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Count Yorga, Vampire/Return of Count Yorga (Double Feature)
Count Yorga, Vampire
"Energetic, scary and funny" (Blockbuster Entertainment
Guide), this bloodsucking thriller stars Robert Quarry as a modern-day
vampire who terrorizes the City of Angels. With plenty of sharp-fanged
villains, bosomy victims and an eerie castle just minutes from the
closest freeway exit, this bone-chilling horror story is one you
can really sink your teeth into! The Return of Count Yorga
Robert Quarry reprises his role as the "exceptionally dapper
vampire" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this heart-stopping thriller
with a surprise climax that will "scare you right out of your
seat" (Entertainment Weekly)! On his return, Yorga moves next
door to an orphanage, where he can teethe on toddlers and prey on
their teachers, all while shopping for a bride with whom he can
share eternal damnation!
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 The
Addiction
Intelligent, allegorical vampire movie, shot in beautiful black-and-white,
about a New York University philosophy student (well played by Taylor),
a decent human being who is horrified by the atrocities of history.
Her good intentions do not protect her from evil, as she is bitten
by a vampiress and goes on to crave the blood of any-and everyone
she meets. Not nearly as bloody and outrageous as some of Ferrara's
earlier films; this one says the only hope for mankind is in spirituality.
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Andy Warhol's Dracula
Here we find Udo Kier as Count Dracula, looking even more ashen than
usual and desperate for the blood of virgins to restore his waning
health. He travels to Italy and stays at the fading estate of a once-wealthy
family, and the presence of four lovely, sexually inexperienced daughters
turns out to be a recipe for disaster. It so happens that only the
youngest daughter is actually a virgin, and by process of elimination
Dracula discovers that non-virgin blood makes him violently ill! Dallesandro
plays the resident handyman--handy in more ways than one, as the daughters
have learned--who dares to protect the remaining virgin from the Count's
bloodsucking exploits, and as usual director Morrissey finds ample
opportunity to combine sex and gore with outrageous sensibility and
logic of plot. As in the case of Flesh for Frankenstein, this Criterion
Collection DVD restores the film to its original director's cut, presented
in its original aspect ratio with a supplemental commentary by Morrissey,
Kier, and critic Maurice Yacowar. Kier is particularly delightful,
observing during one gruesome scene that "vomiting looks great when
you've got a tuxedo on." |
Black Sabbath
Review: Black Sabbath is one of those movies that made a horrifyingly-indelible
impression on me when I first saw it. In "The Drop of Water", I can
still see the contorted visage of the dead spiritualist as she fixes
her malevolent stare on the woman who has robbed her in death. "The
Telephone" was the weakest of the trio. But the third segment--The
Wurdalak--gave me insomnia for days. As a lover of the vampire genre,
I was struck by the twist in the old legend: a Wurdalak returns from
the dead to attack those whom he loved best on earth. Boris Karloff
plays the title character, a paterfamilias who sets out to destroy
a local bandit-turned-Wurdalak. If he has not returned in exactly
three days, the family will know that he has been victimized, and
must be destroyed. Of course, he returns just after the three day
mark. The sheer horror comes from the fact that the family knows the
truth, but can't admit it. The scene of Karloff cuddling and stroking
his young grandson is enough to make you want to call Child Protective
Services! Really good stuff, and a clarion call to those who insist
that one needs massive special effects or blatan, on-screen gore to
succeed. Kudos! |
Blood and Donuts
Review: BLOOD & DONUTS is a hidden gem. Canadian-made, it didn't benefit
from any kind of marketing campaign and got lost in the shuffle. But
it is very cool, very funny, and just when you think you're watching
a little B-movie, the heart of the film leaps out at you...and grabs
you by the throat. Shot in 20 days for a half a million Canadian,
BLOOD & DONUTS is one of the quirkiest, warmest, and funniest twists
on a tired genre ever made. And it's only ten bucks!!! |
Blood and Roses
This story of a jealous girl's obsession with her family's history
of vampirism was based on Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla. Same story
refilmed as THE VAMPIRE LOVERS and THE BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE. |
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sumptuous retelling of the Dracula legend as originally conceived
by Stoker in his 1897 novel. Avenging the death of his beloved wife,
a 15th-century Romanian warrior lives on through the ages... and sets
his sights on Victorian London. Sexual, sinuous, exquisitely realized
(using every movie artifice imaginable); occasionally let down by
story lags... but always has one more goodie up its sleeve. Written
by James Victor Hart. Kudos to Thomas Sanders' production design,
Michael Ballhaus' |
 The
Brides of Dracula
Van Helsing appears in the second act, after French schoolteacher
Marianne (Yvonne Monlaur, a big eyed, thick-lipped, curvy young beauty
in the Bardot mold) inadvertently releases Baron Meinster (David Peel),
a young disciple of Dracula, from his castle prison in a cursed mountain
village. This handsome vampire bites his way through a bevy of glamorous
beauties in low-cut blouses and frilly nightgowns as he woos his sexy
savior, while Van Helsing relentlessly tracks him back to Marianne.
Director Terence Fisher, working from a rather convoluted (and at
times incomprehensible) script, makes his mark through a series of
marvelous set pieces. In one of the most memorable, a twisted old
woman plays midwife to a reborn undead, coaxing her out of the ground
as hands push through the earth. In one harrowing moment Van Helsing
sears his neck with a branding iron and treats it with holy water
after being bitten. Cushing is his usual dashing self, more than making
up for the handsome but hardly commanding Peel, and you might recognize
Marita Hunt, who plays the withered Baroness, as Miss Haversham from
David Lean's classic Great Expectations. |
 Carnival
of Souls - Criterion Collection
. Disc One: Luminous new digital transfer of the original theatrical
version of the film; The Movie That Wouldn't Die! The Story of Carnival
of Souls, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the cast and crew;
More than 45 minutes of rare outtakes accompanied by Gene Moore's
organ score; Theatrical trailer; An illustrated history of the Saltair
resort in Salt Lake City; The Carnival Tour, a video update on the
film's locations . Disc Two: The extended director's cut of the film;
One hour of excerpts from films made by the Centron Corporation, an
industrial film company based in Lawrence, Kansas that employed Harvey
and Clifford for over 30 years; An essay on the history of Centron
from Mental Hygiene, Ken Smith's new book on industrial and educational
filmmaking; Tom Weaver's printed interviews with Harvey, Clifford
and star Candace Hilligoss, illustrated with vintage photos and memorabilia. |
Count Dracula
Flawed but interesting low-budget adaptation of Bram Stoker novel
which sticks close to its source; Lee turns in remarkably low-key
performance. TV prints run 90m. |
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