The science on medical marijuana treatment for epilepsy is still ongoing, but so far the results have been promising. Governments have approved epilepsy as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in more than 40 states. Additionally, researchers are now studying medical cannabis for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in earnest, and with compelling results.
Individuals who don't suffer from epilepsy have probably experienced those jerks that jar you from sleep, usually when you're starting to fall asleep. But individuals with JME typically experience other forms of seizures as well.
The seizures tend to improve around the age of 30 years old. JME can also improve with medication, but those with this condition will likely have to take medication for their entire lifetime, even if their seizures stop.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is the most common form of the generalized epilepsy syndromes emerging in childhood. You characterize it by absence seizures (once called "petit mal seizures"), generalized tonic-clonic seizures (once called "grand mal seizures") and myoclonic seizures.
Absence seizures: These are typically the first to present in children with JME. The child might be zoning out or daydreaming for a few seconds during these episodes. Therefore, you may not even realize they're occurring.
Myoclonic seizures: These are the leg and arm jerking movements, usually beginning from one to nine years later, close to the age of 14 or 15. Some teens may experience irregular finger movements, making them drop things and appear clumsy.
Tonic-clonic seizures: These tend to start several months later. During one of these seizures, the child's muscles throughout their body become stiff and jerk rhythmically. They'll pass out after and might fall to the floor. These seizures typically last for between one and three minutes.
Begins in the middle of an activity suddenly and ends abruptly.
Staring spells or blanking out that lasts for around five to 20 seconds.
The child isn't aware of what's happening during their seizure.
Eyes might look upward or flutter.
The child goes back to normal activity after the seizure and doesn't remember having one.
Brief muscle jerks or twitches in the shoulders, neck or upper arms.
Simultaneous motions on both sides of the body.
The child normally is awake and able to think clearly during the seizure and immediately after.
Rigid muscles, convulsions and rhythmic body jerks.
The child might evacuate waste.
The child is sleepy or confused after their seizure.
The child can't respond while they're in a seizure.
JME seizures occur in the morning within 30 minutes of waking up or after a nap. They're more likely to occur if the child is experiencing stress.
Doctors aren't sure exactly why some individuals get JME. However, it could be tied to certain genes running in the family. Around a third of individuals with JME have a relative with seizures. Mutations in one of a few genes can increase susceptibility or cause this condition.
The most studied genes are the EFHC1 gene and the GABRA1 gene, although researchers have identified mutations in at least three other genes in individuals with JME. Many people with JME don't have any mutations in any of these particular genes. Also likely involved in JME are changes in other, so-far unidentified genes.
There's an association with EFHC1 gene mutations and JME in a small number of individuals. Researchers have seen the GABRA1 gene mutation in a few members of a large family with JME.
Among the fascinating aspects of JME is that there are a couple of extremely common seizure-precipitating factors: stress and sleep deprivation.
Fatigue and sleep deprivation, mainly after drinking excessively, are the strongest precipitants of generalized tonic-clonic seizures and myoclonic jerks in JME.
Some individuals with JME have seizures triggered by flickering light like strobe lights, video games, TV or light reflecting off the ocean waves or shining through the trees. You refer to these as "photosensitive seizures." Performing calculations or making decisions can provoke myoclonic seizures occasionally.
Seizure medications can typically control seizures fairly well and studies show seizures often improve after a person gets into their 40s. Even when the individual is free of seizures, they need to continue their seizure medication due to a high recurrence risk (especially those with more severe types). For most individuals, treatment is lifelong.
Patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy often demonstrate non-compliance to the prescriptions their doctors give them. They forget to take their medicine regularly or attend control visits, even when they claim they're doing everything. Such inadequate behavior (aggravation of intellectual and executive functions) might link with long-term anxiety. Therefore, it demonstrates the harmful cognition effects of a longer duration of the disease and early onset of a seizure.
Additionally, seizures in social situations decrease social interaction and thereby affect the quality of interpersonal relationships. Psychiatric disorder incidences in almost a third of individuals with JME are similar to those individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy report, where scientists have studied psychiatric aspects more often. These disorders aggravate the individual's condition further, creating a vicious cycle.
Usually, absence seizures are the first type of seizure to present and start anywhere from the age of five through 16 years old.
Individuals see myoclonic jerks around one to nine years later, usually around the age of 14 or 15.
The seizures affect males and females alike.
JME affects around one in 1,000 individuals in the world.
Around five percent of individuals with epilepsy have JME.
Physicians diagnose juvenile myoclonic epilepsy using an electroencephalogram (EEG) — a test used for finding unusual brain wave patterns. The doctor performs the test while you're awake and asleep.
The doctor places electrodes on your scalp to perform the test. These electrodes connect to a computer that shows your brain's electrical activity. The results look like wavy lines or spikes. The doctor scans them to find patterns signaling JME.
The doctor might also want to do an imaging test of your brain like an MRI or CT scan to check for any other possible causes of your seizures. The generalized and partial seizures JME causes are usually treated differently.
Another option of treatment if medications aren't controlling your seizures is Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS).
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended approval unanimously of a medication for epilepsy made with an ingredient in cannabis. This drug will be the first marijuana-derived prescription medication available in the U.S. if the agency follows the recommendation expected.
The medication known as Epidiolex is made by the British company, GW Pharmaceuticals. Cannabidiol (CBD) is the active ingredient — and it's also one of the cannabis plant's chemical compounds that aren't psychoactive (doesn't make you high).
Another anti-epileptic medication, Levetiracetam, is a highly prescribed medication for managing epileptic syndromes. Milder side effects, fewer drug interactions and broad-spectrum efficacy are what make LEV the top choice for controlling seizures among many neurologists.
Early research of lab studies, small clinical studies and anecdotal reports over many years suggest CBD is a potential medicine for controlling seizures. CBD research hasn't been easy and has taken a long time because of limited access to the compound and federal regulations. There are also time and financial constraints.
Recently, however, many studies have shown the benefits of CBD products in treating certain groups of patients with epilepsy, like JME, who weren't responding to standard treatments.
Your endocannabinoid system plays a significant role in the ictal control and neuronal balance. There's evidence of cannabis and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy derivatives reducing seizure frequencies, according to research published in the journal Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience. There's also research showing no discernible effect. There are anecdotal reports of success in reducing epilepsy severity, however.
In more recent 1970 animal studies reported in Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, CBD in marijuana for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy treatment showed anticonvulsant effects in mice induced with seizures.
Later studies showed CBD increased the required threshold after one action potential, which made it harder for subsequent potential actions to fire, propagating seizure activity.
CBD has passed through the required pharmacology and safety trials in humans with few concerns or issues. People tolerate CBD well with no substantial adverse reactions or side effects, which you definitely can't say about anti-seizure medications.
What Side Effects/Symptoms of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Can Medical Marijuana Treat?
These are usually temporary side effects. In some situations, you can even consider them positive side effects. For example, individuals with epilepsy who are having difficulties sleeping are thankful for the sleepiness side effect marijuana causes. And those who have a low appetite and need to gain weight can benefit from cannabis' tendency to increase the appetite.
Medical marijuana and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy treatment can help treat all these symptoms and more.
Breeders all over the U.S. offer over 80 cannabis strains to treat seizures. Charlotte's Web is one of the better-known strains. It was made for Charlotte Figi to control her seizures. Before using cannabis treatment, she was having over 1,200 seizures a month. After she started using the Charlotte's Web strain, her seizures went down to two episodes a month.
A 2016 Colorado study found that 60 percent of individuals who used Charlotte's Web reduced their seizure episodes by half and 10 percent became free of seizures altogether.
Cannabis for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is available in a variety of delivery methods. The most often associated method is smoking and produces almost instant effects. However, some patients worry smoking cannabis will affect their respiratory system. So, many other methods grew in popularity and are now readily available wherever such products are legal. Also, smoking marijuana isn't an option for children who suffer from JME or other forms of epilepsy.
A popular alternative method is vaping. Vaping uses lower temperatures, reducing byproducts made during the process. Medical weed's chemicals enter your bloodstream rapidly for quick relief with vaping, similar to smoking.
Ready to Start Your Marijuana Treatment for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy?
Most cannabis states allow medical pot use for seizures and epilepsy. If you're searching for relief from JME or another seizure disorder, MarijuanaDoctors.com can help.
You can connect with hundreds of professional, cannabis-experienced doctors all over the U.S., wherever medical marijuana is legal. Improve your quality of life by booking an appointment today to speak with a highly qualified doctor about your marijuana and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy treatment.


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Gifted students find their place at Governor's Camp
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Aug 5, 2016 Updated Aug 5, 2016
Donald Easton-Brooks, dean of the University of South Dakota School of Education, told people attending the closing ceremony of the 33rd annual South Dakota Governor's Camp that he knows the challenges of finding programs for talented and gifted children.
He, himself, is the father of kids who fit that description.
"I know the challenges that you face in finding those creative, and social, and intellectually stimulating types of events," Easton-Brooks said. "So, for me, it has been great to see these groups of students walking around campus with each other, exploring different creative, intellectual, and social options, and enjoying themselves. Everyone has a smile on their face."
The Governor's Camp, July 25 through July 29 on the campus of the University of South Dakota, is a summer opportunity for gifted students designed to provide exploratory and enrichment experiences. Participants come from across South Dakota, and will be in the 7th, 8th and 9th grades in this fall.
The week's events included team building activities, educational exploratory and enrichment sessions, an annual Ambassadors of Excellence performance, and closing ceremonies held Friday in Aalf's Auditorium on the USD campus.
Easton-Brooks urged the camp's participants and their parents and family members seated in the auditorium to celebrate all that they had experienced during the week. At his urging, they all stood, applauded, cheered, and hugged each other.
"Thanks to the staff and the faculty that helped make this possible," he said. "Being a part of the school's administration, I would like to say it is an honor to be able to be part of such a great opportunity for students. Often times, this is the 1 percent of the student population that we tend to forget about.
"We offer great programs for those who need a little extra help to get to that next level, but often times, we can't find those great programs for this population of gifted students," Easton-Brooks said. "I have lived in a number of different states, and never have had an opportunity to have my children involved in something like this."
He said it is often hard for gifted students to find others who "understand the way you think, the way you interact, the way you engage, and some of those intellectual jokes you tell."
The Governor's Camp, Easton-Brooks said, is an opportunity for gifted South Dakota youth to find each other.
"I think that's an amazing thing," he said. "I'm glad that we're able to honor you by providing you a space to get together and enjoy each other."
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This is a happy day. With three minutes to spare, I emailed my professor to let him know that I finished my last of MANY books of the semester. . . and that was the end. The end!! For a few weeks, anyway.
And I COULD NOT have done this without the support of my chief editor, bottle washer, and cook, the magnificent Tyler Joseph Anderson. Seriously, by the end of this thing, he'll know as much or more about family therapy than I do. He has read and edited every paper, listened to me spill my guts about all the reasons I am not fit to be a therapist, and anxiously helped me analyze our own families and marriage (well, maybe anxiously is a bit of a stretch, but he definitely was patient).
By triumph I mean that I worked and read and wrote my tail off. Two A's to report so far--I haven't cared about grades since high school. Now I think about each subject and my need to retain all that knowledge for actual clients, children, and families.
This is my forte--this is where I need to be. A lot of stress, brain, money, and soul are going into this degree. It seems that the rest of what I thought my future would hold rests on this part of my earthly mission. My patriarchal blessing says that many will come to me for counsel in my life; I never pictured that meaning a therapy degree, but the Lord is in this.
His goodness faileth never. . .
I never recognized how much of my heart, my life, and my being rests on my emotions. I feel things deeply. Yes, I like to analyze (this is a function of the brain), but what do I like to analyze? Why I feel the way I feel. Emotion. I cried a lot on my mission. I cried a lot in my first year of marriage. I cry a lot when my emotions are bruised. Funny how my sisters used to ask me why I didn't cry during sacrament meetings growing up. Tyler never knew he was going to marry a cry baby-- I think I cried all of once during our engagement. Crying helps me regulate my feelings; they get too full and clogged up in my body so the tears release pressure.
So I can't tell you all the things I cry about, but here's the latest. It was testimony meeting and the Spirit was thick and rich. Mention was made of the 2nd counselor's wife who suddenly got terminal cancer and disappeared from church without warning. One of the ladies I visit teach asked the ward to not forget about her non-member husband and son that didn't join the church with her and her daughter 6 years ago--"they still need your prayers," she said. A sweet sister bawled through her testimony that God answers every prayer, sharing the heartache of not being able to have kids during her first few years of marriage and now having three precious little ones. Testimony meetings bring me a sense of hope.
I got it. Like for the first time I could picture what it must have been like for people in the old and new world when that star appeared. It was the birth of Jesus that everyone was waiting for, but it was the sign--the star--that shone, confirming that their hope was not in vain. For the wise men, the star was still "beyond them far"; it took several more years of traveling before they would claim their visit to the mercy seat. The light from the star continued both day (in the good times) and by night (the darkness, the mists of sadness, discouragment, broken dreams, pain).
Noel! Noel! The Latin origin of noel is natalis, meaing "birth"--the birth of Christ was the long awaited birth of hope. I felt a lot of hope in testimony meeting today; I guess that's what brought on all the tears. Tyler and I have dreams. Big dreams. And as I have felt for the last few years of my life, "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" (Thank you, Eleanor Roosevelt). I believe in hope. Hope comes from faith. Faith is the first step, believing in what we can't see. Hope follows, the peace and assurance that passes understanding. Dreams do come true, with a lot of work and faith and love, and yes, hope.


Background: Leucas martinicensis (LM) is an herbal plant that has been used in folk medicine to treat malaria, kidney disorders, inflammation and rheumatism. Objective: The present study was aimed to investigate the antiepileptic activity of ethanolic extract of whole plant of LM against pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) induced seizures in mice. Methods: The extract was first examined by acute oral toxicity studies and then evaluated for antiepileptic activity against PTZ induced seizures. Diazepam was used as the standard drug. Antiepileptic activity was evaluated by observing various seizure activities such as onset of seizure, duration of seizure and intensity of seizure. Motor coordination effect was studied using rotarod. Depression was studied using the forced swim test. Oxidative stress was measured by estimating Malondialdehyde content in the brain at the end of experiments. Results: No abnormalities or toxic effects were observed in the animals during acute oral toxicity studies. The extract treated groups showed late on set of seizures, decreased duration and intensity of seizure when compared with vehicle treated group. The extract was determined to protect the animals from loss of motor coordination and depression. Following sacrifice, the Malondialdehyde content in the extract treated groups were found to be less thanin the vehicle treated group. Conclusion: From the results of our present study it can be concluded that, the ethanolic extract of whole plant of LM protected the animals from seizures and suppressed the oxidative stress induced by PTZ, without producing loss of motor coordination or depression.
Key words: Forced swim test, Malondialdehyde, Oxidative stress, Pentylenetetrazole, Rotarod test.
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Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 43 in 1957, the second youngest recipient in history.
Nickname: Albert Camus
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman.
Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry." He also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Israel.
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.
William Russell Geist is an American television personality, journalist and humorist. He is co-anchor of MSNBC's Morning Joe and anchor of Sunday Today with Willie Geist. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on both the weekday edition and the Saturday edition of Today. Geist is a Correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports, hosting and contributing to NBC's Olympic coverage.
Debora Spar
Debora L. Spar is the former President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women affiliated with Columbia University. As President of Barnard, she was also an academic dean within Columbia University. Spar was appointed Barnard's 7th president in July 2008 and replaced Judith Shapiro, Barnard's 6th president, after a teaching career at Harvard Business School where she was Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. In November 2016, it was announced she would become the 10th president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, beginning in March 2017.
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No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.
I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
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My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?


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Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
"I've harmed nobody, just robbed a few graves!"
Hammer Horror entered the world of color with 1957's The Curse Of Frankenstein. Not only that, Hammer introduced classic monsters to a whole new generation of horror fans. The film would prove to be a huge success and would quickly be followed by a number of sequels and other monster films, many of which would feature Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee facing off against one another.
The film is a loose adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous novel. In the movie, Peter Cushing stars as Baron Victor Frankenstein, a man condemned to death for the murder of his maid, Justine, who also happens to be his secret lover. Hoping to convince someone of status that he is innocent, he requests an audience with a local priest. From there, the story flashes back to a young Victor. He is the sole controller of his family's estate and hires a scientist, Paul Krempe, to be his tutor. The two form a strong bond and they begin experimenting on bringing the dead back to life. After a successful test, Victor plans to piece together plans to create new life, something Paul is staunchly against.
As Victor slowly spirals into madness, Paul remains at the estate in order to protect Elizabeth, Victor's cousin and future wife. Victor begins buying body parts and eventually resorts to murder in order to get a suitable brain for his creation. Paul attempts to stop him multiple times but is put off by Victor's threats to harm Elizabeth. Victor succeeds in creating a new life, but it proves to be a brain damaged specimen that has a murderous temper. Paul finds himself facing not one, but two enemies, the monster and its creator. Can he defeat them both? Check out The Curse of Frankenstein and see for yourself!
The movie was received negatively by most critics of the time, especially those in the United Kingdom. General movie audiences loved the film and it was a major financial success for Hammer. Much like the success of Frankenstein (1931) for Universal Studios, The Curse of Frankenstein provided the monetary kick for Hammer to create more films based on classic monsters as I mentioned earlier. The movie also began the lifelong friendship of Lee and Cushing. Although the duo had performed in other films prior to Curse, this was the first film where they actually interacted with one another. They were almost exclusively rivals in Hammer films, but the pair were best friends in real life.
The film had a great cast. Many of its stars would continue to appear in Hammer films. Cushing did a superb job as Victor Frankenstein. His descent into insanity was extremely subtle, almost unnoticeable at times, but you could see in his eyes that he was going mad. Christopher Lee's role as the creature was limited to a few grunts and moans and one scream, but he did a great job nonetheless. Hazel Court, who would go on to appear in The Man Who Could Cheat Death for Hammer and a number of other films for other companies. She portrays Elizabeth in Curse and does a very good job. Robert Urquhart portrayed Paul in the film and was perfect as Frankenstein's foil. Valerie Gaunt portrayed the poor Justine in the film and she did a wonderful job. She would appear with Lee and Cushing again in Dracula (Horror of Dracula in the USA).
The film's sets were simply breathtaking. Frankenstein's laboratory was a work of art, especially the device that he and Paul built in order to bring life back to a dog and would eventually be used to birth the creature. Frankenstein's estate and the paintings used for the road to it in the beginning of the film were amazing.
This wasn't Terence Fisher's first Hammer film but it was his first Hammer film in color. It certainly wouldn't be his last. He became the company's go-to director for Gothic horror and would continue directing Hammer horror films, many of which would star Cushing and/or Lee. He kept the pacing of Curse at a nice clip and did a wonderful job of keeping the film interesting.
I really loved this film and I'm glad that I picked it for my final movie during my Thirty-One Days O'Horror focusing on Hammer films. I hope that you have enjoyed my journey through Hammer Horror and I can't wait to do it all again next year. In fact, I've already selected my area of focus for next year and it will be revealed…….tomorrow! See you all again real soon!
Posted in Classic Horror, Thirty-One Days O'Horror
Tagged christopher lee, hammer horror, hazel court, mary shelley, peter cushing, the curse of frankenstein
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
"There is evil in the world. There are dark, awful things."
Hammer gets groovy with Dracula A.D. 1972. The film was Hammer's attempt at modernizing the classic Dracula theme that the company did so well with in a Gothic setting. The updated version still featured the two masters of Hammer horror, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in the roles that put them on the map. Lee donned his cape as the dreaded Count Dracula and Cushing slid comfortably back into his role of Van Helsing albeit as a grandfather this go round.
The film opens in 1872 with Dracula and Lawrence Van Helsing battling one another atop a horse carriage. As they fight, we also see a young man on a horse following the duo. The battle come to a head whenever the horses pulling the carriage get loose and the buggy crashes, mortally wounding Van Helsing and Dracula. As Dracula's body dissolves, the young man collects the count's ring and some of his ashes. The film then jumps ahead to 1972 and we are introduced to a swinging group of young twenty-somethings. Among them are Jessica Van Helsing, the granddaughter of Lorrimer Van Helsing, an anthropologist and occult specialist who often assists law enforcement on special cases that involve possible witchcraft or occult elements.
An enigmatic member of the young group named Johnny Alucard convinces the rest of them to join him for a black mass-styled ritual at St. Bartolph's, a deconsecrated church that also happens to be where Lawrence Van Helsing is buried (and some of Dracula's ashes were buried as well). The ritual occurs one hundred years to the day after the death of Van Helsing and Count Dracula. The group becomes intensely frightened by the ritual, especially whenever Alucard "baptizes" one member of the group, Laura, with blood. The young adults run out of the abandoned church. They leave Laura, who has become hysterical, and Johnny behind. Soon enough, Johnny removes a stake from the ground in the cemetery and Count Dracula arises. He drains Laura of her life. On the next day, Johnny attempts to convince his friends that the entire ritual was a joke, but when Laura's body is found and Lorrimer Van Helsing's services are requested by Inspector Murray, things become very, very serious. More of Jessica's friends die, some become vampires, and Van Helsing goes on the hunt. Does he save Jessica? Will any of the youngsters survive? Find out in Dracula A.D. 1972!
Despite a somewhat awkward title and some very dated music, this film is one of my favorite Lee/Cushing Hammer films. Lee chews his way through each and every scene and Cushing bleeds cool at every turn. Christopher Neame, who plays Dracula's disciple in both the past and in 1972, is full of charisma. He was perfectly cast as Johnny Alucard. Stephanie Beacham does a fine job as Jessica Van Helsing. Michael Coles is excellent as Inspector Murray, a role he would reprise in The Satanic Rites of Dracula along with Cushing and Lee. While Jessica would also appear in that film, she would be played by Joanna Lumley instead of Beacham.
The majority of Hammer fans seem to dislike this film or find it to be too silly to be a truly good movie. It's my opinion that those folks are wrong. This is an enjoyable Count Dracula/Van Helsing film that stands on the strength of the performances of Cushing, Lee, and Neame. Oh, and Tim Burton is a fan so there's that!
Thanks for checking out my post. Tomorrow is the final day of Thirty-One Days O'Horror! Let me know what you think about this film or any other film that I've reviewed in the comments section.
Tagged christopher lee, christopher neame, dracula, dracula a.d. 1972, hammer horror, peter cushing, stephanie beacham, van helsing
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: Charlie Boy (1980)
A Different Type Of Fetish
A young couple trigger a terrible spell in Charlie Boy, the sixth episode in the wonderful Hammer House of Horror anthology series. The episode's "horror of the week" is voodoo and comes in the form of an African fetish doll. The episode is genuinely creepy and manages to build up a decent amount of suspense.
The story opens with the death of a young man's uncle and then moves along to the young man, Graham, and his wife, Sarah, arriving at the deceased uncle's home to collect their inheritance, the uncle's art collection. They decide to sell all but two pieces of the collection. Graham chooses a favorite painting from his youth and Sarah selects an African fetish doll that she nicknames "Charlie Boy." While driving home with the doll, the couple encounter an angry driver that attempts to harm them in a fit of road rage. After they get home, Graham playfully asks "Charlie Boy" to off the driver and while he stabs the doll, the driver is stabbed in real life.
With money in hand from the sell of the art collection, Graham and Sarah decide to talk with Graham's cousin, Mark (who received the bulk of the estate as part of his inheritance), and their mutual friend, Phil, a film director, about finally starting up their own production company. Mark has other plans, however, and this angers Graham. Graham then goes home, stabs the fetish doll with a knife, and Mark dies in a terrible riding accident the next day. Graham and Sarah begin to piece together what they believe might be happening as more people die. Graham reaches out to the art dealer for help and finds out that he must burn the fetish doll in order to end the curse. Not only are Phil and the family housekeeper, Gwen, in line to die as a result of the curse, so are Graham and Sarah. Will Graham be able to successfully destroy "Charlie Boy" or will the evil doll finish its wicked curse? Watch Episode 6 of Hammer House of Horror to find out!
The cast of this episode is excellent. Graham is portrayed by Leigh Lawson, who has acted on stage and screen and directed as well. He has a child with Hayley Mills and is married to the famous model, Twiggy. Sarah was portrayed by Angela Bruce. Bruce has appeared in numerous television shows over the years but I'm pretty sure that my readers will know her from her work on Doctor Who, Blake's 7 (audio drama), and Red Dwarf. Michael Culver guest starred as Mark, the cold-hearted son of Graham's uncle. Culver is best known to my readers as Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back. He has had a prolific career in supporting and recurring roles on both the screen and the stage. In a blink-and-you'll-miss-her role, Janet Fielding (Tegan from Doctor Who), guest stars as a worker on one of Phil's film projects who answers the phone.
This was a fun episode. The fetish doll was creepy and the finale was amazing even though it was a bit predictable. The episode reminded me of a ton of other genre shows and films including Final Destination and Trilogy Of Terror. I also enjoyed seeing all of the actors from other science fiction properties, especially those that I love. Check out this episode. I believe that you'll enjoy it.
As always, thanks for checking out my post! We are just two days away from finishing off Thirty-One Days O'Horror!
Tagged angela bruce, fetish, halloween, hammer horror, leigh lawson, Star Wars, Thirty-One Days O'Horror, voodoo
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Resident (2011)
Dr. Bliss
The second coming of Hammer Productions in the 2000's has focused primarily on traditional horror stories involving vampires, ghosts, and bringing the dead back to life, but 2011's The Resident goes in a different direction. It uses voyeurism, stalking, and psychological horror to feed the fears of the audience. In theory this should have worked extremely well, but it's all pretty flat despite a star-studded cast, a wonderful setting, and a plot grounded in reality.
In the film, Hilary Swank stars as Juliet Devereau, an ER doctor who finds herself in need of a new apartment. Thinking that she has landed the deal of the century, she moves into a massive apartment owned and managed by Max (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who lives in the building along with August (Christopher Lee in his final Hammer film role), an odd elderly man. As the days go by, Juliet begins to get weird feelings in her apartment. She also begins to hear odd creaking sounds. She struggles to determine if the sounds and feelings are genuine, a fabrication of her own mind, a supernatural occurrence, or even a stalker.
Thrown in for good measure is Juliet's strained relationship with her ex, Jack (Lee Pace). When she begins seeing him again, the bizarre happenings seem to ramp up and Juliet has cameras installed to see if she can catch a ghost or her stalker. Things come to a head when Juliet begins to oversleep and arriving late for work. With a blood test she discovers that she is being drugged and things go into overdrive. Who is her stalker? Is it a ghost, a jilted lover, or something even creepier? Watch The Resident to find out.
This has got to be one of the worst Hammer films that I've watched during my Thirty-One Days O'Horror. It absolutely falls flat. There's no genuine terror, no especially good acting, and the slowest build up to the most anti-climactic ending that I've seen in a long time. It's a true shame that this was Christopher Lee's final appearance in a Hammer film as he was completely wasted in it. Hilary Swank was uninspiring on the screen. Jeffrey Dean Morgan did manage to give us a few creepy moments but he fell flat as well. Poor Lee Pace……well, let's just say that he did nothing to speed up or slow down the pace of this film. This was bad, y'all. Really…..bad.
Don't watch this snooze fest unless you only want to see Christopher Lee in his final Hammer role. I cannot recommend it. It's sad because this film had so much potential based on its cast and theme, but it never found its footing and never managed to do much more than generate a few icky feelings. This was a dud.
I want to thank you for reading this review. The film was pretty bad but I promise that tomorrow's review will be of a much better film. See you later!
Posted in horror, Thirty-One Days O'Horror
Tagged christopher lee, hammer horror, hilary swank, horror, jeffrey dean morgan, lee pace, stalker, the resident, voyeurism
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Witches (1966)
"They relish the idea of a secret power."
If you're looking for a film with an amazing cast, a strong story, and plenty of atmosphere and build up, 1966's The Witches is exactly the film you want to see. Oh, if you also want a brilliant film that is entirely derailed by complete absurdity in its final ten minutes, The Witches is also the film that you wish to view. This film pulled me in right from the beginning and held my attention until its climax. At that point I threw my head back a bit and said, "This is bad." It's a true shame, because up until the climax this film is a pure joy to watch. Perhaps the book that it is based upon by Norah Lofts has a better ending? I might just have to read it.
In the film, Joan Fontaine portrays Gwen Mayfield, a missionary school teacher who has a terrifying experience with a witch doctor in an African village. Hoping to avoid another nervous breakdown like the one she experiences in Africa, Gwen takes a job at a school in Heddaby. She visits with the school's director, Reverend Alan Bax, and his sister, Stephanie, and soon discovers that Alan isn't actually a reverend at all. In fact, the church where the school is located has burned down and has not been replaced. Gwen quickly becomes acquainted with the rest of the locals in Heddaby and begins her work as a teacher. She starts noticing that some of the villagers act just a bit different, some almost sinister, especially toward young Ronnie Dowsett, who has formed a close bond with a young girl in his class named Linda Rigg. Linda's grandmother and many of the other villagers do not believe that the two youngsters should be "courting" so much and try to keep them apart.
As the film continues, strange things begin happening and old reminders of Africa start showing up in Gwen's life. She has yet another breakdown, a brilliant twist in the film in my opinion, but eventually returns to Heddaby only to find out that a dark force is at work in the village. When the truth is revealed, Gwen learns that the locals have plans for certain people in the village and she must play a part. Does she manage to survive the terrible scheme? Watch The Witches to find out!
Promoted in the United States as The Devil's Own (which is also the title of Loft's book), The Witches is an amazing film, quite possibly one of Hammer's best productions, so long as you don't include the film's final ten minutes in that statement. The ending is rather hysterical and won't spoil it for you. If you haven't seen this film I want you to get slapped in the face with the absurdity just as hard as I was while watching this film for the first time. It's a really, really bad ending, and if just a few minor changes had been made, the film probably would have been considered a masterpiece.
The cast was great. Every single person in this film did a brilliant job. Fontaine was excellent as Gwen and Kay Walsh and Alec McCowen were excellent as the Bax siblings. Ingrid Brett does a fine job as young Linda Rigg and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies was quite wicked as her granny. The local butcher was played with plenty of gusto by Duncan Lamont and Michele Dotrice did a great job as the sweet-on-the-surface Valerie Creek.
Cyril Frankel's direction is great until those final minutes where complete idiocy takes control. The music by Richard Rodney Bennett is excellent as well. Arthur Grant provides perfect cinematography as he almost always does in Hammer films and the rest of the crew do fine jobs also.
I really enjoyed this film and wish that it had a better ending. I do recommend that you check it out simply because of how brilliant it is until the finale. Unfortunately a solid cast, great direction, and amazing music cannot save this film from its dismal ending.
Thanks for reading my post. It'll be Hammer time again, tomorrow!
Tagged alec mccowen, duncan lamont, gwen ffrangcon-davis, halloween, hammer horror, ingrid brett, joan fontaine, kay walsh, michele dotrice, the witches
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Plague Of The Zombies (1966)
Influential Undead
Considered by many to be more influential than it gets credit for, 1966's The Plague Of The Zombies predates George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead by two years. The zombies featured in Plague changed the tone of the monsters as presented in previous films and gave them a look that is still prominent to this day. Shot back to back with The Reptile (and featuring Jacqueline Pearce in both films and using many of the same sets), Plague was initially treated as a secondary film and was released with a primary film, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, on a double bill.
In the movie, Sir James Forbes (Andre Morell) and his daughter, Sylvia (Diane Clare), visit a Cornish village at the request of Dr. Peter Thompson (Brook Williams). Thompson is a former student of Forbes and his wife, Alice (Jacqueline Pearce), is a close friend of Sylvia. He cannot seem to figure out what type of plague is attacking the villagers and he asks Forbes to come to the village to help him. Forbes and Sylvia encounter unruly fox hunters when they first arrive at the village. These hunters are guests of the local squire, Clive Hamilton (John Carson), who isn't very well liked by the locals but seems to be just a slight bit charming to Sylvia. People continue to die and Sylvia eventually encounters a zombie near a local mine. As Forbes, Thompson, and the local police sergeant, Swift (Micheal Ripper), begin to make unsettling discoveries in their investigation of the deaths, Sylvia becomes a pawn in a lethal game between Forbes and the villain of the film. It's all played out quite well on the screen and I believe that you should check it out.
The film is superbly directed by John Gilling and the cinematography by Arthur Grant is atmospheric, creepy, and beautiful all at the same time. The music only adds to the build up of terror in the film and works especially well in a dream sequence involving the undead rising from their graves. The special effects are done very well and the look of the zombies is still influential today.
Morell channels Peter Cushing a bit in this film, delivering lines coolly and with bite when necessary. He's one of the strongest members of this cast. Clare's portrayal of Sylvia is also well done but she isn't given much material to work with in the film. Brook Williams is over the top as Thompson, and the film suffers almost every time that he is called upon to show emotion. Michael Ripper, who has quickly become one of my favorite actors since I started watching these Hammer films, steals the show with his portrayal of the police sergeant. John Carson is both smooth and sadistic as Squire Hamilton. I wish that he would have been given more screen time. Jacqueline Pearce is another scene stealer in this film, with her most epic moment happening in a graveyard. The rest of the cast also did a fine job.
The film definitely has some flaws and isn't a masterpiece as a whole, but I have to give Hammer credit for trying something new with zombies. This was the only zombie film that the company ever produced, and it is definitely better than most of the more modern takes on the genre. It's one of the few films that I've watched during the Thirty-One Days O'Horror that I was captivated with for the entire running time. I believe that if you are a fan of zombie films, check this one out. If you want to see a decent horror flick in general, this is a good film to watch as well.
Thanks for reading my post. We're just a few days away from the final post in Thirty-One Days O'Horror. I hope that you've enjoyed the films and posts that I've given to you this year. Next year is going to be a scream!
Tagged andre morell, hammer horror, jacqueline pearce, michael ripper, night of the living dead, the plague of the zombies, zombies
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: Kiss Of The Vampire (1963)
Gaslighting Vampires
1963's Kiss Of The Vampire takes vampirism to a different level. The film opens with a funeral service that is interrupted by a booze hound who proves to be the most brilliant man in town. That booze hound stabs his own deceased daughter in the heart and ends her reign of terror before it even begins. We are then introduced to a honeymooning couple that have car trouble on their way to their celebration destination. Luckily (or unluckily) for them, there's a somewhat standoffish but welcoming man named Dr. Ravna who invites the couple to a party at his place while they are waiting on fuel to arrive. They also check into the local inn.
At the party the couple get swept up and separated by scheming vampires. The husband, Gerald Harcourt, begins to drink heavily and is slipped a mickey by the vampires. His new wife, Marianne, is taken to the bed chamber of Dr. Ravna and entranced by him. When Gerald awakens the next day, the family of Dr. Ravna and the innkeeper attempt to convince him that he was traveling alone the whole time. They go so far as to hide all of Marianne's clothing and erase all other evidence of her existence. The local authorities believe that Gerald is insane and he soon finds himself alone…..until Professor Zimmer, the aforementioned drunkard, tells Gerald that he believes him and agrees to help him save Marianne and take down a growing vampire cult.
This was a fun film to watch. It was the first horror film ever directed by Don Sharp and I believe that he did a great job. Alan Hume's cinematography was amazing. The bright colors and beautiful sets popped on the screen and the darker scenes were wonderfully designed. Professor Zimmer's use of sorcery was a bit bonkers and the massive number of bats flying around looked hokey but they all worked well enough in the end. The idea of a vampire cult seems pretty original to me and I liked it very much.
The cast was excellent. Clifford Evans chewed his way through every scene as Zimmer. Edward de Souza and Jennifer Daniel were very believable as honeymooning newlyweds. Noel William was great as the evil Dr. Ravna and all of the vampires did fine jobs, but I want to point out Isobel Black and Barry Warren. Black portrayed Tania, who tricks poor Gerald. Warren played Carl Ravna, the doctor's spoiled and snobby son. He stole the show in y opinion.
This was a great light horror film. You can watch this one with the entire family. It had a few fun moments early on but it was fairly serious most of the time. It's not scary at all and there's surprisingly very little blood when compared with other Hammer films. Give this one a look if you want something to watch on a rainy afternoon.
Thanks for reading my post. We've reached the homestretch and Thirty-One Days O'Horror is almost over. Let me know in the comments which films you've seen, which ones you like or dislike, and what films you'd like to see me review. I appreciate each and everyone of you for checking out my posts.
Tagged barry warren, clifford evans, edward de souza, halloween, hammer horror, isobel black, jennifer daniel, kiss of the vampire
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: To The Devil A Daughter (1976)
"I will not recant!"
Christopher Lee traded his fangs for a priest's collar and attempted to summon the Devil himself in 1976's To The Devil A Daughter. The film would be the last Hammer production to feature Lee until he returned to the company in 2011's The Resident. The film is a mixed bag of brilliant and buffoonish writing, excellent acting, and a few questionable moments as well. It also features one of the most scandalous moments in horror which I'll get to later. In my opinion the film works very well as a suspense thriller but absolutely falls apart in the final act.
In the film Lee portrays an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest named Fr. Michael Rayner who starts his own Satanic religious order. He plans on using young Sister Catherine, who is about to turn eighteen, to summon the demon named Astaroth, who in turn will inhabit Catherine's body. In Fr. Rayner's way are Catherine's estranged father, Henry, and an American occult writer and researcher named John Verney. Henry's primary intentions, as it turns out, are to free him from a demonic pact that he made with Rayner. Verney, however, fully intends to stop Rayner and his evil order.
When the film is on the mark, it strikes perfectly. The music is probably one of the best things about this film. Paul Glass does a fine job of building suspense, stirring chaos, and squeezing terror out of many scenes that would be terrible without the proper music. The special effects are done quite well. There's a demon baby that might seem a bit cartoonish at first, but its use in one particular scene is especially uncomfortable. David Watkin's cinematography is rather limited by the locations in the film but there are quite a few amazing shots scattered across the film. Director Peter Sykes gives the viewer two thirds of some of the best thriller cinema that you can find but he manages to derail all of that brilliance in the film's final act. I won't spoil anything about the film's ending, but I will say that the viewer shouldn't expect much just prior to the rolling of the credits.
The film's cast is superb. I was especially pleased with many of the supporting roles in the film from actors such as Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe, Eva Maria Meineke, and Anthony Valentine. Izabella Telezynska has a small role in the film but it will definitely make you squirm. Christopher Lee's portrayal of the wicked father was sinisterly delicious. Denholm Elliott does a fine job as Henry Beddows. Richard Widmark carries the film with his performance as occult writer John Verney.
Of special note is the performance of fourteen year old Natassja Kinski. She played a character that was eighteen in the film and she does a fine job. With that being said, I want to mention an extremely scandalous scene that occurs near the end of the film. As I've already stated, Kinski was only fourteen when this film was shot and she appears in a full frontal nude scene. She is meant to be seducing Verney but, at least in my opinion, the whole scene could have played out just fine without the nudity. There are a couple of other nude scenes in the film that should be noted. One involves the aforementioned demon baby "entering" young Catherine and the other involves a Satanic orgy that shows plenty of sex but almost no nudity. Viewers will get to see the backside of Christopher Lee's double, but that's about as much flesh as any man shows in the film. All of the scenes involving nudity are meant to make the viewer uncomfortable and they definitely did that for me. I mention this mainly because the scenes, especially the Kinski scenes, were considered scandalous and almost definitely would not have occurred in a film today.
I recommend checking out the first hour of this film. After that, I'll let you decide if you want to continue viewing the movie. The ending is terrible and not a suitable payoff for a film that was so well done prior to its climax. This is definitely my least favorite Hammer Horror film, so that means that things will hopefully only get better as I watch more Hammer films to finish out the month.
Thanks for checking out my post. I expected to view a few dull flicks this month, but To The Devil A Daughter is much worse than I ever expected. Let me know what you think about the film or my review in the comments below.
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Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Abominable Snowman (1957)
"There is no Yeti."
While Hammer is known primarily for their classic Universal Monster adaptations and their later "blood and bosom" horror, every once in awhile they would release a film that was completely different. Much like Scream of Fear, 1957's The Abominable Snowman took horror in a completely different and unexpected direction. To be quite honest it is a refreshing break from the standard Hammer films that we all know and love.
In the film, Peter Cushing stars as Dr. John Rollason, a botanist doing a study with his wife, Helen (Maureen Connell), and his friend and colleague, Peter Fox (Richard Wattis). They are studying in the Himalayas as guests of a local monastery headed up by a friendly Lama (Arnold Marle). Another group arrives that is in search of the legendary Yeti. Rollason agrees to go with the small expedition made up of Dr. Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker), Ed Shelley (Robert Brown), Andrew McNee (Michael Brill), and their guide, Kusang (Wolfe Morris), despite the protestations of Helen, Peter, and the Lama. As the group ascends the mountain they face off against another expedition of locals trying to stop them from reaching their destination. They manage to set up camp and things go south quickly. McNee is injured and there's a visit from an unexpected creature. Then the members of the party begin to experience paranoia and hear strange sounds. Ultimately the viewer has to decide what is real and what is only a figment of the group's imaginations. Will the expedition succeed in finding the elusive Yeti or will they all suffer a brutal fate? Watch The Abominable Snowman to find out!
The film is very different from other Hammer films. There's no gore, very little violence, and almost all of the horror comes as a result of the internal struggles of the expedition. This is a very character driven film and it relies on the performances of Cushing, Tucker, and the rest of the cast to put fear and doubt into the viewer's heart. We only get brief glimpses of the Yeti creatures and the actual payoff shot of the creature triggers an almost sympathetic emotion instead of terror. It's done that way intentionally and it works in the film.
This was a very good Hammer production. It allows the actors to flex their chops and while it may not have any jump scares, gore, or an insane amount of violence, it works well for what it is, a film about whether or not man is the true villain. I'm a huge fan of Bigfoot and Yeti films, but almost all of them feature the beast as a man-eating monster. This film points the finger at man, not the beast.
Give The Abominable Snowman a shot. It's a different type of Hammer film and it's worth watching. Oh, and I thought long and hard about posting a photo of the creatures from the film, but would much rather you see them for yourself in the movie. Thanks for reading my post. See you tomorrow!
Tagged halloween, hammer horror, himalayas, peter cushing, the abominable snowman, yeti
Thirty-One Days O'Horror: The Vampire Lovers (1970)
"You must die!"
Ingrid Pitt portrays a bloodthirsty lesbian vampire in The Vampire Lovers. The 1970 film was just one more attempt by Hammer to use sexuality to draw in a crowd. The film would be followed by two sequels, Lust For A Vampire and Twins of Evil, both released in 1971. Collectively the films are known as the Karnstein Trilogy and all three are loosely based on the 1872 novela Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. While many people seem to focus on the portrayal of lesbians and the nudity in the film, it actually has a very good story line.
The film opens with Baron Hartog planning out his scheme to kill a vampire. After a successful hunt, the film jumps ahead a few years and we are introduced to General Spielsdorf, his beautiful niece, Laura, her suitor, Carl, and the mysterious Countess and her daughter, the captivating Marcilla, at a party at the general's home. After receiving news of the death of a friend, the countess leaves for her home but asks the general if Marcilla can stay with him until she returns. The general agrees and not long after that, Laura begins having severe nightmares and calls out for Marcilla at night. Laura falls mysteriously ill and soon dies. Marcilla leaves but she and the countess find themselves in the helping hands of Roger Morton. Once again, the countess leaves her daughter, now going by the name Carmilla, and who becomes fast friends with Morton's daughter, Emma. She seduces both Emma and Emma's governess, Mademoiselle Perrodot. Other women in the area begin to die mysteriously and Emma becomes sick like Laura.
Vampires and victims from The Vampire Lovers. L to R: Kirsten Lindholm (Hartog's vampire), Pippa Steel (Laura), Kate O'Mara (Mademoiselle Perrodot), Madeline Smith (Emma Morton), and Ingrid Pitt (Marcilla/Carmilla)
In the meantime, Carl begins to piece together that Emma's sickness is similar to Laura's and both of them became ill after the arrival of strange young woman. The general arrives in town with Baron Hartog with him. Convinced that his niece was seduced and murdered by a vampire, the general actively sought out Hartog in order to hunt down the vampire and end its reign of terror. Spielsdorf, Hartog, and Carl, along with other supporters, seek out the vampire. The Morton's butler and family doctor become suspicious of Carmilla and take measures to keep Emma safe. You'll have to watch the film in order to find out what happens next.
While The Vampire Lovers received a lot of attention for its lesbianism it is neither the first film to feature lesbian vampires (usually considered to be Universal's Dracula's Daughter from 1936) nor was it the first film to be based upon Le Fanu's novella (Blood And Roses, 1960, although other films used elements of the story prior to it). The film features a considerable amount of nudity including a full frontal nude scene from Pitt. In fact, all of the primary female cast members (excepting Kate O'Mara) appear in some state of undress. There's also a considerable amount of cleavage and numerous scenes featuring actresses in see-through gowns. Why am I mentioning all of this? To show my readers just how far Hammer went to draw in larger box office numbers. In all honesty the film could have been shot without the nudity and it would have worked just as well on story alone.
The film's cast is superb for the most part. Pitt portrays the seductive Marcilla with full confidence. Kate O'Mara shines as Perrodot, who goes from a protective governess to a woman desperate for the attention of Marcilla. Pippa Steel has a brief role as Laura but she is wonderful. The men in the film, primarily Peter Cushing as the general, Douglas Wilmer as Hartog, and Jon Finch as Carl, all give a wonderful performance despite taking quite a few steps back to allow the women to shine in the film. Harvey Hall and Janet Key are great in supporting roles as Renton and Gretchin. The only somewhat weak link is Madeline Smith as Emma. Smith spends most of the film wandering around her home or laying in bed with big doe eyes. I understand that she is supposed to be completely captivated by Marcilla, but she comes across as a bit too dumbfounded.
The film's special effects were great. The blood was the signature Hammer red. While there weren't as many scenes involving splattering blood, the few that do occur should be quite enough to satisfy gorehounds. Roy Ward Baker's direction kept the pacing acceptable and there was some brilliant cinematography from Moray Grant.
I really liked this film. I hope to watch the other films in this trilogy and if I have time I'll review them for Thirty-One Days O'Horror. I definitely recommend this film. If you're interested in lesbianism in vampire films or in cinema in general, I suggest checking out Dracula's Daughter. This film is also perfect for Doctor Who fans, as Pitt, O'Mara, and Cushing all featured prominently in Doctor Who stories.
Thanks for checking out my review. See you tomorrow! I'll take a break from the vampires for a few days. What could I be reviewing next?
Tagged hammer horror, ingrid pitt, kate o'mara, lesbian, lgbtq, madeline smith, peter cushing, pippa steel, the vampire lovers, vampires
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The NFL draft is an annual event in which National Football League franchises take turns selecting amateur football players and other first-time eligible players. Currently, the draft consists of seven rounds. Each team is assigned a selection in each round, with the teams with the worst record from the previous year being assigned the best picks in each round. This helps the league achieve a degree of parity.
The draft is the first chance each team gets at players who have been out of high school for at least three years. Players whose high school class did not graduate three or more years before are not eligible for the draft and hence they are not eligible to play in the NFL. Most drafted players come directly out of college football programs as seniors or juniors, though some underclassmen are eligible, and other players are selected from minor leagues like the Arena Football League.
The NFL allows each team to spend a limited amount of money from its salary cap to sign rookies (including undrafted players). Teams with higher picks get a higher rookie salary cap allocation. In most years, the salary cap increases from the year before, so most years there is more money allocated to teams for signing rookies. This form of salary control is legal because it has been negotiated into the NFL's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the players' union.
The drafted players are paid salaries commensurate with the position in which they were drafted. High first-round picks get paid the most, and low round picks get paid the least. There is a de facto pay scale for drafted rookies. After the draft, any non-drafted rookies are allowed to sign a contract with any team in the league. These rookie free-agent usually do not get paid as well as drafted players, nearly all of them signing for the predetermined rookie minimum.
The first professional football draft was held in 1936. Originally, it was a low-key affair, for which teams prepared little. Over the years, scouting for the draft has grown to be a complicated pseudo-science, in which teams use workout data from prospects, interviews, game films, and projections of skills as players mature to decide which college players are the best in the country.
In the 1980s, cable sports channel ESPN began televising the draft, which led to an increase in its popularity. Now, "draftniks" like ESPN's Mel Kiper, Jr. work year-round on studying and projecting where players will end up in the draft, and which teams will select them.
List of NFL first overall draft choices
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Hot on the heels of The River, his commercial breakthrough, Springsteen's decision to release the stark, demo-quality Nebraska seems downright perverse. But the genius of the album is unmistakable--with just an acoustic guitar and his howling harmonica to back him, Springsteen tells the stories of characters walking on both sides of the law, some of them directly on the line in between. The effect is that of a powerful series of black-and-white photographs--the details are bleak in and of themselves, but they ignite the imagination in ways that are more satisfying than full-color shots would be. 'Mansion on the Hill,' 'Highway Patrolman,' 'Atlantic City,' and the frightening 'Nebraska' are among the most sharply rendered and memorable works of Springsteen's career.


A dark nebula in front of the bright emission nebula IC 434, part of the massive Orion star formation complex. When first discovered in 81 BT by Williamina Fleming this dark cloud resembled a horse's head, hence the name. However since that time the cloud has changed considerably, affected by the pressure of starlight (mostly from Sigma Orionis, a nearby bright star) and by the strong, rapidly changing magnetic fields associated with several protostars buried deep within the dust.
These resource-rich protostar systems are currently being exploited and husbanded by Cloudharvesters associated with the Orion Federation and the Betelgeuse Umma.
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We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Led to Success by Sharon Draper et al.
Draper, Sharon et al. We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Led to Success. Puffin, 2006. ISBN 978-0142406274. 194 pp. $6.99
Coretta Scott King award-winner Sharon Draper pieces together three lives that intertwined when a trio of friends made an agreement to keep one another on the straight and narrow. The narrative bounces back and forth from "as told to" with dialogue recreations to short reflective essays from the young men about the events being retold.
For Sampson, a positive encounter with a doctor who took time to answer the questions of an inquisitive six-year old sparked an interest in medicine. An elementary school teacher who taught students from the ghetto about Shakespeare encouraged George to consider college. Rameck dreamed of being an actor, but there wasn't enough money to pay the electric bill, let alone fund new shoes and portfolio photographs. Childhoods filled with absent parents and longing for success were peppered with rivalry, gunfire and petty crime. Through sports and shared classes, the three came together to share music, laughs and dreams.
Junior year, the three friends were cutting up in math class when the teacher suggested they take themselves to the college presentation at the library. "What started out as three high school boys skipping class turned out to be the most significant event in our lives," says George. In spite of their desire to attend college and make something more of their lives, it was all too easy to fall into trouble in their Newark neighborhood. Assault and battery and robbery earned both Rameck and Sampson time in a detention center.
Ultimately, they achieved their dreams and are an inspiration to young people of all backgrounds. Information about their foundation, which provides health fairs, leadership training and mentoring, is included in the conclusion. File under career, collective biographies, or your self-help-inspirational section.
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