Four words: Santos Contra Las Vampiras.
Did it have dildos?
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Four words: Santos Contra Las Vampiras.
Did it have dildos?
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.
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.
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....
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.
Did I miss someone mentioning Near Dark? Because that's a good one.
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!
Was NEAR DARK before or after LOST BOYS? Or is it too independent to be considered "made in Hollywood"?
Released the same year.
Actually, I just remembered this terrific, fairly recent vampire movie from Mexico called Cronos. I saw it during the Midnight Madness screening in Toronto Film Festival about a decade ago and it left an impression. It went counter to a lot of tired convention of the genre by having the vampirism transmitted through a device, and the main victim be an old man. Good acting, too, if I recall.