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Dracula (1931)

By The Tuscaloosa Strangler, on October 18th, 2008 |

Velcome to my humble chateau

I first saw Dracula as a kid; my father loved the Universal monsters, and he passed it on to me. We thrilled together at the Wolfman and the Mummy, commiserated with Frankenstein’s monster — if only he hadn’t thrown that little girl in the pond! — and gasped at the [...]

Children of the Night

By Rick, on October 17th, 2008 |

Some of the denizens of Dracula’s castle.

Even the Count wants to go home with the armadillo.

[Stills and detail from Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931)]

Soul-less Mate

By The Tuscaloosa Strangler, on October 7th, 2008 |

Even vampires get lonely, even vampires need love. Unlike the rest of us they can create the perfect mate, the perfect companion. All it takes is a nibble here, a nosh there, and voilá: you’ve got a companion for life, er, death, uh … undeath. Well, forever, if you know what I mean.

Here, for your [...]

Dracula (1979)

By The Tuscaloosa Strangler, on October 6th, 2008 |

John Badham’s Dracula opens on the ship bringing Count Dracula (Frank Langella) to English shores, and as I watched it, two words popped into my head: production values. The film has that slick Hollywood look of a certain period, as if it had been over-produced on a massive budget. There is meticulous detail, obviously by [...]