The Depraved Vampire Movie Thread

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, January 21, 2012 00:06
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LWAVES

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:55 PM

I actually like Bram Stoker's Dracula.
There I said it.
Okay, Keanu is a complete waste of space, the acting can be a bit wooden and Anthony Hopkins hams it up but Gary Oldman is great as Dracula. Not a classic by a long shot but likeable.

The Hammer films are easily the best but I must give a shout-out to Peter Cushing's Van Helsing as he was easily the equal of Christopher Lee's Dracula.

The Lost Boys is good fun and a great modern (for it's time) updating of vampires. The Grandpa steals the show with his great line near the end.

From Dusk Til Dawn is two movies in one. Both great. This is how to do a fun OTT movie.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

VERASAMUELS

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:54 PM

What about 'The Thirst'?

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STORYMARK

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:49 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
I actually like Bram Stoker's Dracula.
There I said it.

Not exactly a bold claim. It was a big hit, made by one of the most respected directors ever. It scores above-average to very-good on most scales. IMDB viewers have it at 7.5 out of 10. Netflix viewers have it at 3.7 stars out of 5. The rottentomatos score is 80% positive (which is extraordinarily high for a Horror film).

I don't know why you'd think it was uncommon to like it.

Sure, Keanu sucks hard in it - but even HE is the first to agree on that point. He publicly appologized for his acting in that one a few years after it came out.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

IMNOTHERE

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:06 PM

OK, this is TV so it doesn't qualify...

There's a British TV series from the late 90s called "Ultraviolet" (NOTHING to do with the US film of the same name) about a team fighting our hemoglobin-craving friends (the show studiously avoids the V-word), played seriously.

Quite dark and depressing - mainly uses the bloodsuckers as a device for stories about less mythical horrors such as AIDS, abortion, child abuse, financial scams... Buffy it ain't.

Only 6 episodes, but there's a reasonably satisfying conclusion.

LWAVES

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:40 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Not exactly a bold claim. It was a big hit, made by one of the most respected directors ever. It scores above-average to very-good on most scales. IMDB viewers have it at 7.5 out of 10. Netflix viewers have it at 3.7 stars out of 5. The rottentomatos score is 80% positive (which is extraordinarily high for a Horror film).

I don't know why you'd think it was uncommon to like it.

I made it because of the negative comments by ChrisIsAll and Oppyh. On re-reading the way I wrote it it does come across stronger than I intended. In my head when I wrote it I meant it in a light-hearted 'tongue-sticking-out' way.
You sometimes forget when typing that other folks aren't going to read it in the same way.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

STORYMARK

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:45 PM

I also responded thinking I was still in the "Worst moves ever" thread. My bad.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:30 AM

I don't know about depraved, but there was some foreign film about a vampire who'd been turned as a little girl, who then made friends with a little human boy or something, I've heard it's rather poignant.

And then there's the one where the vampires take full advantage of winter in Alaska (very little daylight).

RIONAEIRE

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:54 AM

If one was turned when little one would grow up emotionally even though one was still small. So depending how long she'd been a vampire I'd imagine that once her intellect were grown she wouldn't want to be friends with little ones anymore, but how many grownups would want to be her friends? That would be a perdicament.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:07 AM

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
I don't know about depraved, but there was some foreign film about a vampire who'd been turned as a little girl, who then made friends with a little human boy or something, I've heard it's rather poignant.

Sounds like Let the Right One In, recently remade in the States as Let Me In. Unusually, both versions are good. Foreign version is slightly creepier.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

STORYMARK

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RionaEire:
If one was turned when little one would grow up emotionally even though one was still small. So depending how long she'd been a vampire I'd imagine that once her intellect were grown she wouldn't want to be friends with little ones anymore, but how many grownups would want to be her friends? That would be a perdicament.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

Not really someothing one could know. A lot of the maturation process relies on hormones and chemicals, which would likely not be present after one turned. Also, the brain is not fully developed until the early 20's, so if a child vampire stops growing, their brain would never fully develop.

But yeah, good movies, both versions.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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