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Tag Archives: Horror of Dracula

Second Breakfast Octoberween: The Lives and Deaths of Count Dracula, Part 3

When we last saw our dear Count Dracula, he’d just died the illest death. So sick. Scars of Dracula (1970) gave Count Dracula plenty to do: savage murders, commanding animals, drinking blood, and—most importantly—he overcame that most horrid of existential obstacles: teenagers named Paul. Capping that all off with pretty rad demise, the Count was…

October 31, 2021 in Movie Review, Octoberween, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast Octoberween: The Lives and Deaths of Count Dracula, Part 1

By 1958, American movie studios had largely gravitated away from the classic monsters that ruled the horror genre in the ’30s and ’40s. Until slashers became dominant in the late 1970s, American horror merged in elements of sci-fi, and plucky young heroes battled aliens and nuclear mutants instead of the supernatural, for the most part.…

October 17, 2021 in Movie Review, Octoberween, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast’s Octoberween Recommendations, Part 3

Back in 2013—seven years ago—in what I believe was my first Octoberween with Rooster Illusion, I wrote two articles recommending Halloween viewing for all different viewing tastes. I enjoyed the model, but some reason never went back to it…until now! Octoberween Recommendations, Part 3! For Johnny-Come-Latelies: Horror of Dracula (1958) If you’ve never really watched…

October 18, 2020 in Octoberween, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast/Octoberween: A Bit of Cushing and Lee

And the Octoberween celebration continues. I’ve been pretty busy lately, juggling school and work like so many juggling balls… two, I suppose. Day in and day out it’s just one thing after another and seldom, so seldom, do those things have anything at all to do with Halloween. Every now and then, perhaps, I can…

October 11, 2015 in Movie Review, Octoberween, Second Breakfast.

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