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| Tuning up some horror for ya! |
Friday, November 2, 2012
Haunt pics soon!
This year's haunt was an epic success. I have a load of photos and videos to edit. Please check back soon!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Top Ten Vampire Films #1
Black Sabbath/The Wurdelak
Yes I am a sucker for Bava, but I simply don't think there is another vampire film as great as The Wurdelak. 30 years after Lugosi embodied the screen vampire, an older, grayer Boris Karloff perfected it. In the only vampire role of his career, Boris effectively scares the pants off the entire audience as the Russian father returning home after a long absence as vampire (Wurdelak). Boris occasionally took the role of the hardcore evil antagonist and with this film he perfected it.
The story holds throughout. The 'look' of the film is probably the very best Bava ever achieved and the scares are aplenty. There are several extremely unique and chilling moments in this trilogy segment - and to think, this is only the second scariest segment of Black Sabbath, but we'll discuss A Drop of Water some other time!
Dr. Gangrene's #1?
Yes I am a sucker for Bava, but I simply don't think there is another vampire film as great as The Wurdelak. 30 years after Lugosi embodied the screen vampire, an older, grayer Boris Karloff perfected it. In the only vampire role of his career, Boris effectively scares the pants off the entire audience as the Russian father returning home after a long absence as vampire (Wurdelak). Boris occasionally took the role of the hardcore evil antagonist and with this film he perfected it.
The story holds throughout. The 'look' of the film is probably the very best Bava ever achieved and the scares are aplenty. There are several extremely unique and chilling moments in this trilogy segment - and to think, this is only the second scariest segment of Black Sabbath, but we'll discuss A Drop of Water some other time!
Dr. Gangrene's #1?
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from Spooky Franklin. Here's to hoping everyone is able to enjoy it safely - especially our friends in the northeast.
I'll be busy with Spooky's Haunted Yard today - but I'll be back tomorrow with photos aplenty!
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| Carpenter's mysterious Halloween pumpkin |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Top Ten Vampire Films #2
BLACULA!
Blacula, oh Blacula.. How do I love thee let me "count" the ways.. Since my list is simply personal favorites rather than 'most important to the genre' etc. I feel perfectly fine putting Dracula's Soul Brother at #2. With Blacula you have all the great fun of an early 70's Yorga-type blue vamps against a very "Sanford and Son" (my favorite all time show) setting. In fact there is probably no less than five Sanford regulars that appear in the film.. Finally, this one really delivers in the scary scene dept. A female vamp, awaking on the autopsy table to chase a white dude down the corridor is one of the freakiest, most frightening sequences in all of horror! Scream Blacula Scream is an admirable sequel as well. Do yourself a favor and watch this after midnight!
Honorable Mention: Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #2
Blacula, oh Blacula.. How do I love thee let me "count" the ways.. Since my list is simply personal favorites rather than 'most important to the genre' etc. I feel perfectly fine putting Dracula's Soul Brother at #2. With Blacula you have all the great fun of an early 70's Yorga-type blue vamps against a very "Sanford and Son" (my favorite all time show) setting. In fact there is probably no less than five Sanford regulars that appear in the film.. Finally, this one really delivers in the scary scene dept. A female vamp, awaking on the autopsy table to chase a white dude down the corridor is one of the freakiest, most frightening sequences in all of horror! Scream Blacula Scream is an admirable sequel as well. Do yourself a favor and watch this after midnight!
Honorable Mention: Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #2
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| "Not until you use some depilatory powder, Count.." |
Monday, October 29, 2012
Top Ten Vampire Films #3
Black Sunday
If you qualify Black Sabbath as a Vampire film rather than a witch film you have to consider it a top contender. Bava's vampire, escaping the grave against a full glorious black and white gothic backdrop is a sight to see. I have to admit, as a kid it was difficult not to cover my eyes when the headstone falls over or when Barbara Steele meets her fate, iron maiden style.. Executioners, morbid bats in old Russian cemeteries and truly frightening vampires. Excellent stuff!
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #3
If you qualify Black Sabbath as a Vampire film rather than a witch film you have to consider it a top contender. Bava's vampire, escaping the grave against a full glorious black and white gothic backdrop is a sight to see. I have to admit, as a kid it was difficult not to cover my eyes when the headstone falls over or when Barbara Steele meets her fate, iron maiden style.. Executioners, morbid bats in old Russian cemeteries and truly frightening vampires. Excellent stuff!
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #3
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| Where's my Stridex? |
Top Ten Vampire Films #4
The Horror of Dracula
Hammer's first and greatest Dracula entry. Chris Lee's Count was the meanest and most unrelenting. He was not romantic or even slightly Eastern European. An angry undead Brit with real bad teeth - doing his business with film's greatest Van Helsing, Peter Cushing. Hammer made a bunch of these, with Dracula, Prince of Darkness a strong second to Horror..
Honorable mention: Captain Kronos; Vampire Hunter
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #4
Hammer's first and greatest Dracula entry. Chris Lee's Count was the meanest and most unrelenting. He was not romantic or even slightly Eastern European. An angry undead Brit with real bad teeth - doing his business with film's greatest Van Helsing, Peter Cushing. Hammer made a bunch of these, with Dracula, Prince of Darkness a strong second to Horror..
Honorable mention: Captain Kronos; Vampire Hunter
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #4
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| Bring it, Edward! |
Top Ten Vampire Films #5
Let The Right One In
To come up with a fresh, smart twist on the vampire tale in the modern movie era and have a story that works so effectively from start to finish is a rare thing. The Swedish "Let The Right One In" not only is all that but so much more. Remade for English-speaking audiences as "Let Me In" by the glorious Hammer studios almost note for note. Check them both out and enjoy every minute...
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #5
Check out Dr. Gangrene's #5
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