The Action-Goth Masterpiece That Never Got Its Due

Every Wednesday in August, Vulture will choose a film to watch with readers as part of our Vulture Movie Club. This week’s selection comes from Vulture editor Eric Vilas-Boas, who will begin his screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust on Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m. ET. Head to Vulture’s Twitter to catch the live commentary.

In Latin, animātiōn may mean the “bestowing of life,” but in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, it delivers ecstatically drawn death. In the film’s first shot...