By the time Hammer’s Dracula series made it to its eighth and final installment, you could that the lifeblood of the continuing misadventures of Christopher
Tag: Vampires
Underworld: Awakening (2012) – Review
At this point, I feel I should ask a couple of pertinent questions, like who out there is actually demanding for more Underworld sequels and
Vampires (1998) – Review
During his heyday, genre overlord John Carpenter had an impressive talent of churning out films that were decades ahead of their time. While this often
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009) – Review
When a franchise resorts to going down a prequel route, it’s usually a sign that the series has finally bled out and run dry of
Underworld (2003) – Review
Ever since Dracula and the Wolf Man briefly butted their heads in the closing moments of Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, Hollywood has sporadically tried
Dracula (1958) – Review
Whenever a filmmaker puts a sexy new spin on a classic character, there’s always a certain amount of pushback from purists crying heresy, but if
The Lost Boys (1987) – Review
It’s easy to look at The Lost Boys from the (relatively) safe confines of the 2020’s and merely proclaim it as a defining, rollicking, 80’s
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) – Review
While the Howling series could be accused of many things, resting on its laurels certainly isn’t one of them. The long running werewolf saga that
House Of Dracula (1945) – Review
After a relentless release schedule that saw Universal hock its horror characters onto audiences at a punishing rate, it was getting pretty clear that some
House Of Frankenstein (1944) – Review
After dropping Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man into a predictably brutal double date with 1942’s aptly named Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, it obviously
Dracula’s Daughter (1936) – Review
You can’t really say that Universal were particularly swift on capitalising on the first Dracula movie, especially when you consider that A) the first movie
Van Helsing (2004) – Review
Back in 1999, Stephen Sommers updated a genuine horror classic and raised The Mummy from it’s metaphorical sarcophagus thanks to Brendan Frasier’s innate likeability, a
Waxwork (1988) – Review
Finding itself in a fairly well viewed rotation of 80’s horror crap that would find itself regularly getting played on the old VHS, Anthony Hickox’s
The Monster Squad (1987) – Review
Acting like a brain damaging collision between The Goonies and Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Monster Squad is one of those films seemingly destined
Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013) – Review
The direct to DVD sequel conundrum is something that’s stuck in my craw for some time now and I guess now is as good as
Fright Night (2011) – Review
By my calculations, on a long enough timeline, pretty much every movie you hold dear will be remade in some form or another. Take 1985’s
Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – Review
By the mid-40’s, Universal Studios were still looking for any way they could to keep their legendary stable of marauding monsters profitable. Their bright idea?
Dracula (1931) – Review
Quite possibly the most over-filmed novel that’s ever existed (virtually anything with vampires in techincally a riff), Bram Stoker’s Dracula has gone through more iterations
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) – Review
Undoubtedly one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation, Francis Ford Coppola, despite regularly touching on the horrors that man inflicts on man, had never
Fright Night Part 2 (1988) – Review
The first Fright Night was a fun 80’s throwback to classic vampire movies of days gone by, which gradually ascended to cult classic status thanks
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