Oct 2019 – TYTD Reviews

Welp! Happy halloween everyone! And to celebrate heres the final part of our month long look at vampire movies! As we round things off with 1986’s “Vamp”! You can check out our review over on our YouTube channel (Link in our bio) #happyhalloween #happyhalloween🎃 #newreview #halloween🎃 #smallyoutubers #smallyoutubersupport #smallyoutuberarmy #smallyoutubersunite #horrormovies #horror #vamp #vampirehorror

Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019 by tytdreviews

#newvideo has just dropped ladies and gents! This week we take a sideways look at vampires with 1979’s “Phantasm”! Head over to my youtube channel (Link in the bio) to check it out! :) #phantasm #doncoscarelli #tallman #angusscrimm #newreview #smallyoutubers #smallyoutubersupport #smallyoutubersunite #smallyoutuberarmy #phantasm2 #vampirehorror #horrorbluray #horrormovie #horror #horrormoviesandchill #smallyoutuber #newin #outnow

Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019 by tytdreviews

Phantasm (1979)

So we kind of need to step sideways in order to move forward here with Vampire month this halloween. While it could be argued that cinema in general was shifting towards the late 70’s to the 80’s film format that made massive successes of movies like “E.T”, “The Goonies” and “The Lost Boys” it wasnt without seismic shifts within the industry and within specific genres.

I chose to talk about “Phantasm” as part of Vampire month because the Symbolism is there, the attitude is there, the “Vibe” (For lack of a better word) is there. it isnt a vampire movie. and yet it somehow has the ora of one. I really REALLY liked this movie. it was a fun and interesting side avanue into the Horror genre. At some point I will look at the sequels (Though by all accounts this series is a bit like the “Hellraiser” movies…in the sense that the less you know about the universe the better the movies are…

Who knows when that’ll be mind!? my “To Watch” pile is frankly absurd these days…all I know is: Go watch Phantasm…right now.

(Seriously underwhelming poster for this one sadly…Theres so much they could have done with the themes and look this film has…and they settled on “Throw fucking everything on the poster…the more it looks like sick, the more people will want to see it!” Dissapointed.)

Oct 25, 2019Oct 24, 2019 by tytdreviews

So this afternoon I actually left the house! (Rare I know…) and in HMV I found these goodies! #hmv #bluraycollection #bluray #horrorbluray @88_films #greeninferno #hollywoodchainsawhookers #animalhouse #comedyblurays #comedyfilms #horrormoviesandchill #horrormovies #cannibalholocaust #deals #newin #clearence #sale #johnbelushi

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Oct 23, 2019Oct 23, 2019 by tytdreviews

Just the one in today! But perfect for #halloween🎃 #newmail #hocuspocus #sarahjessicaparker #bettemidler #halloweenfilms #halloween #halloweencinema #bluraycollection #bluray #newin #mailcall #witches #witch #disney #disneymovies #disneyhalloween #iputaspellonyou

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Oct 19, 2019Oct 19, 2019 by tytdreviews

Count Yorga Vampire (1970)

Picking vampire films reflective of their era has been a really difficult challenge when it’s come to this series. if it wasnt for the lack of interesting or developmental ones (See the 1940’s and a good chunk of the 1950’s) then there was just too many of them (See the 1980’s and 90’s).

The 70’s was a great time of change for Vampire movies and I felt, rather than just picking a generic “Middle of the road” film that was reflective of the decade as a whole instead I’d go for what was effectively the movie that began to modernise the Vampire mythos beyond the “Dracula”/”Nosforatu” formula.

I’d never seen Count Yorga before watching it for this review, and while I concede that there are a lot of the architypical elements present here that are well known the modernising elements are very welcome and really shunt the focus of what we’re supposed to be scared of away from the vampire on the whole and more towards the weirdness the Vampire itself can create.

Yorga isnt the best Vampire movie of the 70’s but most modern vampire movies have a lot to thank it for. Without it who knows how these movies would have progressed. I personally am looking forward to watching and reviewing the sequel at some point in the future (It’ll be a while mind…Im burnt out on Vampires at this point) but if the first film was anything to go by; the 2nd one should only be better still!

(The poster is very misleading…nothing like that happens in this film and it’s actually quite subdued)

Oct 18, 2019 by tytdreviews

The Horror Of Dracula (1958)

I couldnt quite believe I’d gone as long as I had done without covering another Hammer Horror movie. quite honestly every season I decide I want to do a hammer film…but then like all things I work on I get easily distracted and before you know it im working on “Sharknado 77” or “Lets Ruin Dads day 2” or some other similar bollocks. In fact I havent covered a Hammer movie since season 2 when I covered “The Nanny” which was stonkingly good and terrifically underrated!

So when it came to doing a season on Vampires this halloween I put my foot down and said “No More!, Im doing a hammer movie!” and quite honestly 1958’s “Horror of Dracula” is probably one of my favourite hammer movies. I first watched it in Film studies many MANY years ago in college on a ropey VHS “Off Air” recording and was blown away…and the bluray only went further still to solidify just how totally badass this movie really is. not only is it one of my favourite portayals of Vampires. It’s one of my favourite Horror movies full stop. I just love it. I also welcome to the fold here Christopher Lee. One of my favouirte Horror actors giving in my opinion one of his finest roles. He would only really come to terms with this character in his later years (He famously dismissed the count for literal decades) but I think he’s probably my favourite portrayal.

So! without further ado! enjoy!