Those readers who cannot stomach the syrupy sweetness and sparkle-skinness (is that a word?) of “Twilight,” proceed and learn some good news. Or bad. Depends on your point of view, really. Suffice to say the tale of Edward and Bella might have been much, much worse. Some debate exists in terms of ordinary cinema over…
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What to do with Dracula?
Draculas have begun to feel like a dime a dozen. Starting with the milestone silent film “Nosferatu” (i.e. skeletal, rat-fanged, pointy-eared) we’ve seen Eastern European versions, Spanish ones, porn Draculas, English Draculas, at least one female Dracula, effete Draculas, etc. We’ve seen the world’s most famous Transylvanian as suave, brutal, silent, wordy, young, old, Byronic,…
The Dreaded Ghost Ship
This post will be a little different than past blogs, for today I have a ghost story for you my devilish readers. Even better than that, it’s a story about a horrifying ghost ship, a ship that took the lives of many crew members – but I’m getting ahead of myself. The Ivan Vasilli is…