Um, Interview with the Vampire is one of my favoritest movies. Though, I haven't seen it since I was 15. Still, I bet it's definitely better than the Buffy movie (which I was so sad about, because every line that should have been funny... wasn't. The timing of almost every joke was off. And it's sad, cuz you know what's good? The comic Buffy: Origin or whatever it was called that redid it it comic-book style, now with more Watcher suicide)
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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Gris - Oct 12, 2005 11:08:40 am PDT #7896 of 10002
Hey. New board.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2005 11:08:40 am PDT #7897 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Really? I didn't like Shadow of the Vampire that much.
Herzog's Nosferatau however is great. Though it doesn't have a Sexy!Vampire but a RatFaced!Vamp.
Original Nosferatau is also good, though since I've never seen it with the intended hand tinted scenes or score.
I kind of liked The Addiction.
Really liked The Hunger.
What? No love for Stephen Dorff in Blade?
My campy fun vampire movie would probably be Vamp with Grace Jones.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2005 11:09:40 am PDT #7898 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Four words: Santos Contra Las Vampiras.
Did it have dildos?
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 11:11:15 am PDT #7899 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My friend Miriam went to Cuba and brought back this animated vampire movie. It was great - the vampires were all these evil capitalists - some were gangsters from Chicago IIRC. Oh, and there was sex and nudity.
Calli - Oct 12, 2005 11:13:11 am PDT #7900 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I agree that Shadows of the Vampire was a good movie. I like Love at First Bite and From Dusk til Dawn for completely different reasons.
Picking bad vampire movies leaves me spoiled for choice. There's My Best Friend is a Vampire, with Robert Sean Leonard. There's Van Helsing. There's Interview with a Vampire and Queen of the Damned.
Actually, I'd watch any of those if they came on tv at a dull moment.
ETA: Oooooh, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires! Peter Cushing and kung fu. I've gotta find this.
Tom Scola - Oct 12, 2005 11:14:12 am PDT #7901 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 11:14:17 am PDT #7902 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I liked The Hunger, but haven't seen it in ages. I have the DVD - I started watching it but lost interest. I think it was the mood I was in, though....
Atropa - Oct 12, 2005 11:14:20 am PDT #7903 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Hunger has the best opening 20 minutes EVAR. The rest, eh.
What? No love for Stephen Dorff in Blade?
Blade is on the list of 'silly silly vampire movies'. The opening nightclub scene? Brilliant. Interview with the Vampire is, yet again, eye candy. I keep hoping someone would make a movie of Those Who Hunt the Night or Anno Dracula (or even a faithful-to-the-book movie of Dracula!), but I know they'll probably never happen.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2005 11:16:12 am PDT #7904 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Did I miss someone mentioning Near Dark? Because that's a good one.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 12, 2005 11:16:36 am PDT #7905 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Thesis: There have been no good vampire movies made in Hollywood since Lost Boys, with the exception of the original BTVS movie. Discuss.
Was NEAR DARK before or after LOST BOYS? Or is it too independent to be considered "made in Hollywood"?
eta Hah! X-post with Jilli!