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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers; originally released in the United Kingdom as Dance of the Vampires) is a 1967 British comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Gérard Brach and Polanski, produced by Gene Gutowski and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with Jack MacGowran and Alfie Bass, and featuring Ferdy Mayne. The film has been adapted into a musical, Dance of the Vampires (first adapted in German under the translated title "Tanz der Vampire"). source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fearless_Vampire_Killers A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Well, finally we have Transylvania - the birthplace of vampires. I've already seen "...

Ganja & Hess (1973)

Ganja & Hess is a 1973 experimental horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones. It is one of only two films in which the lead role was played by Duane Jones, best known for starring in the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead (though he had bit parts in other movies). The film was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. The film was remade by Spike Lee in 2014 as Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. The script is credited to both Lee and Gunn. It has been described as "a remake — at times scene for scene and shot for shot — of Ganja and Hess. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Dark After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068619/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Today is our fourth day, and I ask again, will we see a movie with the vampires we are used to, the ones that sca...

The Hunger (1983)

The Hunger is a 1983 supernatural horror film directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and United States, the film is a loose adaptation of the 1981 novel of the same name by Whitley Strieber, with a screenplay by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas. The film's special effects were handled by make-up effects artist Dick Smith. After premiering at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, The Hunger was released in the spring of 1983 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Though it received a mixed critical response, the film has accrued a cult following within the goth subculture in the years since its release. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_(1983_film) A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon). source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085701/ ***SPO...

Near Dark (1987)

Near Dark is a 1987 American neo-Western horror film co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (in her solo directorial debut), and starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen and Jenette Goldstein. Despite performing poorly at the box office, critic reviews were generally positive. Over the years, the film has gained a cult following. Bigelow knew (and later married) director James Cameron, who directed Aliens (1986), a film that shares three cast members with Near Dark. A cinema seen in the background early in the film has Aliens on its marquee and Cameron played the man who "flips off" Severen. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Dark A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077914/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: The second day and the second non-typical vampire film, from 1987, we have ...

Martin (1977)

Martin (also known internationally as Wampyr) is a 1977 American psychological horror film written and directed by George A. Romero, and starring John Amplas. Shot in 1976, Martin was Romero's fifth feature film and followed The Crazies (1973). Romero claimed that Martin was the favorite of all his films. The film is also notable as the first collaboration between George Romero and special effects artist Tom Savini. While a prosecution for obscenity did not result, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_(1978_film) A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077914/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: This week, thanks to the light hand of Freddie, w...