jwzLunchtime Poll! Your top 3 vampire movies, go!
And if they are not:
1) The Hunger.
2) Blade.
3) Near Dark
then please show your work.
https://jwz.org/b/ykFL
All of you people answering "The Lost Boys" had better do penance for that by coming to our Corey Feldman show on Nov 22. https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2023/11-22.html
Sarah Clatterbuck Soper@jwz in my nerd girl dorm circa 1989 The Lost Boys was an absolute obsession, complete with a townie boy who cosplayed as David and made the rounds of the girls. (Not me, I wasn’t nearly cool enough) Recently became aware I can still ID the opening credits by ear within about three seconds. Favorite? No. But deeply ingrained.
Aris Merquoni@jwz I enjoyed Byzantium and also the movie version of What We Do in the Shadows. (I agree completely on Blade.)
Stuart Gibson@jwz kinda hard to argue with this, TBH.
I have a soft spot for both Interview with the Vampire and Vamp, though.
jcmurty@jwz 1. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). 2. Vampire’s Kiss (1989). 3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
Glyph@jwz I might have to replace Near Dark with Daybreakers; I feel like Near Dark and The Hunger occupy the same sort of character-study semantic space and "vampires are transparently a metaphor for neoliberalism actually" is such an important subgenre I don't think I could have a top 3 without representing it. Also Sam Neill is so beautifully unhinged throughout
krejgo
kfringe3. Lair of the White Worm. (Do not make me explain why Amanda Donohoe this movie rules)
2. Blade II. (So Del Toro-y. So wretched. Not for sober people.)
1. Near Dark (I mean fuck's sake here.)
Honorable mention honors:
- Daybreakers (Capitalism is the vampire, get it? Sam and Dean level car dumbness.)
- The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Hammer AND Shaw? Hell yeah.)
- Blade (The Ref of vampire flicks)
- Anything Hammer (I said "anything." I thought I was clear.)
Doctor Memory
Stephen@jwz
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - "I never drink … wine";
* Nosferatu (1922) - because, pretentious;
* Chronos (1992) - Guillermo!
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - "I never drink … wine";
* Nosferatu (1922) - because, pretentious;
* Chronos (1992) - Guillermo!
zahl
Space Hobo@subtl I hope you appreciate that Oldman was *doing* Lugosi, there.
Needlessly Adversarial Example@jwz some mother******s always trying to ice skate uphill
Ralf@jwz
1) Van Helsing (2004) - for non-stop action
2) Bram Stoker's Dracula - for Tom Waits as Renfield
3) The Wisdom of Crocodiles (aka Immortality) - b/c Jude Law
1) Van Helsing (2004) - for non-stop action
2) Bram Stoker's Dracula - for Tom Waits as Renfield
3) The Wisdom of Crocodiles (aka Immortality) - b/c Jude Law
barriesOk, let's.get out of the Hollywood rut for a moment.
1. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2. Night Watch
3. Day Watch
(2 & 3 not purely vampire films, but vampires figure significantly in them)
gabriele renzi@jwz
my other favorite ones have already been mentioned, but I have very fond memories of "My Best Friend Is a Vampire" (1987)
my other favorite ones have already been mentioned, but I have very fond memories of "My Best Friend Is a Vampire" (1987)
R0ML@jwz Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter -- because of the historical accuracy.
djohngo@jwz Count Dracula (1977): Because Judi Bowker, tbh, but also Louis Jourdan climbing up the side of the castle like a bat is a core memory for me.
The Lost Boys: Very silly, and yet it did as much, and maybe more than Anne Rice in defining Vampire Chic. When I grow up, I want to be Barnard Hughes.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: It's sad what a douche canoe Joss Whedon has turned out to be, but Paul Fucking Reubens.
Jay Wren ☯️♌️☢️☣️🚯🚭🆙🆖@jwz Only Lovers Left Alive
Frank Skornia@jwz In no particular order:
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter because campy Hammer horror that broke from the expected vampire film mold
From Dusk Till Dawn because it hits that sweet spot of absolute madness
Let the Right One In (2008) just because it's a great movie that is also a great vampire movie
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter because campy Hammer horror that broke from the expected vampire film mold
From Dusk Till Dawn because it hits that sweet spot of absolute madness
Let the Right One In (2008) just because it's a great movie that is also a great vampire movie
Gabe Kangas@jwz Daybreakers is my jam.
drs1969 (David Smith) 🇬🇧@jwz
1) Near Dark (obvs)
2) Dracula -1958 version Christopher Lee ( seriously come ON)
3) From Dusk til Dawn - a demented work of genius.
(But The Hunger is a very very fine film indeed)
Petr Ježek@jwz bit strange with vampire car https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083264/
Evan Hunt@jwz I'm gonna go "Once More With Feeling", the Vorvon episode of Buck Rodgers, and the Sesame Street where Count von Count decides he's no good at counting anymore and tries to find another job
Joe Crawford@jwz When you do the poll on movies about making vampire movies do not neglect Shadow of the Vampire.
@jwz I’m seriously worried that people are unironically listing Kurt Wimmer's "Ultraviolet” -- easily one of the three worst films I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. I think I'm going to choose to believe that they all misunderstood the “movie" stricture and are referring to the 1998 Channel 4 UK miniseries starring Idris Elba.
Jake Rozin@jwz Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) for the vibes and OST alone makes it top tier on my list.