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I’m a bit of a vampire movie fan.. so come on folks which vampire film is the best.. and why?
Mine is The Lost Boys
That movie couldn’t be any more 80’s if it tried.. awesome cast, great villains, no CGI.. and the vampires don’t glow when sun light hits them! |
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"Love vampires and the mythology, ‘Dracula 2000‘ is one of my faves...
And ‘the vampire Lestat’ one of the finest books ever written imo"
Dracula 2000... good shout, it’s a very underrated movie.. it’s a modern day version of bram stokers Dracula. |
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By *ensualMan
over a year ago
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30 Days of Night and
Bram Stoker's Dracula.
My new favourite is the remake of Fright Night with Colin Farrell, Toni Collete, Imoven Poots, David Tennent and Anton Yelchin. The cast lists makes you think it will be all over the place but it is good. With (spoiler alert) one of the female cast definitely on my list of top ten female vampires (see my thread from last week). |
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over a year ago
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Love vampire films I really do. So for me:
Lost Boys
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
From Dusk til Dawn
Salem’s Lot
Blade
Priest
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
I could go on
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992 was a masterpiece. Dracula untold is a close second.
I've yet to watch Lost Boys but have promised to do so in a special someone's company  |
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"Van Helsing and also The fearless vampire killers
Dance of the vampires"
This post made me laugh because The Fearless Vampire Killers and Dance of the Vampires are two different titles for the same film, and Van Helsing directly repeats the ballroom mirror gag from it.
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"Not a film, but does anyone remember the 90s Channel 4 series Ultraviolet?
Yes, I do, although not very well. "
Guns that fired wooden stake bullets? Jack Davenport and Idris Elba were in it?
Anyway, vampire films? Probably The Lost Boys.
That said, nothing vampire related has been as good as Dracula, from this January.
Though the telly series of What We Do In The Shadows is a good comedy. |
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Dusk Till Dawn as it's got humour and most of the film isn't concerned with vampires anyway. I always found the vampire thing a bit silly, and took itself far too seriously. Vampires are to the horror genre, what Batman is to the super hero genre. I much prefer zombies. |
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x  "
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns... |
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The lost boys.
We have walked over the bridge they hung off, north of LA.
Also been to santa Cruz and the airwalk, carousel etc are all still there, including the fibreglass caveman on the airwalk.
The guy whose comic shop they filmed in still runs a comic shop there too, they have the original comic from the movie up on the wall and if you ask nicely will let you take a photo with it.
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns...no but i love his siter Joanna shes so quintessentially English   "
Burnt your tongue yet? |
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns...no but i love his siter Joanna shes so quintessentially English
Burnt your tongue yet? "
on the BBQ hot plate no......... I've got a slave for that |
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns...no but i love his siter Joanna shes so quintessentially English
Burnt your tongue yet? on the BBQ hot plate no......... I've got a slave for that "
Oh so solitary confinement is over? |
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns...no but i love his siter Joanna shes so quintessentially English
Burnt your tongue yet? on the BBQ hot plate no......... I've got a slave for that
Oh so solitary confinement is over?"
over rated yes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns...no but i love his siter Joanna shes so quintessentially English
Burnt your tongue yet? on the BBQ hot plate no......... I've got a slave for that
Oh so solitary confinement is over?over rated yes "
Damn. So I still have to be nice to you...  |
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"Im a huge vampire fan, my absolute favourite film is Interview with a Vampire.
Ive read literally 100s of books too x
Have you read the Brian Lumley books? I highly recommend them, so many twists and turns..."
Ive just checked and no ive not read his. I will look.
I love Nancy Kilpatrick Power of the blood series too.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sleepwalkers, The Lair of the White Worm and Lesbian Vampire Killers."
Was that the Corden/Horne film ? Got to be one of the worst movies in any genre of recent years |
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"Sleepwalkers, The Lair of the White Worm and Lesbian Vampire Killers.
Was that the Corden/Horne film ? Got to be one of the worst movies in any genre of recent years "
Exactly why it's so good. |
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"I’m a bit of a vampire movie fan.. so come on folks which vampire film is the best.. and why?
Mine is The Lost Boys
That movie couldn’t be any more 80’s if it tried.. awesome cast, great villains, no CGI.. and the vampires don’t glow when sun light hits them! "
Agreed!! I think I know every line of that film!!
Dracula with Gary Oldman is a very close second & Interview with a Vampire is excellent too.
And there’s always room for the Hammer House of Horror films
Have you seen The Originals? Definitely worth a watch, best vampire series in a long time! Netflix has it |
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"Lost Boys definitely, but has anyone seen What We Do In The Shadows? Very funny film, and TV series coming out in the UK soon too.  "
Season 2 is coming out soon, season 1 has already aired. It’s brilliant!!
I love vampires & I love Matt Berry. Win / win for Morticia!!  |
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By *ensualMan
over a year ago
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"Wait. I want to change my film.
Love At First Bite.
George Hamilton rocked that cape."
If we are talking comedy Dennis Nielsen as Dracula and Mel
Brooks as Van Helsing in "Dead and Loving It".
Loved the film "What We Do In the Shadows".
I am also fond of "Bitten" with Jason Mewes of "Jay and Silent Bob" fame. |
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By *ensualMan
over a year ago
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"Bram Stokers Dracula. Gary Oldman was a very realistic Dracula.
Shame about keanu reeves, he was shit
He was so bad. "
I saw a programme on the making of the film
Despite it being directed by Coppola they still needed a big name attached to the film to get the studio support. Keanu was the price paid (stated in a less direct way in the programme). Reeves was not 'sh#t' just did not hold his own amongst the other solid actors. |
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"This is not a film but a series, true blood was my favourite would not say no to the two guys x "
True bllid was excellent but I also loved vampire diaries |
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Not a film (although there is an edited down version) but the original Salem’s Lot starring David (Hutch!) Soul.
It was slow paced but the tension gradually built up delightfully (as did the creepiness factor) as the vampires gradually take over the small town.
Barlow, the head vampire is probably the second scariest looking vampire ever to grace the screen to (Max Shrek in FW Murnau’s, Nosferatu, perpetually occupying the number one spot) and his very sudden introduction is highly memorable, as are the scenes of the floating vampires scratching on the windows whilst enticing their victims to let them in.....
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"Bram Stokers Dracula. Gary Oldman was a very realistic Dracula.
Shame about keanu reeves, he was shit
He was so bad.
I saw a programme on the making of the film
Despite it being directed by Coppola they still needed a big name attached to the film to get the studio support. Keanu was the price paid (stated in a less direct way in the programme). Reeves was not 'sh#t' just did not hold his own amongst the other solid actors. "
Reeves was shit, his accent was shit, his acting was/is shit, he's the most wooden actor, he looks good and apparently he's a top bloke |
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Another forgotten classic, Vamp, starring Grace Jones no less.
It’s a glorious eighties horror/comedy in the vein of John Landis’s, An American Werewolf In London and equally mixes gore with laughs (and for anyone who has seen it, is it just me, or is the lead a dead ringer for a young Mel Gibson?)  |
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"Not a film, but does anyone remember the 90s Channel 4 series Ultraviolet?"
That was a great series
One of Edris Elba’s first roles.
It’s a shame they cancelled it so early as it was really picking up pace. |
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"Fright Night "
One of my favourites to
The sequel.....whilst not a patch on the original is still quite fun.
The remake wasn’t bad also and featured a nice little cameo by the original Jerry Dandridge himself, Chris Sarandon. |
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"I’m a bit of a vampire movie fan.. so come on folks which vampire film is the best.. and why?
Mine is The Lost Boys
That movie couldn’t be any more 80’s if it tried.. awesome cast, great villains, no CGI.. and the vampires don’t glow when sun light hits them! "
Gotta be the Lost boys or Blade. Two extremes but sooo good!
TV vampires has to be True Blood. Vampire Eric. Yum! |
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Another absolute classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Dance Of The Vampire, directed by and starring a young Roman Polanski.
It’s a horror/comedy with the sumptuous look and feel of one of Hammer Studios many wonderful outings in the genre.
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Love love love vampire films. The lost boys has to be my favourite but I also like Interview with a vampire & Bram Stokers Dracula.
I want to be a Vampire, so if there's any out there hook me up |
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"Love love love vampire films. The lost boys has to be my favourite but I also like Interview with a vampire & Bram Stokers Dracula.
I want to be a Vampire, so if there's any out there hook me up "
There was the so called, Highgate Vampire but Bishop Sean Manchester apparently staked it..... |
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"Nosferatu the vampyre , directed by Werner Herzog. Creepiest film I have ever watched. "
The late Klaus Kinski was brilliant in that remake, playing the titular character in a more sympathetic light.
He actually returned to the role in a semi sequel called, Vampire In Venice which, whilst not without it’s faults, was rather interesting nonetheless and carried a curious dreamlike quality to it.
Also be sure to check out, Shadow Of The Vampire starring Willem Dafoe and John Malcovich which is based on the original Nosferatu movie from 1922 but with a twist in that Dafoe who plays Max Shrek, the actor who plays the original Nosferatu is a genuine vampire(!) |
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"Not a film, but does anyone remember the 90s Channel 4 series Ultraviolet?
That was a great series
One of Edris Elba’s first roles.
It’s a shame they cancelled it so early as it was really picking up pace. "
Not to mention Susannah Harker, who is a descendant of a friend of Bram Stoker named Joseph Harker; Stoker named Jonathan Harker in Dracula in his honour. |
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"Another absolute classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Dance Of The Vampire, directed by and starring a young Roman Polanski.
It’s a horror/comedy with the sumptuous look and feel of one of Hammer Studios many wonderful outings in the genre.
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Amazing film |
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"What we do in the Shadows" was recommended after I'd raved about "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (same director). Bloody funny!
I then binge-watched the TV series which is even better. |
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"Another absolute classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Dance Of The Vampire, directed by and starring a young Roman Polanski.
It’s a horror/comedy with the sumptuous look and feel of one of Hammer Studios many wonderful outings in the genre.
Amazing film"
I believe it's also the last film Sharon Tate starred in before she was murdered by the "Manson family". |
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"Another absolute classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Dance Of The Vampire, directed by and starring a young Roman Polanski.
It’s a horror/comedy with the sumptuous look and feel of one of Hammer Studios many wonderful outings in the genre.
Amazing film
I believe it's also the last film Sharon Tate starred in before she was murdered by the "Manson family". "
It was, wasnt she beautiful..? |
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The Hunger
What not to like about Bowie having an MFF threesome with Catherine Deneuve & Susan Sarandon.
According a member of the editing team I knew quite a lot of the sex scenes ended up on the cutting room floor as they looked too realistic
On a more traditional vein I'm with the OP with the Lost Boys plus a great soundtrack
https://youtu.be/TuxdjVI-5r0 |
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"The Hunger
What not to like about Bowie having an MFF threesome with Catherine Deneuve & Susan Sarandon.
According a member of the editing team I knew quite a lot of the sex scenes ended up on the cutting room floor as they looked too realistic
On a more traditional vein I'm with the OP with the Lost Boys plus a great soundtrack
https://youtu.be/TuxdjVI-5r0"
How could I forget the hunger |
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a few you might have missed
vampire academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9cSq0K2vA
Sundown The Vampire in Retreat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaK4ehfA9l4
innocent blood
bloodrayne
waxworks
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Not sure if many of you would remember this but as an 80’s kid... I loved the movie ‘The Monster Squad’ it had all the characters.. Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein... it was like the goodies but with all these horror characters |
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"Not sure if many of you would remember this but as an 80’s kid... I loved the movie ‘The Monster Squad’ it had all the characters.. Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein... it was like the goodies but with all these horror characters "
Meant goonies not goodies |
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