Best Vampire Movie Ever
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MovieSwede
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Re: Best Vampire Movie Ever
Yea make more monstermovies
When i bought my DVX, my brother (who is a big vampiremovie fan) said that "Cool, know we make a vampire, movie" And I had to explain that he needs a story before whe can film it.
Anyway looking forward to se a DVX horror movie. So if everybody had writen as much on a screenplay as they have on this communty. We should have had hundreds of movies by now.
Yea make more monstermovies
When i bought my DVX, my brother (who is a big vampiremovie fan) said that "Cool, know we make a vampire, movie" And I had to explain that he needs a story before whe can film it.
Anyway looking forward to se a DVX horror movie. So if everybody had writen as much on a screenplay as they have on this communty. We should have had hundreds of movies by now.
Thistlebop
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[quote author=John Hudson link=board=movies;num=1097883647;start=30#39 date=11/04/04 at 19:16:52]It's okay. I'll make you proud with my Vampire Killer film.
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If your serious about making a Vampire Killer film, ya might want to catch George Romero's "Martin". It's head and shoulders above any Vampire movie made during its time period. It was actually rated X (or possibly Unrated, been so long I can't remember for sure) when it was released in the theatres, thusly ensuring its quick demise at the box office.
--Bop
[quote author=John Hudson link=board=movies;num=1097883647;start=30#39 date=11/04/04 at 19:16:52]It's okay. I'll make you proud with my Vampire Killer film.
[/quote]If your serious about making a Vampire Killer film, ya might want to catch George Romero's "Martin". It's head and shoulders above any Vampire movie made during its time period. It was actually rated X (or possibly Unrated, been so long I can't remember for sure) when it was released in the theatres, thusly ensuring its quick demise at the box office.
--Bop
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I think the original with Bela Lagosi was wonderful, and I thought that the Bram Stoker's version was pretty good. Gary Oldman rules.
There was a made-for-TV version with Louis Jordain which I thought was really well-done; maybe a classic, can't remember the name of that production though.
Frank Langela did a credible vampire.
I loved the Anne Rice books (well, the first three or so) and I thought that the Pitt and the Cruise did a reasonable job capturing the sensuousness of vampires, as Rice portrayed them, in Interview.
Blade. Umm. Hrrm. As a vampire flick, I thought it sucked. As an action movie, I thought it ****ing rocked. Blade II was too much input for me, although I thought it was a strong follow-on to Blade.
A movie which you'll probably never see is "Jonathan of the Night", the first production I was ever involved with. I was an asst director and a supporting role actor. Ewwww! I played the elder vampire who just wanted to get along peacefully and quietly with the rest of humanity, and didn't have to go out killing because blood banks are like home delivery! I had this THICK Russian accent. Nyet!
The director is STILL working on the production after 4 years. It will probably never see the light of day.
I think the original with Bela Lagosi was wonderful, and I thought that the Bram Stoker's version was pretty good. Gary Oldman rules.
There was a made-for-TV version with Louis Jordain which I thought was really well-done; maybe a classic, can't remember the name of that production though.
Frank Langela did a credible vampire.
I loved the Anne Rice books (well, the first three or so) and I thought that the Pitt and the Cruise did a reasonable job capturing the sensuousness of vampires, as Rice portrayed them, in Interview.
Blade. Umm. Hrrm. As a vampire flick, I thought it sucked. As an action movie, I thought it ****ing rocked. Blade II was too much input for me, although I thought it was a strong follow-on to Blade.
A movie which you'll probably never see is "Jonathan of the Night", the first production I was ever involved with. I was an asst director and a supporting role actor. Ewwww! I played the elder vampire who just wanted to get along peacefully and quietly with the rest of humanity, and didn't have to go out killing because blood banks are like home delivery! I had this THICK Russian accent. Nyet!
The director is STILL working on the production after 4 years. It will probably never see the light of day.
Re: Best Vampire Movie Ever
It is interesting to see the differing ways in which movies try to explain how vampires exist.
The early movies assumed that Vampires were a natural (or unnatural) expression of Evil Spirit. Nosferatu, which is probably THE original vampire flick, saw its bloodsucker in the Eastern European tradition, which is a kind of raving mad evil leach spirit which is normally incorporeal but must materialize to feed.
Legosi's portrayal made his vampire smart, one who posed as an Eastern European count of some sort, but feared by the locals. His source of power was definately spiritual evil.
Then we go through various knock-offs and remakes, but it wasn't until the late 70's that moviemakers started to explore the idea that a vampire is NOT a supernatural creature, but a mutant, or has a disease, or is an alien, or some other 'scientific' explanation like that.
It was refreshing in Bram Stoker's Dracula that Oldman played the character to the hilt, a disillusioned passionate Catholic who, thanks to the ingratitude of the Church, and the needless death of his beloved, that he renounced God and transformed himself into a creature of Evil. I thought that was a very powerful performance!
Although Blade had elements of supernatural sources, you can tell that the writer(s) and director tried to answer the question of how a vampire can exist in today's world in scientific terms.
It is my personal opinion that a vampire is a prince of Darkness; that his or her very existence on this material plane causes mortals to feel fear; that the creature chooses on a daily basis to manifest evil in this world; and that it is so difficult to kill a vampire as to be almost a hopeless task, only possible through great faith and will.
THAT is the kind of vampire I find to be truly terrifying.
It is interesting to see the differing ways in which movies try to explain how vampires exist.
The early movies assumed that Vampires were a natural (or unnatural) expression of Evil Spirit. Nosferatu, which is probably THE original vampire flick, saw its bloodsucker in the Eastern European tradition, which is a kind of raving mad evil leach spirit which is normally incorporeal but must materialize to feed.
Legosi's portrayal made his vampire smart, one who posed as an Eastern European count of some sort, but feared by the locals. His source of power was definately spiritual evil.
Then we go through various knock-offs and remakes, but it wasn't until the late 70's that moviemakers started to explore the idea that a vampire is NOT a supernatural creature, but a mutant, or has a disease, or is an alien, or some other 'scientific' explanation like that.
It was refreshing in Bram Stoker's Dracula that Oldman played the character to the hilt, a disillusioned passionate Catholic who, thanks to the ingratitude of the Church, and the needless death of his beloved, that he renounced God and transformed himself into a creature of Evil. I thought that was a very powerful performance!
Although Blade had elements of supernatural sources, you can tell that the writer(s) and director tried to answer the question of how a vampire can exist in today's world in scientific terms.
It is my personal opinion that a vampire is a prince of Darkness; that his or her very existence on this material plane causes mortals to feel fear; that the creature chooses on a daily basis to manifest evil in this world; and that it is so difficult to kill a vampire as to be almost a hopeless task, only possible through great faith and will.
THAT is the kind of vampire I find to be truly terrifying.
Thistlebop
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Re: Best Vampire Movie Ever
[quote author=THX1138 link=board=movies;num=1097883647;start=45#45 date=11/10/04 at 20:40:15]Everybody missed on this one.
Unquestionably the best and most unique vampire movie award goes to "Vampire's Kiss" starring Nicholas Cage.
Very funny, offbeat film.[/quote]
While really eating a cockroach might be entertaining for some, I was mostly bored by "Vampire's Kiss". Just not my type of comedy I guess.
--Bop
(personally I prefer the ol' school Polanski "Fearless Vampire Killers")
[quote author=THX1138 link=board=movies;num=1097883647;start=45#45 date=11/10/04 at 20:40:15]Everybody missed on this one.
Unquestionably the best and most unique vampire movie award goes to "Vampire's Kiss" starring Nicholas Cage.
Very funny, offbeat film.[/quote]
While really eating a cockroach might be entertaining for some, I was mostly bored by "Vampire's Kiss". Just not my type of comedy I guess.
--Bop
(personally I prefer the ol' school Polanski "Fearless Vampire Killers")