Renfield (2023)

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This was fun! Fantastic cast, great fight scenes, and amusing modern-day twists on the Dracula vampire/servant lore.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Nosferatu (1922)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #30 🔥 100th Anniversary

Wanted to watch this 100-year-old film for the anniversary this year, but I had to be very careful... because every other time I've tried to watch it... I'vefallenasleep.😅 Almost happened again this time, but I ultimately made it through!

The restoration version I watched was very well done. Here's all the info about the restoration process posted at the beginning of the film:

NOSFERATU was restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Weisbaden in 2005/06. A tinted nitrate print with French intertitles from 1922 from the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, was used as a basis for the restoration.

Missing shots were completed by a safety print from 1939 from Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin/Koblenz, drawn from a Czech export print from the 1920s. Other shots were taken from a nitrate print of the 1930 version, distributed under the title DIE ZWÖLFTE STUNDE [THE TWELFTH HOUR], preserved at the Cinémathèque Française, Paris.

Most of the original intertitles and inserts are preserved in a safety print from 1962 from Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin/Koblenz, originating from a print from 1922.

Missing intertitles and inserts were redesigned on the basis of the original typography by trickWilk, Berlin. They are marked with F.W.M.S.

Watched on Kanopy 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Shed (2019)

Modern-day spin on the classic vampire tale. It was just OK. My son (G) and I agreed: there were a few parts that were great, but not quite enough to elevate the whole film to "good" -- but for opposing reasons...
I thought it was too heavy-handed with the characters' personal dramas, could have used more levity for sure.
G thinks it didn't take itself serious ENOUGH to tip it into "so bad it's good" territory.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Fright Night (2011)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #20 🔥 10th Anniversary

So thru most of this movie, my brain was mistaking the original Night of the Demons as the original Fright Night 😂 that would explain some things... even so, this was just meh. I do not like Colin Farrell, but I knew that going into it.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Blood Red Sky (2021)

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Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #11

Not the best Mel Brooks movie, by any stretch, but it definitely has its moments (and the greatest Renfield of all time 😂).

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #9

Great big MEH for this one.
The first three stories seemed to be fixated on the inevitable betrayal of love.🙄
The last story was just OK, with the cheesy acting and cheesier vampire effects.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Dracula (1931)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #7

"Dracula is in the house!"

What really is there to say? Classic Universal Monsters: Bela Lugosi as the BEST iteration of Dracula -- beautiful sets and so very stylistically gothic. 🦇💀🖤

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #14

  This was fun! The hype was deserved.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Blade (1998)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #40 🔥 20th Anniversary

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Night Watchmen (2017)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #28

  Surprisingly decent for intentional schlock! Will probably watch again someday.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube