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The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck By litgoddess [23 more lists]
Given that an entire generation of tweens and teens alike are currently spending their hard earned allowances on fake fangs and even faker emotions, let us pay tribute to the true blood-sucking pioneers who bled the way for the Cullen clan. In this list, it's good to suck. (To see the movies that didn't make this list, check out the Complete List of Vampire Movies.)
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It
"She's alive?"
"She's Nosferatu."
"She's Italian?'
For those of us who choose not to take our vampire orgies too seriously, this campy Mel Brooks gem pokes fun at every vampire element in existence. Released in 1995 and starring Leslie Nielsen, it's a good idea to first watch the real Bram Stoker visual delight and then follow it up with this farce. For those who aren't sure it's their cup of Type O, rest assured there's some pretty good cleavage in 3 scenes of the film. -
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Vampire Hunter D
Released in 2000, "Vampire Hunter D" is a dark tale based on a 20 volume series first published in 1983. The story takes place in 12,090 AD and vampires are the elite class of society. I can't think of a better world to live in. The artwork in this movie is somewhere between flickering lights in darkened hallways and the visions you see just between sleeping and waking. I'd watch this movie just for the artwork alone, let alone the plot. -
30 Days of Night
Based on the comic book mini-series, "30 Days of Night" truly is one effective means of killing the tourist industry in Alaska. 30 days w/o sunlight - vampires vs humans. It doesn't take a genius to figure out how this will turn out. Danny Huston kicks ass as a remorseless vampire and keeps the film from centering on creamy, dreamy Josh Hartnett. Interesting bit of trivia: the black eyes featured on the vampires were achieved by an enlarged contact lens, which gave everyone who wore them pink-eye for weeks. Yeah. I watch movies with the commentary turned on. So what? -
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Visually one of the coolest vampire movies in history, "Dracula" made Gary Oldman a badass long before he became Sirius Black. Released in 1992, it became the favorite of today's 30-something crowd. Everyone in Jr High bought plastic fangs and attended renaissance faires with gusto. Interesting bit of trivia: to get in the crying mood, Gary Oldman would gaze at pictures of his children before each take. All together now: awwww -
Interview with the Vampire
The idea of growing old emotionally and mentally, yet always remaining 10 years old, while bunking with Brad Pitt would be enough to make me want to rip out my fangs and bleed to death. Released in 1994, this is one movie I actually enjoyed because Tom Cruise gets to play a real creep.....I mean even creepier than he is in real life.
Then again, this COULD be art imitating life....Cruise marries someone 20 years his junior, who will never tell him no and has lost half her life force since she's known him....wait, that's life imitating art.
Where was I? Oh, yes...anyway, I enjoy this film because you often forget that the characters are vampires. I mean the movie actually has a story line....Jesus, I need to watch this again.
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The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 3:48 PM
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It at 11/20/2009 4:31 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 8:47 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 12:51 PM
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The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 10:44 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 11/20/2009 4:36 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 5/02/2010 2:51 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 1/06/2010 12:51 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 12/03/2009 6:02 AM
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The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 11/12/2009 8:47 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 12:27 PM
and i didnt see 30 days of night yet...i have it but i didnt know it vampire movie..you forgot queen of the dammed..awesome movie i love lestat! and lost boys and interview w/ a vampire was good!!!!!
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/11/2009 12:41 PM
"Queen of the Damned" IS a good movie, I agree with you on that. I chose not to include it for the same reason I didn't include the "Blade" trinity: I prefer vampire movies that are either unique or are immersed in the history or culture of the vampire. There aren't too many present-day vampire movies that I like.
I should probably compile a second list.
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/12/2009 9:44 AM
Bram Stoker's Dracula at 8/18/2009 12:38 PM
And Keanu? Really?
I think this movie is half brilliant, half epic fail.
Bram Stoker's Dracula at 11/13/2009 6:18 PM
Bram Stoker's Dracula at 8/18/2009 1:11 PM
And he was freaking hot back in the day.
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 11/05/2009 4:39 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/16/2009 11:29 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/16/2009 11:34 AM
yeah...um NO, that doesn't belong on here.
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/23/2009 10:01 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/23/2009 11:04 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 12/01/2009 6:19 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 11/05/2009 7:40 PM
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The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 12/16/2009 9:27 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 3/04/2010 4:06 AM
Dracula: Dead and Loving It at 8/05/2010 5:19 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 9/20/2009 2:40 PM
Love the joke you included with Dead And Loving It
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/18/2009 7:18 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 10/18/2009 7:23 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 7/29/2009 9:05 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 12/08/2009 10:35 AM
Dracula: Dead and Loving It at 2/26/2010 11:41 AM
30 Days of Night at 10/23/2009 2:28 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 1/06/2010 12:50 AM
@ Me and Mrs Jones: I put "Interview with the Vampire" in lieu of the "Twilight" craze, simply because I needed 10 and couldn't find anything else I'd already seen. Don't like it? Make your own. :)
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 2/26/2010 1:49 PM
It was nice to NOT see Underworld, which is less a vampire movie than a bad Matrix rip-off.
Interview with the Vampire at 5/04/2010 2:44 PM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 11/17/2009 11:19 AM
The 10 Vampire Movies That Don't Suck at 1/06/2010 12:51 AM
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