Tuesday, December 30, 2014

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS GHOSTS

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS GHOSTS: The VV's latest Victorian novel, The Goddess and the Thief , is a Gothic Oriental: a story in which Queen Victoria plays a small b...

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Ghost Story

http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/65679/ghost-story-aka-gui-jiao-chun.html


Saturday, December 6, 2014

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

"A Smokey Mountain Christmas" has it all-witches, police brutality, ...Lee Majors!
It actually was ahead of it's time, although you would not think so on the surface.



Anita Morris was diagnosed with cancer in 1980. She was given 5 years. She made this movie in 1986. She "transformed" in 1994.

http://gonnaputmeinthemovies.blogspot.kr/2011/12/smoky-mountain-christmas.html

http://www.fanboysoftheuniverse.com/index.php/site/comments/johnnys_top_10_xmas_favorites/

Howling wolves.

No really, Dolly says of the cop, "You shouldn't hate anyone, but if you are, that's the one to hate." Paraphrase

paparazzi

Dolly is Dorothy.




Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: THE TRADITIONS OF HALLOWEEN...

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: THE TRADITIONS OF HALLOWEEN...: For many of us today, Halloween is a commercial tradition made popular in America, where pumpkin-head lanterns in front of doors lure ...

The Black Box Club: KISS OF THE VAMPIRE: REVIEW AND GALLERY : HAMMER F...

The Black Box Club: KISS OF THE VAMPIRE: REVIEW AND GALLERY : HAMMER F...: PRODUCTION: Director – Don Sharp, Screenplay – John Elder [ Anthony Hinds ], Producer – Anthony Hinds, Photography – Alan Hume, Mus...

Friday, October 24, 2014

A bad witch's blog: Samhain Pagan Events in London and Elsewhere

A bad witch's blog: Samhain Pagan Events in London and Elsewhere: Here are some of the events over Samhain - or Halloween - in London and other parts of southern England that could be of interest to paga...

Monday, October 20, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: ON THE VICTORIAN CULT OF DEATH ...

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: ON THE VICTORIAN CULT OF DEATH ...: Recently, the VV visited the Newman Bros. Coffin Works in Birmingham to speak on the Victorian cult of death, a somewhat fitting topi...

Monday, October 6, 2014

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Trick 'R' Treat



Trick 'R' Treat makes a reference to the original werewolf myth - that of a cannibalistic cult that practices human sacrifice.






Monday, September 15, 2014

Sunday, July 20, 2014

VampChix present BiteClub: Annabelle

VampChix present BiteClub: Annabelle: Remember that God-awful creepy doll from the movie, The Conjuring ? Well, she's getting her own movie. Annabelle will be in theat...

Friday, July 4, 2014

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Embrace of the Vampire (2013)

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Orphan college student entering the world of the butterfly
Zen lines on a college campus in the Pacific Northwest
Vampires and mountains
Gypsy shop owner next door to the coffee shop Zephyr
Fencing Club hazing - Mean girls
Vampiric hallucinations
Blood disease
Blood lines
Burning blood
Charlotte sometimes

I was disappointed that the fencing club captain didn't receive her come-uppance.




http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.kr/2013/10/embrace-of-vampire-2013-review.html
Mean Girl 1







I would like to see a vampire movie where the vampire is destroyed by a pentagram. Crosses seem outdated now.


Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Gothic Divine Magazine: An interview to...Tiffany Apan

Gothic Divine Magazine: An interview to...Tiffany Apan: Gothic Divine Magazine is proud to present you Tiffany Apan , a young American emerging artist involved in music projects, movies and who i...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Devils 1971

17th Century France. Catholic holocaust on Protestants runs like a river throughout a stream of consciousness-the hunchback nun (Vanessa Regrave as Sister Jeanne of the Angels) - evil, cackling, cynical - her dream of washing the Lord's feet with her red hair, then her spine begins to emerge from her back- lecherous priest ( Oliver Reed as Father Urbain Grandier) impregnating his student of Latin, whose face is painted in white like a street performer - steampunk doctors - Terrry Gilliam Monty Python-esque Medieval (Renaissance) madness- (what people often associate with the Middle Ages actually occurred in the Renaissance-witch burnings, etc.) Imitation of Christ-cloister-stark black and white nuns-vision of the priest as Christ-sexual overtones - avante garde jazz in the background-a bad Catholic trip-weird Cardinal with his drag performances-fighting between Catholics and Protestants; fighting among Catholics-the priest is basically the mayor-Catholic psychedelia-a masturbating nun-Bride of Christ-rebel priest as hero; the professional witch hunter looks like a 60s British rock star - vaginally invasive exorcism - mass hysteria - Dark Cabaret nun fetishism. The joining of church and state. An interesting historical drama indeed! You can search for plot summaries elsewhere. At the moment, I am just interested in the visual poetics.  Try to find the updated DVD version, not the VHS copy that's circulating around.

Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed both give interesting performances.

The moral of the story - the Christians are the devils.








 http://youtu.be/xqBAKptamUk     Trailer Link
http://youtu.be/J8Xgm1u_SF4      Movie clip
http://youtu.be/sf1KHXDkKyw   Movie Review