ALL KINDS OF VAMPIRES
I liked her right away. She was wearing a black evening dress and spiked high heels shoes and she had a bottle of blackberry brandy in her purse. She looked like an ancient vampire countess who was definitely on a mission to capture my soul.
Dee Dee Ramone - Please Kill Me
1/8
BRAM STOCKERS DRACULA (1992)
Genre: Horror/Romance
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves
Summary:
When Elisabeta commits suicide, an enraged Vlad Dracula swears to avenge her death.
Things take a turn when he meets Mina and takes her to be the reincarnation of Elisabeta.
Reasons to Watch
The costumes!!!
Scene from Bram Stokers Dracula
1/8
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1994)
Genre: Horror/Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kristen Dunst
Summary:
After the death of his wife and daughter, Spanish lord Louis is turned into a vampire by Lestat de Lioncourt. To keep Louis by his side, Lestat converts a plague-ridden girl.
Scene from Interview with a Vampire
1/8
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013)
Genre: Romance/Horror
Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska
Summary:
Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers ponder their ultimate place in modern society.
Reasons to Watch
Cool soundtrack
blood/ heroine metaphor
Scene with band White Hills in Only Lovers Left Alive
1/8
LES VAMPIRES (1916)
Genre: Crime/Short
Director: Louis Feuillade
Starring: Musidora
Summary:
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
Reason to Watch:
Favorit of the surrealist
Scene" la Danse du Vampire" from Les Vampire
1/8
NOSFERATU : PHANTOM OF THE NIGHT (1979)
Genre: Horror
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani
Summary:
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Virna, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die.
Scene from Nosferatu
Scene from Nosferatu
1/8
THE HUNGER (1983)
Genre: Horror/Romance
Director: Tony Scott Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Susan Surandon, David Bowie
Summary:
Miriam, a stunning vampire, preys on NYC clubgoers. When her vampire lover begins to age rapidly, he takes the help of Sarah, an aging expert. But, Miriam seduces Sarah leaving her hungry for blood.
Reason to Watch:
* The opening shot of The Hunger is of Bauhaus’ frontman, Peter Murphy, performing behind a cage. * The fashion * David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve
Scene " Opening " from The Hunger
1/8
BLACULA (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Crain
Starring: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
Summary:
Dracula turns Mamuwalde, an African prince, into a vampire and imprisons him in a coffin. Two centuries later, Mamuwalde, now Blacula, wakes up and begins wreaking havoc in 1970s LA.
Blacula
1/8
VAMP (1986)
Genre: Horror / Comedy Director: Richard Wenk
Starring: Grace Jones
Summary:
Two fraternity pledges travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
Reason to Watch:
Grace Jones performance
Keith Harring body paint
Grace Jones in Vamp
1/8
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Kate O'mara
Summary:
A peaceful hamlet in 18th-century Eastern Europe is home to a female vampire with lesbian tendencies who ravages the townsfolk. Years earlier she killed off all of her fellow vampires. Adapted from J Sheridan Le Fanu's `Carmilla'.
Scene from Vampire Lovers
1/8
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN ( 1996)
Genre: Horror/Action
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Sreenplay : Quentin Tarantino
Starring: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino,
Summary:
On the run from a bank robbery that left several police officers dead, Seth Gecko and his paranoid, loose-cannon brother, Richard, hightail it to the Mexican border. Kidnapping preacher Jacob Fuller and his kids, the criminals sneak across the border in the family's RV and hole up in a topless bar. Unfortunately, the bar also happens to be home base for a gang of vampires, and the brothers and their hostages have to fight their way out.
1/8
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (2002)
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
Director: Michael Rymer
Starring: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau
Summary:
Vampire Lestat awakens from his slumber and becomes a rock star. But chaos strikes when his music awakens Akasha, the vampire queen, who will not rest until she makes Lestat her new king.
2/8
THE LOST BOYS( 1987)
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Michael Rymer
Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland
Summary:
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
2/8
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971)
Genre: Horror/Drama
Director: Harry Kümel
Starring: Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, John Karlen
Summary: Newlyweds stop at a posh French hotel on their way to England. They meet a beautiful red-lipped woman whom the hotel owner swears had been there 40 years ago, even though she hasn't aged. She introduces herself as Countess of Bathory and folks begin to wonder. It is an erotic vampire film.
2/8
SUCK (2009)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Rob Stefaniuk Starring: Jessica Paré, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper,
Summary:
Success eludes members of a struggling rock band, until their bassist goes home with a pale-looking fan and comes back a vampire.
Reason to Watch:
Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper
Trailer for Suck
2/8
TWILIGHT (2008)
Genre: Romance/Fantasy
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
Summary:
When Bella Swan relocates to Forks, Washington, to live with her father, she meets a mysterious Edward Cullen to whom she finds herself drawn. Later, she discovers that he is a vampire.
Reason to Watch:
Based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.
2/8
VAMP (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amy Heckerling Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter
Summary:
Stacy and Goody, two socially active vampires in New York seek true love. However, there is a catch, in order to find true love they must give up their eternal youth.
2/8
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh
Summary:
Vampire housemates ( try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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