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The vampire film is a difficult one with which to find any new ground to break. Vampires have been a staple of horror movies since the inception of film, and since then they’ve been depicted in just about every way imaginable. The most famous of course are those based on Bram Stoker’s
Dracula, from the Bela Lugosi classic and the swagger of Christopher Lee in the Hammer films to the cheesy turn-of-the-millennium “hipness” of
Dracula 2000.
And yet, despite all the different versions of the Dracula story, film always finds a way to retell the tale, sometimes in wildly divergent takes. That brings us to
The Horrors Of Relocation In BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL
Take away the vampires and gallows humor, and Chris Baugh’s film has something to say.
By Andrew Crump · @agracru · April 22, 2021, 3:13 PM CDT BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL. Progress sounds sweet on paper, but in practice tends to come at a cost. Take the town of Six Mile Hill, where naught happens, naught changes, and the only landmark worth visiting is a stone heap in a field. The heap isn’t just
any heap, though; it’s the grave of Abhartach, an ancient Irish vampire said to have inspired Bram Stoker’s