Grave of the Vampire!

Welcome, foolish mortals. Dino Drac After Dark is back at full speed!

If you’re new to DDAD, here’s how it works:

This part of the site is updated every night at 12AM EST. (In practice it’s often updated a few hours before, but let’s not dull the gimmick with minutiae.)

Most nights I post a random video found on YouTube, be it a movie, a compilation of old commercials or something more offbeat.

Other nights there might be a survey. Sometimes there won’t anything at all, which means that you guys get to chat in the comments about whatever the hell you want.

There are two driving forces behind Dino Drac After Dark:

1) The idea that night owls could always use another place to hang. When the mood is right, this place sees action all night long. There’s a great group of folks in the comments who are always up for casual conversations about geeky stuff, whether you’re into the “video of the night” or not!

2) The idea that social media isn’t enough (or even a thing) for everyone, and that some folks would like a place to interact that’s far removed from those platforms.

And hey, even if you’re not into commenting, no worries — just enjoy the movies and assorted media!

Dino Drac After Dark’s second Halloween season is going to be extra special. A while back, I asked readers to pitch videos that could carry us through October 31st, and you guys really rose to the occasion. So many great suggestions!

In fact, here’s the first of ‘em:

As suggested by Brian Arnold, here’s Grave of the Vampire from 1972.

From Brian: “It’s cheesy early ‘70s fun, and the screenplay was written by David Chase, creator of The Sopranos! He adapted it from a novel he’d written. Chase would also become a story editor on the horror TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

I’ve never seen this one, but as a huge mark for anything Sopranos, I’m naturally curious. I did skim through it briefly, and it seems like the kind of movie that would’ve played on TV at 2 in the morning. So yeah, pretty perfect for this place.

Thanks for the suggestion, Brian!

Okay guys, get set for (over) two full months’ worth of weird videos and reasons to stay up late.

Hope you enjoy this year’s Halloween Countdown!