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Honourable Mention: Going Postal
Terry Pratchett was a national treasure and I still remember reading the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic back in the 1980s with glee. Going Postal was his 33rd Discworld novel and I assume you...
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The Matriarch: Guardians – review
Author: Kevin A Ranson First Published: 2014 Contains spoilers The Blurb: After a woman in white is encountered along a lonely highway in Jackson County, West Virginia, an unusual number of vampires...
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Strasek, der Vampir – review
Director: Theodor Boder Release date: 1982* Contains spoilers *The film, which is of Swiss origin I believe, does not have an IMDb page at the time of writing this article. The copyright is listed as...
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Short Film: Night Moves
At 24 minutes, the Jeremy Cole directed Night Moves concentrates more on character than it does anything else and is successful because of that. It opens with a man, Ethan (Jared Walls), drinking,...
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Sifu Vs Vampire – review
Director: Daniel Chan Yee-Heng Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers Sifu Vs Vampire is a kyonsi movie, that ties in some European vampire tropes and even has a touch of the zompire to it. It perhaps...
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Dr Zitbag’s Transylvania Pet Shop: Season 1 – review
Director: Tony Barnes First aired: 1994 Contains spoilers Don’t worry if you’ve not heard of it. This was a fairly obscure UK/French children’s cartoon from the 1990s and I don’t recall having ever...
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Coming Soon: the Slayers
Be on the lookout for this indie UK vampire flick due in 2016, which was part of a crowd-sourcing exercise. The Slayers is the brainchild of John Williams and takes us into a clearly dark comedy arena,...
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Vamp or Not? Ravenous
Recently I received a message from Leila, who suggested I watch Ravenous with a view to a ‘Vamp or Not?’ The film was from 1999 and directed by Antonia Bird and I was aware of it, however I always...
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Short film: Bunnicula: the Vampire Rabbit
Director: Charles A. Nichols First aired: 1982 The animation of Bunnicula was part of the ABC Weekend Specials and was based on the children book series that began with Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of...
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The First Vampire – review at Vamped
Author: John Davies First Published: 2014 The blurb: In his riveting debut novel, The First Vampire, John Davies provides an alarmingly plausible explanation of why and how the first human was...
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from TMtV, let’s hope that Santa brought you some Vampiric goodies.For a little Christmas vampire cheer check my story the Meaning of Christmas. Picture borrowed from Dracula's House of...
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Honourable Mention: A (Schizophrenic) Love Story
This was a 2014 film directed by Dylan Thomas Ellis & Glenn D. Levy, which was indeed a love story, indeed probably best described as a romantic comedy. The comedy came mainly from the central...
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You’re a Vampire: That Sucks! A Survival Guide – review at Vamped
Author: “Count” Domenick Dicce First Published: 2015 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Being bitten by and turned into a vampire isn’t the glitz and glamor that Hollywood makes it out to be. In fact, one...
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Short Film: Lilitu
Lilitu was the feminine form of lilu, which meant spirit in the Akkadian Language, and is often associated with Lilith. There are, as you will be aware, connections between Lilith and the media...
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Liar, Liar, Vampire – review
Director: Vince Marcello Release date: 2015 Contains spoilers This was a 1 hour kid’s release by Nickelodeon and I guess that kids' fare has degenerated over the years because although there was a...
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Bloodbath – review
Directors: Dan Speaker & Kim Turney Release date: 1999 Contains SpoilersWhilst this shot on video flick is available on a DVD set, I actually came across it over at Vimeo. It is, undoubtedly, a bit...
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The Matriarch: Changeling – review
Author: Kevin A Ranson Published: 2015 Contains spoilers The Blurb: "Throughout American history, every major conflict has been due to either a misunderstanding between parties or a failure to live up...
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The Immortal Augustus Gladstone – review
Director: Robyn C. Miller Release date: 2013 Contains spoilersRobyn C. Miller is better known as the director of classic video games Myst and Riven but here takes the mantle of director, writer and...
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Heartless (season 1) – review
Directors: Natasha Arthy & Kaspar Munk First aired: 2014 Contains spoilers Danish TV series Heartless came somewhat out of leftfield, forming part of the Walter Presents series of Channel 4 world...
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First Impressions: Nightshade
Normally first impression articles are reserved for films watched in the cinema but I felt to review Heiner Hänsel’s series would be unfair as, by the end of episode 3, it was clear that this was a...
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