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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Blood for Dracula
Blood for Dracula: A Unique Take As it approaches its 50th anniversary, Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula remains an idiosyncratic take on the Bram Stoker mythos. Shown in a variety of cuts – and under various titles – through the years, July saw the release of a definitive 4K/Blu-ray package courtesy of the tireless genre preservationists…
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Nosferatu by Angel Ackerman
Nosferatu Stays Silent Since the teen and I reviewed a recent ghost story for our first contribution to Crash Palace Productions, I thought it might be prudent to expose the child to some classics. But where to start? The contemporary ones like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th as preparation for the Scream…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Five Star Horror: Female Vampires
Female Vampires Want You! Years before Bram Stoker’s iconic Dracula, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu brought his Gothic novella, Carmilla to horror readers in 1872. Although male vamps dominated the world until Dracula’s Daughter in 1936, that sparked a hunger for audiences that ultimately resulted in the rise of female vampires in the 1960s. With the…