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Category Archives: SLIGHTLY LESS EPIC REVIEWS
Triple Scoop Review/Year of Monsters: BONUS VAMPIRE ROUND – Drácula, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Dracula 2000
Drácula Year: 1931 Director: George Melford First Watch or Rewatch: First Watch Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, or Other: Other – Personal Collection DVD Spoilers: Yep Grade: Vanilla In 1931, Dracula (the English language film starring Bela Lugosi) was shot during the … Continue reading
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Tagged B&W, Booby Traps, Book Adaptation, Catholic Horror, Christian Mythology, Christopher Plummer, Costumes are AMAZING, Gary Oldman's Acting Choices, Girls Have Friends! Who Are Also Girls!, HE GETS THE WOMEN, I Watch Old Movies So I Can Pretend I'm Cultured., It's Winona Ryder Time, Jonny Lee Miller!, MIND CONTROL, Miscast Much?, Nathan Fillion!, Not Every Movie Needs To Be Over 2 Hours, Omar Epps!, Originals Vs Remakes, Play Adaptation, Reincarnation, Remember When Gerard Butler Was Dracula?, Score/Soundtrack Made of WIn, SEVEN! (Jeri Ryan!), Shut Up! I Can't Hear Keanu!, Sir Anthony "Fava Beans" Hopkins, Sloooow. So Sloooow., Suave Bastard Cary Elwes, The Best Protagonists Have Dead Families, The Totally Necessary Boob Shot, The Unnecessary Love Story, Universal Classic Monsters, Vampires, Villain Fail, Year of Monsters
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Year of Monsters: Nosferatu
Well, it’s our penultimate movie, folks, and the oldest Year of Monsters film selected. It also happens to be the first vampire movie ever made, not to mention a completely unauthorized retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula that, due to a lawsuit, was nearly wiped out … Continue reading
Year of Monsters: Tarantula
When I started compiling this list of classic monster movies and creature features, it only seemed right to throw at least one giant bug movie into the mix. (Please don’t comment just to tell me that arachnids aren’t bugs. I … Continue reading
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Tagged B&W, Bechdel Fail, Fashion!, I Watch Old Movies So I Can Pretend I'm Cultured., It's Not Evil! It's SCIENCE!, Mad Scientist, Monster Movie, One Woman In the Whole Movie Huh?, SF, Spiders Are the Devil, Universal Classic Monsters, Year of Monsters
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Year of Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera
I should probably state upfront that I was kinda doomed to dislike this movie. I tried to read The Phantom of the Opera in high school when the library finally got new books. I can’t say I gave it a … Continue reading
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Tagged B&W, Ballet, Book Adaptation, Costumes are AMAZING, Damsel Me, Editing Fail, I Watch Old Movies So I Can Pretend I'm Cultured., If This Is Love - I Don't Want It, Not Exactly Girl Power, Scene Stealers, Silent Movie, So Pretty Much Everyone Is A Dick, Stalking Is A Kind of Love?, Universal Classic Monsters
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Year of Monsters: Dracula
Dracula is one of the rare Universal classics I’ve actually seen before; it was many years ago, though, and at the time, I found the film rather boring. Watching it again, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, while the story … Continue reading
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Tagged B&W, Bela Lugosi, Book Adaptation, Cinematography FTW, Costumes are AMAZING, Horror, I Watch Old Movies So I Can Pretend I'm Cultured., I'm Only Here To Be Your Love Interest, Less Like A Plot Hole. More Like A Plot Canyon., MIND CONTROL, Play Adaptation, Score/Soundtrack Made of WIn, Universal Classic Monsters, Vampires, Wow Your Love Interest Is A Dick
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