Lilith – review
Director: Mark Vadik Release date: 2007 Contains spoilers In an online discussion about Lilith – where the vampire connection was being discussed – friend and author Doug Lamoreux mentioned this film...
View ArticleLilith’s Awakening – review
Director: Monica Demes Release date: 2016 Contains spoilers As this is the first feature length film from the David Lynch MFA Program and, mostly, in Black and White there are parallels that might be...
View ArticleThe Vampire in Science Fiction Film and Literature – review
Author: Paul Meehan First published: 2014 Contains spoilers The Blurb: This examination of the history of vampires within the science fiction realm also analyses the role of science and pseudo-science...
View ArticleReturn of Ultraman: Yoru o kechirase – review
Director: unknown First aired: 1971 Contains spoilers Ultraman was, and still is, a highly successful franchise in Japan. This series – also known as Ultraman Jack – was a 51 episode series that ran...
View ArticleCreeporia – review
Director: John Semper Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers I came across Creeporia on Amazon Prime (UK) and from what I can gather there was a web serial that became a film. Actually IMDb lists two...
View ArticleVlad – review
Author: Carlos Fuentes Translators: E. Shaskan Bumas & Alejandro Branger First published: 2010 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Where, Carlos Fuentes asks, is a modern day vampire to roost? Why not...
View ArticleIII Slices of Life – review
Director: Anthony G. Sumner Release date: 2010 Contains spoilersThis was a portmanteau film and Sumner’s next portmanteau effort has already been looked at on TMtV. Gallery of Fear contained the...
View ArticleRites of Blood – review
Director: Sami Haavisto Release date: 2004 Contains spoilers I have looked at another film by Finnish director Sami Haavisto, in the form of Desire of the Innocent Blood. Many of the cast of this film...
View ArticleShort Film: The Audition
Director: Ryan Shovey Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers When I look at a short film I try my best not to spoil it. When it comes in at just over 7 minutes that can be difficult. However when your...
View ArticleVengeance Obtained – review
Author: Eric M Gore First Published: 2016 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Marcel Dekrey, angel of The Lord and nine-hundred year old vampire, is a double agent in service to The Most High God. Marcel is...
View ArticleMr Hush – review
Director: David Lee Madison Release date: 2010 Contains spoilers I have to say, at the head of the review, that those who know me will realise that what I tend to do for reviews is watch the film...
View ArticleHonourable Mention: 8 Masters
This was a 1977 Kung Fu movie directed by Joseph Kuo Nan-Hong and was the third of the 18 Bronzemen movies (though not a direct sequel thereof). In many respects it is a foreshadowing of the Kenny...
View ArticleAaron’s Blood – review
Director: Tommy Stovall Release date: 2016 Contains spoilers There are indie films and then there are indie films. I find myself ploughing through quite a few films where the photography looks really...
View ArticleBlood of the Tribades – review
Directors: Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. EpsteinRelease date: 2016 Contains spoilers Blood of the Triblades ran a successful kickstarter campaign and the version viewed for review was the backers...
View ArticleRevisit: Blood Bath
As there has been a UK Blu-Ray release of this film (set at Region A and B) I thought I’d revisit it. However, don’t go looking for the film under the title "Blood Bath" on the blog. I reviewed it...
View ArticleYoung Dracula (1975) – review
Director: Lucio Fulci Release date: 1975 Contains spoilers To avoid confusion with the cracking children’s series of the same name I suppose I should have used the Italian title Il cav. Costante...
View ArticleCinderella and Bluebeard – review
Author: Paul Jacob Smith First published: 2016 Contains spoilers The blurb: Cinderella and Bluebeard is a dark fairy tale based upon the life of Gilles de Rais. As Marshal of France, the Baron de Rais...
View ArticleOtaku Vampires – review
Director: Christopher Wesley Release date: 2016 Contains spoilers Otaku is a Japanese word meaning a young person who is obsessed with popular culture (the word has become synonymous with anime and...
View ArticleThe Sanguinarian Id – review
Author: L M Labat First published: 2016 Contains spoilers The Blurb: She’s been beaten, stabbed, poisoned, and shot, but Hael refuses to die. In her pursuit for vengeance and her origin, the dhampir...
View ArticleHonourable Mention: Spookies
It’s difficult to know exactly what to make of this 1986 film. Directed primarily (in the credits) by Genie Joseph, the director was building upon work from an unfinished work called Twisted Souls that...
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