October 1. The Crooked Man (2016)
October 2. Creature (1985)
October 3. Twins of Evil. (1971)
October 4. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
October 5. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
October 6.
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
October 7.
October 8.
Corpse Bride. (2005)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter is a movie where the execution sadly doesn't live up to the promise of the idea. It borrows elements of detective stories and westerns in its tale of a European war vet and his hunchbacked professor sidekick who battle undead evil wherever it lurks. With some better direction and a better score, I think this could have really become a cult hit. It's still a fun premise and a great title, I hope someone does something with it some day. More so than even Lust for a Vampire, I think this is one movie could really benefit from a do-over.
There is a pretty good swordfight at the end, which was a pleasant surprise because earlier action scenes were so lackluster.
Also, this movie runs heavily with the concept that there are many different types of vampires, with different traits and weaknesses. I'm not sure if that implies a larger connection enabling all the Hammer vampire films to share one canon, but it seems more plausible now. Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires also used such an idea, although there it was only drawing a distinction between European and Chinese vamps.
Wasn't able to fit one in on the 7th because I was at the NY ComicCon. So as far as excuses go that's a pretty good one. I got see Stan Lee get a day proclaimed for him in his hometown, so there.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a very Tim Burtony stop motion animated film. It's very Tim Burton-y in tone, and of course has his regular players in the voice cast. I'd never seen it yet. It's a cute little movie, about a clutzy fiance who accidentally finds himself wed to a dead woman in the underworld after a misunderstanding when he practiced his vows. As someone who liked but didn't love A Nightmare Before Christmas, I was would say that this is about on par with that. I'm sure every minute of a movie like this is expensive, but this could have really been a little bit longer to flesh out (no pun intended) some characters.
Legend's theatrical soundtrack was by Tangerine Dream. The extended cut is someone else, and it's more orchestral. The extended version is a more coherent movie than what I remember of the original, but I know some people prefer the earlier soundtrack.
In Connelly's defense,
Labyrinth was her first movie, she had to act mostly against puppets and a weird British rock star, and she was younger than Mia Sara was in
Legend.