Favorite Vampire Flicks

ND13
ND13 Posts: 7,601
edited March 2006 in Music & Movies
What are your top 5 Vampire flicks of all time?

Mine are:

1-"Underworld"
2-"Interview With A Vampire"
3-"Near Dark" (my favorite part is in the bar when Bill Paxson's character say's "finger lickin good":D
4-Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
5-"Blade"

I haven't seen the new Underworld, so I can't put it on my list yet, but I'd have to assume that it'll be taking it's place in their somewhere.

Honorable mentions go to "Queen of the Damned" and "Blade II".
"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2006
    Once Bitten. lol
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited March 2006
    Underworld
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited March 2006
    the original Nosferatu
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2006
    Bram Stoker's "Dracula" Creeped me out big time when he licked the shaving cream loaded knife! YUCK!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2006
    Underworld Series
    Blade Series

    Like them both a lot.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    The last Blade just got way too silly for me.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2006
    haha, yes, it definitely was. I like the one liners in the first one.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2006
    I love vampire stuff. Ive always been facinated with them and love most stories/movies about them. Unfortunately most usually arent.

    Underworld and Underworld 2 are great cause Im head over heels in love with Kate Beckinsale. Plus its got some cool vampire stuff in them.

    Van Helsing I really like as well, although I think Im the only one that did. First off, Kate. Second, the guy that played Dracula did a really good job. Even tho he was only 5'2" he was still cool. Plus the way they made the vampires look was really cool.

    Blade 1 & 2 are just awesome. Always been a Wesley Snipes fan and he was great in these. Blade 3 sucked really REALLY bad.

    Interview with a Vampire was cool because of Cruise and Pitt. Im a big Brad Pitt fan and thought he did great in this.

    Bram Stokers Dracula was great but a little too dark (in a depressing way) for me. The end was also stupid. Theyre racing along the revine trying to beat sundown lest Dracula break out and open up a can of whoop ****. Well the sun goes down, Dracula breaks out of his crate and.......some hillbilly walks up and cuts his throat......huh? Thats it?!?!?!? Ugh.

    I also really like the old tv show Forever Knight. Its a Canadian made series so its cheesy and corny as hell but its still cool.

    Bottom line tho, Kate RULES!


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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2006
    haha, Mac...busted! :p
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2006
    The original with Bela. Not a note of music on the soundtrack after the opening credits. They don't do that anymore cause they don't make movies that are good enough to hold your attention without special effects.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited March 2006
    Nosferatu
    The Hunger
    Underworld
    From Dusk 'Til Dawn (come on, it was fun)
    Blade
    Interview with the Vampire was pretty fair also. Haven't seen the new Underworld. Blade II and III sucked, IMO.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2006
    Oh yeah I forgot I had Van Helsing! I was exhausted by the time the end credits rolled around! One action scene after another!:eek:

    I liked Hugh Jackman better in X-Men!:D
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2006
    Demiurge wrote:
    haha, Mac...busted! :p


    WTF was that all about?!? Its bad to link to pictures on another website?

    Oh well. F*** em. Ill do it the old fashioned way. angry-smiley-019.gif
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2006
    If you liked Kate Beckinsale in Underworld I & II, you should check her out in HAUNTED. She's nekkid a few times!! Scroll down for a pic.... NSFW!!!!
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    edited March 2006
    Well I didn't want to get in trouble like our friend MacLeod....so you get to view a Z-Man original!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    .....
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    I had forgotten about Van Helsiing, also......hmmmmm.......honorable mention due to the FACT that I FORGOT about it.:)

    Funny stuff Frank...got me!!!:D :D
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    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited March 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    The original with Bela. Not a note of music on the soundtrack after the opening credits. They don't do that anymore cause they don't make movies that are good enough to hold your attention without special effects.


    I remember the first time my parents let me stay up late(friday night frights), Bela was the man,, scared the S**t outta me,, those Eyes ;)
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2006
    Very funny Frank!

    Another one I forgot, especially since I love 80's movies. The Lost Boys.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    Yes, Lost Boys is in my top 10 for sure. Did anyone else notice the Jim Morrison poster in the vampires lair(cave)? Hmmmm.....makes one think....;)
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  • Holydoc
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    edited March 2006
    Frank Z wrote:
    If you liked Kate Beckinsale in Underworld I & II, you should check her out in HAUNTED. She's nekkid a few times!! Scroll down for a pic.... NSFW!!!!

    Are those Kate's real ones or are they fake? Funny stuff.

    I love all the vampire goodies mentioned above too. Never cared for the Frankenstein or Werewolf ones (American Werewolf in London being the exception), but I always love watching a good and even some bad vampire flicks.
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  • Drumingman
    Drumingman Posts: 348
    edited March 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    Yes, Lost Boys is in my top 10 for sure. Did anyone else notice the Jim Morrison poster in the vampires lair(cave)? Hmmmm.....makes one think....;)


    Yeah, Ole Jim died a year after he married a witch, Think about that one.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    Jim ain't REALLY dead....now is he???:D
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    May be stretching the thread intent a tad, but there's a movie about the making of "Nosferatu". Name escapes me, but it had a lot going for it...

    In the mainstream Underworld and Lost Boys spring to mind.
    More later,
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  • begbie
    begbie Posts: 630
    edited March 2006
    Fright Night


    favorite quote from the movie....


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  • shack
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    edited March 2006
    No one has mentioned "Love At First Bite"...:confused:
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited March 2006
    shack wrote:
    No one has mentioned "Love At First Bite"...:confused:

    Ok, I take it back. I do NOT like all vampire movies.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited March 2006
    Underworld

    From Dusk To Dawn (the whole series, the 1st was the most entertaining)

    Shadow of The Vampire (Willem Dafoe's make-up was extraordinary as was his portrail of the character Max Schreck) John Malkevich was in it as well. A very weird old school Vampire movie. From a pure theatrical POV this is a great movie. You have to be pretty well versed in old style vampire/horror movies to really appreciate the quirkiness of this movie. Simply an excellent period piece, funny as hell too.

    E. Elias Mehrige's SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE explores the fictional premise that the star of director F.W. Murnau's 1922 German expressionist horror film, NOSFERATU, was an actual vampire. When the dictatorial Murnau (John Malkovich) sets about filming his monster masterpiece, he makes a Faustian deal and enlists the grotesque, reclusive Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) to play the rodentlike Count Orlok. Schreck proceeds to both horrify and fascinate the unwitting cast and crew---including producer Albin Grau (Udo Kier), actor Gustav von Wangenheim (Eddie Izzard), and actress Greta Schroeder (Catherine McCormack)--who, at first, believe Schreck is merely an eccentric actor. As the production continues, however, mysterious accidents and deaths begin to reveal why Schreck never gets any makeup. From its lavish opening sequence to Murnau's filming of the final scene, Mehrige's movie serves as a tribute not only to the original NOSFERATU but to the art of cinema itself. Because Murnau's project is a silent film, the overbearing director can coax and shout at his actors during the takes, making for some cleverly comical scenes. Although Malkovich, Izzard, and Kier are excellent in their roles, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE could simply not exist without Dafoe's hideous and hilarious performance, which ranks among the finest of the versatile actor's career.

    H9

    P.s. Sorry for the long quote. If you haven't seen this movie and responded in this thread, go out and rent it.:)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    I'll go out and rent "Shadow" asap.

    Thanks for the info, H9.:)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited March 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    I'll go out and rent "Shadow" asap.

    Thanks for the info, H9.:)

    OK, but I'm warning you the kids and the wife won't like it. It's basically a silent type B & W film and you have to pay attention. No special effects, no soundtrack, sporadic dialouge. The filming style, actors movements and expressions are what makes the film. Willem DaFoe is just remarkable. I think you'll enjoy it, but it's quite strange compared to today's blockbuster special effects. Think Ed Wood style, only better. I may rent it again this weekend as I haven't seen it since it came out. It's supposed to rain thru the weekend here in Illinois. Good movie weekend. :)

    H9
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