
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Classic Literature: Smarra or the Demons of the Night
The story Smarra, originally Smarra ou les Démons de la nuit, was an 1821 story by Charles Nodier and, whilst not a vampire story per se, it certainly has a vampiric element. Nodier, of course, is...
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The Caretakers – review
Director: Steve Hudgins Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers Not to be confused with the earlier (and singular) the Caretaker, writer and director Steve Hudgins has followed a line of concentrating on...
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Vampires: the Final Hunt – review
Author: Charles E Butler First Published: 2015 Contains spoilers This is the fourth vampire review book by Charles E Butler, the others being the Romance of Dracula, Vampires Everywhere and Vampires...
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