New Moon Rising

Some other versions of Frankenstien

I did a countdown to Hallowe'en on the woman's site I am part of, with a different movie a day for the last two weeks of the month of October.
Here are some of the Frankenstein movies I talked about.

The Bride
Plot: Dr. Frankenstein has decided to create a woman. His creature, in this movie named Vicktor, gets upset when the Doctor keeps her for himself and leaves the castle. Vicktor finds himself in the middle of a circus while connected emotionally to the new Bride who is alive back at the castle. He is compelled to return to her for fear of her safety. She on the other hand has no idea he even exists.

This was a breakout roll for Jennifer Beals and made Sting more then just the lead singer of a band. Clancy Brown (from the first Highlander movie) played one of the most human versions of the Frankenstein monster. Due note this film was also the launching for Cary Elwes and Timothy Spall (credited as Tim Spall and only has two scenes at the beginning)


Boxing Helena
Plot: a successful doctor starts to stalk the woman he had a one night stand with. After she is in a horrible accident, she is left at his mercy. With no where else to go, she moves in with him where he starts to turn her into a living doll.

This was one of the creepiest films I have ever seen. A fresh take on the Frankenstein theme, with cast members from Twin Peaks, and was the directing debut of David Lynch's daughter.


Frankenstein Reborn

Plot: Dr. Victor Frank is a Neurosurgeon who is obsessed with the idea of reanimation. His most successful patient, Bryce, had been wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident, and with the doctor's help made a full recovery. Only now Bryce is having nightmares about killing the hospital staff. After confronting the doctor,Bryce winds up dead. Dr. Frank then uses the body to continue his work and the nightmares Bryce had been having suddenly come to reality.


This effort was put out by The Asylum who are quickly becoming a name in the horror genre. This is from 2005, so it is an earlier offering from the company.
The sets are minimal, the acting at times stiff, but the effects make up for it in an all too real way.
This adaption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manages to encompass all the elements from her original book in a modern setting and still keep it's core plot.


People tend to forget that Frankenstein is more then just a monster story, it is a vampire story.
Over the next while, I will get into more depth on the topic so stay tuned.

November Updates

Spiffy, very spiffy.

I decided since it's almost 3 years since I have had this particular blog, and in honor of the All Vamp Challenge, I would update the blog's template

In the process I forgot to copy the list of links.
So, if you had your link in the past on my list and it's not there please resubmit it.

If you would like to have your link there and it's not been before, please submit it.

Thank you for understanding

CREEPING SCREAMS!

The Vampire's Assistant -Movie review

Plot: The Cirque Du Freak has come to a small town and two best friends Darren and Steve sneak out to go see it. Darren is crazy about spiders and Steve is crazy about vampires. It just so happens the final act is a combo of the two. Darren decides to sneak backstage and steal the spider while Steve begs the vampire to make him one. He's refused. The next day at school the stolen spider gets loose and bits Steve. Darren then trades his life for his friend's and becomes a half vamp. Steve then joins forces with an even deadlier vampire to start a vampire war.

This is based on the series of young adult books called Cirque Du Freak the tales of Darren Shan. And the movie is the first 3 books combined. There are over 20 books in the series, so I am very much looking forward to the idea of sequels.

William Dafoe has a small part in this as Gavner which plays out more like a Vincent Price impression. Brilliant.

Kiss of the Vampire:Immortally Yours (2009)

The cover art looks slick, the description sounds cool, and it has Phil Fondacaro (Bordello of Blood, Medridian, Ghoulies 2) so it can't go wrong -right?

Plot: A local band of vampires are tearing up the city and fighting between themselves. They are discovered by the police during a drug bust and brought to the attention of the Illuminati. The Illuminati are no longer happy running the mob and want true immortality. After they kidnap the head vampire it comes down to who is quicker and smarter.


This is a cop drama cut and dry. It looks and feels like an episode of Forever Knight with a storyline ripped right out of season 2.

The whole time I was thinking this has to be a made for tv CBC film(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) . But to my shock it's a full out indie film, and it's American!

The plot was good, but it has been done before in the movie Red Blooded American Girl back in 1988/89. (which was a Canadian film)