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Vampires

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"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires.
What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? Or is it a fascination with the immortality of the undead?"

Feel free to post any vampire-related content here. I'll be posting various vampire media I enjoy just as a way of kickstarting this community but don't let that stop you from posting something else. I just wanted a place to discuss vampire movies, books, games, etc.
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WARNING: I think this is a bad, bad movie. I usually only post this on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world but this one involves vampires so I thought someone here might be interested. Basically it's a bunch of people watching a movie and commenting about it online. Details below.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30913703

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching that movie this Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
  • I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

The film follows Dr. Rainer von Frankenstein (Price), who successfully captures Count Dracula (Vernon). Along with the Doctor's monster (Fernando Bilbao) the doctor controls the vampire for his own evil ends. The film is a co-production between Spain, Portugal, France and Liechtenstein.
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From contemporary reviews in Spain, a review in La Vanguardia said the film would be entertaining to audiences, stating that the plot was confusing and "delirious" which would make audiences either react in fear or laughter.[9] El Mundo Deportivo praised the cinematography, while stating that the plot lacks originality; and that the focus on the quality photography made the plot lose its rhythm.[2] In the Canadian newspaper L'Action [fr] found the film lacked subtlety and the end result was more grotesque than horrific and that Dennis Price was unconvincing in the role of Dr. Frankenstein.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula,_Prisoner_of_Frankenstein

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[โ€“] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh non! I can't believe I missed that...
Thank for sharing anyway (^_^)

[โ€“] Sergio@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

In the US, it's still on tubi if you want to watch! And you can re-play the comments here: https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/dracula-prisoner-of-frankenstein

[โ€“] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the link. I'll try to play the VPN (^_^)

[โ€“] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

BTW this is a weekly event, this coming Sunday we're watching "Frankenstein meets the Space Monster", see !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world for an announcement on Friday.

[โ€“] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 11 hours ago

Thank you I migh join you one of those sunday.