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. […]
Tag: Italy
A. K. Tolstoy: The Vampire [Упырь] (1841)
This short Russian novella is a true Gothic tale, drawing on western Gothic tradition as well as Graeco-Roman mythology. Not necessarily great literature, perhaps, but interesting nonetheless. […]
Terrore nello spazio (1965)
Renamed “Planet of the Vampires” upon its US-release, this classic Italian B-movie features a lot of things, but not a single vampire… […]
Tempi Duri per i Vampiri (1959)
A rather disappointing Italian comedy that is only of interest because it boasts Christopher Lee as a cast member. […]
Sangue del mio Sangue (2015)
This 2015 film of Italian director Marco Bellocchio is distributed internationally under the title Blood of my Blood.
Sangue del mio Sangue is a decent and (for the most part) accessible arthouse film, but does not offer much for fans of the vampire genre. […]