LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
A really, really good Swedish import that breathes new life into the vampire movie
LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
A unique viewing experience that breaks nearly every genre movie rule yet still succeeds as an unnerving excursion in pure horror
LEONOR
A 1975 French-Spanish-Italian co-production directed by Juan Luis Bunuel, a medieval set period piece dealing with necromancy and undying love
LEMORA: A CHILD’S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL
A dreamlike and often spellbinding early seventies low-budgeter that’s much beloved by horror cultists the world over
2014: Bedlam in Print
2014 was an above-average year for books in my view. Quite a few terrific titles turned up from both established and debuting authors, with a few, I’m certain, that will go on to become classics
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
This 1964 film has been accorded classic status, presumably due to many viewers’ nostalgic memories of seeing it as a child, or maybe just because it’s old
TWO ORPHAN VAMPIRES
This, the late Jean Rollin’s “triumphant return” to the type of seventies-era vampire cinema that made his name, appeared in 1997. It’s hardly triumphant
TROUBLE EVERY DAY
From France , a sexy, gruesome, wildly unconventional vampire movie
THIRST (1980)
This Australian vampire thriller from the late seventies is an above average example of its type
TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION
An eighties horror anthology narrated by a skeleton and originally released in 3-D