# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/41 "2010-11-15T10:14:20Z")
I still love the 1985 [Fright Night.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/combined) Roddy McDowall as a washed-up actor now presenting the friday night TV horror film double bill. Kid comes to him because he thinks his new neighbour is a vampire. Also Chan-Wook Park’s (Oldboy, Landy Vengeance) [Thirst](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762073/combined). Priest who has lost his faith volunteers for a dangerous medical experiment and becomes a vampire. Then a young woman in an abusive arranged marriage falls for him. Hilarious and sweet. Warning - contains slurping noises. And I second John Carpenter’s Vampires. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/42 "2010-11-15T18:25:30Z")
Well, I’ll be the first to jump on the anime bandwagon: both Vampire Hunter D movies are fantastic, but Bloodlust gets my vote for the detail in the animation. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/43 "2010-11-15T18:52:10Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > _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. Agreed. It’s a movie that actually gave me nighmares as an adult. The only other movie to do that was Eraserhead. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/44 "2010-11-15T19:30:36Z")
Fright Night Lost Boys John Carpenter’s Vampires. It’s better when the vampires are the bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/45 "2010-11-15T19:59:53Z")
I thought I might be the first with _Innocent Blood_ - gangsters and vampires! Clearly I was too slow. And _Lost Boys_, which is the only vampire movie I own. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/46 "2010-11-15T20:28:29Z")
The BEST one is the 1979 \*Dracula \*with Frank Langella. Geez… that man was so freakin’ sexy. > **[Dracula (1979) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/)** > > 1h 49m | R My fav quote, said to Lucy in a sweet, soft, pensive, seductive voice: > [@](#): > > If, at any time, my company does not please you, you > will have only yourself to blame for an acquaintance who seldom > forces himself but is difficult to be rid of. \ If you like this genre and haven’t seen this one, give it a look. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/47 "2010-11-15T20:40:41Z")
_Let the Right One In_. It’s very reminicent _My Life as a Dog_ in places–alienated boy, confused pre-adolescent sexuality, lots of silence and spaces within (what I find) confusing social mores. More relevant to the topic, it also does a good job of taking familiar motifs–the master/Renfield relationship, the vampire’s great treasure, the problem of eternal youth, the vampire’s love of puzzles and need for an invitation–and turns them on their ear. It’s a thorough deconstruction of everything familiar about vampire film and literature, set in a film mileux familiar to fans of foreign cinema. I saw this at the local art theater when it came out. I walked out with my fists in the air, my heart filled with joy at having finally found the film that dared raise everything I loved about the genre to a plateau of high art. This, I thought, was a triumph, the greatest vampire film since Murnau. At last, a vampire film that I could champion with all my strength and breath. Then I looked around me at my fellow patrons exiting the building. Everyone else was staring straight ahead, thoroughly freaked out. Not sure what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Shug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daniel\_Shug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Shug)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/48 "2010-11-15T22:07:08Z")
Lots of good mentions!!! While most(if not all) of these were far better produced, I still gotta say my Favorite is _'Salem’s Lot_, the original made-for-TV movie from 1979. This was my first scary movie that the baby-sitter let me stay up and watch with her when it first aired and set the course for my movie preferences the rest of my thus-far life. The images of the Glick brothers with their glowing eyes, and all the vampires crawling out of the darkness at the end still hold up, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/49 "2010-11-15T22:10:34Z")
Blade. Yeah, I’m lowbrow. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/50 "2010-11-15T22:15:23Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > \*Let the right one in \*(Swedisch version) because it is just so sad. This, followed by _Interview With The Vampire_. I would love, love, love someone to make a **decent** version of the Bram Stoker _Dracula_. The Coppola one was ruined by several liberties with the story and Keanu Reeves’s atrocious acting/accent. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/51 "2010-11-15T22:41:29Z")
> [@Daniel\_Shug](#): > > While most(if not all) of these were far better produced, I still gotta say my Favorite is _'Salem’s Lot_, the original made-for-TV movie from 1979. I’m sitting here trying to think of a better vampire movie, and I can’t. Yeah, it stars goofy-ass David Soul, and yeah, the production values are crap, but that was still [the scariest damned vampire ever invented](http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3159/salemslotwallsb6.jpg). (Yeah, yeah, I know it’s based on Nosferatu. It’s better.) Really, thinking about the OP’s question, it’s disappointing that there aren’t more truly scary vampire movies. Other _decent_ vampire movies: _Let the Right One In Fright Night Interview with the Vampire Near Dark_ Still, it seems that the perfect vampire movie is yet to be made. I agree with **jjimm** that a _well-made_ version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula could be great. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/52 "2010-11-15T23:02:46Z")
Wow, it’s rare I get to add something new to a thread like this! My favorite is **Let the Right One In** , and two of my least favorites are **Interview** and **John Carpenter’s**. But my second favorite hasn’t been mentioned so far: Guillermo del Toro’s [Cronos](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104029/). It’s the best vampire-grandfather-with-a-loving-granddaughter story ever told, and it’s full of vintage del Toro tastiness. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/53 "2010-11-15T23:17:18Z")
Probably _Shadow of the Vampire_, but as a college student I watched Nicholas Cage ham it up in _Vampire’s Kiss_ while on psychedelics and I’ve never forgotten the experience. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/54 "2010-11-16T15:49:54Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Still, it seems that the perfect vampire movie is yet to be made. I agree with **jjimm** that a _well-made_ version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula could be great. The BBC version with Louis Jordan (who is surprisingly effective) might be up your alley. It’s pretty well devoid of cinematic flourish–it’s shot on tape, mostly on stock sets–but the acting and execution of the script are outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![FasterThanMeerkats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/55 "2010-11-16T16:19:42Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > \*Let the right one in \*(Swedisch version) because it is just so sad. Stumbled on this one; it’s fantastic, especially the closing scene.🙂 I’m dreading the American version. It’s unnecessary and they’ll probably screw it up.☹ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/56 "2010-11-16T16:45:20Z")
> [@FasterThanMeerkats](#): > > Stumbled on this one; it’s fantastic, especially the closing scene.🙂 > > I’m dreading the American version. It’s unnecessary and they’ll probably screw it up.☹ Having seen both, I can tell you they did not screw it up at all. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/57 "2010-11-16T17:13:35Z")
Bram Stoker’s Dracula would be my pick. With an honorable mention to John Carpenter’s Vampires. I like the matter-of-fact brutality of the vampire-killing crew. And that master vampire is a scary dude. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/58 "2010-11-17T02:24:55Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > The BBC version with Louis Jordan (who is surprisingly effective) might be up your alley. It’s pretty well devoid of cinematic flourish–it’s shot on tape, mostly on stock sets–but the acting and execution of the script are outstanding. Thanks. I’ll seek it out. To my way of thinking, an ideal version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula would bring the quiet creepiness and building terror of _The Ring_. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/59 "2010-11-17T02:34:08Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > [_Innocent Blood_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104511/) with Anne Parillaud as the sexiest vampire ever to grace the screen and Robert Loggia as one of the scariest. Watched this on Netflix just now. Great movie, a mix of vampires and Italian mafia. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550/60 "2010-11-17T03:05:33Z")
Lost Boys. But the various opinions are reminding me just how many vampire movies I have. 🙂 BTW, there’s one I cannot recall the name of, all I recollect is a group of young guys in a car that spins out in the middle of an intersection and they end up in the dark-side of town somehow… a vampire getting (ineffectively) stabbed with formica is also floating around in the morass I call a memory… anyone care to name it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-vampire-movie/560550.md?page=4)