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June 14th, 2013: The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Leave a comment Posted in Dracula, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged "no room at the inn", abusive mother, Anthony Hinds, Baron, Baroness, Britain, coach, creative crosses, Germany, girls' school, graveyard, holy water, inn, Jimmy Sangster, matricide, Michael Carreras, Michael Ripper, mother, mother-son relationship, Peter Cushing, sexy vampires, superstition, teachers, Terence Fisher, unfriendly locals, vampire hunter, Van Helsing, Yvonne Monlaur

May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daugther relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

May 3rd, 2013: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Anthony Hinds, before they were famous, Bram Stoker, Britain, Christopher Lee, freely adapted, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Carreras, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, sunlight kills, Switzerland, Terrence Fisher, vampire hunter

February 26th, 2013: The Last Man on Earth (1964)

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Apocalypse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Dark Future, Horror, Independent, Last Man on Earth, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Survival, The Original, Vampires, Zombies Tagged co-production, Drive-In, Italy, kid vampire, low-budget, plague, Richard Matheson, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, troubled production, twist, vampire hunter, Vincent Price

February 10th, 2013: Son of Dracula (1943)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Horror, Sequel, Vampires, Movie of the Day, Film Noir, Dracula, In Name Only Sequel Tagged Alucard, black magic, cash-in, children of famous people, Curt Siodmak, Deep South, double cross, Drive-In, Evelyn Ankers, femme fatale, Jack P. Pierce, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Siodmak, swamp, twist

October 9th, 2012: Cronos (1993)

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2 Comments Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Vampires Tagged alchemy, antiques dealer, grandfather, Guillermo Del Toro, low-budget, Mexico, Ron Perlman

Vamp (1986)

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, College, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Reviews, Road Trip, Vampires Tagged "kill it with fire", albinos, Billy Drago, cash-in, Chris Makepeace, Deedee Pfieffer, elevator, elevator operator, fire, fraternity, Gedde Wantanabe, Grace Jones, homage, Kansas, kid vampire, less famous siblings, low-budget, Molotov cocktails, nerds, New World Pictures, Oklahoma City, operator, rip-off, Robert Rusler, sexy vampires, street gang, strip club, stripper with a heart of gold, sunlight kills, unfriendly locals, yuppies

September 2nd, 2012: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Horror, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, Vampires Tagged Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Ernest Liu, Fred Williamson, George Clooney, Graeme Revell, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Michael Parks, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Tom Savini

June 14th, 2012: The Lost Boys (1987)

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Leave a comment Posted in Event Film, Horror, Movie of the Day, Vampires Tagged "kill the head vampire to return victims to normal", adults playing teens, Alex Winter, before they were famous, cash-in, comic book store, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Edward Hermann, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Joel Schumacher, Kelly Jo Minter, Kiefer Sutherland, nerds, old timer, Richard Donner, sexy vampires, single mother, teens

April 8th, 2012: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Comedy, DTV, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spoof, Unofficial Sequel, Vampires Tagged biblical allusion, Canada, El Santo, homage, Jesus, low-budget, luchadores, musical interlude, Phil Caracas, sexy vampires

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