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"Cursed" was excellent
Disagreed. A lot of it was good, but the werewolf ended up silly and looking like a teddy bear. Not to mention they fumbled the ending. Instead of a werewolf on werewolf brawl we get some folks with long nails and teeth throwing each other around in a kitchen. Weak.


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man, I own that and I missed it...doh
And you call yourself Lycanus.


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I'm still waiting on the rumored Dog Soldiers sequel too.


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the newer Wolf Man was actually pretty good

though it was more Wolf Man + Werewolf of London
Eh, I thought Benecio del Toro kind of ruined it with his horrible acting, and I much prefer werewolves that look more wolf than man, so it was disappointing to me.


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Here are a few memorably different ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

Lifeforce. The Lair of the White Worm. Innocent Blood. Razor Blade Smile. Blood: The Last Vampire.
Memorably different in the case of Lifeforce , LotWW, and Blood: The Last Vampire (I haven't seen the Innocent Blood or Razor Blade Smile), but not in the "vein of Stoker's book" as the OP asked. LotWW is based, loosely, on another Stoker horror novel, but Ken Russell took more than a few liberties to make it into a quasi-vampire flick. It's definitely fun, though, especially Amanda Donohoe's performance as the villain.

As for Lifeforce, well, when Dan "Alien"/"Return of the Living Dead" O'Bannon adapted Colin "The Outsider" Wilson, nobody should have been surprised when the final product was basically a nudist version of a Hammer Quatermass movie.


 

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not in the "vein of Stoker's book" as the OP asked.
No, but this time I didn't have the original question in mind, since the thread had strayed far from that already. I was just going with the flow. <.<


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I'm astounded that nobody has mentioned the 1979 movie version of the hit Broadway revival, which made Frank Langella into a recognizable actor. Lawrence Olivier as Van Helsing and Donald Pleasance as Dr. Seward. Former Dr. who actor Sylvester McCoy was in it, too.

Dracula



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I'm astounded that nobody has mentioned the 1979 movie version of the hit Broadway revival, which made Frank Langella into a recognizable actor.
Possibly because Langella played Dracula as a smooth seducer, including an interpolated romance between Dracula and Lucy Seward {Westenra in the novel}. Also, no fangs!

There's a number of Dracula adaptations that similarly are almost, but not quite right, despite the pedigree of their actors, e.g. Louis Jordan, Jack Palance, and Denholm Elliott.


 

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There's a number of Dracula adaptations that similarly are almost, but not quite right, despite the pedigree of their actors, e.g. Louis Jordan, Jack Palance, and Denholm Elliott.
Like Love at First Bite, with George Hamilton?













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Seriously though, I'm glad Near Dark and Fright Night have been mentioned. There's also a really great take on the German Nosferatu movie called Shadow of the Vampire. The concept is the creation of the movie, and Count Orlock (unbeknownst to all but the Director) is actually a vampire. In exchange for playing the role of an actor in this film, he is promised the lovely leading lady as his 'bride' (he had seen her in another movie, and desired her).

I'm surprised Interview with a Vampire hasn't been mentioned, or if it was, I missed it. As well as the Forver Knight series or Salem's Lot. And nothing about the original Lost Boys?? How can you talk about vampires without mentioning them? Or From Dusk 'til Dawn. That was a fun one

Anyone remember The Hunger? Very 'artsy' but a vampire film all the same.

For cheese you also have the Subspecies films, or Julian Sand's Tale of a Vampire, or Innocent Blood. That was really cheesy but a lot of fun to watch.

I liked Blood: The Last Vampire, but more as a live acton anime than a 'real' vampire movie. In the same vein (pardon the pun) of Blade (being a primarily comic culture thing, I'm surprised that one hasn't been mentioned yet).

The funny thing about Underworld was that I loved the 3rd one over the other two, which seems to be the reverse for most, but there was no abomination werevamp thing, and the Werewolf forms were much better overall (something I'm a little picky about ) but we should start another thread about Werewolf movies if we're going to get in detail about that...

There was one I saw a few years ago called "To Sleep with a Vampire" Which I really enjoyed. It had Scott Valentine of all people as the vampire, but don't let that fool you. Once you get past the fact it was made in the 80's it's a solid story, and well played out in my opinion.

Anyway, those are some I've enjoyed over the years off the top of my head, and if you think I got a little obscure with some of these, don't get me started on Werewolf movies... I think I can say I own almost every single one ever made... and most of them are horrible.


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Seriously though, I'm glad Near Dark and Fright Night have been mentioned. There's also a really great take on the German Nosferatu movie called Shadow of the Vampire. The concept is the creation of the movie, and Count Orlock (unbeknownst to all but the Director) is actually a vampire. In exchange for playing the role of an actor in this film, he is promised the lovely leading lady as his 'bride' (he had seen her in another movie, and desired her).

I'm surprised Interview with a Vampire hasn't been mentioned, or if it was, I missed it. As well as the Forver Knight series or Salem's Lot. And nothing about the original Lost Boys?? How can you talk about vampires without mentioning them? Or From Dusk 'til Dawn. That was a fun one

Anyone remember The Hunger? Very 'artsy' but a vampire film all the same.

For cheese you also have the Subspecies films, or Julian Sand's Tale of a Vampire, or Innocent Blood. That was really cheesy but a lot of fun to watch.

I liked Blood: The Last Vampire, but more as a live acton anime than a 'real' vampire movie. In the same vein (pardon the pun) of Blade (being a primarily comic culture thing, I'm surprised that one hasn't been mentioned yet).

The funny thing about Underworld was that I loved the 3rd one over the other two, which seems to be the reverse for most, but there was no abomination werevamp thing, and the Werewolf forms were much better overall (something I'm a little picky about ) but we should start another thread about Werewolf movies if we're going to get in detail about that...

There was one I saw a few years ago called "To Sleep with a Vampire" Which I really enjoyed. It had Scott Valentine of all people as the vampire, but don't let that fool you. Once you get past the fact it was made in the 80's it's a solid story, and well played out in my opinion.

Anyway, those are some I've enjoyed over the years off the top of my head, and if you think I got a little obscure with some of these, don't get me started on Werewolf movies... I think I can say I own almost every single one ever made... and most of them are horrible.
subspecies was okay for what it was...and I'd forgotten Julian Sands

yes, Lost Boys is a pretty damn good one

anything Anne Rice related loses me...I found the book amongst the most boring things I'd ever heard of and is one of the two books I paid for that I gave up on reading (the other being Moby Dick) because I just couldn't get into the story

Interview with the Vampire the movie was slightly better, but not really


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I'm glad TrueGentleman said "Shadow of the Vampire" because I was beginning to think I was the only one who had ever seen that film.

And yes, I mentioned "Near Dark" on the other thread,it's great as well.

"The Hunger" is good, if a bit out there.

By the way, if you all loved Mystery Science Theater 3000, the guys have formed Rifftrax, and Ana is currently watching their version of "Twilight: New Moon" Honestly it's been the only way I've ever been able to sit through one of those crappy movies.

For you werewolf and wendigo loves, check out "Ravenous."


 

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Has anyone besides me seen the vampire movie DEMON UNDER GLASS?

Jason Carter (of BABYLON 5 fame) plays the vampire Simon Molinar. Bit of trivia... he was also Coppola's original choice to play Dracula before they actually scored Gary Oldman.

DUG is almost painful to watch in some parts (any scene with the lady cop, for example), but it does raise some seriously neat issues about vampirism, morality, etc.

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Has anyone besides me seen the vampire movie DEMON UNDER GLASS?
I've never heard of it. Is it anything like John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness?


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Has anyone besides me seen the vampire movie DEMON UNDER GLASS?
I've never heard of it. Is it anything like John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness?
Here's one of the ads. It's... debatable in quality, but it gets the point across.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBWyv5EnS0

And let's just say I've been sorely tempted to redo the trailer to show them what a REAL one looks like.

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I'm astounded that nobody has mentioned the 1979 movie version of the hit Broadway revival, which made Frank Langella into a recognizable actor. Lawrence Olivier as Van Helsing and Donald Pleasance as Dr. Seward. Former Dr. who actor Sylvester McCoy was in it, too.

Dracula

Been a long time since I've seen that one, one of my favorite vampire movies.



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For good werewolf films, I have to go with:

Blood and Chocolate - Beautiful transformation and one of the few werewolves in which the characters turn into actual wolves.

Silver Bullet - One of the better Stephen King adaptations.

Ginger Snaps (All three) - The sisters were great characters in all 3 movies. I even liked Ghost in 2.

The Howling - Classic werewolf movie, with still one of the best looking werewolves on film.

The Company of Wolves - Great take on the Red Riding Hood legend, and with a really interesting transformation sequence.

Wolf - Better than the new Wolf Man movie.

An American Werewolf of London - Another classic of werewolf films. Also a great looking wolf.

Dog Soldiers - Probably the best movie of the lot.


 

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For good werewolf films, I have to go with:

Blood and Chocolate - Beautiful transformation and one of the few werewolves in which the characters turn into actual wolves.
Haven't seen it.

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Silver Bullet - One of the better Stephen King adaptations.
It is pretty creepy but pretty awesome how this disabled kid just st(rolls) out into the middle of nowhere knowing there's a werewolf around.

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Ginger Snaps (All three) - The sisters were great characters in all 3 movies. I even liked Ghost in 2.
Seen the first and third one. They were okay I guess but the fangirls hype it up too much.

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The Howling - Classic werewolf movie, with still one of the best looking werewolves on film.
I was kind of disappointed with this one. I finally got around to watching it on Netflix a few months back and there just wasn't enough werewolf action for me.

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The Company of Wolves - Great take on the Red Riding Hood legend, and with a really interesting transformation sequence.
Another one I haven't seen yet.

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Wolf - Better than the new Wolf Man movie.
I need to rewatch this one. I need to be sure that nostalgia goggles aren't making me agree with you. I just remember Jack Nicholson and James Spader being creepy as hell as they turned.

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An American Werewolf of London - Another classic of werewolf films. Also a great looking wolf.
I was surprised by how much I liked this one. Having the film culminate in the werewolf rampaging through London made it seem more ambitious and worth the hype than some other so-called classics of the horror genre.

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Dog Soldiers - Probably the best movie of the lot.
This was one that just got better and better on repeat viewings. I couldn't even tell what the hell they were saying half the time but I picked up on enough of the dialogue to know it was still funny, and learning the meaning behind their quips just made it better. It really was the Aliens of werewolf movies. I'm just dying for another one like it, only bigger.


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I've never heard of it. Is it anything like John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness?
Prince of Darkness is not a vampire movie, so I'm not sure why it would compare to another vampire movie.


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Lifeforce.
The only movie ever to cause me to walk out part way through. I normally enjoy a really bad movie, especially if it has a bit of skin on show But that was so bad and Peter Firth's acting so wooden I just couldn't sit through it.


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I'd like to chime the following, plus two tv series, if I may:

The second adaptation of I am Legend called Omega Man with Charlton Heston; the mutants are portrayed as very vampiric there and the whole notion of him being alone against them is very well done as opposed to the Will Smith 'I can scream therefore I can act' interpretation...

Interview with a Vampire! I know, I know...Tom Cruise, but it's one of those 'oh, I'm an actor' moments for him and Kirsten Dunst's debut on screen. Still holds up for me.

The two tv shows:

Forever Knight, a wonderful four-season run starring Geraint Wyn Davies. Angsty, funny, somewhat surreal and entertaining.

And Being Human (the UK version, thank you) that has a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost in it. And damn well done in just six episodes per season.



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Prince of Darkness is not a vampire movie, so I'm not sure why it would compare to another vampire movie.
That is one seriously narrow view.


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No one has mentioned Martin

Which is an excellent take on the vampire-as-a-real-life-genetic-condition version.
It'll probably get remade like George Romero's other early films lately before anyone has a chance to see it. (I know it only by reputation as a cult classic, and Romero's called it "my favorite film of mine".)