In its centenary year, we take a critical look back at the first Dracula film and the movie that kickstarted gothic horror as we know it.
Tag: vampire
The Genre-Bending Pleasures Of Ultraviolet
The slick and stylish British TV series that mixed vampirism, spy drama and action is better than you might have been led to believe.
The Naked Vampires And Ethereal Fantasies Of Jean Rollin
The hallucinogenic vampire cinema of French cinema’s most underrated fantastic film director.
Halloween Hammer: Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their swashbuckling, vampire-battling superhero.
Halloween Hammer: Hammer Presents Dracula
Our Hammer Films retrospective continues with a look at a classic vinyl horror story, with Christopher Lee making his final Dracula appearance for the company.
Halloween Hammer: Scars Of Dracula
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the lowest point of the Dracula series.
Halloween Hammer: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Continuing our Hammer retrospective with a look at what might be the studio’s most underrated film, one hamstrung by tradition and expectation.
Halloween Hammer: Dracula – Prince Of Darkness
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the second film in the iconic Dracula series.
Halloween Hammer: Dracula
Continuing our look at Hammer Horror with the classic, peerless first entry in their Dracula series.
Halloween Hammer: Countess Dracula
Continuing our Halloween month of Hammer Horror with their often-misunderstood take on the Countess Bathory legend.
Halloween Hammer: Twins Of Evil
Our month of Hammer Horror continues with a long look at the hysterical and lurid final chapter of the Karnstein trilogy.
Dracula’s 8mm Blood Lust
An unexpectedly impressive gothic horror from the makers of Britain’s most daringly explicit softcore 8mm movies.