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.
Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs.
Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
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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.
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"?
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Atropa - Oct 12, 2005 11:17:52 am PDT #7906 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Was NEAR DARK before or after LOST BOYS? Or is it too independent to be considered "made in Hollywood"?
Released the same year.
Vonnie K - Oct 12, 2005 11:20:29 am PDT #7907 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
Volans - Oct 12, 2005 11:20:59 am PDT #7908 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I think Near Dark (the thinking man's Lost Boys) was either before or at the same time. Should count, anyway.
The Hunger may be the best vampire movie.
Worst is a horribly crowded field. And I don't know if you can count Vampiros Lesbos, since it had neither.
What? No love for "Goes Down for the Count" ???