Daughter of Dracula, the glamourous fiend in enchanting frocks!
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Now that we are all on the come down from Comic Con, returning to a life bereft of news flashes, Tweens screaming, Twilight haters booing out Kevin Smith and sexy chicks dressed up in a plethora of well placed lycra. I found myself in somewhat of funk today. So what better to remedy my morose mood than to treat myself to some old Hollywood glamour, with some blood sucking thrown in for good measure. So I cued up the moving picture machine and grabbed some popcorn and had my vestal viewing of the classic horror film ‘Dracula’s Daughter‘.
The film stars the stunningly statuesque Gloria Holden as the Countess Marya Zaleska aka Dracula’s Daughter. The film is set in 1930’s London and we pick up our story at the point where Professor Van Helsing has slain Count Dracula. However he is being investigated by Scotland Yard, a troupe of key stone cop like British toffs who don’t believe his story that the Count was in fact vampyre, the undead, Nosferatu! Enter psychiatrist Jeffrey Garth who is called in by Van Helsing to assist in his defence however who has also been approached by the Countess to assist with her urges to feed on the London populace, both male and female.
The Countess, controversially for the time when the film was made, feeds on both male and female victims. We are confronted with a decadent scene where she entices a vulnerable young blonde into her studio under the guise of posing to paint for her, feeding her wine and asking her to disrobe down to her slip… For the time quite risque I would imagine! However Holden carries of the manipulation with grace and a pending desperation as she tries to rally against the hunger within. The hunger which has led to her loneliness which will eventually be her ultimate undoing.
The film has some haunting scenes, set against the backdrop of a foggy, gothic London. Contrasted with the art deco homes and gowns, creating a dichotomy of which Gloria Holden embodies in all her splendour!
Ms Harker
The stunning Gloria Holden
Tags: Classic Horror, Horror, Horror Films, Vampire
Sorority Row, one sheet, a pile of chicks?
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Films, Uncategorized
I may be a little behind the news flow with this post, but I feel the need to express my thoughts about the one sheet/poster for the upcoming slasher flick ‘Sorority Row‘. The trailer came out in March and introduced the viewing public to one of MANY remakes hitting our theaters this year (the original film being ‘The House on Sorority Row‘).
The story is your typical teen prank gone wrong, whoops we killed out friend, friend comes back to haunt and kill us all off one by one… or does she? The only thing of interest to me in this film is the role of Carrie Fisher as you will see from the trailer she goes down fighting Leia style, woman has got her stuff sorted and is a living legend, bring it Carrie, bring it!
Obviously the poster means to emulate a pile of good looking corpses yes? However I have an issue… I used to work with this guy who told me about an act, at lets call it an Erotic Dance establishment, where all the women in the show would pile on top of each other and they named this show stopper the ‘Block of flaps’, you know like a block of flats… but made of chicks.
Now I try not to be too crass for my readers but I honestly cannot take this poster seriously… I keep thinking of those girls, working hard for the money, so hard for it honey, piled on top of each other, creating what could be the eight wonder of the world. Its something I think I need to see in my lifetime and am yet to do so, however the image is fixed in my brain as I laughed hysterically about it for a week, so you can understand why I struggle with this poster.
Ms Harker
Tags: Horror, Horror Films, Life imitates Horror
Ghosties and geezers combine in The Disappeared.
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It may just be me, but its been a while since a good suburban ghost film hit our screens. Yes, yes you have the Haunting in Connecticut, Forks and wherever. There was 100 Feet , detailing the haunting of a wife by her dead sadistic husband. Now I’m not talking possessions, I’m not looking for scratchy messages in blood on people’s stomachs saying ‘Kill me!’ What I’m looking for is a jump out of your seat ghosty thriller, toned down on the gore, turned up on the spook!
Potentially ‘The Disappeared’ directed by Johnny Kevorkian may deliver this supernatural shiver I desire. The film is summarised as follows:
“Do you believe in ghosts? Matthew didn’t until his younger brother Tom disappeared from the city playground. Since that day Matthew has held himself responsible. When he begins to see images and hear the voice of his missing brother, Matthew begins to wonder if he is losing his mind. But as more children start disappearing, he realizes it doesn’t matter what or who is real. He knows that if he continues to listen to what Tom is trying to tell him, he can uncover the truth. Could it be his alcoholic father who has done this to their family? Or the gang of uncontrollable teens who terrorize any child who gets in their way? As Matthew struggles to put the pieces together, he realizes he cannot trust anyone. Will Matthew ever find his brother and the other missing children, or will it be too late?”
The Brit’s are coming out with some quality horror at the moment, hopefully ‘The Disappeared’ will be no exception. Below is the trailer courtesy of Dailymotion.
Also keep in mind the huge plus: they all speak like they’re in ‘The Bill‘… lovely, your nicked govna!
Ms Harker
Tags: Horror, Horror Films
