Tag: Dracula

  • 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…

  • Feminine Submission to the Vampire by Angel Ackerman

    Feminine Submission to the Vampire I have noticed in my decades of existence that creatures in the horror genre—whether books, television or film—experience ebbs and flows of popularity. Using mass market fiction as an example, Anne Rice ushered in a new fascination with vampires, then much later JK Rowling prompted an interest in witches. The Twilight series…

  • The Lost Boys by Angel Ackerman

    The Lost Boys Find a New Fan Today the weather took a turn to wet and drab, and Eva the moody movie-reviewing teen came home from her grandparents with a cold. We used the downtime to watch another film for Billy Crash. The family took a vote and opted for 1987’s The Lost Boys. I…

  • Dracula by Angel Ackerman

    Dracula’s Bite Regulars on the Crash Palace Productions web site and blog already should know the basic premise of the duo Angel Ackerman and Eva Parry—we’re a mother/daughter team reviewing horror movies that my almost-fourteen-year-old otherwise would not watch. The movies we’ve reviewed chronicle pretty much all of her horror feature experience, though she is…

  • 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…