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My money is on “Shadow of the Vampire” which plays with the idea that Max Shreck himself was a vampire, “30 Days of Night” or “Let The Right One In” (the original - although the English remake is pretty good) which was just mesmerisingly impressive. I love the sub-genre but so many films within it are awful. (Case in point I just watched “A Return To Salem’s Lot”)
So, what’s worth checking out?
Near Dark!!!
I only saw it in the last couple of years but I was really impressed. You could tell Kathryn Bigelow was going to be something big
Finger lickin’ good. It’s a shame there isn’t many weird west movies out there
This one is so underrated
My pick too. "We keep odd hours."
Can't believe this isn't higher up. This movie is great.I would love to to see a proper remake. The movievis definitely dated.
Bram Stoker's Dracula and Blade are my favourites, John Carpenters Vampires & From Dusk till Dawn are also very solid movies.
Fucking love John Carpenters Vampires
The opening scene raid and then the massacre at the motel are badass. Cool head boss vampire. And great role/performance role for James Woods. One of his few good guy ones lol. I thought the middle of the movie kinda drags though
"That's right, Padre! Fuck with him!"
Despite all of these being a bit cheesy, I enjoy them as well. I really wish there was more good vampire media.
Bram Stokers Dracula and Blade are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of atmosphere. Interesting picks.
Of course I know you. You're me!
Daybreakers is pretty fun.
Oh yeah. That one’s clever.
Forgot daybreakers yes definitely high up on the list an intelligent vampire movie with great action horror scenes
It's such a shame about the ending, because the entire movie up to that point completely had me.
Byzantium is a different take on it.
The Hunger has Bowie being all cool and scores extra goth points with an appearance by Bauhaus
Daybreakers was like a decent vamp/action flick
Plus one for Byzantium
The Hunger has an added lesbian romance which makes it my favourite vampire movie.
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Love this movie, such a different take on vampires. Might be more the reality of being a vampire for centuries, kinda bored and having ennui.
Great movie!
This is the movie that comes to my mind as well. I always describe it as a slice-of-unlife movie. Everyone gives a great performance.
I think that movie is more about monogamy than it is about vampires. Its more like : "Can you be in love with one person for the rest of your long,long life?"
Great writers use horror as an veneer to delve into deeper, more taboo topics under the surface.
I am so glad this is the top comment
What We Do In The Shadows
I love the scene where they diss the werewolves and they end up being friends with them. I lost it when one of the werewolves said "We don't smell our own crotches, we sniff each other's crotches as a sign of greeting" and one of the vamps were totally disgusted by that. LOL
"We're werewolves, not swearwolves"
Count to 10, human again.
I will be forever disappointed that we never got their spinoff movie "We're Wolves"
"Leave me to do my dark bidding on the internet!"
"What are you bidding on?"
"I am bidding on a table."
The tv series is really good too.
Or as my wife calls it "Stupid Vampires"
Guillermo the Vampire Slayer
"Why do we prefer blood from virgins? Well, it's like... when you are eating a sandwich. It tastes better if no one has fucked it."
I think of it like this. If you're going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had fucked it.
One of the best comedy satires ever made ...."I was gonna eat Stu ....but he's a really kewl guyyy!"
It’s even funnier when you find out the guy who plays Stu is actually an IT technician named Stu who worked on the movie and had no idea he had a role in the movie until he saw the finished product
I WILL DO THE DISHES!!!
THEN DO THE DISHES!!!
HISSSSS!!!
HISSSSS!!!
The Best Buy scene continues to crack me up to this day.
I'm from Arizonia!
Fright Night (1985)
Honestly the 2011 Fright Night remake has no business being that good
I legitimately think the 2011 version is better than the original, and just one of the best vampire movies out there. It hits all the right buttons all the way through, and when the vampire feels like the illusion has been shattered, he just 100% flips to kill everyone mode while working around his mystical restrictions as a vampire. Colin Ferrell is intense and terrifying, and David Tennant as not-Criss-Angel is just brilliant.
Colin Farrell did such a great job of being both magnetic and inexplicably ‘off’.
Agree, both original and remake are both fantastic. Absolutely loved 2011
Not campy enough (that was part of what made the movie click). Too much cgi, and finally....Chris Sarandon 😍
Came here to say this. Great build up of suspense and a fantastic performance by Roddy McDowall.
Dinner is in the oven
That’s a movie I can watch any day, any time! Did you know the guy who does the main vampire voice also is the voice of Jack the Pumpkin King in “A Nightmare Before Christmas”?
Chris Sarandon. 'Welcome to Fright Night....For Real'....
He was also married to Susan Sarandon when she started to make a name for herself, which is why that's still her stage name.
Now he is married to Monty Hall's daughter.
Interview with The Vampire (1994)
One of the most homoerotic, big budget movies with a stacked A-List cast I’ve ever seen. I love it.
Armand is gay or bisexual. In the books it's pretty directly stated.
The older vampires can feel the vampires they make so there is def more of a romantic (not necessarily sexual) relation they have.
I read the books a long time back, the first few were decent but they got really weird.
I think all of Anne Rice's vampires are not straight.
Oh man, it's super homoerotic. Never thought of that.
I love Norm McDonald’s review of it: not gay enough 🤣
The new show is fantastic despite the changes and Part 2 is coming in May. Jacob and Sam are just perfectly cast.
I have been curious about the show. What did they change that stands out? I read a few of the original novels and I've seen the OG movie as well.
They changed it to take place in the early 1900s. and Louis is a black night club owner instead of an 18th century slave owner. Daniel is also older, the premise is that he first interviewed Louis in the 1970s , and Louis wants to be interviewed again to tell his story the right way. It has great performances from everyone.
I can't really speak to these details without spoiling the show. Some are minor while other are profound (as u/laura4584 is writing), but overall it works remarkably well. My biggest gripe is probably the radical why they changed Claudia, but the show is still 10/10 for me regardless.
Sam Reid as Lestat is just mindbogglingly well cast. I always thought Tom Cruise was perfect in this role, but Sam is on a different level, and I desperately hope we get many more seasons. I would love to see him in a re-telling of the book The Vampire Lestat. He would be magnificent as an 18th century nobleman turned vampire. The battle with the wolves, the mental break down in response to the witches place, Armand and the Les Innocents cemetery, Nicolas and the violin, Gabriele etc.
It would be glorious and it would open the door for more characters and to expand the universe further.
I got a kick out of Queen of the Damned as well.
Especially the score
It's entertaining as its own thing, but compared to the source material it suffers sooo much from blitzing through two books (Vampire Lestat and QotD) and really cutting down the weightiness of Akasha's backstory to fit the movie length.
This. The books are SO much better than QotD. It’s a shame they never made Body Thief into a movie.
I love the new-ish TV show too. It makes a few more cosmetic changes than the movie does, but the spirit of the books is very much there.
2nd season is coming out soon too
The right answer
Lost boys
The cast!
Too far down the comment chain.. wtf
I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned the 1931 Dracula. It’s a classic.
Bela Lugosi - legend
I enjoyed “Renfield” more than I had expected.
Oh and “Near Dark”, damn near perfect film.
Near Dark is fantastic, Kathryn Bigelow at her best
The bar scene in Near Dark is the best scene ever committed to film
Watched Near Dark for the first time a few weeks ago. Early in the movie, in a scene in the camper, I stopped and was like "wait...three of these people were also in Aliens together!".
One of the next scenes was in a little town and the movie theatre's marquee showed they were playing Aliens at that time haha. It stuck with me because it was basically as soon as I realized it, the movie addressed it with an Easter egg.
How the hell has Lost Boys not been mentioned yet?!?
Lost Boys was a childhood favorite and it still good. That soundtrack is pure 80s and you have the bonus of seeing the shirtless sax guy.