Tag Archives: Vampire
The Omega Man (1971)
In looking at the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth (1964), I noted that the casting of Vincent Price was too much for Matheson, who had asked to be credited with … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Action, Anthony Zerbe, Charlton Heston, Post Apocalyptic, Rosalind Cash, Science Fiction, Vampire
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend is one of the 20th century’s most influential pieces of genre fiction, the saga of a weary, grief-ravaged man who believes that he’s the last of his kind on Earth, all others having … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, horror, Post Apocalyptic, Richard Matheson, Vampire, Vincent Price
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Hammer had just completed its Karnstein trilogy loosely derived from Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla when Spanish director Vicente Aranda (The Exquisite Cadaver) delivered a very different adaptation of the seminal vampire novella, La novia ensangrentada, aka The Blood Spattered Bride … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Alexandra Bastedo, Carmilla, horror, Maribel Martin, Simon Andreu, Vampire, Vicente Aranda
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