GREATEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER?

[mike c]

Bela's always going to be my favorite vampire, and in my book the best Count ever... so I guess I have to state the '31 Dracula is number one. It's certainly the most well-known and influential, and there'll never be another Lugosi. So maybe I should say, the movie with the greatest vampire has to be that film.
But I also really enjoy Nosferatu... at least once a month!
Also, I love the full (uncut) version of the TV movie Salem's Lot. It's in my top three for vampire films.

Mike C.

[poseablemonster]

I like Salem's Lot, too.  I'm about due to watch that one again.

[Morkai]

My favourites are: Nosferatu (1922), Bela Lugosi's Dracula, Horror of Dracula, Twins of Evil, Vampire Circus, The vampire lovers, Le frisson des vampires, Slaughter of the vampires, Salem's Lot (1979), Lemora Lady Dracula a Childs tale of the supernatural, El mundo de los Vampiros, Grave of the vampire, Dark Shadows, Count Yorga Vampire, Malenka la sobrina del Vampiro, La Note dei diavoli, The Vampire and the ballerina, Nocturna and the Little Vampire Tv Serie (1986). I love Vampire films. There ar a lot of cool Euro Horror movies too very recommended

[Phantasm]

For me it is Horror of Dracula.  Salem's Lot is up there and also Near Dark.

Chuck

[Monster Bob]

It's a tough call, but I think HORROR OF DRACULA and NOSFERATU tie for #1, and the Lugosi version lurks in the shadows; but of course Lugosi is the king of the screen Draculas; He is Dracula- bigger than the role.



As far as Pulanski and FVK goes, I remember the film from perspective of the frightened (and innocent) eyes of a six year old boy. Even in watching it now, I rarely think of Pulanski even being in it. I get caught up in the story and the very surreal acting/slow boil comedy. Oh, and that snowy mountain coziness it has. Comedy ain't easy, and the comedy in this flick is like, weird...and European...with a twist of Peter Sellers or something.

While I certainly don't condone the behavior that RP is accused of, I can't let it get in the way of my nostaglic memory of VAMPIRE KILLERS. I do enjoy the film. I do like Sharon Tate. And I feel as much pity for for Pulanski as anything when watching this film. After going through the whole Manson thing, I gotta think his head is pretty screwed up to this day, and capable of a lot of freaky stuff. Again, I'm certainly not condoning what he is charged for, or his running, or whatever. Just an interesting film for me. I'm betting if I really knew half the sh*t James Whale did on weekends, I would never watch FRANKENSTEIN again, either...

[Toy Ranch]

It's a tough call, but I think HORROR OF DRACULA and NOSFERATU tie for #1, and the Lugosi version lurks in the shadows; but of course Lugosi is the king of the screen Draculas; He is Dracula- bigger than the role.



As far as Pulanski and FVK goes, I remember the film from perspective of the frightened (and innocent) eyes of a six year old boy. Even in watching it now, I rarely think of Pulanski even being in it. I get caught up in the story and the very surreal acting/slow boil comedy. Oh, and that snowy mountain coziness it has. Comedy ain't easy, and the comedy in this flick is like, weird...and European...with a twist of Peter Sellers or something.

While I certainly don't condone the behavior that RP is accused of, I can't let it get in the way of my nostaglic memory of VAMPIRE KILLERS. I do enjoy the film. I do like Sharon Tate. And I feel as much pity for for Pulanski as anything when watching this film. After going through the whole Manson thing, I gotta think his head is pretty screwed up to this day, and capable of a lot of freaky stuff. Again, I'm certainly not condoning what he is charged for, or his running, or whatever. Just an interesting film for me. I'm betting if I really knew half the sh*t James Whale did on weekends, I would never watch FRANKENSTEIN again, either...

I understand totally... 

He wasn't just charged though, he plead guilty and then fled. 

[poseablemonster]

I'm betting if I really knew half the sh*t James Whale did on weekends, I would never watch FRANKENSTEIN again, either...

Good point, Bob...I do NOT want to know!

[SpankRamen]

I find it cool that there are a lot of you here that like "Salem's Lot". I don't scare easily, but the first time I saw that movie, I felt my hair grow! I was about 7 at the time. I noticed that nobody mentioned "Lost Boys". What's up with that? Nobody mentioned "Queen Of The Damned" either.

[raycastile]

Does anyone here like The Blood Drinkers?  It's a 60s Philippine movie with some sophisticated elements for its day.

And how about Deathdream?  It's sort of a vampire movie.  The main character is a zombie/vampire in a Monkey's Paw-type scenario.  It's a very creepy, sad, powerful low-budget 70s film.

[Toy Ranch]

I haven't seen those Raymond, but I can recommend Bandh Darwaza, which is a Bollywood vampire/Dracula tale that is alternately frightening and hilarious.

[Wich2]

FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS: a piss, which I think really succeeds at it's own goals.
(Though I hear you, Bobby; then again, have you heard the stuff about Spencer Tracy that's come out?)

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA: hardly.
(I can forgive filmmakers who miss getting the externals just right; I have a real problem with those who don't "get" the Core of a story. This one's like GREYSTOKE, in that.)

As far as "this film makes me feel what it would be like, if there really WERE such creatures?"
Herzog's NOSFERATU.

Best,
-Craig W.

[The Drunken Severed Head]

Where's the love for Zandor Vorkov in DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN? 

[neonnoodle]

I AM KNOWN AS THE COUNT OF DARKNESS.....LORD OF THE MANOR OF CORPATHIA.  TURN HERE.

GET OUT OF THE CARRRR, DOCTOR BEAUMONT.

[JohnRozum]

For me it's easily "Brides of Dracula." There are so many great moments in this movie. I never get tired of it. "Nosferatu" is a favorite of mine as well, and both the 1931 Universal Dracula's have their moments, but as entire movies, they don't really hold up.

[Gary D Macabre]

I watched Vampire Lovers last night, and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised, much better that the dreck I was expecting.  But when the description is a lesbian vampire terrorizes a town's young women, you tend not to expect much (except for some gratuitous nudity which there was extremely little of).  Certainly not on list as one of the best but certainly a decent outing by Hammer, and Cushing even had a bit role in which he showed up at the end to stake the bloodsucking monster.  And really isn't that how most vampire movies should end:  Peter Cushing shows up out of nowhere and administers the coup-de-cras, roll credits.