You might think these are movies about vampires, but you’d be wrong.
What else could it be but a vampire movie?
Audiences, even that early in the game, bought their tickets knowing what they could expect.
Or so they thought.
Once again, that early in the horror game what else could an audience conclude?
ButDraculawas the hit, and at the time the film for which he was best known.
That wasnt so much the case with Jean YarboroughsThe Devil Bat, but thats beside the point.
Okay, so youve got Dracula himself starring in a movie calledThe Devil Bat.
Whats more, the poster features a sinister-looking Lugosi together with, well, a really big bat.
What the hell else could potential audiences conclude?
If one vampire is scary, what about a whole world full of vampires?
Something somewhere along the way was apparently lost in the translation.
Maybe it was for the best, as the marauding hordes of vampyres werent even vampires anymore.
Suddenly they were just moaning, shuffling pasty-faced zombies with a blood disease.
Which may help explain why Matheson was quite open about how much he hated them all.
Then they went in some wildly unexpected directions.
The company also acts as a front for a wide-reaching Satanic cult.
Yeah, that whole blood sucking business was getting mighty weary after seven films.
Its a gorgeous, stylish and exciting film that makes no sense whatsoever, but who the hell cares?
Im not exactly sure how to take that.
Every generation or two, one seemed to pop up.
So much so he informs Martin upon his arrival at the train station that he intends to kill him.
Is Martin really a vampire?
Probably not, but, um…maybe?
It may or may not have something to do with the fact he spends much of the movie naked.
So is Anna really a vampire, or just nuts?
