My Best Fiend, Part II

No, it’s not Barbara Bush, it’s Henriette Gérard, the vampire from Vampyr. Easily the creepiest — if not the greatest — of all vampire flicks, the film moves as if in a dream: flowing and nightmarish, and with its own haunted logic.

Ms. Gérard is a big reason for this.  She manages to look  grandmotherly and [...]

Fangs for the Memories

Ok, so it’s October, and it’s time to start the soon-to-be-annual Halloween special.  All over the interenet, movie bloggers are gearing up for one of our biggest months.  Two I’m particularaly looking forward to are Bill over at The Kind of Face You Hate and Jonathan at Cinema Styles, who are cooking up some pretty [...]

Vampire Lament

Sookie and Bill the vampire

I was looking forward to Alan Ball’s new HBO vampire series True Blood. I liked his script for American Beauty and loved Six Feet Under, his last effort for the network. Unfortunately, I have to say it was a disappointment.  It was like, how many southern stereotypes can you pack [...]