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From Vampires to Cave Girls: The History of Hammer Films

That a little studio located in the English countryside consistently put out high quality films on a very limited budget is one of the great stories in filmmaking history. Hammer Films was the most successful independent film c...

 
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Trailer Trashin’: We’re Heading Back to Middle-Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

My dear readers, this is a day I’ve been eagerly awaiting. At long last, I get to write about what is one of my most anticipated films of 2012. On this week’s Trailer Trashin’, it is time for me to look with a...

 
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Bela Lugosi’s Not Really Dead: A Vampire Movie Primer

Vampires are so commonplace in entertainment these days that I cannot fathom how anyone could find them mysterious, otherworldly, or especially frightening. In our narcissistic age, people romanticize vampires because the idea ...