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Iconic Scenes: “Now’s the Fucking Time”

November 15, 2016

Kill Bill volume one was release in 2003. The film, both volumes, is a love letter to samurai and western films and the relationship the two genres share. Tarantino also calls it a love letter to the colour blonde–to the Bride, Uma Thurman’s hair and the figure she casts in that ...

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The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part Three

October 27, 2016

Having discussed the 1936 film Dracula’s Daughter in the first and second posts in this series, I shall now conclude with a look at the film’s afterlife in adaptations and derivative works. Dracula’s Daughter: The Novel The novelisation of Dracula’s Daughter was published by Berkley Books in ...

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The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part Two

October 20, 2016

Having taken a look at the plot of the 1936 film Dracula’s Daughter in my previous article, I shall now discuss the origins of the film and make a closer examination of its themes. The Birth of Dracula’s Daughter The film started life as a proposed adaptation of “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram ...

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The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part One

October 14, 2016

The classic horror films made by Universal had no shortage of monstrous men, such as Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein’s monster. Monstrous women, on the other hand, were few and far between. The Bride of Frankenstein, iconic as she is, appears so briefly in her ...

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Iconic Scenes: “Now’s the Fucking Time”

The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part Three

The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part Two

The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part One

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