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Entertainment > Movie Genres Exploring the vampire in cinema: 3 of 34

Thanks to Technicolor, those of a certain age will first remember Peter Cushing's Dr Van Helsing, energetically pitting himself against Christopher Lee's Count Dracula, in Terence Fisher's Hammer productions. And although the famous Count had bared fang long before Hammer House, it's arguable that Fisher's adaptations were r...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Dark fantasy: 98 of 133

Clouds of steam rose from the ornate basin, drawing a thin veil across the mirror above it, and intensifying the already stifling midday bake of an Egyptian heatwave. The ceiling fan in the adjoining bedroom turned pointlessly; the air-con unit whirred close to useless. Ludo cuffed a window in the mirror so he could see his ...