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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
You used to feel you knew about vampires. You put in the hours reading Byron, Bram Stoker and Sheridan Le Fanu, you watched Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and George Hamilton (in Love at First Bite) deploying their mittel-European, Draculan accents ("Goot eeef-ning") and radiating elegant menace. And you picked up semi-scientific facts: vampires sleep during the day, are afraid of sunlight,...
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TrueBloodNet.com - True Blood News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mention the word ‘vampire’ a few years ago and no doubt an image of a sharply dressed aristocratic Dracula-type man comes to mind. He’ll probably have a thick Transylvanian accent, a long, flowing cape and dark features. We certainly owe a lot to Bela Lugosi for this image of the smooth talking, suave vampire. Over the [...]
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The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 is one of those cult TV shows that really doesn’t need a review. Fans love it and will buy volumes without even looking at what is on it. For them, I am happy to say that VOLUME XVI is another very nice set from Shout! Factory. This is a 4 DVD set. It is housed with a collectible Tom Servo figurine, everyone’s favorite robot made from a bubblegum machine. There...
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Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Le Corbeau (1943, France) - An anonymous letter writer spreads dark accusations in a small town. The town is so full of depraved people that practically everyone could be the culprit, or at least are so unlikeable that you don't mind them being falsely accused of it. Watched it all. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943, USA) - By the undead eyebrows of Bela Lugosi, how many are there of these? Watched:...
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Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Old Acquaintance (1943, USA) - Bette Davis writes thoughtful books that critics love but readers don't. Miriam Hopkins writes romantic trash that sells well. They're the greatest of friends, but you just know that a Bette Davis movie is going to turn out bitter, and so it does. Watched it all. Based on a play by John Van Druten, who apparently saw nothing odd in writing a play about a critically acclaimed...
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Dialogic (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
OK--students in my cultural studies course had a bit of a crisis because half of their presentation group dropped out. They are doing a presentation on the Goth subculture and the two members that dropped out were covering the music. So I offered to help out with an introduction to the roots of the Goth sound (as a non-expert)... here is what I came up with, anyone want to suggest additions? 1970s:...
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Michael Salinger (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Those of you who read this blog with any regularity know that one of my favorite artists to listen to while I run is Rob Zombie. His work is a bit hard to categorize, not quite heavy metal – not quite techno, he came into prominence with his band White Zombie back in the mid ‘80s along with the likes of Sonic Youth and the B.H. Surfers. White Zombie is the title of a 1932 Bela Lugosi movie...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
When Martin Landau won the Oscar for best supporting actor in Tim Burton's silly, celebratory and sentimental Ed Wood, he freely acknowledged it as a tribute to one of Tinseltown's own, the character he was playing -- Bela Lugosi. Hollywood...
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a few drops of liquid sunshine (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
okayokay I’ve loved Placebo (although admittedly not Post-Punk, but glorious and at times, Melancholic) ever since... god knows when...I KNOW! SSX3 for PS2...the soundtrack featuring what? Oh yes...The Bitter End by Placebo...and I have loved them, and their amazing lead singer and guitarist ever since...their new drummer isn't bad either ;P but that aside... I’ve loved Joy Division ever...
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The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Google featuring Sesame Street images in its logo continues with Count von Count today. I believe Google will continue featuring individual Sesame Street character to mark the 40th anniversary of the the popular TV show.Count von Count, often known as The Count, is one of the Muppet characters on Sesame Street, performed by Jerry Nelson. The Count is a vampire modeled after Béla Lugosi's
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The SEO Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Count von Count, often known as The Count, is one of the Muppet characters on Sesame Street, performed by Jerry Nelson. The Count is a vampire modeled after Béla Lugosi's interpretation of Count Dracula. from Wikipedia You might also be interested in Google's other logos for the 40th anniversary celebration of Sesame Street Google logo of Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street Google logo of Cookie...
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Labour And Capital (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Interesting factoid that I discovered via a documentary today - in addition to being a trade union activist, Bela Lugosi was actually involved with the 1919 communist revolution in Hungary, led by another Bela - Bela Kun. He was heavily involved in the Hungarian actors' union and it appears he was actually had a minor role in Kun's administration. This was a problem for him later on when the FBI kept...
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Loving True Blood in Dallas (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From Courier Mail AU THEY have stalked us for centuries, the night creatures preying on the blood of the living, beings once like us but who now crave only breathing, bleeding flesh. They are the whispered tales of unspeakable things of ancient myth, the dark and brooding monsters of folklore who feast upon us. In popular culture they are the 19th-century vampires of Bram Stoker's Dracula, from the...
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Cinema Treasures (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
OLYMPIA, WA -- The 26th Olympia Film Festival at the historic 772-seat single-screen Capitol Theater begins Friday Nov. 6 with the unreleased-on-video 35mm feature "Nothing Lasts Forever", starring Zach Galligan and Bill Murray. Other 35mm prints of unreleased-on-video films include Ken Russell's "The Devils" in a rarely screened LPP print, Paul Newman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's...
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It's fitting on multiple levels that the "Bela Lugosi's Dead" singer reportedly has a flashback cameo as an old-timey vampire in the David Slade-directed Twilight: Eclipse . Equally telling: Only Billy Burke, the guy who plays Bella's father, seems excited about it .
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