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[Bea’s Reviews] American Psycho [2000]

[Bea’s Reviews] American Psycho [2000]

Morality, goodness and the people are expendable. Greed, artifice and accessories are everything. Shocking, culturally impacting and hits very close to home, Mary Harron’s ‘American Psycho’ is a horrific comedy of manners that never flinches from taking off the glove and slapping pretentious, alpha dog driven and ‘me-me-me’ yuppie culture square across the face with … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Book Reviews] Blood Groove [2009]

[Bea’s Book Reviews] Blood Groove [2009]

  Author: Alex Bledsoe Published: April 28th 2009 Publisher: Tor Books Alex Bledsoe’s Blood Groove page   Note: I have absolutely no clue what happened to the video after the introduction. I’m still attempting to navigate the finer features on YouTube video editing, but the sound remains intact. I tried the black and white filter to … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Reviews] Masterpiece Theatre’s Dracula [2006]

[Bea’s Reviews] Masterpiece Theatre’s Dracula [2006]

Technically, Masterpiece Theatre’s Dracula (made exclusively to television by BBC in 2006) would have been a miserable failure- it’s too short, it glosses over several important factors and it’s quite an unusual piece to be released by the normally prestigious production company. However, what ultimately saves it (and us) is that it takes a deliberate step to … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula [1931 Spanish version]

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula [1931 Spanish version]

Filmed simultaneously with Browning’s production during the nighttime hours, using the same story line, same sets, same schedule and same budget (more or less), George Melford’s Spanish reflection of Tod Browning’s film is a curio in early talkie cinema. Not to say Spanish ‘Dracula’ doesn’t have some nice things to offer because it does, more than … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula [1931]

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula [1931]

  Funny what time and emotional maturity does to you. When I first viewed Universal’s first of their many Golden Age releases, I honestly didn’t think much of it. Yes, I had heard this was not THE first Dracula adaptation (and neither wasNosferatu for that matter), but it was this film that embued pop culture for … Continue reading →

The Triumvirate of Terror

The Triumvirate of Terror

Ever since the dawn of our existence, we humans fear what we don’t understand or in some cases prefer not to understand. The power of giving something or somebody a name comforts us and helps us deal with something that is beyond our control. Our ancestors gave natural occurrences in nature names and faces in … Continue reading →