A review by robberbaroness
La Ville-Vampire by Paul Féval père

2.0

La Ville-Vampire (Vampire City), a goofy 1867 gothic novel about Anne Radcliffe herself rescuing friends from vampires, is described on the back-cover as a proto-Buffy. I think it’s more like a proto-Evil Dead installment, what with the vampire-spider-circus, exploding sneezes, and the fact that vampire consciousness is spread upon each next victim ala the Deadites. It’s not a good Evil Dead installment by any means, but I would hire Sam Raimi to direct a miniseries adaptation. Bruce Campbell can cameo as the mysterious ‘Arthur’ who appears in one scene, defeats some vampires and saves the heroes with the power of his shining face, then wanders off playing God Save the King on a guitar, not having noticed anything that was going on.