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Movie: Nosferatu

[TRAILER] A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Bill SkarsgÄrd) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 26, 2024 - 8 comments

Movie: Vampires

[TRAILER] Jack Crow (James Woods) has a business: putting stakes through bloodsuckers' hearts. With his battle-hardened crew of vampire killers and the assistance of the Catholic Church, Crow roams the New Mexico desert looking for undead lairs to annihilate. But he meets his match when, at a roadside motel, he comes face to face with Jan Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), a vampire kingpin possessed of incredible powers. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 12, 2024 - 11 comments

Movie: Vampire Circus

[TRAILER] After a spate of murders, the villagers of Stetl kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appears in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to fulfil the Count's last words, a curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Stetl are the targets for a brutal revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 5, 2024 - 2 comments

Movie: Byzantium

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel. [more inside]
posted by supermedusa on Sep 4, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: Twins of Evil

[TRAILER] 19th century witch hunter Gustav (Peter Cushing) leads a band of puritans through the region, burning young women suspected of witchcraft. When his identical twin nieces (Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson) come to visit from Venice, one of the twins takes an interest in Count Karnstein (Daniel Thomas), a local lord dabbling in Satanism... and worse. Hammer's third (and final) film in the Karnstein Trilogy, a series of lightly sexy vampire stories with lesbian themes. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 27, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: Lust for a Vampire

[TRAILER] A temptress (Yutte Stensgaard) does Count Karnstein's (Mike Raven) biting at a finishing school in 19th-century Styria. The second in Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy, which uses the novel Carmilla as a launching point for three films about sexy lesbian vampires. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 27, 2024 - 2 comments

Movie: The Vampire Lovers

[TRAILER] The general (Peter Cushing) and a baron hunt a vampire named Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt) who seduces and bites their daughters. The first in Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy, based on/inspired by Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 27, 2024 - 2 comments

Movie: Abigail

[TRAILER] After a group of criminals (Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand) kidnap the ballerina daughter (Alisha Weir) of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that what they're locked inside with is no normal little girl. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 19, 2024 - 14 comments

Movie: Twilight

[TRAILER] High-school student Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), always a bit of a misfit, doesn't expect life to change much when she moves from sunny Arizona to rainy Washington state. Then she meets Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a handsome but mysterious teen whose eyes seem to peer directly into her soul. Edward is a vampire whose family does not drink blood, and Bella, far from being frightened, enters into a dangerous romance with her immortal soulmate. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 4, 2024 - 12 comments

Movie: 30 Days of Night

[TRAILER] The isolated Alaskan town of Barrow is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 11, 2024 - 13 comments

Creepshow: Meet the Belaskos/Cheat Code  Season 4, Ep 4

New neighbors move into an "integrated" neighborhood causing tensions to rise, and a father attempts to bond with his teenage son using a vintage video game.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 16, 2023 - 0 comments

Movie: Last Voyage of the Demeter

[TRAILER] Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo--fifty unmarked wooden crates--from Carpathia to London. Strange events befall the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 11, 2023 - 13 comments

Movie: House of Darkness

After meeting at a local bar, a man (Justin Long) accompanies a beautiful and mysterious woman (Kate Bosworth) back to her luxurious and secluded estate. However, he soon gets more than he bargained for when their playful flirtation turns into something sinister. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 28, 2023 - 1 comment

Movie: Renfield

Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as a lackey for Dracula (Nicolas Cage), Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) finds a new lease on life--and maybe even redemption--when he comes into the orbit of feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 17, 2023 - 22 comments

Movie: Ganja & Hess

[TRAILER] After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 21, 2022 - 3 comments

Movie: Bliss

In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for blood. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 15, 2022 - 2 comments

Movie: Stake Land

After a plague turns America into a realm of vampires, a hunter (Nick Damici) of the depraved creatures travels cross-country with an orphan (Connor Paolo) he rescued, searching for a safe haven. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 25, 2022 - 3 comments

Movie: Dracula

The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence in an old castle. Soon Dracula begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. When he sets his sights on Mina (Helen Chandler), the daughter of a prominent doctor, vampire-hunter Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) is enlisted to put a stop to the count's never-ending bloodlust. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 21, 2022 - 5 comments

Movie: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis (Brad Pitt) is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat (Tom Cruise), a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl (Kirsten Dunst) -- whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 19, 2022 - 5 comments

Movie: HollyBlood

Javi, a shy teenager, has a crush on Sara who is into vampires. Sara comes to believe that Javi is a vampire named Azrael, but the real Azrael is nearby and doesn't take kindly to imposters.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 6, 2022 - 1 comment

Movie: Cronos

Antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) stumbles across Cronos, a 400-year-old scarab that, when it latches onto him, grants him youth and eternal life -- but also a thirst for blood. As Jesus enjoys his newfound vitality, he's unaware that a dying old man, Dieter de la Guardia (Claudio Brook), has sent his nephew, Angel (Ron Perlman), to find the scarab and bring it back to him. But Jesus will not give immortality up easily, even risking the life of his orphan granddaughter (Tamara Shanath). Guillermo del Toro's first feature film. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 15, 2022 - 7 comments

Salem's Lot: 1979 TV Miniseries  Season 0, Ep 0

Writer Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House, but finds someone else has bought the long-empty property. When townspeople start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers the owner of the mansion is a vampire turning them into an army of undead slaves. Based on the Stephen King novel and directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 13, 2022 - 9 comments

Movie: Fright Night

Teenage Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) moves next-door, Brewster becomes convinced he is a vampire. It's also no surprise when nobody believes him. However, after strange events begin to occur, Charlie has no choice but to turn to the only person who could possibly help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 3, 2022 - 16 comments

Movie: Morbius

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Apr 2, 2022 - 19 comments

Movie: Leptirica

A young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man accepts the job of miller after an infamous local vampire kills the previous miller. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 12, 2022 - 3 comments

Movie: Black as Night

A teenage girl with self-esteem issues finds confidence in the most unlikely way, by spending her summer battling vampires. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 6, 2021 - 1 comment

Movie: Boys from County Hell

A town that claims to be home to vampire finds out that the legend is actually true. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 11, 2020 - 2 comments

Movie: Vampires vs. the Bronx

A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires! [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 7, 2020 - 4 comments

Dracula: Dracula (2020)  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 0

Moffat & Gatiss return with a three-part "adaptation" of Dracula on BBC One and Netflix. [more inside]
posted by betweenthebars on Jan 1, 2020 - 43 comments

Book: The Land Across

An American writer of travel guides in need of a new location chooses to travel to a small and obscure Eastern European country. The moment Grafton crosses the border he is in trouble, much more than he could have imagined. His passport is taken by guards, and then he is detained for not having it. He is released into the custody of a family, but is again detained. It becomes evident that there are supernatural agencies at work, but they are not in some ways as threatening as the brute forces... SPOILERS AHEAD [more inside]
posted by bq on Feb 5, 2019 - 3 comments

Tokyo Vampire Hotel: Episode 1  Season 1, Ep 1

In the year 2021, a war between ancient vampire families -- one of them the descendants of Dracula -- takes place on the streets of Tokyo just as the world teeters on the brink of apocalypse. Anyway, I think that's what's going on?! On Amazon Prime.
posted by kittens for breakfast on Jun 11, 2018 - 0 comments

Movie: Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

A college girl introduces her mother to her girlfriend... who happens to be a vampire. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Jun 23, 2016 - 4 comments

Movie: The Hunger

The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... until Miriam has enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case ... [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 12, 2016 - 8 comments

Movie: From the Dark

A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 6, 2016 - 7 comments

Movie: From Dusk Till Dawn

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, at time when Quentin Tarantino was still cool, George Clooney wasn't an established star, and Danny Trejo was just "oh yeah that guy!" Bloody mayhem ensues. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 21, 2016 - 17 comments

American Horror Story: Be Our Guest  Season 5, Ep 12

Everybody dies, probably. I don't know. Look, this is the fifth season of this show, you know how things go around here. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Jan 13, 2016 - 3 comments

Movie: Kiss of the Damned

Sexy vampires and their sexy vampire problems. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Jan 7, 2016 - 2 comments

MeFi Horror Club: Kiss of the Damned

Next time on MeFi Horror Club, it's our first film for 2016: Xan Cassavettes's Kiss of the Damned (2013)! Discussion thread to go live on Friday, January 8. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Dec 31, 2015 - 1 comment

Movie: Lifeforce

A race of space vampires arrive in London and infect the populace. [more inside]
posted by Artw on Dec 11, 2015 - 12 comments

MeFi Horror Club: Lifeforce

Next up on MeFi Horror Club: Lifeforce, 1985. Discussion to be posted next Friday 11 December. [more inside]
posted by Artw on Dec 6, 2015 - 6 comments

Movie: Near Dark

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is turned by a beautiful drifter. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 1, 2015 - 9 comments

The Strain: Last Rites  Season 1, Ep 12

Eichhorst launches an attack against the pawn shop. Later, Palmer receives a very special visitor. Old friends return.
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Sep 28, 2014 - 23 comments

MeFi Horror Club #14: Let the Right One In

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 11, 2014 - 29 comments

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