New Poll started...

Since this month is Halloween, I had to do a poll on the subject of horror films. Who was your favorite Dracula....Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee?

All Good Things In October

I kick off October on All Good Things with a different approach for my classic movie goddess of the month. I will focus on the lovely women who made films for the Hammer Films studio. I will choose one actress a week and post reviews of the films I have seen of her and photos. I just finished reading the book called Hammer Glamour and it was all about the women of Hammer films, and it featured over 50 actresses. So this will be a long running series every October. I know my friend Matthew Coniam over at Carfax Abbey will be intrigued by this idea as he has a terrific blog that you must check out. Anyway, the actresses will be random so I don't know what four will be done first. Also I will list my Top 10 Favorite Hitchcock films. My guest blogger will be my friend KC. And I hope to post a review of a classic horror film each day. So I will be quite busy blogging next month. Hope you can check it out.

The Vampire Lovers (1971)

Was reading the blog Carfax Abbey, written by my new blog buddy Matthew, which is a very cool blog. Basically dedicated to horror cinema, he had written a nice piece about Hammer Films and the women who starred in them. You know Hammer Films who had a successful run of horror flicks from the late 50's to the early 70's. Well I had recently just watched one of them called The Vampire Lovers, and it is a guilty pleasure that still holds up to this day. I mean you can't go wrong with a film whose opening scene has a gentlemen beheading this sultry vamp (the super hot Kirsten Betts or Lindholm as she was also called) that will make you yell oh damn! This opening sequence is hypnotic and haunting and sets the mood of the film perfectly. Flash forward a few years in 19th century Styria, the film picks up with the seductive female vampire Marciella also known as Carmilla(played with undeniable appeal by Ingrid Pitt)who travels the countryside feeding on the lovely daughters of rich nobles. Carmilla goes after several women at the beginning with little regard for who it is until she meets Emma (played by Madeline Smith)who she immediately is attracted to. And to Emma's governess as well. Yeah Carmilla liked playing the field. You're probably wondering is there anyone in the film that can fight Carmilla and save Emma and the other young women. Why yes there it is, the always reliable Peter Cushing is on hand as General von Spielsdorf, even though Cushing is not his usual vampire hunting self. He actually shares the duties with a few others. Still having him on hand is never a bad thing, especially in a Hammer film. But let's be honest, the main appeal of this movie is the women, who are all beautiful and sexy. Pitt is very good as Carmilla, as she seems a tad conflicted about what she is doing to all the young girls, but she still ends up killing them anyway. Kate O'Mara as the Governess is good too as she falls hard for Carmilla and pays the price for it later on. Madeline Smith is refreshing as Emma, as she remains in the film the longest out of all the potential victims. Her friend Laura (played by Pippa Steele) not so much. The Vampire Lovers is one of the last of the Hammer films and it is entertaining enough. Not quite as good as their earlier entries, but still worthwhile.