# The Vampire Beast Craves Blood: Complete-sentence movie titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749 "2001-01-12T19:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/1 "2001-01-12T19:57:20Z")
At least I know I have the right forum, because this is as truly mundane and pointless as I can imagine. Think how few movie titles actually form complete sentences, with subject, verb, and object. Freeman Williams of the hilarious Bad Movie Report ([http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/](http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/)) notes that _The Vampire Beast Craves Blood_ is one of the few, the proud, the complete sentences among movie titles. What others can you think of? A few to get you started: \*I Was a Teenage Werewolf Dad, Poor Dad, Momma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad It Came From Beneath the Sea They Only Kill Their Masters\* (one of my all-time favorites) \*If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium How Green Was My Valley\* ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/2 "2001-01-12T19:59:17Z")
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It Happened One Night ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/3 "2001-01-12T20:01:07Z")
Things to Do in Denver When You are Dead ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/4 "2001-01-12T20:06:00Z")
_Let’s Scare Jessica to Death_ (1971) Not a bad flick, actually. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/5 "2001-01-12T20:08:17Z")
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Empire Strikes Back Singing in the Rain How the Grinch Stole Christmas Some Like It Hot Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/6 "2001-01-12T20:10:14Z")
[ul][li]Death Takes a Holiday[/li][li]Throw Momma from the Train[/li][li]It’s a Wonderful Life[/li][li]Quo Vadis[/li]Ernest Goes to Camp[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/7 "2001-01-12T20:14:01Z")
Let’s kill Uncle. It’s a wild, wild, wild, wild world. Journey to the Center of the Earth. Paint your wagon. I am Curious Yellow. The Return of the Jedi. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Please don’t eat the daisies. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. Let’s throw momma from the train. Stop or my mom will shoot. What’s up, Pussycat? You only live twice. The world is not enough. Honey, I shrunk the kids et al. ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/8 "2001-01-12T20:14:52Z")
**obfusciatrist** , are you certain that _Things in Denver_ and _How the Grinch_ are true sentences? What are their subjects? ---
**Author:** ![Tit\_Whistle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tit\_Whistle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tit_Whistle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/9 "2001-01-12T20:15:57Z")
It Conquered the World You Can’t Take It With You They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/10 "2001-01-12T20:17:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\* > Journey to the Center of the Earth. > The Return of the Jedi. > Raiders of the Lost Ark. > \*\* Again, these aren’t sentences. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/11 "2001-01-12T20:19:43Z")
Peggy Sue Got Married Dracula/Frankenstein/Wolfman meets Wolfman/Frankenstein/Dracula (et. al.) The Postman Always Rings Twice Horton Hears a Who (OK, it is a cartoon on TV) Help, I Married an Axe Murderer ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/12 "2001-01-12T20:43:52Z")
Bang the drum slowly. Take this job and shove it. Run, Lola, Run! What do you say to a naked lady? Wake me when it’s over. What did you do in the war, Daddy? The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! (woohoo–double sentence score!) Shoot the piano player. Don’t tell mom the babysitter’s dead Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/13 "2001-01-12T20:50:51Z")
_They Live_ (this has to be the shortest title to qualify, the movie sucks by the way) _I know what you did last summer_ _I still know what you did last summer_ _Things to do in denver when you’re dead_ Hmm… that’s all I can think of that hasn’t already been said. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/14 "2001-01-12T20:52:12Z")
_I Spit On Your Grave_ (And, for “Simpsons” fans, _I Thumb Through Your Magazines_.) _Johnny Got His Gun_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/15 "2001-01-12T21:05:36Z")
Miss Historical Perspective hops in and rolls her sleeves up. Early in the film biz, a lot of titles were complete sentences, so the audience knew it was getting its 30 seconds worth. Some off the top of my head from the 1895–1905 era: “How Bridget Served The Salad Undressed” “Airy Fairy Lillian Tries On Her New Corset” “The Athletic Girl and the Burglar” “The Whole Damm Family and the Damm Dog” “The Gay Shoe Clerk” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/16 "2001-01-12T21:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“The Athletic Girl and the Burglar” > “The Whole Damm Family and the Damm Dog” > “The Gay Shoe Clerk” \*\* Where’s your predicates, Toots? Remember…\*Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence; and what the predicate says, he does. ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/17 "2001-01-12T21:18:16Z")
Oof. I hate to flog a dead horse, but c’mon **Eve**! A professional writer should realize that _The Athletic Girl and the Burglar_, _The Whole Damm Family and the Damm Dog_ and _The Gay Shoe Clerk_ do _not_ constitute complete sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/18 "2001-01-12T21:29:24Z")
Gee, is “You can all go fuck yourselves” a complete sentence? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/19 "2001-01-12T21:38:08Z")
_Mister Deeds Goes to Town_ That hasn’t been mentioned yet, has it? ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749/20 "2001-01-12T21:40:30Z")
Who am I? (Jackie Chan) Tomorrow Never Dies (maybe) The World Is Not Enough Probably some other 007 movies too… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood-complete-sentence-movie-titles/49749.md?page=2)