Blood for Dracula is a weird film that zigzags between artsy and trashy yet never gets entertaining either way. Udo Kier is a very interesting choice for Dracula, and there are a number of other very good casting choices, but when a film’s best feature is its theme tune, you know you are in trouble. […]
Another of the later Hammer films, Vampire Circus combines the vampire subgenre with the subgenre of the creepy circus. While I am not a big Hammer fan, some of the creepy circus aspects in this film work very well. […]
This cinematic release under the Tales from the Crypt banner is a somewhat lacklustre comedy-gorefest with a weak story. […]
The Monster Club is a 1981 anthology film whose frame narrative stars Vincent Price and John Carradine. Three stories are told over the course of this film, one of which is a vampire tale. […]
Micheal Almereyda’s Nadja, produced by David Lynch, is a rather odd vampire film with a fair amount of hidden and deadpan humour. With its unusual humour and its experimental visual style, this black & white film will probably not be to everyone’s taste. […]
This black & white Gothic film from Mexico has weaknesses in the writing, but it looks very good and has a very talented cast. […]
This is the first Santo-film for me. It is a rather silly B-movie, but I expected worse. At least there are a number of beautiful shots in this film. […]
A classic in its own right, albeit a rather controversial one, 1992’s Buffy has perhaps more in common with other post-Hughes teen-comedies than with Joss Whedon’s TV show. Still the film is not as bad as you might have been told, although the third act is undeniably a bit of a train-wreck. […]
Even though some of the characters are underdeveloped (or underused), most elements in The Lost Boys are great and still hold up well after 30 years. There is a reason they call this one a classic. […]
A somewhat faithful Carmilla-adaptation by Hammer; and not a bad film, even if it is not exactly riveting. […]
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