Sean’s movie thoughts

Vampire Circus is a later day Hammer film from 1972. In a small19th century village a vampire is killing people and causing other troubles. The villagers kill him but as he died he cursed them. Years later people in the town are dying from mysterious diseases and the other towns(or villages) have put up road blocks to keep the people in the town. Then a circus comes to town. The circus performers can do amazing things. (The movie is called Vampire Circus for a reason). The villagers seem capitivated but the circus is out to do more than just perform. It is not bad. Some of the performances are good but I did not think the master vampire was in Christopher Lee’s class. I might sample of the bonus features on the Blu-ray later.

The Dirty Harry series stared Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan working in San Francisco. Harry was not overly concerned with the rights of criminals and he was usually threatened with suspension at some point during a film. There are five films in the series and recently I re-watched a few. The original Dirty Harry came out in 1971and featured a villain similar to the Zodiac killer. The movie, like the original Death Wish, was a response to the rise in crime and also a feeling that criminals had too many rights. At one point Harry is told he violated the suspect’s rights and Harry responded “What about the victim’s rights?” These are good films and even the last film the Dead Pool is pretty good. Harry doesn’t get a lot of character development over the series and his background is not explored. He has a different partner in each film. My favorite film in the series might the Enforcer where Tyne Daly was his partner. I have not seen Sudden Impact in a long time. San ...