JESUS CHRIST, VAMPIRE HUNTER
This no-budgeter from 2001 shows how far a completely outrageous premise can take a film
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
This film’s constantly mutating storyline, increasingly eerie atmosphere and graphic violence make for a true rarity: a unique take on a hidebound genre
THE LOST BOYS
An almost-good movie that suffers from an excess of eighties trendiness
THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
Roman Polanski’s 1967 vampire comedy is not one of his better films, being a lugubrious affair that’s never particularly funny or terribly scary
LIFEFORCE
A product of the notorious Cannon Group directed by the late Tobe Hooper, and quite possibly the most sheerly ridiculous of all Hooper’s films
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