White Rose of Avalon

Classic Film

  • Films Recommendations for When You Want to Embody Coquette Energy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing some of my recommendations for films that have Coquette energy!  I always feel that the playful and flirty energy of the Coquette is very much alive in Spring, so I thought that this was an ideal time…

  • Jess Bradford from ‘Black Christmas’: An Iconic Final Girl

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I am discussing the character of Jess from Black Christmas, played by the amazing Olivia Hussey!   I thought this was the ideal topic for this final Femme Fatale Friday of December. I have been a huge fan…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Dracula Sequel Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the fifth day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am ranking my top five favorite Dracula sequel films!   Now, there are many sequels to Dracula that take on so many different forms, from the Universal Monsters and…

  • The Brides of Dracula

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the third day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am discussing the Brides of Dracula!    Now, the Brides of Dracula do not appear much in the original novel or have a lot of screen time in many…

  • Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Dracula Performances

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the second day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am ranking my top five favorite Dracula performances!    Number 5: Max Schreck in Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror (1922) ~Of course, I could not leave the original cinematic…

  • Ranking the Universal Monsters!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have decided to rank all of the classic Universal Monsters.   To be clear, I am ranking the Monsters themselves, not the films in which they appear, as that ranking would surely differ from this one.   I was inspired…

  • Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Hitchcock Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing my five favorite Alfred Hitchcock films!  I thought this was an ideal countdown leading into October.   I will note that there will probably be some controversial opinions here, as you will not see some of the…

  • The Maiden and the Monster: Exploring the Women from ‘King Kong’ and ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss two characters from classic Golden Age Hollywood Horror films, as they have some things in common.   I was inspired to write this post after my recent rewatch of Creature from the Black Lagoon.  …

  • My Top 10 Favorite Film Adaptations of ‘Cinderella’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing a list of ten of my favorite films based on the fairytale Cinderella! 10: Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) ~Okay, so this may seem like a bit of a cheat, as this is a direct-to-video…

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like a Forest Faery

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is another list of film recommendations to make you feel a certain vibe.   In this case, I will be giving you a list of movies to watch when you want to feel like you are a Forest Faery!   Without further…