Dracula Untold

Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.

"...where’s the fun in that? Every generation gets the Dracula (or, here, Vlad the Impaler) it deserves, and so..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flesh & Blood

The Drafthouse thinks you could do with a little more Udo. That's why they're bringing in German legend Udo Kier for the weekend.

"...that secured the actor's place in cult-film history. Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula -- both appended with..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Closing Credit for The Alamo at 409 Colorado

June 27

"...eventually morphed into real, air-conditioned-theatre seats, 210 of them, before transforming into the really real red-velveteen, cup-holder rows, dimly..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fangs for the Memories

Shopping & sucking with erstwhile vampire Udo Kier

"...Former Andy Warhol associate and underground film personality Udo Kier,..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary

Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin films the Royal Winnepeg Ballet’s rendition of the Dracula story.

"...films and have created bodies of work that are, for want of a better term, pure and generally unsullied..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blood and Chocolate

Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.

"...woeful Larry Talbot, Universal's original Wolf Man, are tailor-made for teenage allegory. Dracula and his ilk may rule (and..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bog Bodies, Blood Pulling, and Muppets: Making the Monster of Boys From County Hell

How Chris Baugh raised the evil of Irish vampire

"...not sexy, and in Boys From County Hell, the bloodsucker is ancient, evil, and really look like its been..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...theatregoers witnessed Yamel’s story, full of theatrical puppetry and performances that rocked the B. Iden Payne awards. Now it’s..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...That makes any quest for immortality a fool's errand. But what if at least..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Different Stages' Dracula

Despite atmospheric design work and some strong acting, the production never quite realizes the sensuality and lyrical ferocity in Steven Dietz's script

"...Pineo took to task my own spin on the Dracula mythos: a gender-swapped consideration titled Dracula: A Woman Scorned...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...Boyzone singer Ronan Keating. Boyzone. They were One Direction before One Direction. Oh, never mind.) She's a preteen with..."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...Performers know from fear. At some point in their careers..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Noah Segan Is Dad and Loving It in Blood Relatives

The actor and filmmaker on Judaism, vampires, and cool cars

"...Vampires drink blood. They fear sunlight. But do they schvitz?..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blood Feast

Shadow of the Vampire isn't just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. "It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart," says director E. Elias Merhige. "It's this dangerous, mad kind of science."

"...pumps images into our souls just like hearts pump blood to our bodies. The flickering pulse of the images..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Empathy for the Devil

Discourse on Evil

"...it's no longer what is evil, it's who's responsible for it. What comes back is a theory that's become..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Books Feature

Blood and Guts and Dirt and Joy

Michael Miller may appear at first meeting to be withdrawn, but he is absolutely present onstage and off, and his willingness to "get dirty" with his characters and continuous challenge to himself to be better make this seemingly reserved actor one of Austin's best.

"...an actor good is ... " Michael Miller pauses for a long look out the coffee shop window, musing..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Underworld: Evolution

This tale of the ongoing hostilities between vampires and werewolves is pockmarked by the discordant likes of Puscifer and Slipknot.

"...take a tip from Morrissey – Paul Morrissey, of Blood For Dracula, that is – and note that horrific..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shadow of the Vampire

"...to view the original. I know I did, and for my money, Eddie Izzard's flouncy portrayal of the original..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Renfield

Dracula's sidekick finally gets his day in the sun

"...Nicolas Cage walks out from the foyer in full Dracula mode during Renfield’s luscious black-and-white re-creations of Tod Browning’s..."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Chinatown

New on DVD: 'Chinatown'

"...Nicholson's performance here as the hapless, literally clueless private eye Jake..."

April 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Never Coming to a Theatre Near You

Stephen Romano's continuing adventures in fake movies

"...it, a lot like Synapse Films' ongoing 42nd Street Forever exploitation trailer series (the most recent edition of which..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...Udo Kier's most astonishing performance since Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula. Those eyes! (Bring..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Body of Work

Joe Dallesandro on 'Je T'aime Moi non Plus'

"..."It was before its time when we did it," he says via..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Say hello to two Patric(k)s, and goodbye to some recently departed film greats.

"...to have a great poster hanging in the office for Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker! I thought of it..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...Kevin J. O’Connor. Compared with Richard Roxburgh’s enactment of Dracula, who, with his neatly coiffed ponytail and natty black-leather..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...is that one of his daughter's first words was "Dracula." If you wanted to sum the guy up in..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bloody Good Time at the Paramount

Classic horror season kicks off with blood drive for 'Nosferatu'

"...Dinner and a movie? It's a perfect night for vampires at the Paramount kicks off its horror week..."

July 24, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Lesbian Vampires"

"...but no fangs. Filmmakers Fionda, Gladwin, and Mack-Nataf go for an undiluted academic approach, giving over much of their..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Smart Women, Dangerous Men

Dracula and Fur Tempt Females With the Dark Side

"...r) Elaine Williams, Stephanie Swenson, Martin Burke Women pine for him. Still, he slouches in the corner, filling the..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Stoker

Starring Nicole Kidman, this first English-language outing of Korean fave Park Chan-wook is stylish but wanting.

"...filmmaker and critical darling Park Chan-wook is best known for his Vengeance Trilogy, the early-Aughties run of Sympathy for..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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