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Oct 2nd - "Blood Brothers"

"How DARE you! You have no VRIGHT to call yourself a 'Bloody Mar-iee!"

"Teppish..."

"You get back here and APOLOGIZE for breaking our poor brother's heart!!"

Mid Vampire Brother got catfished. Aww.

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The 1990′s Braham Stoker’s Dracula is on Netflix kids, check it out if you’ve never seen it.

Dracula is so dapper:

Look how young Winona is, their clothes match Dracula and Mina are meant to be:

Best friends who occasionally make-out with each other:

Keanu hasn’t aged a day:

And I can’t find the gif but there is some hellbeast sex for all you monster fuckers out there, promise

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Halloween 2022 - Day 16 - In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss (2020)

He’s always in the last place you look, isn’t he?

It’s another blast from the past today as we re-connect with an old friend from the first two years of this blog in the form of Mark Gatiss. Amidst all his writing, acting, producing and however many other hats he wears, he found time in the early 2010’s to present ‘A History of Horror’ and ‘Horror Europa’ exploring both the evolution of horror since the advent of the motion picture and a more focused look at the horror output of Europe.

The format would make a comeback of sorts a few years ago as a tie in of sorts to Gatiss’ own work, the 2020 BBC adaptation of Dracula that we covered on here but never actually documented the end of because I’m a real slacker that way. It’s here that Gatiss seeks to cover the history of Dracula from the initial scribbling of Bram Stoker to bloody fangs of his own Claes Bang. Not just a tired look at the link to Vlad Teppish and the like but a question of what has made this character such a prescence in our lives and such a mainstay of various forms of media for well over a century.

Scribbling is to be taken literally as Gatiss is afforded the opportunity to examine a first edition of the novel as well as some of Stoker’s early notes on the story and the different powers that the Count would have, down to the more obscure ones such as no artists being able to paint him. The idea being that any that try, their paintings would come out not truly capturing his visage. Similar to the idea of whether or not you could photograph a vampire, which I had always assumed no as it’s linked to them not casting a reflection, Gatiss posits that the painting things is due to how unnatural Dracula is, there’s something non-corporeal about him.

It’s very interesting to see all the different locations throughout cinema history that Gatiss visits, such as the castle used in Nosferatu or various locations from the Hammer movies. So too the little nuggets of information that come up that I was unaware of, such as the idea of Dracula’s cape having the big collar because it was used to cover up the trap door that was used during the stage versions that Bela Lugosi starred in.

At only 60 minutes long, it’s an easy watch when compared to the length of the aforementioned History and Europa and it’s one that Gatiss himself is able to inject with a little flair. I remember the earlier shows being the same, just something about his presence and cadence is able to take what could easily be a dry look through these different films and story into add some suspense and drama to it. Just hearing him speak with such passion about these stories that have enthralled him from an early age is so engaging.

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Castlevania III:  Dracula’s Curse (NES)

I was OBSESSED with this game when it came out in 1989.  By this point, I had become a diehard Castlevania fan by virtue of playing SImon’s Quest, despite never knowing what the holy hell to do in that game.  The atmosphere, music, and the general story of a vampire hunter tasked with killing the biggest, baddest vampire of them all, Count Dracula, was enough for me to be onboard.

However, this was the first Castlevania game I played that introduced the notion that killing Dracula is a Belmont family trade, kind of like smithing or haberdashery.  The Belmont family crest probably says something like, “We kill Dracula, over and over again”.  In Castlevania 3, you play as Trevor Belmont, ancestor of Simon and the first of the Belmont clan to fight Dracula (until Konami would retcon that in Castlevania:  Lament of Innocence, which reveals that Trevor’s ancestor, Leon Belmont, was war buddies with ol’ Vlad Teppish before he became Dracula). 

ANYWHOOZLES... it was a neat concept to me that each Castlevania game could be about a different Belmont family member in a different century.  Although I was confused because I assumed Dracula’s Curse was a direct sequel to the first game because the Belmont sprites looked so similar.  I didn’t realize until much later in life that Simon is the character in the first Castlevania game, despite looking completely different in the sequel. 

Stupid me, the difference is obvious - Trevor has a headband!  I was not only thrown off by the similarity in sprites but because the gameplay in Dracula’s Curse is more similar to the first game than the RPG elements in Simon’s Quest.

Which is a big reason why I loved this game at the time - so much simpler to grasp than the vague, moon logic puzzles of Simon’s Quest.  I actually felt like I mad PROGRESS with Dracula’s Curse... very, very little progress as the game is RELENTLESSLY difficult, but progress nevertheless.

As mentioned before, the game follows Trevor Belmont, a vampire hunter who is roused out of banishment to put down Dracula before his dark forces overwhelm the world.  However, unlike his descendants, Trevor doesn’t have to face this threat alone - along the way he is joined by allies such as Grant, the acrobat; Sypha, the mage; and Alucard, son of Dracula.  Throughout the game, you can switch to these other characters, who all have different strengths and weakness as compared to Trevor, but let’s face it, Sypha kicks all kinds of ass.  Her magic spells are devastatingly powerful, only deplete one heart per usage, and once you acquire the holy crystal ball spell, which target every enemy on the screen, the becomes slightly nerfed.

When I say “slightly” though, I mean VERY slightly, as the game is extremely hard.  So any small advantage, such as traversing entire platforming areas as a bat (which is Alucard’s special ability) feels like a freaking godsend.  This game isn’t fucking around.  More often than not, the boss battles end up being gauntlets, where you have to fight 2-3 bosses in a row or a boss will have an alternate form after you take out its health the first time.  As if the game weren’t hard enough, should you die, you are cruelly sent back significantly far in the level, having lost both your secondary weapon and all hearts (a particularly depressing situation if you had Sypha’s crystal balls, which can make a crucial difference in defeating most of the bosses in the game, especially Dracula himself). 

What makes the difficulty worse is that it is often unfair.  For example, there is a level where you are suddenly thrust in a situation where you have to patiently, PATIENTLY, wait for falling blocks to fall so you can slowly, arduously climb them up to the exit.  They fall with seemingly no discernible pattern, or if there is one you hardly have enough time to figure out before the blitzkrieg of blocks either kill you by knocking you into the pit or by just depleting your HP. 

If the level design isn’t killing you, the stairs almost certainly will.  That’s right, the worst enemy you’ll face in Dracula’s Curse isn’t the Medusa heads, the Frankenstein monster, the Grim Reaper, or even Dracula - it’s the goddamn stairs.  I want to say this is a problem that is specific to this game, as I don’t recall stairs being so hazardous in any other Castlevania game.  The stairs are dangerous for one of two reasons:

1.) If you’re being attacked by enemies while using the stairs, which you will be on NUMEROUS occasions, you are basically a sitting duck.  You can use your basic attack, but if the enemy is too far above or below you, you’re gonna take a hit.  Special attacks, which are really  your best offense in moments like this, don’t seem to work until you’re far enough up or down the stairs.

2.) And this is the worst by far.  If you don’t push down at the precise moment to go down stairs, you will drop to your death.  I mean you drop like a fucking rock too.  It’s the most rage inducing part of this whole game.  Nothing like doing well, keeping your health up, having the weapon you want, and preparing to face the boss, only for it to all be undone because you didn’t push DOWN at the right point to go down steps.  Unbelievable.

Anyway, all complaints aside, Dracula’s Curse is good game and well worth checking out if you’re a Castlevania fan.  Just don’t go into lightly - the game will own your ass.  As a kid, I remember appreciating that you can choose your path, as it gives you an opportunity to “pick your poison” insofar as avoiding the more difficult levels are concerned.  Also, the multiple paths make the game more replayable than most NES games at the time.

Speaking of Castlevania 3, the Castlevania series on Netflix is specifically based on this game!  If you want to hear my thoughts, as well as the opinions of my co-hosts Kent and Loren, on both seasons of the series, check out both episodes below or look up Killscreen Cinema on iTunes! 

https://soundcloud.com/the-dnn/killscreen-cinema-34-castevania-season-1

https://soundcloud.com/the-dnn/killscreen-cinema-68-castlevania-season-two?in=the-dnn/sets/killscreen-cinema

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Slowdive - Slowdive

Slowdive Slowdive

Dead Oceans VÖ: 05.05.2017

Das hört sich wirklich an wie eine Ewigkeit: Nach 22 Jahren kehren Slowdive mit einem neuen Album zurück. Die Reuinion der Popwave/Shoegaze Pioniere der 90er Jahre wurde bereits 2014 vollzogen, viele Liveauftritte folgten zusätzlich. Vor dem selbstbetitelten Comeback gab es zudem schon die traumwandlerischen neuen Hymnen von Star Roving und Sugar For The Pill zu hören. Letzteres wirkt dabei wie ein von The XX, LCD Soundsystem und Explosions In The Sky beeinflusster Pop Song, der jedoch viel mehr seine Wurzeln eben in jener Vergangenheit sucht, die die Bandmitglieder von Slowdive selbst teilen.

8 Tracks sind es geworden, die sich nun Slowdives viertes Werk nennen dürfen. Mit Slomo startet das Album in einem Synthie-80er Popstil. Halstaed und Goswell legen mit ihren sanften Stimmen einen Kate Bush Teppish aus. Schon hier fällt auf, dass die Bemerkung des von Goswell gemachten Kommentar des poppigen Comebacks von Slowdive durchaus greift. Dennoch schwebt dieser pionierhafte Hauch von Shoegaze durch die Songs, vertont in zahlreichen Loops mit starken Dream-Pop-Portionen. Das macht das starke Star Roving direkt im Anschluss deutlich. Auch der Track No Longer Making Time oder Everyone Knows schaffen es nahezu ideal und spielend leicht, den Spagat zwischen Nostalgie und frischem Anstrich auszudrücken. Go Get It nimmt dich dagegen mit auf Zeitreise - zurück in jene Zeit der verdunkelten Jugendzimmern mit My Bloody Valentine und The Cure Postern. Mit dem 8 Minuten langen Falling Ashes beschließen Slowdive ihre vierte Platte sehr episch. Geprägt von einem auf dem Klavier wiederholten Thema, verfällst du in eine Sigur Rós-Schwebe und lässt dich von Neil Halsteads Stimme treiben. Bis es ausfadet. And you will think about love.

Slowdives Comeback Platte ist gradlinig, ohne große Auswüchse. Die Melodien sind sehr stimmig und intim. Der Mix aus nostalgischem Shoegaze und neuzeitigen Dream Pop gelingt mit unter sehr gut und lässt Songs wie Sugar For The Pill, Star Roving oder No Longer Making Time zu Hits werden. Live bekommen die neuen Songs mit großer Sicherheit noch einen viel gewaltigeren und emotionaleren Eindruck.

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