Tag Archives: Dracula

Book Review: The Brides – Author Raven c.s. McCracken

2011, ebook
$.99

Synopsis:
A dark, sinister, sexy and clever take on the origins of The Brides of Dracula. Think cross between an old school horror book and the TV show Dexter (yes, the one about the serial killer). A new, original twist on the classic vampire tale, set in present-day Las Vegas.

Review:
The thing about the world today is that there are too many damn vampires in it. The undead bloodsuckers are… More

1 Comment

Trailer: Dracula – Reborn (2012)

Trailer: Dracula: Reborn (2012)

New trailer from Halcyon Entertainment

Leave a comment

Game Review: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is an all new type of Castlevania game, although it does share some noticeable similarities with previous Castevania titles. You control one of six vampire hunter who has traveled to Castlevania to find and defeat the dark lord. All 6 characters in the game have been protagonists in other Castlevania games such as Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. You will traverse through 6 different stages before your final confrontation… More

Leave a comment

How about a free worthy dose of Dracula?

dracBanner

The co-editors of The Journal of Dracula Studies have just posted this FREE special edition featuring annotations on Transylvanian folklore by Dr. Anne DeLong and Dr. Curt Herr.

As reported it contains eroticism, Victorian sexual briefs and lots of Dracula. Twilight fans will of course love the special mentions included. In any case, fly on over to www.thecopia.com  for details

Leave a comment

The 13 Coolest, Most Badass Bad Guys in Horror Movie History

hannibal_lecter-large

So, in my mind, amongst horrible and bloody thoughts of you, I have a growing mass of villains and horror icons that I both love and admire and yet, have never really seen any such compilation from any other esteemed and notable columnist that wasn’t the same old regurgitated shit being used over and used over for the sake of churning out another mediocre horror-themed article. It occurred to me while drunk and sharpening axes,… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: iDrakula – Author Bekka Black

iDRAKULA

Book Author: Bekka Black
Publisher: SourceBooks Fire, 2010
150 pages, $9.99

The story of Dracula isn’t new. It isn’t even kind of new. There have been dozens of film, literary, graphic novel, and even musical adaptations and interpretations of the story. Dracula has been to the past, he has been brought forward into present day, he has been to space, he has been a tragic anti-hero, he has been a blood-sucking maniac,… More

Leave a comment

Rutger Hauer = Van Helsing in Dario Argento’s DRACULA

I can’t lie to you, I have never really gotten the whole Italian horror thing. I mean, I watch them – I appreciate them but really can’t say I’m a huge fan of them When it comes to Dario Argento I have always found his films fantastic to look at but I could not even give you a clue as to what the majority of his films are about. Very confusing stuff.

I was… More

Leave a comment

List of Vampire Movies

30 Days of Night (2007)
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Against the Dark (2009)
Being Human (TV series) (2008)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Black Sunday (1960)
Blacula (1972)
Blade (1998)
Blade: The Series (2006)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Blade II (2002)
Blood+ (Blood Plus) (2005-2006)
Blood: The Last Vampire… More

6 Comments

Top 13 Best / Worst Horror Movies based on Books

Books are magical. Immersing yourself in the depths of the written word can whisk you away to the far reaches of imagination and drag you naked through the intricacies of epic tales of love, adventure, romance and horror. Unfortunately, the way I see it, books take a lot of time away from the more important enjoyments in life like drunkenly and maniacally weilding a chainsaw just to fuck some shite up. I have also found… More

Leave a comment

David Slade Set To Pilot THE DEMETER

David Slade is no stranger to the vampire genre, actually his name is synonymous with them of late mainly because hit last two films were about the bloodsuckers.

Sure, one of them was a TWILIGHT movie but it did make a butt load of money.  The other of course was 30 DAYS OF NIGHT which I personally like a whole bunch.  Seems Mr. Slade is done with the “tweenie” horror is as going to be… More

Leave a comment

Film Review: Dracula (1931)

SYNOPSIS:

After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London. After sucking the blood and turning the young Lucy Weston into a vampire, Dracula turns his attentionMore

1 Comment

A Little Bit of History Repeating?

If we look at today’s horror output from major Hollywood studios we must ask the question “Is Hollywood making the same mistakes it has before?”

A quick glance at movies currently in production shows a terribly high number of remakes and sequels, (monikered as ‘franchises’ by production companies) much to the dismay of many horror fans.

It seems like major studios have bombarded us with unoriginal ideas for many a year now. Yet, we know… More

1 Comment

Vintage Screams: Universal Monsters

UM Dracula 1

In 1928, Carl Laemmle Senior made his son, Carl Laemmle Junior, head of Universal Pictures as a 21st birthday present. Woo hoo! Universal already had a reputation for nepotism – at one point, seventy of Carl Senior’s relatives were supposedly on the payroll. Many of them were nephews, resulting in Carl Senior being known around the studios as Uncle Carl. If you’re wondering how to pronounce the surname, Ogden Nash one rhymed, “Uncle Carl… More

Leave a comment

Cool new Dracula ring and more!

The Ring of Dracula bears the Count’s crest, the hallmark of the classic aristocratic vampire. It has adorned the fingers of some of the most admired actors to have portrayed Dracula in the classic Universal Monsters movies, including Bela Lugosi and John Carradine.

Originally crafted for 1944’s ‘The House of Frankenstein’ the prop ring was then used in a number of different Universal Monsters movies until 1948. A copy of the original prop even found… More

Leave a comment

Film Review: Nosferatu (1922)


SYNOPSIS:

“Count Orlok moves to Wisburg bringing the plague, which reveals his connection to the realtor Thomas Hutter, and the Count’s obsession with Hutter’s wife, Ellen – the only one with the power to end the evil.” (courtesy IMDB)

REVIEW:
Back in the twenties, German director F.W. Murnau was so impressed with Bram Stoker‘s novel Dracula, he made Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922), which remains one of the greatest horror films… More

1 Comment