He is a delight to watch and I just love the way he talks. The Count and Miss Sondheim getting ready for a dance!Īs I said before, Mr. He basically wants a mate to share immortality with and who better than one he’s met before? I also liked the reference to the old Universal Studios’ Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, when Hamilton’s Count says he met Miss Sondheim back in 1931 where he knew her as Mina Harker. Nice touch, wouldn’t you agree? This is why he wants to find Miss Sondheim. A lot of the comedy comes from this contrast.ĭracula’s also very much aware of his age (712 years) and is actually starting to get a little bit bored. He’s charming, suave, and very much of the “old school,” which becomes apparent when he arrives in New York. Hamilton might not be the most obvious choice to play an undead creature of the night, but he does it with gusto. The Count is played by George Hamilton ( Doc Hollywood, Evil Knievel). “ Without me, Transylvania will be as exciting as Bucharest… on a Monday night!” He leaves his former castle and the townspeople with one of my favorite lines from the movie: So, Drac decides to go to New York to find Cindy Sondheim, who he believes is a reincarnation of his long lost love.
Of course, the Count objects, but they townspeople refuse to listen and tell him to take his aristocratic shit and split. They are there to take the castle from the Count and turn it into a training facility for gymnasts. After he’s glanced at the pictures, of course! No, the magazine he wants is a fashion one featuring his favorite model, Cindy Sondheim, which he takes with him down to the crypt again.Ī short while later, the pair get a visit from a couple of representatives from the Romanian government, along with the whole town in tow. Renfield hands him a bunch of “girlie-mags”, all of which the Count calls smut and filth, and throws them on the fire. When Renfield appears, the Count reminds him that the blood should always be body-temperature and then asks for his magazines. He pours himself a glass of blood from a bottle and, with a disgusted look on his face, calls for his bumbling moron of a servant, Renfield. Count Vladimir Dracula has just risen from his slumber and is slowly climbing the stairs to his candle-lit chambers for a little drink. We see a dark castle shrouded in a thin mist, which is even present down in the dark crypt where a coffin is slowly opening. Well, at least it is at the start of the movie. Love At First Bite is a comedy set in the classic horror surroundings. It’s time to introduce you to my first movie-pick of the month! To be scared and, at the same time, have fun with it, right? So, let’s not waste any more time. This year, I thought I might take a look at the horror/comedy genre, because that’s kind of what Halloween and trick or treating is all about. So sit back, relax, and let us take you on a cinematic journey through some “forgotten” horror gems. October is also the month where we turn our attention to all things horror here on the site… Yes, my friends, it’s time for yet another edition of The October Spooky Flix Fest (the third one, I might add). (We do love us some Midnight Syndicate on the Forgotten Flix site!) Well, I actually do that all year anyway, but even more so during this time. Come “the witching hour” it makes perfect sense to light some candles and listen to scary music by Midnight Syndicate.
This time of the year also brings about one of my favorite holidays, namely Halloween. I love walking through the woods in the fall and just fill my senses with it! But the fall… there’s just something about it, wouldn’t you agree? The surrounding woods here just explode in a display of yellow, orange, brown and red, and it’s absolutely breathtaking. I even like the winter… if it’s cold and snowy that is! Rain and sludge is not my cup of tea and can be skipped entirely. And the summer with its warm lovely evenings. Yes, boils and ghouls, fall is here, and I love it!ĭon’t get me wrong, because I like all the seasons… spring, where everything comes to life again. You can almost taste it, can’t you? That slight change of weather? There’s a chill in the wind and you can actually smell the seasons changing…
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