favorite vampire movie

Oh, LOL!! I was a huge Love At First Bite Fan. I liked Interview With a Vampire and Dracula with Gary Oldman. And, of course, Dusk Till Dawn.

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Originally posted by UnderContract:
Oh, LOL!! I was a huge Love At First Bite Fan....

When he bit the wino and got a hangover ..lol

the black chicken....

yea, when you're out after dark beware of flying chickens!

Nosferatu was about the scariest looking vampire I've ever seen. They made a movie about the making of that movie with John Malcovich. It was really good and the dude that played Nosferatu was a weird method actor who got into his part a little too much. It's worth a watch!

You are speaking of "Shadow of the Vampire". Yes, it's really spooky. Did the actress really die for her art? It was supposed to be based on true events. If so, they had a wild time making the original Nosferatu. Sex, drugs and a real vampire. Sounds like Hollywood hasn't changed all the much.

There is a new show on HBO called True Blood that is actually pretty good. The first 3 episodes are on demand if you have Comcast. Not something you want to watch with the kids around though.

Any vampire movie. Dracula with Gary Oldman is my favorite so far.

Interview w/ A Vampire...
Brad Pitt, enough said.

I like that very old black and white Dracula movie. It was the scariest to me, I guess because I was a kid.

Haha I just reminded myself of something. Wasn't there one called "Blackula" a few years ago?

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Haha I just reminded myself of something. Wasn't there one called "Blackula" a few years ago?

Scream, Blackula, Scream! was the name of it. I'm sure there are some youtube vids for it. That movie is a hoot! All the 70's jive clothes and hair.

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Interview w/ A Vampire...
Brad Pitt, enough said.

Even Tom Cruise was good in that one. I was an avid Anne Rice fan and was one of those who was angry when I found out he was playing Lestat. I was impressed - as was Anne.

I got to meet her at a booksigning in Nashville once. She was very gracious even though she'd been signing for hours.

I'm not as crazy about some of her newer books. I liked Blackwood Farm (Was that the name of it?) and I loved the Witching Hour. That one would make a great miniseries on ShowTime!

hmmm.... hard one to take a bite out of! I like "from dusk till dawn" but would have to say "The Lost Boys" would be my favorite!

As a Stephen King fan, I am a bit biased but I do love me some "'Salem's Lot"...

(UC, I would love to see "The Witching Hour" as a mini-series, also!)

Children, children, children. Frank Langela, Geoerge Hamilton, Gary Oldman? Tom Cruise!?! LOL!!!!! No, no, no. Derivatives, all of them.



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For my money, nothing beats Bela and that stare. And that accent...

"I am Dracoola. I bid you...velcome."

The use of shadows and silence, wow!

How about the original Salems Lot with David Soul.Saw it wheni was a kid and it scared the bejeebers out of me.Still cant sleep without a curtain over the window.And the vampire in it was pretty spooky too.

30 days of Night!
Fright Night!!

Nosferatu (1922), with Max Schreck
Dracula (1931), with Bela Lugosi
Dracula's Daughter (1936), with Gloria Holden
Son of Dracula (1943), with Lon Chaney Jr.
Return of the Vampire (1943), with Lugosi
House of Frankenstein (1944), with John Carradine as Dracula
House of Dracula (1945), with Carradine
The Vampire (Mexican, 1957), with German Robles
Horror of Dracula (1958), with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
Brides of Dracula (1961), with Cushing and David Peel
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), with Lee
The Vampire Lovers (1970), with Cushing and Ingrid Pitt
The Night Stalker (TV, 1972), with Darren McGavin
Count Dracula (1978), with Louis Jourdan (by far the most faithful version of the book)
Salem's Lot (1979)
Fright Night (1985)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

There were two Blacula movies, the original BLACULA (1972) and the sequel SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM (1973). I'm also an admirer of Robert Quarry as COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE (1971) and THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA (1972), though Quarry is much better than the films themselves.

Terry Pace
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"God, here and there, makes madness a calling." -- Ray Bradbury

By the way, Florence native Cedric Pendleton had a nice supporting role in the second episode of TRUE BLOOD.

As for vampire comedies, I'm fond of ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, LOVE AT FIRST BITE and Polanski's FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, plus the Jon Pertwee/Ingrid Pitt episode of THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD.

Terry Pace
pillaroffire@bellsouth.net

"I never drink ... wine." -- Bela Lugosi in DRACULA (1931)

My favorite, Dark Shadows, the goofy soap vampire.
The series became hugely popular when, a year into its run, vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frid, appeared. In addition to vampires, Dark Shadows featured werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, both into the past and into the future, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles and, as actors came and went, some characters were played by several actors.

I was a HUGE Dark Shadows fan. Not long ago i heard a rumor about remake (movie) with Johnny Depp as Barnabas.

.....and i can't remember the name of the movie, but many years ago, on late (late) night TV, i saw a black and white vampire movie what had very young Donald Sutherland as vampire that seemed to be gay. It was so bad it was funny.

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Originally posted by CrustyMac:
Children, children, children. Frank Langela, Geoerge Hamilton, Gary Oldman? Tom Cruise!?! LOL!!!!! No, no, no. Derivatives, all of them.

.................Crusty, that's the one I was talking about earlier. Thanks

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you know it's a good vampire movie when you want the vampire to bite you