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Killing Ariel – review
Directors: Fred Calvert & David J. Negron Jr. Release date: 2008 Contains spoilers There is a thin line between vampire and succubus and, depending on which side the vehicle sits on, I like to...
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Honourable Mentions: Mansion of Blood
Where to start? From what I can gather Mansion of Blood has had a turbulent genesis. News reports about the production date from 2011 and yet Mike Donahue’s film (that does contain some genre staples)...
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Therapy for a Vampire – review
Director: David Rühm Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers Therapy for a Vampire, also known as Der Vampir auf der Couch, is an Austrian/Swiss production and is a comedy. We have been blessed over the...
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Adventure Time: Stakes – review
Directed by: Elizabeth Ito & Andres Salaff First aired: 2015 Contains spoilers I gave Adventure Time season 1 an honourable mention as it contains episodes featuring recurring character Marceline...
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Fiend Without a Face – review
Director: Arthur Crabtree Release date: 1958 Contains spoilers Credit where credit is due, whilst I had heard of British B movie Fiend Without a Face I had never seen it or associated it with vampires....
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Vamp or Not? The Quatermass Xperiment
When I looked at the Hammer films I obviously looked at the traditional vampire films, and of course Hammer were masters in such things, producing some of the best vampire films. However I am always...
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V-Wars: Night Terrors – review
Editor: Jonathan Maberry First published: 2016 Contains spoilers The Blurb: The war is tearing our world apart. Instead of big armies with tanks in the field, the Vampire War is fought in the streets,...
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Kickstarter: Odd Creatures among Us
This is a crowdsourced project that has just come to my attention. A proposed short film the synopsis suggests: We like to think that we are all-knowing. We know our family, know our friends, our...
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The Duchess de Nuit: A Tale of Lust and Blood – review
Author: C. De Melo Release date: 2015 The Blurb: Brimming with lush eroticism, sensual imagery, and rich historical detail, Angelique's story begins in 18th century France when she is forced to marry...
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Kickstarter: Sherwood Horror
Another kickstarter for you all and I have been hearing things about this concept for a while, whether these guys were the ones behind the original idea of pitching Robin Hood against vampires I don’t...
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Honourable Mention: The Forbidden Room
Do you like arthouse movies? If the answer is no, you may want to move on. The Forbidden Room is a creation by auteur Guy Maddin (the IMDb credits suggest that it is co-directed by Evan Johnson but...
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An Unattractive Vampire – review
Author: Jim McDoniel First published: 2016 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Jim McDoniel’s debut novel, An Unattractive Vampire, is a darkly comic urban fantasy of ancient horrors in suburban cities. After...
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Necronomicon: Book of Dead – review
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko (second segment) Release date: 1993 Contains spoilers I was contacted by Leila to ask what I thought of the film Necronomicon – or more specifically if I thought the...
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The World of Dracula – review
Directors: Various Release date: 1979 Contains spoilers The series Cliff Hangers was an attempt to bring back the old serial, each ending on a cliff hanger. Each episode was made up of three...
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Hard Ride to Hell – review
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis Release date: 2010 Contains spoilers This is one of those films where actions are vampiric, even if the V word is never used. It hadn’t really flickered on the radar until...
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Empire V – the Prince of Hamlet – review
Author: Victor PelevinTranslator: Anthony Phillips First Published: 2006 (untranslated) Contains spoilers The blurb: When he started following mysterious signs on the street, Roman thought he’d found...
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Vamp or Not? Demon
When I gave an Honourable Mention to the film Dybbuk it was – to a large degree – to highlight an astounding piece of cinema and a wonderful insight into a devastated culture. I did say it wasn’t...
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The Loves of Dracula – review
Directors: Various Release date: 1979 Contains spoilers So, I have already looked at the first film cut from the Cliff Hangers TV series segment the Curse of Dracula, which was the World of Dracula....
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Dracula (2016) – review
Director: Mark Andres Release date: 2016 Contains spoilers How to describe this release? Andres describes his work as Kinographic Novels and I suppose that is as good a title as any. Essentially it is...
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Lady Dracula – review
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb Release date: 1977 Contains spoilers Lady Dracula is an obscure German horror comedy release and the problem lies in the label horror comedy. Not funny, at all really, it...
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