Yuwipi Woman
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Anyone else remember Frank Langella as the first sexy version of Dracula?
Recomend a Vampire Film
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Johnny Canuck3
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Groucho said:
In the same vein....... Count Yorga, Vampire; and Fearless Vampire Killers, by Roman Polanski.
redsquirrel
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I thought it was total and utter crap and not very original either. But I'm definatley in the minority most people seem to agree with you.stdPikachu said:
Yuwipi Woman said:
i remember that being a pretty scary version of dracula as well. doesn't get shown too often on telly unfortunately. think it's generally regarded as one of his best roles
there's also a very good bbc version of dracula which came out around the same time which is probably the closest on-screen version of the book
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
I'll add a vote for both versions of 'Nosferatu'.
The 1930 'Vampyr' by Carl Dreyer is also a beaut.
Of the all-out gothics I'd recommend:
Black Sunday (1960 aka: Mask of Satan): brilliantly atmospheric b&w Italian film from Mario Bava and starring the wonderful Barbara Steele;
Fearless Vampire Hunters (aka Dance of the Vampires): someone already mentioned this Polanski film. It's one of the most atmospheric of all despite being a comedy.
Dracula - Prince of Darkness. My personal favourite of the Hammer Chris Lee Drac series.
Dracula (1931). Because Bela Lugosi is superb and so are the scenes in Transylvania. Sadly the rest of the film is like watching a stage play. The Mexican version shot on the same sets is much better but doesn't have Lugosi.
Dracula's Great Love. A Spanish film from the 1970's starring the prolific Paul Nashy. It's dreamlike, spooky and erotic. Sometimes mislabeled as a soft-porn film (it was released on video as 'Dracula's Virgin Lovers').
Vampyres: Directed by a Spaniard in England. Sexy!
Legendary Curse of Lemora. Low budget American film. 1973? A bit like an adult fairytale.
The films of Jean Rollin. He specialised in sexy vamps cavorting around French chateaus. Very atmospheric films with great locations. You won't mind that the plots are not up to much and the dialogue is dire. Best is 'Les Frissons des Vampires'.
That's enough! There are a dozens more I could recommend. There were some particularly good ones from Europe, Mexico and even the Philippines.
The 1930 'Vampyr' by Carl Dreyer is also a beaut.
Of the all-out gothics I'd recommend:
Black Sunday (1960 aka: Mask of Satan): brilliantly atmospheric b&w Italian film from Mario Bava and starring the wonderful Barbara Steele;
Fearless Vampire Hunters (aka Dance of the Vampires): someone already mentioned this Polanski film. It's one of the most atmospheric of all despite being a comedy.
Dracula - Prince of Darkness. My personal favourite of the Hammer Chris Lee Drac series.
Dracula (1931). Because Bela Lugosi is superb and so are the scenes in Transylvania. Sadly the rest of the film is like watching a stage play. The Mexican version shot on the same sets is much better but doesn't have Lugosi.
Dracula's Great Love. A Spanish film from the 1970's starring the prolific Paul Nashy. It's dreamlike, spooky and erotic. Sometimes mislabeled as a soft-porn film (it was released on video as 'Dracula's Virgin Lovers').
Vampyres: Directed by a Spaniard in England. Sexy!
Legendary Curse of Lemora. Low budget American film. 1973? A bit like an adult fairytale.
The films of Jean Rollin. He specialised in sexy vamps cavorting around French chateaus. Very atmospheric films with great locations. You won't mind that the plots are not up to much and the dialogue is dire. Best is 'Les Frissons des Vampires'.
That's enough! There are a dozens more I could recommend. There were some particularly good ones from Europe, Mexico and even the Philippines.
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
furi0usd said:
Aye, bit like a sexy ''Carry On'' film. Great stuff!
Louloubelle
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some great ones so far
I love the oldies the best, Nosferatu and Vampyr
nobody's mentioned The Addiction, which I loved, and which was referenced in that sugababes video freak like me, a much underrated film IMO
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112288/
I loved Blade and Blade II too for obvious reasons
I love the oldies the best, Nosferatu and Vampyr
nobody's mentioned The Addiction, which I loved, and which was referenced in that sugababes video freak like me, a much underrated film IMO
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112288/
I loved Blade and Blade II too for obvious reasons
on_the_fly
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Salems Lot (original)
Louloubelle
Well-Known Member
A Chinese Ghost Story has vampires in it
Chinese vampires hop towards you when your back is turned and are frightened off with writings from the Tao
Cronos was a superior film of the genre too
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104029/
Chinese vampires hop towards you when your back is turned and are frightened off with writings from the Tao
Cronos was a superior film of the genre too
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104029/
Stobart Stopper
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Somewhere I have an old video of Nosferatu, it's a 1930's movie and it's bloody scary for it's time.
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
Louloubelle said:
I forgot that one. Wonderful film.
Ryazan said:
Nadja! I'd forgotten about Nadja! Great film. b&w.
Nadja was of course the title of a book by Andre Breton about a woman he met called Nadja. I have read the book and have seen the film but years apart. There is absolutely no realation to the book's storyline or characters and the film. But I have always wondered if parts of the dialogue in the film are taken from the book as theystruck me as I saw the film as being a little Bretonesque... I guess not but
Stobart Stopper said:
1921
It is scary. A female virgin in her white nightdress entices the count in to her bedroom to taste of her blood (only the blood of a virgin would do). She risks sacrificing herself in order to save her fiance from the clutches of the count and traps the enraptured count in her bedroom as sunlight streams in....
Beginnings:
Early silent films (are they available?)
Vampire of the Coast (1909)
The Vampire's Trail (1910)
The Vampire (1913)--Kalem film directed by Robert Vignola.
In the Grip of the Vampire (1913)
Vampires of the Night (1914)--Greene's Feature Photo Plays.
The Vampire's Trail (1914)--directed by Robert Vignola.
Vampires of Warsaw (1914)
The Vampire's Tower (1914)--Ambrosia film.
Saved From the Vampire (1914)
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
A Fool There Was (1915)--Theda Bara as predatory "Vamp."
The Vampire's Clutch (1915)--Knight film.
Was She A Vampire? (1915)--Universal film.
Kiss of the Vampire (1915)
Mr. Vampire (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)--German film directed by Arthur Robison.
A Vampire Out of Work (1916)--Vitagraph film.
A Village Vampire (1916)
The Beloved Vampire (1917)
The Vampire (1920)--Metro film.
Drakula (1921)
The Blond Vampire (1922)
Then the silent classics:
Nosferatu. 1921. Germany. d F W Murnau *****
A female virgin in her white nightdress entices the count in to her bedroom to taste of her blood (only the blood of a virgin would do). She risks sacrificing herself in order to save her fiance from the clutches of the count and traps the enraptured count in her bedroom as sunlight streams in....
Vampyr. 1932. Germany/France. ****
Atmospheric wonder.
The Universal US Dracula series.
Dracula 1931 d Tod Browning. Staring Bela Lugosi. "The strangest love a woman has ever known ... a livid face bent over her in a ghostly mist." ****
Dracula's Daughter. 1936. ****
Son of Dracula. 1943. **
House of Dracula. 1945 Count Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster.
The Hammer (UK) series:
Dracula. 1958 ****Stars Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. Original Hammer and introducing the Lee/Cushing double act.
Brides of Dracula. 1960. Cushing but no Lee.*** (A disciple of Dracula rampages in a school for girls)
Kiss of the Vampire. 1964. * Great ending. A disciple of Dracula. No Lee or Cushing.
Dracula Prince of Darkness. 1966. ** Lee but no Cushing.
Dracula has risen from the Grave. 1968. Lee but no Cushing. **
Taste the Blood of Dracula. 1970. Lee but no Cushing. *
Scars of Dracula. 1970. Christopher Lee. Dennis Waterman. *
Countess Dracula. 1970. Not really a vampire film, but based on the (real life) tales of Elizabeth Bathory, the 16thC noble woman who bathed in the blood of virgins. Ingrid Pitt stars.
The Vampire Lovers. 1970. ***** With Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing and George Cole. Based on Camilla, Sheridan Le Fanu's tale of a lesbian vampire. "Even the dead can love."
Lust for a Vampire. 1970. **** A beautiful female vampire runs amock in a finishing school in Transylvania.
Vampire Circus. 1971 ***** In 1825 a circus arrives in a plague ridden Serbian village bringing the curse of the Vampire. Features Adrienne Corri (A clockwork Orange), Dave Prouse (Star wars), Lala ward (Dr Who) "One lust feeds the other."
Twins of Evil. 1971 ***** Peter Cushing is excellent as fanatical witch burning puritan, Uncle Gustav looking after two orphaned twins who become vampires. The twins are played by Mary and Madleine Collinson, the first identical twins to have a Playboy centrefold. Apparently.
Dracula AD 1972. 1972. *** Lee/Cushing. Lee didn't approve of the modern setting where Chelsea teenagers bring forth Dracula from his grave during a black magic ritual. "The count is back with an eye for London's hot pants, and a taste for everything!"
The Stanic Rites of Dracula. 1973 Lee/Cushing. **
Other films:
Dracula. 1931. Spanish version of the Universal classic. Same set. More atmospheric filmic qualities but no Lugosi.
The Return of the Vampire. 1943. US. * Spoiled by a poor cameo by the Wolfman.
The Return of Dracula. 1958 US.
The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon me, your teeth are in my neck. 1967. US. *** d Polanski. Intentionally comic but still scary. (UK title Dance of the Vampires)
Le Viol du Vampire. 1968 * Jean Rollin's first feature. Fetishistic erotiscism.
The Naked Vampire. France. 1969.
House of Dark Shadows. 1970. US. * A vampire seeks a cure.
Count Yorga Vampire. 1970. US * Los Angeles teenagers terrrised by European vampire.
Les Frisson Des Vampires. ** France. 1970. Jean Rolin's inferior Hammer inspired erotic vampire yarn.
The Return of Count Yorga. 1971. US.
Requem for a Vampire. France. Jean Rollin. Not seen it. 1971
Dracula verses Frankenstein. 1971 Aliens invade the Earth and revive Dracula and Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy. And the Werewolf. Not seen it, sounds awful! and 1972. Dracula; prisoner of Frankenstein.
Vampyros Lesbos. Germany/Spain. ***1971. Lesbian vampires.
Blacula. US.1972. * spoof.
Lips of Blood. 1972. France. Jean Rollin. Not seen it yet.
Bloodsuckers. GB. 1972 *** "The night is young...and lusting for blood." Patrick McNee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Mower, Edward Woodward. Cushing has a small part. The cut scene is the best one (available on dvd). From the Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear Scarlet.
Dracula. 1974. Italy. aka Andy Wharhol's Dracula. Paul Morrissey's version. ***
Vampiria. 1974. Silly spoof.
Vampyres. 1974. Lesbian vampires erotic horror.
Martin. US. 1978. ** Vampire kid...or not.
Dracula's Dog. US. 1979. A vampire dog...
Nosferatu the Vampyre. (Nosferatu. Phantom der Nacht) 1979. W Germany/France. Starring Klaus Kinski as the vampyre. ***
Dracula. 1979 ** camp.
Love at First Bite. US. 1979. Spoof.
Salem's Lot. 1979. ** Two part TV series hacked to film length. Stars David Soul. Stephen King story. Recently remade.
The Hunger. 1983. Sex and rock.
Vamp. 1986. Silly.
The Lost Boys. 1987. ** Teenage vampires.
Near Dark. 1987. Cowboy vampires.
The Lair of the White Worm. 1988. *** Ken Russell. Bram Stoker's lesser Vampire novel.
Vampires in Venice. * Italy. 1988. Features Klaus Kinski.
Cronos. Mexico. 1992. **** Marvelous and imaginative. Vampire as capitalist.
Bram Stokers Dracula. 1992. *** Capola's version. Stylish, good music. Gary Oldman as a cool Dracula, Anthony Hopkins excellent Van Helsing plus Winona Rider.
Innocent Blood. ** US. 1992. A good female vampire assists the police in tracking down a vampire hoodlum she made.
Vampire Cop. 1993. Female cop tracks down vampire but she is bitten...
Interview with a Vampire. US. 1994. ***** From the Anne Rice book. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt but don't let that put you off. Shit sequal though.
Dracula Dead and Loving It. US. 1995 Comedy, pile of poo. Mel Brooks.
Vampire in Brooklyn. US. 1995.
The Addiction. US 1995. bw. A philosophy student turns vampire. Not seen it, sounds good.
Nadja. US. 1995. *** "Hurry, the dead travel fast." bw Great mood, interesting dialogue.
From Dusk till Dawn. US 1995. * Tarantino enters vampire territory.
John Carpenter's Vampires. 1998 *
Blade. US 1998. Stars Wesney Snipes. Half vampire human battles vampire hoards. Awful action adventure. Sequals too.
Shadow of the Vampire. 2001 **** John Malcovitch, Willem Deffoe. Background to the filming of Nosefratu where the vampire is played by a real nosferatu.
Dracula 2002 US 2000.
Jesus Christ Vampire hunter. 2001
Vampires Los Muertos US 2002. Sequal to Carpenter's Vampires.
Don't mention the dreadful Van Helsing ...
Early silent films (are they available?)
Vampire of the Coast (1909)
The Vampire's Trail (1910)
The Vampire (1913)--Kalem film directed by Robert Vignola.
In the Grip of the Vampire (1913)
Vampires of the Night (1914)--Greene's Feature Photo Plays.
The Vampire's Trail (1914)--directed by Robert Vignola.
Vampires of Warsaw (1914)
The Vampire's Tower (1914)--Ambrosia film.
Saved From the Vampire (1914)
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
A Fool There Was (1915)--Theda Bara as predatory "Vamp."
The Vampire's Clutch (1915)--Knight film.
Was She A Vampire? (1915)--Universal film.
Kiss of the Vampire (1915)
Mr. Vampire (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)--German film directed by Arthur Robison.
A Vampire Out of Work (1916)--Vitagraph film.
A Village Vampire (1916)
The Beloved Vampire (1917)
The Vampire (1920)--Metro film.
Drakula (1921)
The Blond Vampire (1922)
Then the silent classics:
Nosferatu. 1921. Germany. d F W Murnau *****
A female virgin in her white nightdress entices the count in to her bedroom to taste of her blood (only the blood of a virgin would do). She risks sacrificing herself in order to save her fiance from the clutches of the count and traps the enraptured count in her bedroom as sunlight streams in....
Vampyr. 1932. Germany/France. ****
Atmospheric wonder.
The Universal US Dracula series.
Dracula 1931 d Tod Browning. Staring Bela Lugosi. "The strangest love a woman has ever known ... a livid face bent over her in a ghostly mist." ****
Dracula's Daughter. 1936. ****
Son of Dracula. 1943. **
House of Dracula. 1945 Count Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster.
The Hammer (UK) series:
Dracula. 1958 ****Stars Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. Original Hammer and introducing the Lee/Cushing double act.
Brides of Dracula. 1960. Cushing but no Lee.*** (A disciple of Dracula rampages in a school for girls)
Kiss of the Vampire. 1964. * Great ending. A disciple of Dracula. No Lee or Cushing.
Dracula Prince of Darkness. 1966. ** Lee but no Cushing.
Dracula has risen from the Grave. 1968. Lee but no Cushing. **
Taste the Blood of Dracula. 1970. Lee but no Cushing. *
Scars of Dracula. 1970. Christopher Lee. Dennis Waterman. *
Countess Dracula. 1970. Not really a vampire film, but based on the (real life) tales of Elizabeth Bathory, the 16thC noble woman who bathed in the blood of virgins. Ingrid Pitt stars.
The Vampire Lovers. 1970. ***** With Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing and George Cole. Based on Camilla, Sheridan Le Fanu's tale of a lesbian vampire. "Even the dead can love."
Lust for a Vampire. 1970. **** A beautiful female vampire runs amock in a finishing school in Transylvania.
Vampire Circus. 1971 ***** In 1825 a circus arrives in a plague ridden Serbian village bringing the curse of the Vampire. Features Adrienne Corri (A clockwork Orange), Dave Prouse (Star wars), Lala ward (Dr Who) "One lust feeds the other."
Twins of Evil. 1971 ***** Peter Cushing is excellent as fanatical witch burning puritan, Uncle Gustav looking after two orphaned twins who become vampires. The twins are played by Mary and Madleine Collinson, the first identical twins to have a Playboy centrefold. Apparently.
Dracula AD 1972. 1972. *** Lee/Cushing. Lee didn't approve of the modern setting where Chelsea teenagers bring forth Dracula from his grave during a black magic ritual. "The count is back with an eye for London's hot pants, and a taste for everything!"
The Stanic Rites of Dracula. 1973 Lee/Cushing. **
Other films:
Dracula. 1931. Spanish version of the Universal classic. Same set. More atmospheric filmic qualities but no Lugosi.
The Return of the Vampire. 1943. US. * Spoiled by a poor cameo by the Wolfman.
The Return of Dracula. 1958 US.
The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon me, your teeth are in my neck. 1967. US. *** d Polanski. Intentionally comic but still scary. (UK title Dance of the Vampires)
Le Viol du Vampire. 1968 * Jean Rollin's first feature. Fetishistic erotiscism.
The Naked Vampire. France. 1969.
House of Dark Shadows. 1970. US. * A vampire seeks a cure.
Count Yorga Vampire. 1970. US * Los Angeles teenagers terrrised by European vampire.
Les Frisson Des Vampires. ** France. 1970. Jean Rolin's inferior Hammer inspired erotic vampire yarn.
The Return of Count Yorga. 1971. US.
Requem for a Vampire. France. Jean Rollin. Not seen it. 1971
Dracula verses Frankenstein. 1971 Aliens invade the Earth and revive Dracula and Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy. And the Werewolf. Not seen it, sounds awful! and 1972. Dracula; prisoner of Frankenstein.
Vampyros Lesbos. Germany/Spain. ***1971. Lesbian vampires.
Blacula. US.1972. * spoof.
Lips of Blood. 1972. France. Jean Rollin. Not seen it yet.
Bloodsuckers. GB. 1972 *** "The night is young...and lusting for blood." Patrick McNee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Mower, Edward Woodward. Cushing has a small part. The cut scene is the best one (available on dvd). From the Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear Scarlet.
Dracula. 1974. Italy. aka Andy Wharhol's Dracula. Paul Morrissey's version. ***
Vampiria. 1974. Silly spoof.
Vampyres. 1974. Lesbian vampires erotic horror.
Martin. US. 1978. ** Vampire kid...or not.
Dracula's Dog. US. 1979. A vampire dog...
Nosferatu the Vampyre. (Nosferatu. Phantom der Nacht) 1979. W Germany/France. Starring Klaus Kinski as the vampyre. ***
Dracula. 1979 ** camp.
Love at First Bite. US. 1979. Spoof.
Salem's Lot. 1979. ** Two part TV series hacked to film length. Stars David Soul. Stephen King story. Recently remade.
The Hunger. 1983. Sex and rock.
Vamp. 1986. Silly.
The Lost Boys. 1987. ** Teenage vampires.
Near Dark. 1987. Cowboy vampires.
The Lair of the White Worm. 1988. *** Ken Russell. Bram Stoker's lesser Vampire novel.
Vampires in Venice. * Italy. 1988. Features Klaus Kinski.
Cronos. Mexico. 1992. **** Marvelous and imaginative. Vampire as capitalist.
Bram Stokers Dracula. 1992. *** Capola's version. Stylish, good music. Gary Oldman as a cool Dracula, Anthony Hopkins excellent Van Helsing plus Winona Rider.
Innocent Blood. ** US. 1992. A good female vampire assists the police in tracking down a vampire hoodlum she made.
Vampire Cop. 1993. Female cop tracks down vampire but she is bitten...
Interview with a Vampire. US. 1994. ***** From the Anne Rice book. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt but don't let that put you off. Shit sequal though.
Dracula Dead and Loving It. US. 1995 Comedy, pile of poo. Mel Brooks.
Vampire in Brooklyn. US. 1995.
The Addiction. US 1995. bw. A philosophy student turns vampire. Not seen it, sounds good.
Nadja. US. 1995. *** "Hurry, the dead travel fast." bw Great mood, interesting dialogue.
From Dusk till Dawn. US 1995. * Tarantino enters vampire territory.
John Carpenter's Vampires. 1998 *
Blade. US 1998. Stars Wesney Snipes. Half vampire human battles vampire hoards. Awful action adventure. Sequals too.
Shadow of the Vampire. 2001 **** John Malcovitch, Willem Deffoe. Background to the filming of Nosefratu where the vampire is played by a real nosferatu.
Dracula 2002 US 2000.
Jesus Christ Vampire hunter. 2001
Vampires Los Muertos US 2002. Sequal to Carpenter's Vampires.
Don't mention the dreadful Van Helsing ...
Louloubelle
Well-Known Member
The Addiction is missing from that list
Some people thought it pretentious, a lot of the dialogue is reflections on philosophy and the nature of evil, but the B&W shots are beautifully composed, the acting is incredible and, if you enjoy the philosophical musings, it's a truly great film.
There's also the brilliant and truly frightening graduation scene, as later referenced in the nightclub scene in Blade and the Freak Like Me Video.
review with spoilers here
http://www.walkenworks.com/addiction.html
It was shot in just 20 days too!
Some people thought it pretentious, a lot of the dialogue is reflections on philosophy and the nature of evil, but the B&W shots are beautifully composed, the acting is incredible and, if you enjoy the philosophical musings, it's a truly great film.
There's also the brilliant and truly frightening graduation scene, as later referenced in the nightclub scene in Blade and the Freak Like Me Video.
review with spoilers here
http://www.walkenworks.com/addiction.html
It was shot in just 20 days too!
Louloubelle said:The Addiction is missing from that list
Some people thought it pretentious, a lot of the dialogue is reflections on philosophy and the nature of evil, but the B&W shots are beautifully composed, the acting is incredible and, if you enjoy the philosophical musings, it's a truly great film.
There's also the brilliant and truly frightening graduation scene, as later referenced in the nightclub scene in Blade and the Freak Like Me Video.
review with spoilers here
http://www.walkenworks.com/addiction.html
It was shot in just 20 days too!
Never heard of it. There's bound to be loads missing.
I have a copy of Jean Rollin's Le Viol du Vampire that I missed off too. 1968 bw. A melodrama in two parts. It was made as a short but was expanded. A problem with that is that much of the cast die at the end of the short and so are then brought back to life. "A masterpiece of the bizaare, mixing blood, a naked woman in a convertable, coffins and some fencing, semi-naked nymphs in a fragmented melee." Actually the 'nymphs' are wearing see through nighties and are fencing in front of a bonfire and the woman vampire in the convertable is not completely naked.
Edit to add: I got sidetracked by the naked women, and forgot to say that the reason I mentioned Le Viol... is because the film supposedly mixes existentialism and vampirism too.
)Groucho said:Nadja! I'd forgotten about Nadja! Great film. b&w.
Nadja was of course the title of a book by Andre Breton about a woman he met called Nadja. I have read the book and have seen the film but years apart. There is absolutely no realation to the book's storyline or characters and the film. But I have always wondered if parts of the dialogue in the film are taken from the book as theystruck me as I saw the film as being a little Bretonesque... I guess not but
I do not know mate, only know that is is one of the best vampire films I have seen.
Wee Beastie
calling all vegetables
Oh, and the chinese one: Mr Vampire.
