Movies and Vampires

[MechaTamago]

So lately any movie I watch, I always see some kind of trailer for a vampire movie. I don't know about you, but I am pretty sick and tired of all these movies coming out trying to piggy back the success of that one movie based on that one book, you know the one. I mean can anyone here really go into a movie theater without seeing a movie trailer that isn't promoting vampires? There are other horrific monsters out there too like Frankenstein and Swamp Creatures. I am not sure if this is the right forum for this but if its not I am sorry in advance.

[chefofdeath]

true that man its some big vampire Craze its all thanks to Twilight i guess ..... and with Stanley from xmen buying some anime co. is making some weird anime with someone with Wolverines Claws and some wat looks like a vampire i think fighting Spirits i dont know but that trailer was so fast and didnt really show much of anything ill put up a link if i can find it again

[Loki]

they are many vampire movies made yearly, even before twilight sent little girls flocking to the cinema.

you are just more aware of it now.

[Kanashimi]

Yeah, vampires has always been a big thing. They just seem to be in the lime-light more after Twilight. Don't catch me watching any of them, maybe Daybreakers... maybe... Naaaah

[MechaTamago]

Yeah, vampires has always been a big thing. They just seem to be in the lime-light more after Twilight. Don't catch me watching any of them, maybe Daybreakers... maybe... Naaaah

I am going to hate myself saying this, but I am actually curious about that movie...for some reason I want to watch it...be right back going to get blessed by a priest.:awesome:

[Oni]

Gah, should I even bring up the TV programmes based upon Vampires that come out these days? Liek True Blood.

My god, just watch pornography or something. It'll get the job done faster.

[HezaaChan]

As much as I like vampires (but not Twilight, I'm afraid) Hellsing is my limit. I can't actually stand movie violence so I tend to stay away from any horror/action film involving vampires. Too much fake blood makes me feel sick :S

[FFHellDragon]

Daybreakers don't look too bad.

I'm not really into the whole Vampire movie thing, Its not my fav theme anyways.

My friend dragged me to see Twilight and New Moon when they were out, In twilight i almost died, But i have to admit that New moon wasn't too bad mostly cause there were werewolves and we weren't always following the vampires. but still...bleh xD

[Kanashimi]

I really like older vampire movies such as Interview With The Vampire, which was made out of a lot of win. There's too many emo-tastic vampire movies or ones attempting to be "cool". I dislike that whole super power stereotype is all.

[FFHellDragon]

I really like older vampire movies such as Interview With The Vampire, which was made out of a lot of win. There's too many emo-tastic vampire movies or ones attempting to be "cool". I dislike that whole super power stereotype is all.

Agrees

Older kept close enough to a traditional vampire but the newer ones try to add something that will attract our generation, trying to get it "hip" or cool!....fail =/

[黒と赤「KUROtoAKA」]

Classifying Twilight as a vampire movie is probably an insult to the genre (or sub-genre, or whatever). Anyway, I've never been a real fan of vampire movies, not that I don't like them, I just never had any preference for them. Though, I'm kind of interested in seeing Daybreakers. It seems it may be a breath of fresh air after Twilight's massacre of the vampire image. Vampires were never meant to sparkle in the sunlight.

[FFHellDragon]

Sparkles is the worst thing they did -_-

[Oni]

Stephanie Meyer can't write, everyone knows that.

[ImagineBreaker]

Mate i cannot agree more on the original post here.

BUT ITS WORSE THEN JUST MOVIES

Now there's friggin crappy TV series!!!!!!!
True Blood? ITS CRAP
then theres the other crapper ones which i dont want to know the names.


WHEN WILL IT END, I DONT LIKE TEAM EDWARD OR JACOB.

[chefofdeath]

i good and new twist to a vampire movie is one that i saw called thirst

[Kanashimi]

Stephanie Meyer can't write, everyone knows that.

The King Of Horror said it himself.

King said in an interview with USA Weekend (http://blogs.usaweekend.com/), "Both [J.K.] Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good." --- Source (http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=9440)

And Stephen King can do no wrong.

[FFHellDragon]

Stephen King FTW!

Now he knows how to write GOOD books!

[HezaaChan]

The King Of Horror said it himself.

And Stephen King can do no wrong.



What shocked me the most when I read the article on that, was the many misspelled comments saying "Hoo is dis Stephen King guy?"
I died inside a little when I read those :S

How can you not know who he is?

[FFHellDragon]

What shocked me the most when I read the article on that, was the many misspelled comments saying "Hoo is dis Stephen King guy?"
I died inside a little when I read those :S

How can you not know who he is?

Unfortunately Many are like that.

About 80% of the people i know at school don't know who he is. :sigh:

I guess its because most of em don't read XD

[Kercon]

For last time most of Vampire movies == Bloody movies
Don't know why maybe cuz they are blood but not scary T_T.
I was never scared of vampire movies but they were beater I think fev years in past f

[MechaTamago]

The King Of Horror said it himself.



And Stephen King can do no wrong.


If Stephen King said it, it must be true:durhur:

We need more writers like him

[FFHellDragon]

If Stephen King said it, it must be true:durhur:

We need more writers like him

This one speaks wisdom :awesome:

[XIamSogekingX]

Sometimes you just got to fear for the generation coming up. They don't even try to look back anymore, if it's not in their face, it didn't exist for them.

[FFHellDragon]

Sometimes you just got to fear for the generation coming up. They don't even try to look back anymore, if it's not in their face, it didn't exist for them.

Worrying indeed.

I suppose its our job to make sure the legends stay and not fade

[XIamSogekingX]

Worrying indeed.

I suppose its our job to make sure the legends stay and not fade


Agreed, whenever I get a chance I always bring up those nostalgic moments.

[FFHellDragon]

Agreed, whenever I get a chance I always bring up those nostalgic moments.

Haha same xD

Woo go us :awesome:

[Shin_No_Kokoro]

It begs to be mentioned tho even not related to Vampire that edward alan poe was one of the best writers of horror ever. He prayed upon the humans most basic fears like when u feel some1 is right behind and u turn around to find nothin wich only makes u more scared kinda thing. He was truly a genius

[FFHellDragon]

Sounds awesome

[Loki]

Edgar Allan Poe is epic... Steven King is good... but i could never read another one of his books after Bag Of Bones.. i am scared they would never live up to the mind f--k.

Orson Scott Card is my favorite author hands down for the Ender series and The Maker series.

I read twilight, bad writing, fun story, shitty ending.

True Blood and Vampire Diaries come from awesome books. Actually enjoying the TV series (Sookie)

Favourite Vampire movies tho are

John Carpenter's Vampires
Horror of Dracula
Interview with a Vampire
Bram Stoker's Dracula.


One of the best work of writting horror was done by a young Mary Shelly tho.

[Bonediddly]

One of the best work of writting horror was done by a young Mary Shelly tho.

I'd call Frankenstein more of a tragedy than a horror story.

[TheGreatMoof]

http://applegeeks.com/comics/issue552.jpg
I think we can all agree this is awesome and completely true.

Hilarious webcomics on the matter aside, I just think the big vampire craze is just the latest in the Hollywood Undead Cycle that I've noticed. In 1999, The Mummy series started out and was sort of "the thing" for a bit. And then in 2004, we got that Dawn of the Dead remake which triggered a wave of zombie apocalypse films. And then shortly thereafter, we got Van Helsing and the Underworld movies which had a big focus on werewolf fiction but also started the new vampire cycle, which is sort of where we are right now.

Way I sees it, this is the kind of cycle we're gonna be going through. Once the vampire thing is really played out, we'll move onto something else and then eventually mummies, werewolves and then vampires again.

[victorious0702]

I think that if a movie is about vampires than it should be a horror/mystery. Unless its a Rosario Vampire movie than it should just be about harems and hot girls.

[Force-A-Nature]

I loved Blade and Underworld. Interesting modern twists on how vampires evolved and adapted to the present day.

All these new movies aren't badass in any such ways (maybe besides daybreakers, but I've yet to watch it). They're all soppy love stories. Which I wouldn't mind, as long as they're harems like stated above. But they aren't. They're reversed. Which just makes me loose the ** that most badass vampires make me get. (no ** to stuff like Blade).

What I wanna see is a Vampire story about trafficking black market blood between mafias. Would be cash.

[Zero Gravity]

I think Twilight ruined the whole image of Vampires...

i can't watch them anymore...

[Shin_No_Kokoro]

I couldnt agree more. Since the twilight series came out i just wanna show em the nosferatu film of the silent era and then be like "You see?? now thats a vampire!!"

[Shadowblade Edge]

I couldnt agree more. Since the twilight series came out i just wanna show em the nosferatu film of the silent era and then be like "You see?? now thats a vampire!!"

Le McSigh. People need to stop saying crap like this, because the people who do don't know what they're talking about. They aren't trying to do the same thing at all. You're free not to like it, but try doing so for an actual reason.

[Shin_No_Kokoro]

Well ive read all the twilight books and saw the two movies, I didnt like the endings or the plot development of either and it just kept gettin cornier and cornier maybe its just me. Anyways all im saying is that i personally didnt like it

[Tempest Wind]

Despite all the pain that Twilight has put most people through, I think it opened doors for vampire fiction to get published more easily. Publishers see that it's popular, so they more readily publish titles that would normally be overlooked. I think it's a fabulous opportunity for authors to get their words out there.

That being said, a good portion of vampire fiction that I've found is still crap. In all my excitement, I bought a book where the first few pages were racy and marvelous and had nothing to do with vampires. Now that I'm several chapters into the book, I'm trapped with a Mary Sue protagonist, and all the original flare of the first few pages is gone and buried beneath pages of descriptions about clothing and wealth and blood wine. (Eugh.)

Still, some of these vampire movies don't look too awful at all. I've been told by a friend that the Vampire's Apprentice is an excellent book series, and it makes my inner-LARPer pleased to see so many interesting takes on vampires and werewolves now.

[ace8489]

The lost boys best vampire movie ever end of story.

[Jubilee]

I love Stephen King...he's my favorite author....Dark Tower is one of the most amazing series I've ever read...
But! On the topic of Vampires...I feel the series in a decline. I hate it when Hollywood decides to take a small sub culture thing and pop it into the limeline, insulting the said sub culture in the process. It would be a different story if Twilight was actually a story worth telling, but it isn't. It's more dirty piggy capialist junk! It makes me cry inside when horror is insulted in such a way. There is a difference in making fun of vampires, and destroying them. It saddens me that when I start a discussion about horror, it somehow always loops to vampires...which is now looping to Twilight. Sigh, all the years as a horror buff and this is what I get @.@ ....

Salems' Lot is Win for Vampires
(The Shining is my personal favorite SK book ^-^)
And Count Chocula is win as well :wink:

[twillÿ]

Although I'm not a big vampire fan myself, I will say this...

Bram Stoker's Dracula was an amazing piece of work. I don't even really like Keanu Reeves much, but that didn't even hold that movie down. Gary Oldman, on the other hand, did a fantastic job as Dracula, imo.

I understand the original poster and their disdain for so many vampire flicks popping up, but then again, what genre hasn't been overdone. Not many people these days are breaking the mold with new ideas, so we get to sit in this slump. Time for some brainclouds in Hollywood to start appearing and thinking more of the movie than the money...heh, as if that will ever happen. :rolleyes:

[Parthmakeo]

Bah. Vampire movies have going down the "Non-accurate path" for a bit...and it just makes me want to go to Hot Topic, pull out a Twilight Book and rip each page out while saying "This page Sucks" to each one. Then after i would say "Screw Team Edward and Team Jacob. Give me Team Lugosi!"

Yes even the 1992 version of Dracula looked better. I don't mind a new Frankenstein movie with some heartwarming moments till the big chase into the windmill but don't make him kiss a girl. Or maybe i can make Twilight again but this time, the first time they kiss, the vampire would drink there blood and Laugh at there corpse.

And indeed Lugosi is my most loved Dracula http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000509/
"I don't Drink... Vine."

[Tyto]

I'd love to see a television series that more or less repaints the setting of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein into a modern setting. Although then it'd more or less be a live action series of Urasawa's Monster, only sans the many many side characters.