Favorite Vampire Movie...

[JohnMichael]

I voted for Bram Stoker's "Dracula". I could have liked "Interview with a Vampire" if only Tom Cruise had not been in it. Maybe they will remake it without Cruise. I also liked the "Queen of the Damned". An interesting take on vampire movies was "Lost Boys". The movie did not follow traditional vampire behaviors.

[PeruvianSkies]

I voted for Bram Stoker's "Dracula". I could have liked "Interview with a Vampire" if only Tom Cruise had not been in it. Maybe they will remake it without Cruise. I also liked the "Queen of the Damned". An interesting take on vampire movies was "Lost Boys". The movie did not follow traditional vampire behaviors.

Good call on LOST BOYS, there just wasn't enough room in the post and I thought NEAR DARK was a bit better, SALEM'S LOT also missed the list.

[GMichael]

I don't remember the name of it, but I like that one where this guy goes around biting people on the neck.

[Troy]

Some pretty good ones in there. I also liked Copolla's Dracula too. Especially the scenes with Oldman and his wayward shadow in the castle. Great stuff.

But I chose the hight concept "Shadow of the Vampire" with Willy Dafoe as the creature and a drug addled John Malkovich as director FW Murnau trying to make "Nosferatu" with a real vampire cast as the vampire. It's extremely clever and a festival of intense over-acting. Dafoe was robbed for the supporting-actor Oscar that year.

[PeruvianSkies]

Some pretty good ones in there. I also liked Copolla's Dracula too. Especially the scenes with Oldman and his wayward shadow in the castle. Great stuff.

But I chose the hight concept "Shadow of the Vampire" with Willy Dafoe as the creature and a drug addled John Malkovich as director FW Murnau trying to make "Nosferatu" with a real vampire cast as the vampire. It's extremely clever and a festival of intense over-acting. Dafoe was robbed for the supporting-actor Oscar that year.

This film went over many peoples heads, which is to be expected since it was semi-insider on the movie industry and more importantly the story behind NOSFERATU, F.W. Murnau, and the controversy over Max Schrek. On a side note, this film is in desperate need of a new transfer as the one from the 2000 Universal release on DVD is horrid. Dark, blotchy, and a mess! I hope that the HD formats will release this soon.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I don't remember the name of it, but I like that one where this guy goes around biting people on the neck.

Mr. Smith goes to Dinner? Bite Me? LOLOL Oh I dunno...Bite me like a fool? Stop me when I get it G. Bite me in the morning and then just walk away? Come on G stop me please LOLOL. If you Bite me now, will you respect me in the morning? LOL

[jim goulding]

Idgi- Thanks for the tip. I'd bite Bai Ling back, no worries. At the risk of getting a stake thru my heart, Lost Boys is a glamor flick with few redeeming values . . the Frog bros, for sure (!), and maybe the mom and her suitor thing. Strictly for those of us who don't live on a California beach front. Even the music was patronizing.

[Worf101]

Good call on LOST BOYS, there just wasn't enough room in the post and I thought NEAR DARK was a bit better, SALEM'S LOT also missed the list.

"Near Dark", and the original "Salem's Lot" CBS miniseries are superior to almost every film on this list. My nod has to go to "Salem's Lot". Never had a movie so clearly shown a vampire's thirst for children and never had I seen children float from the grave to infect other children. The vampire itself was a horrific looking beast who oozed malevolence and made your skin crawl whenever he was on screen. Men died, heros died, women and children died while the priest failed and the police headed for the hills. Jamie Glicks mother rising from the gurney as David Soul recites the Lords Prayer in an effort to bless his makeshift crucifix. A vampiric student returned to his former teachers home, rocking and rocking while he waits. Chilling beyond words, I'm getting goosebumps just writing this.

Da Worfster

[dean_martin]

Good call on LOST BOYS, there just wasn't enough room in the post and I thought NEAR DARK was a bit better, SALEM'S LOT also missed the list.

I pulled Near Dark and Lost Boys off the shelf this weekend. I have to agree with you. I hadn't watched either in a long time. Near Dark didn't seem as dated or as cheesy as Lost Boys. My main issue with Near Dark before sitting down and watching it again was whether the Tangerine Dream soundtrack was going to be obviously 80's and dated. It seemed that way in only one scene. The soundtrack nicely juxtaposed (or maybe complimented?) the desolate "western" setting. I enjoy watching Bill Paxton when he's given free reigns to go a little nuts.

[PeruvianSkies]

I pulled Near Dark and Lost Boys off the shelf this weekend. I have to agree with you. I hadn't watched either in a long time. Near Dark didn't seem as dated or as cheesy as Lost Boys. My main issue with Near Dark before sitting down and watching it again was whether the Tangerine Dream soundtrack was going to be obviously 80's and dated. It seemed that way in only one scene. The soundtrack nicely juxtaposed (or maybe complimented?) the desolate "western" setting. I enjoy watching Bill Paxton when he's given free reigns to go a little nuts.

Exactly and this is one of the marks you might say of a truly great film, it's ability to date itself well even after many years, this is what makes movies classics.

[sgt bass08]

guys wot u playing at the best vampire film EVER is BloodRayne caint belive u not got dat on the poll and then my second best is 30 days of night thats awesome how can u not have dat on the poll

[PeruvianSkies]

guys wot u playing at the best vampire film EVER is BloodRayne caint belive u not got dat on the poll and then my second best is 30 days of night thats awesome how can u not have dat on the poll

I wish I could understand your typing since every other word is misspelled. In any event I don't think many people are going to agree with you that BLOODRAYNE is the best vampire film of all time, but maybe it is for you....yeah. Before claiming that though have you see the other films on the poll? Besides this is not a poll of the 'best' or 'greatest' as I mentioned, it's about your favorite, so if this is your favorite than so be it.

[sgt bass08]

I wish I could understand your typing since every other word is misspelled. In any event I don't think many people are going to agree with you that BLOODRAYNE is the best vampire film of all time, but maybe it is for you....yeah. Before claiming that though have you see the other films on the poll? Besides this is not a poll of the 'best' or 'greatest' as I mentioned, it's about your favorite, so if this is your favorite than so be it.

soz for my bad typing

[bobsticks]

I voted for Bram Stoker's "Dracula". I could have liked "Interview with a Vampire" if only Tom Cruise had not been in it. Maybe they will remake it without Cruise. I also liked the "Queen of the Damned". An interesting take on vampire movies was "Lost Boys". The movie did not follow traditional vampire behaviors.

I'm gonna cosign JM's post in its entirety while at the same time agreeing with Troy that
"Shadow of the Vampire" was an extremely clever film. For another leftfield pick I'll throw in "Vampire's Kiss" with Nick Cage and Maria Conchita-Alonzo. Coming at the beginning of Cage's career (shortly after "Valley Girl") "Kiss" is more of a black comedy than a true vampire tale, a bit of the disenfranchisement of the urban proletariat dealio, with some hilarious if not slightly obtuse moments.


I didn't mind "Underworld" at all, but sometimes I don't require a lot of depth to be entertained--and when Kate Beckinsale is in latex I really require no depth at all.

Am I the only one that thought Michael Madsen struggled against laughter the whole way through the ridiculously miserable "Bloodrayne"?

NP:

[RoyY51]

My vote goes to the one that set the standard for every vampire movie to follow: Lugosi's Dracula. Most of the conventions that we now take for granted (garlic, cross, wooden stake, no reflection) were established by this ground-breaking flick. And to this day, I don't think that any vampire movie has equaled the tension-filled atmosphere of this one.

[PeruvianSkies]

My vote goes to the one that set the standard for every vampire movie to follow: Lugosi's Dracula. Most of the conventions that we now take for granted (garlic, cross, wooden stake, no reflection) were established by this ground-breaking flick. And to this day, I don't think that any vampire movie has equaled the tension-filled atmosphere of this one.

Well, have you seen NOSFERATU? Considering it was made in 1922, and that people actually thought that the lead actor Max Schrek really was a vampire, it was clearly a realistic film that still to this day is amazing.

[RoyY51]

Well, have you seen NOSFERATU? Considering it was made in 1922, and that people actually thought that the lead actor Max Schrek really was a vampire, it was clearly a realistic film that still to this day is amazing.

I agree. I have seen Nosferatu and it creeped me out big-time. It was an amazing performance (if it was a performance) but one that would have been very difficult for anyone else to emulate, given Mr. Schrek's unique physical characteristics. Lugosi made it possible for a larger gene pool of actors to aspire to celluloid vampirism.