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Best Dracula Films? and Best "Vampire" Films?

post #1 of 27
2/27/03 at 9:23pm
Thread Starter 
So what do you guys think are among the best Dracula films out there, and the best films that deal with Vampires? Lets put them in 2 separate categories. Heres mine:

BEST DRAC FILMS:

Coppola's Dracula '92
Dracula '31
Nosferatu '22
Nosferatu '79
Horror of Dracula '58

BEST VAMP FILMS:

Fright Night
Fright Night 2 (I just think this sequel is awesome, but alot of people tend to disagree)
Salem's Lot
Lost Boys (Cheesy, I know, but I still dig it)

Lets hear yours....
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post #2 of 27
2/28/03 at 12:11am
Best Vamp movie: John Carpenter's Vampires.
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post #3 of 27
2/28/03 at 12:21am
Thread Starter 
Well Gruber there is something we agree on. I wont say its the best vamp flick ever, but I do like it quite a bit. I think its highly underrated.

However its sequel with Jon Bon Jovi was barf-worthy.
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post #4 of 27
2/28/03 at 12:28am
It also featured Family Matter's Darius McCrary... getting a blowjob from a vampire. I laughed so hard at his face's expression as he is recieving it I had to rewind it multiple times.
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post #5 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:01am
Dracula : NOSFERATU - 1979
: NOSFERATU - 1922


Vampire : VAMPYROS LESBOS - 1970
: MARTIN - 1977
: LAST MAN ON EARTH - 1964
: DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS - 1971
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post #6 of 27
2/28/03 at 6:53am
I gotta go with "Near Dark" on all counts.
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post #7 of 27
2/28/03 at 7:15am
Dracula- Almost any Hammer film with Cristopher Lee. The Frank Langella version was excellent also.

Vampire in general- Martin, Near Dark, Shadow of the Vampire, Fearless Vampire Killers, From Dusk till Dawn, Salems Lot

WORST- JC Vampire$, Coppolas Dracula (Oldman great, the rest? well.....), Dracula 2000
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post #8 of 27
2/28/03 at 10:14am
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires.
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post #9 of 27
2/28/03 at 10:28am
Dracula:
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Nosferatu (1922)
Dracula (1931)

Vampires:
The Lost Boys
Near Dark
Blade
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Lust for a Vampire
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post #10 of 27
2/28/03 at 10:29am
I don't post here (Creature Corner)much, but I really like Vampire movies so I thought I'd join in.

My favorite Dracula movie would have to be Bram Stoker's Dracula, in spite of Keanu. Least favorite is Drac 2000.

Vampire movies overall, I really like Near Dark. I also liked Interview with the Vampire. It inspired me to read the book, which I liked enought to read a few of the sequels. I haven't seen it for a while, but I remember liking Embrace of the Vampire a lot. I don't know if that is due to Lilly Tyler or Alyssa Milano. I really disliked John Carpenter's Vampires.
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post #11 of 27
2/28/03 at 10:39am
Best :
Interview with the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
Coppola´s Dracula < best dracula movie
JC Vampires
Blade
Blade II
the oldschool Dracula movies
Nosferatu

Worst :
Embrace of the Vampire
The Forsaken
Dracula - Dead and Loving it
Vampire in Brooklyn
Queen of the Damned
From Dusk til Dawn 1, 2 and 3
Bordello of Blood
Buffy the Vampire slayer
JC Vampires II: Los Muertos
Dracula 2000
Stephen King´s Night Flier
Fright Night
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post #12 of 27
2/28/03 at 12:45pm
DRAC :
Coppola's Dracula '92
Dracula '31
Nosferatu '22
Dracula 200... lolol... eh. I almost really typed that.

Moving on...

VAMPIRE FLICKS:
Near Dark
Nadja
The Addiction (With my man Chris Walken!)
Interview
Blade II (for that urban-gore Del Toro touch)
and in the same fun-vein (heh), From Dusk 'Til Dawn.

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post #13 of 27
2/28/03 at 12:52pm
I completely forgot about Nadja. That's a good one, too.

How bad is the one with Carmen Electra? I haven't seen it, or Queen of the Damned.

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post #14 of 27
2/28/03 at 1:26pm
Dracula:
Bram Strokers Dracula
Dracula
Nosferatu
Coppolas Dracula

Vampire:
Near Dark
Interview With the Vampire
Blade
Blade II
JCs Vampires
From Dusk till Dawn
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post #15 of 27
2/28/03 at 1:49pm
DRACULA:
Abbot and Castello Meet Frankenstien
The Monster Squad

VAMPIRES IN GENERAL:
Blade I, II
The Lost Boys
Fright Night
From Dusk Til Dawn I, II
Nightwarriors:The Darkstalkers' Revenge(anime)
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post #16 of 27
2/28/03 at 4:31pm
To me Blade is the worst vampire movie ever. Given the script it could have been brilliant but it's boring and Wesley Snipes looks stiffer than ever.
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post #17 of 27
2/28/03 at 4:46pm
Let us not forget Polanski's brilliant vampire comedy, The Fearless Vampire Killers (or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck). Not only is hit hilarious, but it's got some breathtaking imagery and terrific performances by Polanksi himself and his beautiful (now deceased, thanks to Mr. Manson) wife, Sharon Tate. Highly recommended!
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post #18 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:23pm
Best Dracula:

Dracula. (1931) Ya just can't go wrong with Lugosi...

Nosferatu. (1922) Max Schrek haunts me still...

Horror of Dracula. Christopher Lee was the one of the most terrifying vampires I had ever seen. He's almost 9 feet tall....

Best Vampire movies:

Near Dark. One of the most original vampire movies I've ever seen.

Lifeforce. See above.

John Carpenter's Vampires. Dug it.

Lost Boys. What's not to love about this movie? Jami Gertz was hot....

Shadow of the Vampire. Creepy. Just creepy...

From Dusk til Dawn. Badass. The most fun vampire movie ever.

Fright Night. Filled with cheesey goodness.

Vamp. Another cheesey movie, but Grace Jones made that whole movie worthwhile. I can't help but laugh when I watch it now.

That's it folks. There's my list.

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post #19 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:32pm
I can get behind pretty much all of Dances With Chainsaws's list. I also might mention:

Martin (Romero) -- not without its flaws, but an interesting take on the vampire myth, trying to do something original with what was already a tired and predictable genre in the 70s.

Nobody's talked about the bad ones (perhaps because there are so many), but for my money the worst vampire flick I've seen in recent years was Modern Vampires . I should have known that no good could come of a flick with Casper Van Diem starring , but I had a crush on Natasha Gregson Wagner at the time, and thought it might be fun. Couldn't have been more wrong.

I can't decide which list to put Howling VI: The Freaks in. It was awful, but I loved it. Vampire vs. Werewolf--I mean, come on.
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post #20 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:33pm
Whoops...misread the thread title. I thought we were looking for "best" and "worst" vamp flicks. That explains why no one was listing bad ones...
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post #21 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:39pm
I'll ditto Dances with Chainsaws list plus add;

-Blood, the last vampire.
-Interview with a vampire.
-Salem's Lot.
-Blade I & II.

And in the incredibly bad add:

-Reign in darkness.

Cheers!
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post #22 of 27
2/28/03 at 5:51pm
Favorite Vampire flick will always be Salem's Lot. If only because it dispensed with all the eroticism bullshit, and actually made vampires SCARY for once.

Another good one is the first Kolchak/Night Stalker movie. Janos Skorzny's vicious eyes haunted my dreams as a kid.

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post #23 of 27
2/28/03 at 6:23pm
I also liked Innocent Blood ...but again I think it was a crush thing.
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post #24 of 27
3/1/03 at 3:04pm
There was an excellent Dracula adaption in the mid 1970s, starring Louis Jourdan as the Count and Frank Finlay as Van Helsing. IMO it's comparable to the Universal and Hammer stuff, really high quality. It shows on PBS around Halloween I think.
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post #25 of 27
3/1/03 at 5:57pm
Quote:
Adam_72:
Another good one is the first Kolchak/Night Stalker movie. Janos Skorzny's vicious eyes haunted my dreams as a kid.
The Night Stalker and Lugosi's Dracula are the first two vampire movies I saw as a child and both are sentimental favs for me.

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Jamiepoole:
what did anyone think of the nightflyer?
Night Flier is a damn fine little movie. An interesting take on vampires. I have it on DVD.

Honestly, I am not much of a fan of vampire movies. Some vamp flicks I do like are: From Dusk till Dawn 1 and 3 (not 2 - shudder -), Fright Night, Blade 1 and 2 (as action films) and Salem's Lot (although I haven't seen it in forever).

I'm not a fan of Dracula 2000, Vampires, Vampire in Brooklyn or Innocent Blood.

I'm pretty apathetic towards most vampire films, but one of these days I need to see Near Dark!
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post #26 of 27
3/2/03 at 6:24pm
Dracula flicks: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu (orig).

Vampire flicks: Salem's Lot, Near Dark, Blade.
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post #27 of 27
3/2/03 at 11:09pm
I've only got two vampire flicks I really like. Nosferatu (remake, I have no way of getting the original), and Salem's Lot. Why? The vampires in these two movies aren't horribly modernized. They're like the vampires from the original myths and legends, which I've studied (but mostly forgot, stupid memory).. They're ugly, nasty, and mean. Kurt Barlow will always be one of me favorite movie monsters.

And.. Back when it first came out, my friend forced me to watch Dracula 2000 with her. Auugh. I hated it, she loved it. I told her that she should have rented Return of the Living Dead, instead.

We have this unending Zombie/Vampire argument going. I'm sure you can tell, I'm not a big vampire movie fan.

Oh, yeah. The Reapers in Blade 2 rocked my world. The rest of the movie, though.. Yeeuch.
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