Vampire films

Edited by moshkito - September 21 2020 at 13:00

dr wu23 wrote: From that list..probably The Horror of Dracula with Christopher Lee.....a great Dracula...but Bram Stokers Dracula with Oldman is excellent. My guilty pleasure up there is Lair Of the White Worm which I never thought of as a vampire film but it';s good fun.....with a part with Peter Capaldi who we know later did Dr Who.

Christopher Lee Is a absolute magnificent actor add. Vincent Price and Peter Cushion superb talented trio...
Hammer House Of Horrors: movies are absolute favourites of mine...

You know which one took my vote

Atavachron wrote: Logan wrote: What an amazing character Christopher Lee was in so many ways. And with him in The Man With The Golden Gun, I had thought of a little spin-off called "The Man with the Superfluous Mammalian Gland that Is a Nipple". Catchy title, I thought. It was called Fantasy Island .

"Look boss, da plane, da plane" (Tattoo).

"Welcome to Fantasy Island" (Mr. Roarke).
"How do you like my island, Mr Bond?" (Scaramanga).

Christopher Lee on an island with three nipples and a little man-servant could sound like a dream come true to some, but those nipples and servant are potentially deadly.

I wrote a rather humorous -- humour being in the eye of the beholder -- and long treatise many years ago for a defunct site comparing the Man With the Golden Gun and Fantasy Island (and also comparing those to The Prisoner). Obviously both take place on islands, both have Hervé Villechaize looking much the same as Nick Nack and Tattoo and in in similar positions, Ricardo "Khannnnnn!" Montalban and Christoper Lee''s characters have definite similarities (in build, fashion sense, greyinging sideburn area, and more, and I find both sinister) both feature planes and both deal in fantasy -- one where the fantasy fulfillment involves the island's host killing the guest, and the other where the island's host is providing fantasy-fulfillment for the guests.

Mr. Roarke with Tattoo vs. Scaramanga with Nick Nick, now that could be a duel between titans... my man-servant against yours. By the way, man-servant can refer to a part of the male anatomy, so I should stop saying that.





Speaking of vampires and fantasy island, there was an episode of Fantasy Island called "Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn".



And I watched the Buck Rogers vampire episode again the other night (recorded off MeTV -- two favourites from their sci-fi night for me being The Invaders and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).



Edited by Logan - August 28 2020 at 14:13

Blacksword wrote: From the list, Let the Right one in. If that's the original Swedish version.. I'm guessing it is.

It most definitely is. I think the remake is called Let Me In. I haven't seen the remake and don't plan to -- well, I think I caught a bit of it.

I really enjoyed "Shadow of the Vampire" when I watched it, but only up to a certain scene in which the character Gustav von Wangenheim uses the word "Scheißkopf". This totally ruined the movie for me. "Scheißkopf" is not a German word at all; no German would ever use it. The word is nothing but a literal and false translation of "sh*thead" into German. A German would say "Scheißkerl", which literally translates as "sh*t guy". When this word was used it totally ruined the credibility of the movie for me.

Love Hammer. Dracula for me will always be Lee pursued by Cushings Van Helsing.

^ My favourite film with Christopher Lee is the one in my avatar, and he loved that film. The Wicker Man for those that don't know it. What an amazing character Christopher Lee was in so many ways. And with him in The Man With The Golden Gun, I had thought of a little spin-off called "The Man with the Superfluous Mammalian Gland that Is a Nipple". Catchy title, I thought.

Francisco Scaramanga: "A duel between titans... my third nipple against your Walther PPK."
James Bond: "What, your three nipples against my six bullets?"
Francisco Scaramanga: "I only need the third one, Mr. Bond."

The original dialogue:

Francisco Scaramanga: "A duel between titans... my golden gun against your Walther PPK."
James Bond: "One bullet against my six?"
Francisco Scaramanga: "I only need one, Mr. Bond."

Bond and big Lee fans will know that Scaramanga as played by the amazing Christopher Lee had three nipples (a superfluous mammalian gland, a supernumerary (third) nipple), as well as a golden gun which took only one bullet.   

I just watched Bram Stoker's Dracula again last night, and now I feel kind of bad leaving it off the list, still feel Keanu Reeves performance to be as wooden as a stake through the heart.

Good call on Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr, Morningrise, which I have seen.
Obviously I only have so many spaces and am going to leave some off, but for such a classic that is an odd omission despite only posting films I have seen.

Edited by Logan - August 08 2020 at 12:19

Horror Of Dracula (1958) got my vote i also like the movie “Untold Story”

Went with From Dusk to Dawn. I'm much more of a Frankenstein fan then Dracula/Vampires.

Shadowyzard wrote: I guess the Polanski movie you're talking about is not one of the ones that I mentioned. ...