Mark Of The Vampire
Filmmaker Tod Browning famously conceived of Mark Of The Vampire (1935) as a way to re-make or salvage his now lost silent feature London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney…. Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Satan’s Slave
On the eve of her twentieth birthday Catherine Yorke (Candace Glendenning) is drawn by the sinister machinations of a satanic cult to her uncle Alexander’s (Michael Gough) estate in a… Read more »
Limbo
In their publicity materials for Tina Krause’s single feature as a director, Limbo (1999), AGFA describe the films as “this is what might happen if David Lynch and Nine Inch… Read more »
The Slayer
J.S. Cardone made a career in the independent and straight to video markets as a writer, director and producer. The Slayer (1982), Cardone’s first feature, already has on display Cardone’s… Read more »
Halloween Ends
Halloween Ends (2022) marks the close of director David Gordon Green’s tenure as the creative force steering the Halloween franchise. Green made the franchise feel more current, more urgent by… Read more »
Dracula Sucks
Dracula Sucks (1978) is one of the most famous films from the golden age of porn. Filmmaker Philip Marshak envisioned a Dracula epic that was true to the aesthetic sensibilities… Read more »
Night School
Night School (1981) opens with a series of shots of lamp lit alley ways and wet streets as the credits roll. These images of historic Boston evoke the nighttime terrors… Read more »
Lokis: Rękopis profesora Wittembacha
Lokis: Rękopis profesora Wittembacha (1970) is a Polish film based on the French novelist Prosper Mérimée’s novel of the same name which is itself inspired by Lithuanian folklore. Although the… Read more »
Hocus Pocus 2
For millennials Hocus Pocus (1993) has become a Halloween holiday staple. When the film was first released millennials were young and impressionable enough for the combination of scares and humor… Read more »
A Bucket Of Blood
Dick Miller plays Walter Paisley; a bus boy, a square, a doofus and a homicidal maniac. After years of working at the trendy Beatnik cafe The Yellow Door Walter accidentally… Read more »
