Your Daily Dracula – Carlos Espejel, Chiquidracula (1985) A fairly excruciating Mexican comedy/soap which sends off some seriously mixed signals. We’re used to Just William-style naughty/an...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/24/your-daily-dracula-carlos-espejel-chiquidracula-1985/
My Empire review of Abigail is online. Incidentally, under my Jack Yeovil alias, I wrote Warhammer story, ‘No Gold in the Gray Mountains’ (1989), which is also ‘The Ransom of the Red Chie...
Here’s a review of Hundreds of Beavers – from a forthcoming column in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine (which explains the particular slant). Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews), proprieto...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/18/film-review-hundreds-of-beavers/
My notes on Angel Angel Down We Go (Cult of the Damned) (1969) Among the poster taglines are ‘if you’re over 30 this is a horror story!’ After writing the hit Wild in the Streets, Robert ...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/13/film-review-angel-angel-down-we-go-cult-of-the-damned-1969/
Your Daily Dracula – Khatt Damm (Blood Line) (2020) I found a degree of online dislike for this Egyptian/Saudi Arabian vampire movie, but I think it works pretty well as horror soap. Lamia (Nel...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/13/your-daily-dracula-khatt-damm-blood-line-2020/
My notes on Blackout (2023), which opens today in US cinemas and on digital platforms. Writer-director Larry Fessenden has been ticking off distinctive takes on major horror themes since The Fran...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/12/film-review-larry-fessendens-blackout-2023/
My notes on Scoop (2024) Remember the episode of The Larry Sanders Show where someone has the bright idea of making the backroom staff of the programme into regular characters and Jeanne Garofalo...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/09/film-review-scoop-2024/
My notes on The First Omen (2024) Mild spoilers. The flame of this franchise has flickered intermittently since Damien Thorn (Sam Neill) got backstabbed with a dagger of Meggido just after the Se...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/08/film-review-the-first-omen-2024/
Your Daily Dracula – Edson Celulari as ‘Ula Drax’, Meu Cunhado é um Vampiro (A Vampire in the Family) (2023) A Brazilian vehicle for middle-aged comedian Leandro Hassum, who plays a beleag...
Your Daily Dracula – Henry Rollins as Jack, He Never Died (2015) There are a lot of similarities between writer-director Jason Krawczyk’s He Never Died and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Rea...
https://johnnyalucard.com/2024/04/01/your-daily-dracula-henry-rollins-as-jack-he-never-died-2015/