Jackson Stewart is a writer/director living in Los Angeles. He created the web series 'The Cartridge Family' and wrote for the CW show Supernatural. He also did a short entitled 'Sex Boss'.
He's on twitter @bossjacko.
He's on twitter @bossjacko.
Check out his Underrated Thrillers:
and Action/Adventure:
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1. TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (1970) For whatever reason I've never wholeheartedly dove into the Hammer films. I'd seen 'Horror Express' (which is great) and that's it. Oddly enough, what pushed me toward this and the other Christopher Lee Dracula films is 'Castlevania' for the NES. I learned that the game designers had based it off of the Hammer horror films and I had to check them out to see the connection. This one opens with a bang -- Dracula is killed and we cut forward in time quite a ways to find a group of sleazy rich guys bored with their posh lifestyles. The main arrogant rich chap decides that reviving Dracula is a great idea to spice things up and inbetween bedding a bevy of beautiful ladies Dracula makes his return. Additionally, I learned that Lee was completely sick of the role by this point and the heads of Hammer nearly replaced him. Despite his reluctance to appear, he does incredible work in it.

2. THE MAJORETTES (1987) -- My good friend Stephen Scarlata (Jodorowsky's Dune) turned me onto this movie. It came from John A. Russo the dubious producer of 'Night Of The Living Dead' who was also responsible for the abhorrent 30th anniversary edition, was in charge of this movie getting made. Russ Streiner and Bill Hinzman were also involved and while you can see from their filmographies that Romero was the real brain of that bunch, this is still a pretty cool little movie. The gore is okay and the acting isn't great but the slasher premise is completely flipped on its head in the third act in a very powerful way. I won't ruin it, but the movie deserves a lot more attention -- the ending is unreal. See it!1. TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (1970) For whatever reason I've never wholeheartedly dove into the Hammer films. I'd seen 'Horror Express' (which is great) and that's it. Oddly enough, what pushed me toward this and the other Christopher Lee Dracula films is 'Castlevania' for the NES. I learned that the game designers had based it off of the Hammer horror films and I had to check them out to see the connection. This one opens with a bang -- Dracula is killed and we cut forward in time quite a ways to find a group of sleazy rich guys bored with their posh lifestyles. The main arrogant rich chap decides that reviving Dracula is a great idea to spice things up and inbetween bedding a bevy of beautiful ladies Dracula makes his return. Additionally, I learned that Lee was completely sick of the role by this point and the heads of Hammer nearly replaced him. Despite his reluctance to appear, he does incredible work in it.





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Horror Express is not Hammer. It's a Spanish-UK coproduction.
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