Let the right one in - best vampire movie ever

[A Very Super Market]

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"

[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

[August]

[Bill Nichols]

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.

[stabiz]

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

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]

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]

Originally Posted by August

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

[Frame57]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

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?

[August]

That's no Knights Cross:

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

That's no Knights Cross:

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

[August]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

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

:rotfl:

[Frame57]

Ditto...:rotfl:

[Onkel Neal]

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

[Jimbuna]

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]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Interview with the vampire;

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

Tom Cruise with Brad Pitt

Great book, crappy movie.