Castlevania

Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “The River”

By Gregory Ellner | Jun 16, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last time, Dracula had agreed to send his forces (and castle) to Braila, while other scouting night creatures had begun trying to invade the Belmont Hold in which Trevor Bemont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard were attempting to find a way to lock down the castle […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Last Spell”

By Gregory Ellner | Jun 9, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last episode, the war council was crumbling into factions amongst itself, with unfortunate consequences for Godbrand, while our three heroes were growing emotionally closer by their own proximity. Today we’ll dive into the fifth episode of Castlevania season two, “Last Spell.” 1. Decoding Sypha During […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Broken Mast”

By Gregory Ellner | Jun 3, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last we left off, our heroes had found the Belmont Hold and begun to search inside of it, Carmilla had started to plot against her own liege, and Godbrand had surprising amounts of intelligence. Today we’ll dive into the fourth episode of Castlevania season two, […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Shadow Battles”

By Gregory Ellner | May 26, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last we left our heroes and villains, the female general Carmilla had arrived to Dracula’s castle and helped to get things started in a single direction to begin a more direct conflict between the war council and the heroic trio, who themselves are on the […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Old Homes”

By Gregory Ellner | May 19, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last time, we caught up with recent events involving our heroes before they set out on their quest, while also looking deeper into the workings of Dracula’s war against humankind. What new elements will arise going forward? Today we’ll dive into the second episode of […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “War Council”

By Gregory Ellner | May 12, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! While the first season used a general theme in its titles of single words, season two of Castlevania instead uses exclusively two-word titles. It’s not an important fact, but it does show a general trend overall. As season one concluded, the Bishop who had caused […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Monument”

By Gregory Ellner | May 5, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! With Trevor on the run and many of the Speakers hidden away in the catacombs, night has fallen, causing the two antagonistic forces of Castlevania season one to collide at last in the present day. How will this conflict conclude its first season? Today we’ll […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Labyrinth”

By Gregory Ellner | Apr 28, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! Last we left off on Castlevania, we had our first episode focused on the present day and what had happened since Dracula’s campaign of extermination began, and a look in on our broken, homeless, often drunk, borderline misanthropic “hero” as he took up his first […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Necropolis”

By Gregory Ellner | Apr 21, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! In the series premiere of Castlevania, we looked in on the workings of the antagonists plaguing Wallachia, from the Church (as most prominently showcased by the nameless Bishop) to Vlad “Dracula” Ţepeş. Now, following directly off of the last scene, we come to the action […]

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Five Thoughts on Castlevania‘s “Witchbottle”

By Gregory Ellner | Apr 14, 2020 | Television

What is a recap? A miserable little pile of spoilers! In 2017, Netflix started an animated adaptation of the famous vampire-hunting video game franchise, Castlevania, primarily focused around its third installment, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. Now, after the third season’s release, we will be going into the episodes thus far, and possibly even future ones […]

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