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Alex C:
Khar voiced my concerns a lot more eloquently than I ever could have.

Really, I could go either way on whether or not you want to consider Rocky Horror to be a true b-movie or not-- I certainly won't argue that it is a black and white thing. In a very real way it's a b-movie parody set to music that happened to be embraced by an awful lot of b-movie fans and lived on in the same sort of venues that b-movies thrive in. If it's not a b-movie, it's certainly a very damn close relative. I guess the whole being an adaptation thing probably counts against it, sort of, but it's still some damn unique territory.

JD:
It's that weird cousin at the family reunion who can't seem to fit in.

LTK:


I'm very sorry, I'll just go and stick my head into a hive now...

Border Reiver:
Looking at Khar's list I'm amazed to see many of the movies that I would choose as well

Hammer's Dracula movies from the Horror of Dracula to Dracula has risen from the Grave (seriously, I love Sir Christopher and PEte Cushing, but Dracula AD1972 really bit)
Hammer's Frankenstein movies
Tremors
Army of Darkness
The Conqueror Worn/Witchfinder General
AIP's Edgar Allen Poe series
Deathrace 2000
Countess Dracula
The Vampire Lovers

KharBevNor:
Ah, Horror of Dracula confused me for a second. Apparently that's the US title?

Although it is a very good adaptation, and Lee is excellent, I didn't include the Hammer Dracula in my list because it doesn't have all the elements and atmosphere in place that really define the series for me, and it just isn't as campy; Cushing and Lee, yes, but that makes it more a 'straight' film in my book...if that makes sense? I discount Brides of Dracula because it has nothing to do with Dracula, and Prince of Darkness because he doesn't speak. Although I consider the high-points of the series generally to be Dracula and Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, they become really enjoyable pieces of kitsch as the whole thing goes on, especially Dracula AD 1972 and The Satanic Rites of Dracula, which are utterly fucking ridiculous. Hippies accidentally resurrect Dracula, who tries to take over the world with bioligical warfare! Why not?

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