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Honourable mention: Blood Bags
This is a 2018 Italian horror directed by Emiliano Ranzani and I did wonder whether to run this as a ‘use of tropes’ feature or an ‘honourable mention’. In the end I plumped for the latter and this is...
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V-Wars: Season 1 – review
Director: Various First Aired: 2019 Contains spoilers This is a hard one to review. Overall I enjoyed watching it, and did so as a fan of the novels, but the movement away from some of the premises...
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Themed Week
I have previously looked at the three films by auteur director Chris Alexander in his Irina trilogy; Blood for Irina, Queen of Blood and Blood Dynasty. His films have been likened to Jean Rollin and...
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Necropolis: Legion – review
Director: Chris Alexander Release date: 2019 Contains spoilers On the surface this film, a new release from Full Moon Features, might not seem like a vampire film – indeed I considered doing a “Playing...
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Use of Tropes: Female Werewolf
I must admit that despite a soft spot for the films of budget arthouse auteur Chris Alexander, I’d let this 2015 flick gather dust – possibly because of the word werewolf in the title. This is a shame...
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Space Vampire
Director: Chris Alexander Release date: Unreleased Contains spoilers Writing this is quite an honour but also rather strange. This film by Chris Alexander is unreleased at the time of writing (December...
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The House that Dripped Blood – Blu-Ray – review
I have reviewed the content of the portmanteau film The House that Dripped Blood previously, this is a review of the Blu-Ray release from Second Sight Films. Before I look at that, however, a note...
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Vamp or Not? C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Leila contacted me and asked if I had seen this flick, suggesting it “Plays with some vamp tropes” but was essentially a zombie flick. The film was directed by David Irving and released in 1989 and, at...
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Honourable Mention: My Boring Zombie Apocalypse
My Boring Zombie Apocalypse is a short film, coming in at around the 40-minute mark, released in 2015 and directed by Kevin Perkins. It is a comedy clip show set around David (Charlie Dreizen) who is...
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Short Film: Fang
Fang is a 15-minute long short film directed by José Hidalgo and released in 2012. It is an extra on the DVD of the film Michael – (K)ein harter Vampirfilm and serves as a prequel to the film. The DVD...
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Michael – (K)ein Harter Vampirfilm – review
Director: José Hidalgo Release date: 2017 Contains spoilers I have previously looked at short film Fang, which serves as a prequel to this film and was an extra on the DVD. The DVD was a gift from Matt...
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Gothic Harvest – review
Director: Ashley Hamilton Release date: 2018 Contains spoilersOne thing I noticed about Gothic Harvest, before watching it, was that it featured Bill Moseley (the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) for whom I...
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The Witcher: Betrayer’s Moon – review
Director: Alex Garcia Lopez First aired: 2019 Contains spoilers 2019 saw a Netflix original series of the Witcher. Probably best known in the UK due to the games, here on TMtV we have previously looked...
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Dracula (2020) – review
Director: Jonny Campbell, Paul McGuigan and Damon Thomas First aired: 2020 Contains spoilers So, the pre-amble. I was sorely vexed over how to review this but am afraid to say there will have to be...
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Darkness by Day – review
Director: Martín De Salvo Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers Well, this one snuck up – some 7 years after release. Hailing from Argentina the first thing I’d like to address is the quote on the UK...
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Honourable Mention: Guardians
Guardians was a Drew Maxwell directed 2009 low-budget creature feature with a cgi creature (that looked a little like the Geiger alien with a multi-eyed demonic head). Steeped with a paranormal, come...
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Sacred Blood – review
Director: Christopher Coppola Release date: 2015 Contains spoilers Christopher Coppola is no stranger to the vampire genre, directing the 1988 film Dracula’s Widow. This film suffers for lack of budget...
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The Shed – review
Director: Frank Sabatella Release date: 2019 Contains spoilers Whilst a film getting everything very wrong is painful it can be more frustrating to watch a film that does some things very well and yet...
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Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture – review
Author: Sorcha Ní Fhlainn First published: 2019 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture is the first major study to focus on American cultural history from...
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Pray for Daylight – review
Director: Tony Bruno Release date: 2005 Contains spoilers This film is most definitely a micro-budget affair – but one that I felt had a neat little premise it played with and one that had heart....
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