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In the world of live theatre, a year can hardly pass without at least one popular or even semi-popular film taking the stage in an “all-new” musical adaptation. Catch Me If You Can, Groundhog Day, Waitress, Bring It On, and ...

As part of Universal Studios’ ongoing explorations of monsters and the horror genre in the ‘30s, they soon embraced the idea of the sequel with the unexpectedly successful Bride of Frankenstein (1935), introducing a gruesome yet sympathetic female monster (Elsa ...

The 1968 United States Presidential Election was chaos. Less than five years after the assassination of John F Kennedy, incumbent president Lyndon Johnson backed out of the primaries, making way for Robert Kennedy as the likely Democratic presidential candidate. Robert ...

In the opening scene of John Carpenter’s 1998 film Vampires, a group of hunters lay siege to a vampire “nest” in remote New Mexico. A vampire surprises them and sets upon one of their men. Though heavily armed, the creature ...

Audiences of the late 1980s seeking a modern, fresh vampire flick had Vampire’s Kiss (1988) to choose from, to which they were either pleasantly surprised or confused and perturbed. This early Nicolas Cage-starring vehicle put out by HBO turns out ...

“Transylvania, land of dark forests, dread mountains and black unfathomable lakes. Still the home of magic and devilry as the nineteenth century draws to its close. Count Dracula, monarch of all vampires is dead. But his disciples live on to ...

One thing that really annoys me when it comes to vampire cinema is the dominance of the male form when it comes to filmic interpretations of the myth. Don’t get me wrong, I love vampires in all guises, be it ...

Chico, CA, Oct 21, 1978, sometime around 11pm 10 year old me wrestles with a coat hanger antenna, trying desperately to tune in Creature Features, a weekly Friday/Saturday ritual, on my tiny portable black and white TV. Hosted by my ...

“The impulse had become irresistible. There was only one answer to the fury that tortured him. And so he committed his first act of murder. He had broken the most deep-rooted taboo, and found not guilt, not anxiety or fear, ...

The beginning of Dario Argento’s 1985 film Phenomena is absolutely beautiful, a quality that does not diminish with the quick onset of cinematic violence. Perhaps fifteen years into the director’s career some spectators began to get tired of auteur-ish repetition, ...