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Blood for Dracula [Andy Warhol’s Dracula] *** (1974, Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging, Vittorio De Sica, Roman Polanski) – Classic Movie Review 3355

Udo Kier’s dying Count Dracula must of course drink the blood of virgins to survive in writer-director Paul Morrissey’s often stylish and amusing 1974 horror movie companion piece to his 1973 Flesh for Frankenstein [Andy Warhol’s […]

Feb, 13

The Saint in London *** (1939, George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod, Henry Oscar, Athene Seyler, John Abbott) – Classic Movie Review 3222

For the third adventure in RKO’s The Saint series, The Saint in London (1939), super-suave George Sanders stars in his second outing as devil-may-care, debonair Simon Templar, in which he is involved with attractive, enthusiastic English […]

Jan, 03

The Count of Monte Cristo **** (2002, Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, Richard Harris, James Frain, Luis Guzmán, Michael Wincott) – Classic Movie Review 3002

The classic Alexandre Dumas Père adventure yarn is given a thoroughly exciting, glossy, modern work-over in 2002 by director Kevin Reynolds, the maker of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld. For the sake of […]

Oct, 21

Anna Karenina * (1997, Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirschner, James Fox, Fiona Shaw, Danny Huston, Phyllida Law) – Classic Movie Review 2916

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s appallingly misjudged 1997 British film version of Leo Tolstoy’s novel is totally scuppered by the miscasting of the central duo of Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean as the married 19th-century Russian aristocrat […]

Sep, 19

Son of Dracula *** (1943, Lon Chaney Jr, Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Frank Craven, Evelyn Ankers) – Classic Movie Review 2766

Director Robert Siodmak’s engaging, highly watchable 1943 vintage horror chiller sequel is the first film where a vampire is shown transforming into a bat. The third movie in Universal Studios’ Dracula trilogy, preceded by Dracula […]

Aug, 01

Lady for a Day **** (1933, Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Jean Parker, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 2610

Co-writer/producer/director Frank Capra’s 1933 classic is a timeless tearjerker about Apple Annie, a poor Times Square apple-saleswoman (May Robson) who is transformed into a lady for a day by racketeer Dave the Dude (Warren William) […]

Jun, 17

Dracula [Horror of Dracula] ***** (1958, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling) – Classic Movie Review 90

‘I am Dracula and I welcome you to my house. I must apologise for not being here to greet you personally but I trust you’ve found everything you needed.’ – Count Dracula. In 1958 Hammer […]

Jul, 25

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