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A Very Super Market 01-03-09 11:10 PM

Nosferatu made me laugh hysterically as a child, partly because he looked so funny, and partly because my dad had left in fast foward like an old-fashioned comedy. Vampires, unfortunately are no longer scary to most people, so the genre is dead. Apart from sappy teen "literature" :shifty:

UnderseaLcpl 01-04-09 04:58 AM

I think I might actually rent that movie someday. There are a lot of really good foreign films that don't get the credit they deserve, and I don't mean films like Das Boot, which a disturbingly large number of people don't appreciate. I mean films with mainstream appeal that don't require the average American to be aware of the exsistence of a historical event that didn't happen during their lifetime.

This movie appears to feature the more subtle elements of vampirism. Does it? I seriously cannot take another second of some idiot attempting to kill a vampire with a wooden stake or a suitably applied cross when a shotgun would easily do the trick. If you blow a vampire's head off, it can't even see you, let alone bite you, right? How is it going to chase you if it only has one leg, or you split it in half? IMO, in most action-horror flicks, whatever the genre, there is a serious lack of appropriate resource use on the part of the victims. Moreover, there is the consistent failure of "defenseless" female victims to be able to run without falling and/or cornering themselves.

As long as this film doesn't have much of that garbage, I'm in:up:

August 01-04-09 09:04 AM

http://ils.unc.edu/dpr/path/horrorfilms/dracula.jpg

Bill Nichols 01-04-09 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBrauerHour
Speaking of Vampires, anyone else read "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova?

http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/in...ok_number=1589

I thought it was a good blend of History and fiction. Though it is kinda long, it read fast for me. I actually earned a bit about Eastern Europe.

I read it and enjoyed it a lot. Looking forward to whatever else Kostova publishes.

:know:

stabiz 01-04-09 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
I think I might actually rent that movie someday. There are a lot of really good foreign films that don't get the credit they deserve, and I don't mean films like Das Boot, which a disturbingly large number of people don't appreciate. I mean films with mainstream appeal that don't require the average American to be aware of the exsistence of a historical event that didn't happen during their lifetime.

This movie appears to feature the more subtle elements of vampirism. Does it? I seriously cannot take another second of some idiot attempting to kill a vampire with a wooden stake or a suitably applied cross when a shotgun would easily do the trick. If you blow a vampire's head off, it can't even see you, let alone bite you, right? How is it going to chase you if it only has one leg, or you split it in half? IMO, in most action-horror flicks, whatever the genre, there is a serious lack of appropriate resource use on the part of the victims. Moreover, there is the consistent failure of "defenseless" female victims to be able to run without falling and/or cornering themselves.

As long as this film doesn't have much of that garbage, I'm in:up:

I can assure you, it has none of that garbage. It doesnt even have ONE (1) Boooooo!-I was-right-behind-you-but-decided-to-wait-for-the-music-to-calm-down-before-attacking-moment. And I agree, lots of really good foreign movies get lost in the world of blockbusters.

kurtz 01-04-09 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
My personal favorite is still Fright Night. "Mom, our neighbor's a vampire!"

How about The Lost Boys,"Michael you're a vampire a ---- sucking vampire, wait 'till mother finds out!"

Jimbuna 01-04-09 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I wonder where he got his Knights Cross from :hmm:

Frame57 01-04-09 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna
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Originally Posted by August

I wonder where he got his Knights Cross from :hmm:

Seeing that Vampires are old at least ole Drac there. I would guess maybe from king Arthur?:D

August 01-04-09 04:58 PM

That's no Knights Cross:

http://img.costumecraze.com/images/v...16202-main.jpg

Jimbuna 01-04-09 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by August

It must be....he only wears it at knight :hmm:

August 01-04-09 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna
It must be....he only wears it at knight :hmm:

:rotfl:

Frame57 01-05-09 12:24 PM

Ditto...:rotfl:

Onkel Neal 01-05-09 12:33 PM

Wasn't Tom Cruise in avampire movie?... oh, nevermind :rotfl:

Jimbuna 01-06-09 03:07 PM

Interview with the vampire;

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/


Actually, I know a vampire who collects mirrors.
I don't know what he sees in them, to be honest! :hmm:

sharkbit 01-07-09 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Interview with the vampire;

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/


Tom Cruise with Brad Pitt :roll:

Great book, crappy movie.
:)


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