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Tag Archives: Dracula
Double Feature: Dracula (1931)/Dracula (Spanish Version-1931)
This week Turner Classic Movies presented an in-theater event, a double feature of Dracula (1931) and the Spanish language alternate version (with a Spanish-speaking cast, filmed using the same sets). The screening I attended was almost empty, which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 30's, Bela Lugosi, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, horror, Universal Monsters, Vampire
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A Halloween Marathon, Midnight Only-Style
In years past I’ve proposed 24 hour horror marathons on this site, as a method to just recommend a bunch of great horror films – but this year I’m not going to be quite as rigorous. Having just put myself … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon, Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Christopher Lee, Coffin Joe, Dario Argento, Deborah Kerr, Dracula, Ghosts, Halloween Marathon, Hammer, Haunted House, horror, Jack Clayton, Japan, John Carpenter, Linda Hayden, Susan Strasberg, Tommy Lee Wallace, Val Lewton, Vampire, Vincent Price
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Dracula (1958)
If there is one film which defines Hammer horror, it is Dracula (1958). It was the natural follow-up to the company’s successful, X-certified The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which brought back Gothic horror with a vengeance – that is, with … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer, horror, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher, Vampire, Van Helsing
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