“She will give birth to a dampyr.” A supernatural conman and his manager find themselves entangled in a very real supernatural battle in 2022’s Dampyr. In the film, Wade Briggs plays Harlan Draka, who, along with his friend, Yuri (Sebastian Croft), goes from town to town in the early 1990’s Balkans, claiming to be aContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Dampyr”
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Halloween Bites! Track Of The Vampire
“Cursed with a vampire’s lust.” Sordi is constantly on the lookout for new models to paint. Is it because they remind him of his long-deceased lover who seemingly talks to him from beyond the grave or is it due to the fact that he is a blood-hungry vampire who paints his fresh kills and thenContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Track Of The Vampire”
Halloween Bites! Blade
“There are worse things out tonight than vampires.” If you were born prior to the invention of the MCU, you know that Marvel films were few, far between, and pretty bad. A couple of made-for-TV Incredible Hulk films, a straight-to-video Captain America flick, and Howard The Duck were the “highlights” of Marvel’s early film attempts.Continue reading “Halloween Bites! Blade”
Halloween Bites! Once Bitten
“Being a vampire in the twentieth century is a nightmare!” Before he made it big on In Living Color and ultimately became a movie star, Jim Carrey starred in 1985’s Once Bitten alongside Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little, and Karen Kopins. In the film, Carrey portrays Mark Kendall, a teen virgin desperately seeking his “first time”Continue reading “Halloween Bites! Once Bitten”
Halloween Bites! Abigail
“A ballerina vampire!“ With a brilliant combination of humor and horror, 2024’s Abigail sees six would-be kidnappers fighting for their lives against a sinister vampire……who happens to be a little girl. The movie stars Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, and Alisha Weir. The rest of the cast is rounded out by a number of excellent actorsContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Abigail”
Halloween Bites! Near Dark
“We keep odd hours.” A whirlwind night of puppy love with a beautiful stranger turns into a complete nightmare for Caleb Colton, as he becomes part of a vampire caravan that can’t decide whether he should join them or die. That’s the core plot of 1987’s Near Dark, a modern vampire western starring Adrian Pasdar,Continue reading “Halloween Bites! Near Dark”
Halloween Bites! Buffy The Vampire Slayer
“Great. My secret weapon is PMS.“ While there are tons of people out there who swear that Sarah Michelle Gellar is the best Buffy, I’ll go to my grave knowing that Kristy Swanson portrayed Buffy first and best in the 1992 film Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The film stars Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, LukeContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Buffy The Vampire Slayer”
Halloween Bites! Stake Land
“We were on our own now, me and Mister.” When you think of post-apocalyptic horror, zombies almost always come to mind. That, or aliens or something along those lines. For 2010’s Stake Land, it’s vampires that have run rampant across the world. It’s this world where we get to witness the struggles of life inContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Stake Land”
Halloween Bites! 30 Days Of Night
“You keep shooting and they just….they just keep coming.” I’m not quite sure if any vampire film prior to 2007’s 30 Days Of Night ever visited the concept of vampires in Alaska, but it’s a really cool idea and I’m glad that someone finally put it on celluloid. The story takes place in a smallContinue reading “Halloween Bites! 30 Days Of Night”
Halloween Bites! Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat
“This is no life for a vampire!” After years of living peacefully deep in the American West, a group of reformed vampires find themselves in a fight for their immortal lives when a rebellion rises that threatens to endanger not only the peaceful town of Purgatory, but of all humanity. This sets the stage forContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat”
