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Transubstantiation – review
Director: Cody Knotts Release date: 2023* *Date per Amazon release Contains spoilers As I write this, Transubstantiation is available on Amazon as a VOD but IMDb shows it in post-production. It is a...
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The Vampire {2019} – review
Director: Trần Nhân Kiên Release date: 2019 Contains spoilers Cậu chủ ma cà rồng is allegedly the first Vietnamese vampire film – and I can’t think of another one that could take that title. This...
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Use of Tropes: The Hand That Feeds the Dead
Directed by Yilmaz Duru and Sergio Garrone, this was a 1974 horror that starred Klaus Kinski and it is a bit of a Gothic potboiler. Kinski is Prof. Nijinski, the student of a famous doctor, Baron Ivan...
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Martin – review
Authors: George A Romero & Susanna Sparrow Release date: 1978 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Martin was young and good-looking, a shy boy, perhaps even a little backward. But Martin had a secret, one...
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Una Famiglia Mostruosa – review
Director: Volfango De Biasi Release date: 2021 Contains spoilers When I heard about Una Famiglia Mostruosa and went searching for it, I actually found it on YouTube. Unfortunately it was a Russian dub...
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Gore Whore – review
Director: Hugh Gallagher Release date: 1994 Contains spoilers Shot on, and straight to, video, Gore Whore is a low to no budget flick that I have had ghosting around for a long, long time but never got...
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Interesting Shorts: The Hills of the Dead
Though split into chapters, the Hills of the Dead by Robert E Howard is a short and is definitely interesting in the way it treats vampirism. This is one of Howard’s Solomon Kane stories and was...
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Short Film: Max6
Sometimes slow and steady wins the race but sometimes it is rapid and high octane for victory. Max6 was a just over over 2-minute short from a 2010 short film competition, which was directed by Lee...
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V is for Vampire – review
Director: Paul Knop Release date: 2000 Contains spoilers A straight to VHS film, this is a washed-out looking affair but, despite amateur acting and a simple storyline, there is something amusing to...
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Honourable Mention: Bleed 4 Me
This 2011 film was directed by Joston Theney and it’s, let’s be honest, not brilliant. The premise sees a chess game between the devil and, well its never said but presumably God gave powers to the...
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Short Film: The Creep Hunters
Directed by David Lester Mooney and released in 2022, this film comes in at a scant 9:24 and yet manages to pack in a story narrative that is cohesive and makes sense. The film follows a group of...
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The Witch with Flying Head – review
Director: Jen-Chieh Chang Release date: 1982 Contains spoilers This is an interesting, low budget Hong Kong & Taiwan originating movie, which states at the beginning that it is looking to the...
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Short Film: Parasite Lady
Chris Alexander is back and although I am looking at this 2023 release as a short film, given its 42-minute running time, one might argue that it is possibly the most-Chris-Alexander feature to date....
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DC Vs. Vampires vol. 2 – review
Authors: James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg Artist: Otto Schmidt First Published (THB): 2023 Contains spoilers The Blurb: The nightmarish second arc begins! The Earth is now cloaked in darkness as...
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The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1 – review
Director: Tim Russ Release date: 2021 Contains spoilers There is an elephant in the room of this Tim Russ (probably best known for playing Tuvok in Star Trek Voyager) directed film. I realise that it...
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Honourable Mention: The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween Special
Drag stars the Boulet Brothers (aka as Dracmorda Boulet and Swanthula Boulet) are probably best known for their horror themed drag contest Dragula. Halfway to Halloween is a TV special created...
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Nosferatu: Adapted from the Screenplay by Henrik Galeen – review
Author: C. Augustine First Published: 2020 Contains spoilers The Blurb: Come, tour the wild hills and deep, black forests of Transylvania with us. Climb aboard the creaking carriage. We're headed to...
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Buenas Noches, Señor Monstruo – review
Director: Antonio Mercero Release date: 1982 Contains spoilers Poor, poor Paul Naschy, to think that, once upon a 1982 he ended up in this; and just to note that his wolf man in this does not use the...
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Short Film: The Heretic’s Curse
A short film that is just over 18-minutes length and I assume directed by John A Benjamin (the film’s credits list him as editor and DP), this was produced in 2015. The film shows all the hallmarks of...
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Honourable Mention: Screech of the Decapitated
Directed by Michael Tarzian and released in 2005, Screech of the Decapitated is low budget buffoonery of the highest order that is deliberately so. Below grindhouse standard, it revels in the paucity...
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