Vampire slayer Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) journeys to Dracula’s castle, pretending to take a job as a librarian. He fails to destroy Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) who kills him, and then takes revenge on his fiancé, Lucy (Carol Marsh), and her family, Arthur and Mina Holmwood (Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling). Only Jonathan’s colleague, Doctor
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
At the estate of the wealthy Collins-Staddard family, Willie Loomis (John Karlen), an unstable employee, opens a sealed chest, freeing the vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). Barnabas takes the identity of a distant cousin from England and turns Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) into a vampire. He also meets Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott), who looks
House of Dracula (1944)
Count Dracula (John Carradine) and Larry Talbot, aka: The Wolf Man (Lon Chaney) both seek out the great scientist, Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens), in order to be cured of their respective curses. Talbot and Edelman find Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange), which they bring back to Edelman’s laboratory. With three monsters, in the house it is only a matter
House of Frankenstein (1944)
All of the Universal monsters, Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange), Dracula (John Carradine), Wolf Man (Lon Chaney), a hunchback, and a mad scientist meet in a monster mash. The evil Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and a hunchback murderer (J. Carrol Naish), who acts as his servant, escape from prison to continue Frankenstein’s work, and stumbles upon
The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
A four story anthology wrapped by a Scotland Yard detective’s investigation of the disappearance of a film star who rented a house with a strange past. The stories: Method for Murder—a high strung horror writer (Denholm Elliott) begins to see his latest serial killer. Waxworks—A man (Peter Cushing) visits a local waxworks and finds a
Innocent Blood (1992)
A lonely vampire (Anne Parillaud) uses mafia gangsters as her food, but accidentally allows one (Robert Loggia) to rise as a vampire himself. Soon he is creating a new kind of “made-man” and she is working with an unstable cop (Anthony LaPaglia) to stop this new threat. Quick Review: This greatly underappreciated horror comedy is John
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Louis (Brad Pitt), a vampire, tells a writer (Christian Slater) his life’s story. In 1791, he met the vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise) in New Orleans. Lestat transformed him, but Louis, already depressed, couldn’t accept his murderous nature. To keep him as a companion, Lestat turned a little girl, Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), into a vampire. The Hunger started a move
Lair of the White Worm (1988)
A Scottish archeologist (Peter Capaldi), the lord of the manor (Hugh Grant), and two local girls (Catherine Oxenberg & Sammi Davis) team up to uncover the truth behind the myth of the D’Ampton Worm. That truth is guarded by the serpent priestess and vampire, Lady Syliva (Amanda Donohoe), who is in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Innocent Lila (Cheryl Smith), raised by the local preacher (Richard Blackburn), receives a letter stating that her gangster father is dying and wants to see her to gain her forgiveness, but she must come alone. The letter was actually composed by Lemora (Lesley Gilb), a vampire, who controls the town of Asteroth and is holding
Lifeforce (1985)
A beautiful, female, space vampire (Mathilda May) and two lesser males are brought to Earth by a space shuttle that was studying Halley’s Comet. The vampires escape and steal the lifeforce from most of the citizens of London, changing them into zombies. An SAS officers (Peter Firth) and a survivor from the shuttle (Steve Railsback) attempt to
The Lost Boys (1987)
A divorced mother (Dianne Wiest) and her two sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), move to the coastal town of Santa Carla, the murder capital of the country. Michael quickly becomes mixed up with a beautiful girl and a gang, led by David (Kiefer Sutherland), all of whom have strange abilities. Sam meets Edgar
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
When Sir Borotyn’s body is found, drained of all it’s blood, superstitious Dr. Doskil (Donald Meek) declares the cause of death to be a vampire attack, and the townspeople agree. Skeptical Police Inspector Neumann (Lionel Atwill) calls in Professor Zelen (Lionel Barrymore) who agrees with the doctor. Zelen fears that the new residents of the