Your best vampire movie?

[nocomics]

Good question.
I don't know really, I like certain vamp movies for different reasons.
Lost Boys,Underworld(okay vamp/wolf),Let the Right One In(loved the book).30 Days of Night

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Really hard to just pick one but it's a toss up between Let The Right One In and George Romero's Martin.

Years ago they ran a weekend of 'weird nights' on uk tv, and GR's 'Martin' was the vamp movie they chose to show. It has been many years since I watched it, but I remember thinking it was quite interesting, him not really being a vamp and using syringes, I don't recall much about it, but I still have it on tape.
I remember there was one bit I found funny, when his grandad/uncle took him into his house and he said something to Martin along the lines of, and in a pure Van Helsing type voice 'If you do anything wrong... I will destroy you!...' and then really politely, '...I will show you your room.' haha
I'll have to dig it out and watch it again.

John Carpenter's vampires...man, that scene where the vamp shows up at the motel and decimates the gang of vamp killers, that was frickin brilliant, again, been many years since I saw it, it was alright as I recall, but I was really disapointed that it didn't have anything else in the movie as good as that early scene.

Near Dark, that was pretty good, a bit of a quiet, take it's time vamp movie, I just remembered I still have my pal's region1 dvd of that, my region1 dvd player doesn't play sound anymore, so I can't watch it.

From Dusk Til Dawn though, man, there is nothing better than watching that movie with someone who has never seen it and doesn't have a clue what it's about, just waiting to see their faces when the movie changes genres.
Someone on another messgae board, a guy who worked in the industry in some copasitty as an indie filmmaker/produer, so maybe he knew something we don't, but he said that Tarantino directed the non-vamp half and Rodreguiex did the vamp part, might just have been him speculating though, cause I recall on the extras Geroge Clooney going up to RR outside the shop at the beginning and asking him about the scene. Maybe Tarantino couldn't shut up and had to have his say sometimes though, haha, or RR asked for his opinion. edit: anyway, not to take any credit away from RR, I was just curious if that was something anyone else had heard about, probably just that guy speculating and RR directed the whole movie.
Man, if you were watching that movie with a bunch of your friends, after that scene in the bar with Clooney and Keitel, you all just had to go out and get drunk, haha.

 

[Spike014]

In no order

John Carpenter's Vampires
Blade
From Dusk Til Dawn
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Lost Boys

 

[PyroChamber]

Which one is better Let The Right One In or Let Me In?

 

[Boom]

For me, Let the Right One In. Easily.

Let Me In is a solid film, but the original is a masterpiece and one of my favorite films.

 

[Blue Sugar]

What Boom said, even though I find Let Me In more mediocre than solid.

 

[ironwez20]

Let me in. No contest I absolutely loved it

 

[Crockett]

Nosferatu
Vampyr
Låt den rätte komma in

All those.

 

[Figs]

Years ago they ran a weekend of 'weird nights' on uk tv, and GR's 'Martin' was the vamp movie they chose to show. It has been many years since I watched it, but I remember thinking it was quite interesting, him not really being a vamp and using syringes, I don't recall much about it, but I still have it on tape.
I remember there was one bit I found funny, when his grandad/uncle took him into his house and he said something to Martin along the lines of, and in a pure Van Helsing type voice 'If you do anything wrong... I will destroy you!...' and then really politely, '...I will show you your room.' haha
I'll have to dig it out and watch it again.

I love this movie. My friend lent it to me years ago and it became one of my favorite Romero films alongside Night and Dawn of the Dead.

John Carpenter's vampires...man, that scene where the vamp shows up at the motel and decimates the gang of vamp killers, that was frickin brilliant, again, been many years since I saw it, it was alright as I recall, but I was really disapointed that it didn't have anything else in the movie as good as that early scene.

Yeah that scene was pretty damn cool. The thing I love about that movie is James Wood's smartass attitude.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

The thing I love about that movie is James Wood's smartass attitude.

Maybe I didn't appreciate that at the time, I'd watch it again, but I taped over it, as I was a bit disapointed with it.

 

[Figs]

Maybe I didn't appreciate that at the time, I'd watch it again, but I taped over it, as I was a bit disapointed with it.

It definitely wasn't one of Carpenter's best, but when it comes to his more recent films it wasn't nearly as bad as Ghost of Mars. Now that was **** on a stick.

Also, if you're interested, Carpenter's Vampires is based on the book Vampire$. The book of course was much better and they actually go to Europe to track down the main vampire in it.

 

[kedrell]

Probably the original Fright Night for me.

But I also love:

Innocent Blood
Let Me In
Interview With The Vampire
Bram Stoker's Dracula(even with Reeves's wooden acting and accent)

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

It definitely wasn't one of Carpenter's best, but when it comes to his more recent films it wasn't nearly as bad as Ghost of Mars. Now that was **** on a stick.

Aye, I saw ghosts of mars as well, it was not that good, I knew it was supposed to be one of his stinkers beforehand, so wanted to see just how bad it was. I basically just watched Natasha Henstridge all the way through it, it was one of the those crappy movies you wanna watch til the end to see if it is any good at all, cause the artist was good in the past.
tbh, I kind of ranked his Vampires movies in the same rank of not very good JC movies, I didn't wanna come right out and say that though cause someone else cited it as their fav.
I did like that motel scene with the vamp attack, maybe my expectations were too high after that bit, so i was disapointed the rest of the movie was not as good as that high water mark. I think I expected a diff kind of movie maybe. I'd like to see it again.

Also, if you're interested, Carpenter's Vampires is based on the book Vampire$. The book of course was much better and they actually go to Europe to track down the main vampire in it.

ok, cheers, thanks for the info.

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

From Dusk 'Till Dawn
Blade

 

[DeGenerate10]

I'm sure I'm in the minority on this but I didn't like Let The Right One In

 

[Reek]

Cant believe some of you fools....

its clearly a close tie between Blackula and Dracula: Dead and Loving it.

 

[flickchick85]

A year and a half ago, my answer to this question would have been Let the Right One In, hands down. Now I have to say Let Me In. I was quite conflicted when I first found myself preferring so much about it because my love for LTROI knows no bounds, but...I couldn't help but feel that - when taking into account acting, cinematography, music, etc - LMI was just the better execution of that story at the end of the day.

...but the pool scene in LTROI still rules all.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

30 Days of Night was pretty decent.

 

[Hellion]

In all seriousness, it's Nosferatu and then Bela Lugosi's Dracula.

this is good enough for me...I can't think of anything else @ the moment

 

[redhawk23]

 

[Darkb0rn]

Queen of the Damned...and the Underworld movies

 

[obin_gam]

I want to revise my picks for best vampire movie, and add to the two I said: "The Fearless Vampire Killers, or: Excuse Me But Your Teeth Are In My Neck!.

First of all I love it's set design, the snow outside looks really cozy and soft and you want to be there too, even tho it also looks like foam cartoon snow hehe. And then the castle itself looks humongous and inside looks like it's taken from some universal rule as to how a vampires castle shall look like.
Then the feeling, the slow slow buildup at first in every scene only makes the fairly slapstick humour even greater when it comes and hits you in the head!
Oh and Sharon Tate is gorgeous!

Best scene in the movie is when Alfred (Polanski) runs away from the main vampires son, sees an opening and a corridor, runs down the corridor which turns and turns and leads around... and comes back again right in front of the vampire he was running from

 

[Silvermoth]

I like "Dracula" the one with Gary Oldman.

 

[ironwez20]

A year and a half ago, my answer to this question would have been Let the Right One In, hands down. Now I have to say Let Me In. I was quite conflicted when I first found myself preferring so much about it because my love for LTROI knows no bounds, but...I couldn't help but feel that - when taking into account acting, cinematography, music, etc - LMI was just the better execution of that story at the end of the day.

...but the pool scene in LTROI still rules all.

Totally agree the movie was so well done

 

[DacoitONE]

Blade or John Carpenter's Vampires.