# Your favorite vampire movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550 "2010-11-13T13:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/1 "2010-11-13T13:09:28Z")
There have been tons of vampire-centric movies ranging from scary to funny to sparkly ;). But which one is your personal favorite? Mine is probably _Interview with the Vampire_. Great acting and atmosphere, interesting story and characters. I absolutely love Lestat, and the way his flippantness contrasts with Louis’ angst. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/2 "2010-11-13T13:19:22Z")
Setting aside anything involving Dracula (including Nosferatu)… Interview is a FAR superior movie but for sheer scary fun, I almost have to go with The Lost Boys. Of course, right now, my head is really into Let Me In & LTROI. Dracula-wise, I’d say the Coppola version with the original Nosferatu a close second, tho I really like the 1977 BBC Louis Jourdan production & have a soft spot in my heart for Lugosi’s. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/3 "2010-11-13T13:42:23Z")
Hard to say but maybe [Shadow Of The Vampire.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/) ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/4 "2010-11-13T14:00:05Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Hard to say but maybe [Shadow Of The Vampire.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/) That should not be hard to say. That is the creepiest most atmospheric vampire movie that I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/5 "2010-11-13T14:04:11Z")
> [@Darkhold](#): > > That should not be hard to say. That is the creepiest most atmospheric vampire movie that I’ve seen. Hard to pick just one is what I meant to say. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/6 "2010-11-13T14:15:57Z")
_Nosferatu_. It was all downhill from there. No, I’m not being sarcastic – it’s a great film, one of the few that protrays the vampire as a MONSTER, no more, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/7 "2010-11-13T14:31:33Z")
Easily Interview but with “Underworld” in second place (yes it was ultimately an action flick, but I loved the story and plot and it was refreshing to have a film actual present moral complexity rather than simply have good guys and bad guys). ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/8 "2010-11-13T14:43:13Z")
The Hunger with Bowie and Deneuve isn’t so bad, but the others mentioned are better. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/9 "2010-11-13T15:42:26Z")
**Near Dark** ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/10 "2010-11-13T15:49:19Z")
Let The Right One In. Followed closely by The Lost Boys and Nosferatu. The latter suffers from some terrible acting, but is still the best version of Dracula. The Coppola version is beautifully filmed, but has nothing to do with the book, and replaces the plot of the original with a trite tragic romance. Interview With The Vampire is slightly closer to the book, but is entirely style over substance. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/11 "2010-11-13T16:06:19Z")
I didn’t like those Anne Rice movies at all. I agree with the person who said _Lost Boys_. I enjoyed the recent _Let Me In_ (I haven’t seen the Swedish original, which I hear is very good). Absolutely cannot abide anything which uses that “150 year old vampire attending high school and hanging out with underage girls” approach. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/12 "2010-11-13T16:20:05Z")
Hmm, tough choice: \*Let the right one in \*(Swedisch version) because it is just so sad. _Interview with the vampire_ because it is so romantic. Not boy/girl love, but people love. The friendship/marriage of Lestat and Louis lasts for over 80 years! _Bram Stokers Dracula_ because it is so gothic and no expense spared. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/13 "2010-11-13T16:20:24Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Hard to say but maybe [Shadow Of The Vampire.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/) I came in here to name that movie. Just an excellent, creepy, well acted film. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/14 "2010-11-13T16:24:15Z")
The Lost Boys ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/15 "2010-11-13T17:04:48Z")
Underworld, for me, for completely lowbrow reasons (Kate. Beckinsale.Leather. Oh, and I like both Sheen and Nighy a lot) and Nosferatu (either the original or the Kinski remake) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/16 "2010-11-13T17:30:39Z")
No…sparkles…! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/17 "2010-11-13T17:35:21Z")
I don’t like vampires. I like watching them die, though, so I’m going to say **Blade**. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/18 "2010-11-13T17:50:22Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > **Near Dark** “I hate it when they ain’t shaved!” And Lance Henriksen! Great movie. _Interview, Lost Boys, Fright Night_ and the Frank Langella version, for the setting, romance, music, and Langella – he was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/19 "2010-11-13T18:23:30Z")
My favorite is [Herzog’s _Nosferatu the Vampyre_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079641/combined), mainly because of Isabelle Adjani. After that, _Shadow of the Vampire_ and Lugosi’s _Dracula_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/20 "2010-11-13T18:34:43Z")
_Near Dark_’s my favorite. _Daybreakers_ is an underrated recent great. _Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter_ is an underrated classic great. _From Dusk till Dawn_, _The Hunger_, and _Underworld_ are great due to Salma Hayek, Susan Sarandon, and Kate Beckinsale. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550.md?page=2)