A trio of tales told portmanteau style with Boris Karloff as your host;
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DRACULA (1931) (1931)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Creeeeak. The granddaddy of them all with its enduringly spooky opening scenes; "I....am....Dracula", the sonorous poetry to the children of the night, Dracula leading the way up the stairway ahead of Renfield, the vampire women backing away from the camera and on to Renfield's cell frenzy. A classic.
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HORROR OF DRACULA (1957)
Certification15 Our Rating
Now regarded as a classic, this is the first Dracula film that Hammer Horror made. Bits such as the famous opening shot with the menacing shadow of Lee gliding down the stairs to emerge as a crisply charming aristocrat, still look excellent. Required viewing for horror buffs.
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HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Hour of the Wolf is the hour between night and dawn, the hour when most people die and the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fears. Haunted by demons past and present, artist Johan Borg fights a losing battle to retain his sanity and maintain his artistic prowess. His wife Alma, desperate to help him, finds herself starting to share his hallucinations, but as Johan's mind continues to unravel, Alma is forced to choose between her love and her life. A brilliant gothic fanta
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NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF TERROR (1922)
Certification12 Our Rating
Seminal vampire film, the first to be based upon the Bram Stoker tale. An estate agent's clerk from Bremen embarks on a journey to Orlock's castle, where a client of his resides. On arrival, the full horror of the inhabitants confront him. Wonderful imagery and direction. Imitated but never equalled.
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THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1966)
Certification12 Our Rating
Whilst on a routine vampire destroying mission in Transylvania, Professor Abronsius and his idiot assistant chance upon a buxom serving wench, but are they too late to prevent the evil blood-suckers getting their teeth into her? Gloriously over-the-top schlock horror!
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THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964)
Certification12 Our Rating
Before 'I am Legend' there was 'The Omega Man' and before 'The Omega Man' there was 'The Last Man on Earth' - the first adaptation of Richard Matheson's cult novel. Vincent Price stars as the lone human routinely barricading his house at night while scouring the city for vampires to stake by day. After three years of post-apocalyptic desperation, of fruitless radio messages, of mourning both the loss of his family and the failure of his work as a scientific researcher to cure 'the plague', he is
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VAMPYR: THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF ALLAN GRAY (1932)
CertificationU Our Rating
Allan Grey stops at a rural inn near a castle and starts to have strange hallucinations. Allan visits the castle, where the daughter is suffering from anaemia, which her father believes to be the result of a vampire. After the undead off the dad, Allen gens up on the lore and tracks down the evil spirit.
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WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (1960)
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour, a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko, played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine, who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern post-war Ginza district. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. A profoundly moving masterpiece.
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