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Vampyros Lesbos – review
Director: Jess Franco Release date: 1971 Contains spoilers As I write this we are only a couple of months away from the blog’s 8th birthday. During that time I have reviewed a whole array of vampire...
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Interesting Shorts: Phantoms
This story by Iván Turgénieff dates from 1863 and the accompanying illustration was taken from the 1904 edition of “the Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff: Phantoms and Other Stories”, which was...
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Honourable mentions: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
I was not really aware of the Mortal Instruments series of young adult books, they had simply passed me by with barely a flicker on the radar. The same went with this 2013 film directed by Harald...
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The Vampire in Slavic Cultures – review
Editor: Thomas J Garza First published: 2009 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Eight hundred years before Bram Stoker gave us the West's most memorable vampire in Dracula (1897) and long before the exploits...
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Hammer Time
For readers in the UK… The Horror Channel (Sky 319 & 198 Freesat 138 Virgin 149) are starting a series of Hammer Double Features and this Saturday features Dracula Prince of Darkness and Scars of...
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Tales from the Cryptkeeper – Vampire episodes – review
Director: Laura Shepherd First aired: 1993-94 Contains spoilers Tales from the Cryptkeeper was a cartoon series based on the live action Tales from the Crypt, aimed at a younger audience and hosted by...
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Carmilla on Stage
Any readers in the Los Angeles area could do much worse than go to see the new stage production of Carmilla at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre.Written and directed by my good friend David MacDowell...
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Honourable Mention: The ABCs of Death
This was one of the films watched at a horror movie night I had recently with some friends. I am sure you’ll know about the concept behind this film 26 directors (1 of them having won a competition)...
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A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) – review
Director: Wilson Yip Release date: 2011 Contains spoilers I find myself in debt to Leila again as she informed me of the release of this remake of the classic 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story. The film...
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Classic Literature: The Pale Lady
Alexandre Dumas père is one of France’s most famous authors, known for the D’Artagnan Romances– especially the Three Musketeers– but his body of work is so much larger than that. He was a prolific...
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Zombies: the Beginning – review
Director: Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn) Release date: 2007 Contains spoilers You might recall the ‘Vamp or Not?’ I wrote concerning Bruno Mattei’s Island of the Living Dead. Despite being pretty much...
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Dracula’s Demeter – review
Author: Doug Lamoreux First published: 2012 Contains spoilers The blurb: July, 1897, the Russian schooner, Demeter, set sail from Varna with a cargo of fifty oblong boxes partially filled with earth. A...
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Futurama: Fry Am the Egg Man – review
Directors: Dwayne Carey-Hill & Peter Avanzino First aired: 2011 Contains spoilers Futurama was, for me, one of the best, freshest adult orientated animations to come out of the States for some...
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Chastity Bites – review
Director: John V. Knowles Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers This is an Erzsébet Báthory film with an almost Cherry Falls twist. It contains a lovely new (I’m pretty damn certain) twist of lore that...
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Stage Blood: Vampires of the 19th Century Stage – review
Author: Roxana Stuart First published: 1994 Contains spoilers The blurb: Roxana Stuart’s study approaches the subject primarily from the viewpoint of literary criticism but also includes production...
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Honourable Mention: Billy and Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was a Cartoon Network series about a somewhat slow boy called Billy (Richard Steven Horvitz), and the ill-tempered, cynical girl called Mandy (Grey DeLisle) who...
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Rigor Mortis – review
Director: Juno Mak Release date: 2013 Contains spoilers The Chinese vampire, the kyonsi (or spelling variants thereof), has perhaps had a lamentable un-life in films. For every classic film such as Mr...
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Elizabeth Bathory – review
Director: Elizabeth Nixon Release date: 2014 Contains spoilers It’s always nice to see independent filmmakers pull a project together, and I am always intrigued to see how such filmmakers will push...
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So Dark – kickstarter
You might remember a pair of shorts I reviewed, So Pretty and So Dark. If not, then please do check out the reviews as I was rather impressed with them. Anyway, director Al Lougher is looking to make a...
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Marthas Garten – review
Director: Peter Liechti Release date: 1997 Contains spoilers A Swiss film noir shot in black and white with a central vampire aspect is not exactly the most common cinematic fare but it is exactly what...
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