Diabolique: Main Hoon Dracula!
Over on Diabolique, I’m indulging my passion for Shaitani Dracula. Main Hoon Dracula! is the next step in my quest to promote Harinam Singh’s baffling, beautiful horror masterpiece.
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Diabolique: Vadim’s Vamps
I’m on Diabolique with a follow-up to my article about 1932’s Vampyr and Carmilla. “Vadim’s Vamps” follows the lady vampire into the 1960s, where she finds herself under the stewardship of swinger Roger Vadim.
Read moreDiabolique: Taste the Hamburger of Dracula!
My write-up of Dracula, Sovereign of the Damned has moved to the Carfax Abbey that is Diabolique. THIS should have been the future of Marvel movies: an anime adaptation of Tomb of Dracula.
Read moreDiabolique: The Shadow of Carmilla
On Diabolique: Carl Theodor Dreyer’s surreal 1932 horror film Vampyr, Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla,” and the early history of vampire fiction, including dastardly Lord Ruthven and hapless Varney.
Read moreMr. Vampire
Old Hong Kong movies use the presence of a Taoist priest as a license to print crazy, despite the real world practice of Taoism’s emphasis on quiet contemplation and equilibrium with nature.
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