The best Dracula movies find new and inventive ways of bringing him to the forefront, tapping in on centuries of superstition and historical culture to scare audiences. Love At First Bite (1979) ...
Rehash of vampire lore with dashes of Freud and Tennessee Williams. Van Helsing: Peter Cushing. Baron: David Peel. Baroness: Martita Hunt. Marianne: Yvonne Monlaur. Greta: Freda Jackson. Lang ...
If cinema is like dreaming with our eyes open, then horror movies could rightly be viewed as waking nightmares: an ...
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more ...
In the film’s most memorable scene, Van Helsing destroys one of the vampires by turning a windmill into a giant cross. Peter Cushing plays Van Helsing in “The Brides of Dracula” 1960 ...
A propaganda film to encourage Japanese young woman to move to Manchuria to become the wives of Japanese emigrants, so-called brides of the Continent. Villagers played roles different from their ...
One said: “this is what Dracula’s bride wears to bed.” Another added: “while it could be formal it doesn't read elegant.” And a third commented: “Like for a formal traditional wedding ...
the film was largely forgotten. The only surviving print, while in excellent condition, was missing its third reel, which encompassed Renfield’s seduction by Dracula’s brides and the count’s ...