High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewDracula Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/dracula/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Roundtable: Best Movie Villains https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-villains/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-villains/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:00:47 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101587 Everybody wants to be a hero, but villains have so much more fun. As Maleficent slinks back into theaters this weekend, let’s look back at some of our other favorite icons of evil from the movies. Deirdre Crimmins My favorite villains are those who are justified in their actions. They may be jerks or have...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-villains/feed/ 15 One Man’s Trash: Billy the Kid vs. Dracula https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/one-mans-trash-billy-kid-vs-dracula/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/one-mans-trash-billy-kid-vs-dracula/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:00:36 +0000 Adam Tyner https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog?p=100412&preview=true&preview_id=100412 Hmmm, how best to succinctly describe the central conflict in Billy the Kid vs. Dracula…? Wait, I’ve got it! Billy the Kid squares off against Dracula! I guess that’s it for the plot synopsis. Load up, fellas! We’re moving on. Okay, okay, I guess I can delve into a little more detail than that. The...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/one-mans-trash-billy-kid-vs-dracula/feed/ 1 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 16th, 2018 – One Ugly Motherf’er https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-18-2018/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-18-2018/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:00:22 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=95270 This week marks the last big retail push before Christmas, and the home video slate is jam-packed with lots of new Blu-ray and Ultra HD releases. Not too many of them feel very festive, strangely. New Releases (Blu-ray) Venom – If you wanted a new Spider-Man movie, go see the animated Into the Spider-Verse. The...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-18-2018/feed/ 26 Weekend Roundtable: Favourite Historical Costume Dramas https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-historical-costume-dramas/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-historical-costume-dramas/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:00:54 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=95053 Perhaps no film genre is more reliable year-end awards bait than the historical costume drama. We have a couple in theaters right now, the serious-minded bio-pic Mary Queen of Scots and the dark comedy The Favourite. Our Roundtable this week looks at some other good examples. David Krauss When I think of historical costume dramas,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-nov-13-2018/feed/ 16 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 14th, 2018 – The Latest Buzz https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-16-2018/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-16-2018/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:00:53 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=94184 It’s been a whole two months since the last Marvel superhero blockbuster hit Blu-ray. You know what that means… Here comes the next one! New Releases (Blu-ray) Ant-Man and the Wasp – Between Black Panther and Infinity War (the top two movies of the year), Marvel has had a positively huge 2018. For its third...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-16-2018/feed/ 16 Weekend Roundtable: Dracula Dracula Dracula… https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-dracula-movies-tv/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-dracula-movies-tv/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:00:32 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=92491 Since his creation in 1897, Bram Stoker’s famed vampire Dracula has become an indelible pop culture icon, appearing in hundreds if not thousands of movies, TV shows, books, comics, games and more, sometimes treated seriously and sometimes turned into an Adam Sandler cartoon. This week’s Roundtable looks at some of our favorite treatments of the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-12-2017/feed/ 32 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 14th, 2017 – Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-may-16-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-may-16-2017/#comments Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:48 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=84875 New Blu-rays this week close one franchise and reopen another. More importantly, a cult rock-and-roll musical finally gets its proper due. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter‘ – I’m a sucker for the ‘Resident Evil’ movies. I know they’re dumb, but I always have fun with them. Franchise mastermind Paul W.S. Anderson and...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-may-16-2017/feed/ 18 ‘Penny Dreadful’ 3.01 Recap: “The Old Monsters Are Gone” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/penny-dreadful-301-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/penny-dreadful-301-recap/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 13:00:58 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=77433 Despite flagging ratings during its often incoherent narrative mess of a second season, Showtime brought its horror series ‘Penny Dreadful’ back for another round. I like the show and am glad to have it back. Let’s hope this season holds together better than the last one. It’s too soon to cast any judgments on that...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/penny-dreadful-301-recap/feed/ 5 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 4th, 2015 – I Am Spartacus! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-6-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-6-2015/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:00:59 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=73077 Are you looking for another exciting blockbuster movie to own on Blu-ray? This week brings us the biggest box office hit of the year… assuming that the year we’re talking about is 1960, that is. New Releases ‘Magic Mike XXL‘ – Strange. Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 drama about male strippers didn’t exactly call out for a...

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