Tag: vampire

L'Etrange 2016: Michael O'Shea Talks Vampires, Teen Movies and THE TRANSFIGURATION

After appearing in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes this year, director Michael O’Shea took to the festival circuit with his challenging vampire movie, The Transfiguration, before finally arriving here in Paris for L’Etrange. The film follows Milo, a...

Werewolves, Vampires, Witches, A Giant Pig And An Even Gianter Gun In New GUARDIANS OF THE NIGHT Trailer

There aint nothing undead that can't be made undeader. That appears to be the guiding principal behind Emilis Velyvis' Guardians Of The Night, a bit of Underworld meets Night Watch action-horror out of Russia. The story is familiar enough -...

BLOOD RED SKY: Slick Promo Promises DIE HARD On A Plane With Vampires

Well, hello there!While it seems like well nigh everyone has got a proof of concept reel floating around for the film they want to make - many of which mostly provide arguments about why they shouldn't - the simple fact...

Sigmund Freud Treats The Undead In Austrian Comedy THE VAMPIRE ON THE COUCH

Austrian film, it should be noted, is not particularly known for having a sense of humor. And so you will be forgiven if you cringe a little inside at the idea of an Austrian romantic comedy about a depressed vampire...

Gorgeous US Trailer For A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT Stalks Dark Streets ...

It was back in early September that we shared the first international trailer for Ana Lily Amirpour's striking Farsi language vampire tale A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and with the US release launching November 21st with theatrical bookings...

Review: DRACULA UNTOLD Reimagines A Reluctant Vampire Action Hero

Surprisingly effective, the latest iteration of the Dracula legacy seeks to rebuild vampire-movie mythology by going back to the beginning. First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel inspired F.W. Murnau's unofficial adaptation Nosferatu in 1922, which then sparked a series...

Watch The New Trailer For Onur Tukel's SUMMER OF BLOOD

Imiagine, if you will, a hipster vampire comedy as directed by Woody Allen. What you're imagining right now is likely not particularly unlike what writer-director Onur Tukel has created with his Tribeca hit Summer Of Blood.Writer/director Onur Tukel turns in...

Striking New International Trailer For Farsi Language Vampire Picture A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

Things have been fairly quiet where Ana Lily Amirpour's Farsi language vampire picture A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is concerned since its premiere in Sundance but with international releases for the picture gearing up we should see that...

Greek Vampire Must Dance In Yiannis Veslemes' Trippy NORWAY

Things have been weird in Greek cinema for a while now thanks to the rise of Yorgos Lanthimos and his ilk but they're about to get weird in a whole new way with the arrival of Yiannis Veslemes' Karlovy Vary...

Fantaspoa 2014 Review: DARKNESS BY DAY (EL DÍA TRAJO LA OSCURIDAD), Solid Atmospheric Horror From Argentina

The countryside of Argentina is the setting for Martín Desalvo's Darkness by Day (El Día Trajo la Oscuridad), a little horror film that rests almost entirely on its two main actresses, Mora Recalde and Romina Paula. They play Virginia and Anabel,...

New International Trailer For Swiss Arthouse Horror CHIMERES

Swiss director Olivier Beguin made quite a splash on the international festival circuit with his debut feature, Chimeres. An arty take on the vampire mythos that picked up awards around the globe the film is now headed to the international...

MPI Wants Some Vampire Heat In SUMMER OF BLOOD

Onur Tukel's hipster vampire comedy Summer of Blood has been nabbed by MPI. The film debuted at Tribeca last month. MPI plans to release the film in cinemas and on VOD/DVD in the Fall. Tukel also stars in the indie as...

Vampire Lothario In Bushwick! Check The Poster And Trailer For Quirky Tribeca Selected Horror Comedy SUMMER OF BLOOD

Something very odd is headed to Tribeca with Onur Tukel's Summer Of Blood. Imagine, if you will, Woody Allen as a child of the mumblecore movement making a vampire film. You are now in the correct neighborhood, at least, for...

Review: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE Brings A Cosmopolitan Maturity To The Ailing Vampire Genre

Detroit is the new Transylvania in Jim Jarmusch's delightfully detached vampire reverie Only Lovers Left Alive. The film manages to build significantly upon and outdo Neil Jordan's recent Byzantium in terms of clawing back the genre from its more recent...

Sundance 2014 Review: Farsi Vampire Western A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT Barely Gets By On Novelty

Yes. You read that right. A vampire western with a Farsi speaking cast. It's moody, and steely, and chock full of Lynchian atmosphere broadened by a Leone-esque scope. It's also in black and white and widescreen. If this doesn't sound...

Sundance Speed Dating With... WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS Filmmakers Taika Waititi And Jemaine Clement

Writer/director/actor Taika Waititi, who's been at Sundance before with Boy (2010) and Eagle vs Shark (2007), comes back with something altogether different. Co-written and co-directed with Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords), What We Do in the Shadows is a...

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE: International Trailer Brings The Sexy Ennui

Jim Jarmusch is at his most Jarmuschian as he envisions immortal vampires who have seen it all, have traversed around all the urban centres of the world before settling in old Detroit; as gothic a place as one might find in America...

The Stack: X-RAY / SCHIZOID, MUD, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Rapture-palooza, And More

In this week's edition of my home entertainment roundup, we've got a gonzo combo of Barbi Benton and Klaus Kinski, a superb drama from Jeff Nichols, a new season of HBO's period crime drama, and many more, including a couple of print titles...

First Look At Swinton And Hiddleston In Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

With the European Film Market just around the corner, international sales agents Hanway Films have released the first still from Jim Jarmusch's upcoming vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive. All involved have been playing remarkably coy with details thus far...

DVD and Blu-ray Review: SHIKI Aims to Creep You Out With An Army of Bloodsuckers

(Brief description: it's like Stephen King's Salem's Lot done as an anime, but done BLOODY well!!) Both Funimation in the US and Siren Visual in Australia have recently released Shiki on Blu-ray and DVD. Here in Europe, Manga UK is...