The Bearded Trio

Guest Post By Douglas Meacham - A Retrospective Look At The 1979 Classic, Dracula DRACULA U.S. Release Date: July 20, 1979 Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence Music by: John Williams Directed by: John Badham “I DESPISE WOMEN WITH NO LIFE IN THEM...NO BLOOD.” - Dracula 1979 was a bumper year for vampire movies with no less than five hitting the big screen that year.  The one that stood out was "Dracula" directed by John Badham.  Frank Langella takes on the role of the Count in this remake of the 1931 Lugosi film, based on the remake of the Broadway play. Langella portrays the character as a charming seductive Gothic romantic versus the mysteriously frightening take given by Bela Lugosi. Because of this, it’s the first time the Dracula tale is told as a tragic love story. Years later Francis Ford Coppola would take this concept and run with it in BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA. Shot on location in England at Shepperton Studios and Black Park, Bucki...

WISH UPON Starring Joey King, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park. Elizabeth Rohm, Sherilyn Fenn and Ryan Phillipe Written by Barbara Marshall Directed by John R. Leonetti Reviewed by Patrick & Paul Gibbs . \\ S ome bad films are made with such passion, such enthusiasm for the material and such a delusional sense of artistry and quality that they are enjoyable in spite of themselves, because there is just something so absurdly funny about the fact that someone put their heart and soul into this junk. Wish Upon is NOT one of those films. The movie begins with a grotesque (if cheesy) sequence of a mother hanging herself in front of her 4-year old daughter, and becomes less pleasant and entertaining from there. Our teen heroine, Clare Shannon (Joey King) has been plagued by this recurring nightmare since childhood, reliving in her dreams what is decidedly the most traumatizing moment of her life (and this is a gi...