Vampire Films
Why Werner Herzog’s ‘Nosferatu’ is Actually the Better Movie
F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu is a masterpiece of silent cinema. It’s one of the all-time great horror films. While it did not get the rights to the characters of the novel Dracula from the Stoker family, i...
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Helped Define the Gory Excess of the 1990s
So many people, even now, believe the 1980s to be a golden age in horror history. By extension, the 1990s is believed to be an incredibly dull period. Many people say that horror was dead in that deca...
Eight Cinematic Vampires That Don’t Get Nearly Enough Credit
Vampires films are everywhere. They often make their way out of the genre and have (as of late) infected comedy, teen romance and just about everything else. But vampire movies are a staple of the hor...
Seven Great Vampire Comedies to Sink Your Teeth Into
Vampire comedies, like vampires themselves, tend to come and go. They’re not always popular but even when they aren’t, they’re still being produced in some capacity. The biggest surges of popularity f...
Climate Of The Hunter Mixes Melodrama and Vintage Vampires In Retro Style [Fantasia Review]
Climate Of The Hunter is the latest feature from the incredibly prolific Mickey Reece, who has described his directorial style as “people talking in rooms”. That certainly applies to Clima...
Five of the Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen
As a Horror fanatic, I’m always looking for new films to feed my growing blood-thirsty appetite. Diving into the deepest depths of cinema, in the hopes of uncovering productions with even the mi...
Why One of George Romero’s Best Pictures isn’t Even a Zombie Film
The name George Romero is synonymous with the zombie sub-genre. His first feature, Night of the Living Dead, was absolutely groundbreaking. It changed the game in a lot of ways. His sequel Dawn of the...
Looking Back on Fright Night (1985)
There’s really nothing that compares to the original Fright Night. This film is something of a vampire update on Rear Window. It marked the directorial debut of Tom Holland who had previously scripted...
Forgotten Dracula Movies Worth Digging Up
Count Dracula is one of the most iconic figures in horror, if not the most iconic. He is the second most filmed fictional character after Sherlock Holmes. It’s only natural that many, many movies abou...
