Tag Archives: Vampire

Lifeforce (1985)

Posted on June 15, 2013 at 4:25 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Earlier this year Chicago’s Music Box Theatre hosted the “70mm Festival,” projecting in gorgeous 70mm prints of Vertigo (1958), West Side Story (1961), Lord Jim (1965), Playtime (1967), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Hamlet (1996), … Continue reading →

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The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Posted on May 25, 2013 at 9:41 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Since 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer Films became associated with pushing the envelope of sex and violence, and initiated a long series of skirmishes with the moralistic British Board of Film Classification that would last until the studio ceased … Continue reading →

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Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)

Posted on April 26, 2013 at 4:14 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The fourth in Hammer’s Dracula cycle, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968) begins where Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966) ended: with the Count (Christopher Lee) frozen beneath the ice in a mountain stream not far from his castle. (Actually, … Continue reading →

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