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Honourable mention: Night Thirst
This was a 2002 horror portmanteau film directed by Jon McBride, John Polonia and Mark Polonia. I spotted it on Amazon video and, when I noticed the involvement of the Polonia brothers my heart fell....
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World of Darkness: The Documentary – review
Director: Giles Alderson Release date: 2017 This is a documentary that charts the life so far of World of Darkness, from the White Wolf Magazine, the conception of Vampire the Masquerade (VtM), the...
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The Mummy – review
Director: Alex Kurtzman Release date: 2017 Contains spoilers This was the second false start of the Universal monsters’ reboot (dubbed Dark Universe). The first attempt, Dracula Untold, was so...
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NYV: Goth – review
Author: K.D. McQuain First Published: 2018 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Blood Stains Don't Show On Black! Being friends with a vampire can be hazardous to your health. That’s what Christian’s tribe of...
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Texas Terror Tales – review
Director: David Carbajal (segment) Release date: 2017 Contains spoilers This is another anthology film with the connection that all the films are from (and set in) Texas. I guess you could say that the...
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Blood, Sweat and Terrors – review
Directors: Adam and Joe Horton (segment) Release date: 2018 Contains spoilers This is yet another anthology film, with a general view to action/horror but also having a wonderfully Lovecraftian/surreal...
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The House of Screaming Death – review
Director: David Hastings (segment) Release date: 2017 Contains spoilers The House of Screaming Death is a portmanteau film that is not only in the style of the classic British anthology film but it...
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A Short Break
Just a quick note to let my readers know that I'm putting Taliesin Meets the Vampires on a short hiatus.I'm going to be MIA for two weeks but will be back on the 9th February with plenty of toothsome...
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Pharaoh’s Curse – review
Director: Lee Sholem Release date: 1957 Contains spoilers I stumbled across a poster for this film, which led to a description (and a mention of blood drinking) and then tracking the film on Daily...
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Crucible of the Vampire – review
Director: Iain Ross-McNamee Release date: 2019 Contains spoilers The lack of fanfare for the release of this British vampire flick was somewhat disappointing, little seemed to fly around (I’d noticed...
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Dark Seduction – review
Director: Greg Travis Release date: 2015* Contains spoilers This is like a glimpse into the Bs of ages past, a black ‘n’ white lesbian vampire film, that’s also a film noire it was release in 2015 but...
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Vamp or Not? Dis
Dis is a disturbing piece of horror-arthouse, directed by Adrian Corona and released in 2019, which walks a line that perhaps owes a tad to torture-porn but also I was reminded – in some small way – of...
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Old Blood – review
Director: Denise Channing Release date: 2018 Contains spoilers This is a film shot in Norwich UK, which seems to have been stuck in producer/distributor Hell… until you watch it and realise it just...
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Darkness on the Horizon – review
Author: Christopher Renna First Published: 2019 Contains spoilers The Blurb: - - BECOMING A MAN CAN BE MURDER. - - All Morgan Fischer wants is to graduate high school and escape small-town Colby,...
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Short Film: Vienna Waits for You
A 26-minute film, this was directed by Dominik Hartl and released in 2012. What makes this interesting is that it is a vampiric location – in this case an apartment building.It begins with an elderly...
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Honourable Mention: Strange Battle
This was a 2016 Chinese movie, directed by Zhang Shaojun, and if you look to the poster I’ve headed this article with you’ll see a very stylised kyonsi with the normal prayer scroll to the forehead...
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You Only Die Once – review
Director: Amanda Goodman First Aired: 2017 Contains spoilers One of the boons of the internet is that it has encouraged creativity. Some of that might be misplaced but there is some great content out...
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The Wicked – review
Director: Peter Winther Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers Ah the witch (Cassie Keller) and her forays over to the vampire genre – she normally does it through a bit of energy vampirism but it is...
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Vampire Sunrise – review
Director: Scott Shaw Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers This is a first on TMtV, as it is the first review I have done of a Scott Shaw film. I was aware of the director/actor (who has 111 directorial...
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Playing with Tropes: Flesh-Eating Mothers
This is an absolute paragon of 80s B-Movieness. Released in 1988 and directed by James Aviles Martin, it is a schlock, low-rent comedy with cannibals. One might suggest that these cannibals are not...
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