The best vampire movie ever?
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lukejbarnett — 1 year ago(September 07, 2024 06:28 PM)
you talk about 1979 vampire movies you have to watch the 1979 version of dracula with frank langella. it is a masterpiece.
and exactly that is one of the reasons why the lost boys is such an enduring film; it is so fun and entertaining and at the end of the day that is the most important thing a film can be.
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lukejbarnett — 1 year ago(September 07, 2024 06:31 PM)
everything is so real in the lost boys they managed to make a vampire film with real characters, real situations, a real movie that you believed they made lovable characters who you rooted for and invested in.
also it was never hokey, or fake, or corny, or over dramatized; they kept everything real and possible to the viewer.
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DracTarashV — 10 years ago(February 21, 2016 03:07 PM)
Nosferatu, the many Dracula films, Let the Right One In, Fright Night, Near Dark, Interview with the Vampire, etc everybody's got a different pick.
For me, it's definitely The Lost Boys. I am a fan of other vampire movies (Interview with the Vampire & Horror of Dracula are two of my favorites), but the coolest, most thrilling and unique vampire movie is this 1987 classic.
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Hendry_William_French — 10 years ago(March 25, 2016 10:54 AM)
Yeah, definitely. Lost Boys is the undisputed king of Vampire movies imo.
The key thing is it doesn't take itself too seriously. It brings up the vampire lore in the form of the Frog Bros and their comics - it's doesn't go too deep but through them you find out all the mythos like the hounds of hell, inviting the head vampire in your house etc - this is interesting and fun. You don't have to set a blood sucker film in Transylvania like that POS Coppola movie to make it a good undead flick. You can take a modern, contemporary setting, some imagination and great actors plus the right tone which in this case was horror, thriller and comedy, and you can make an effective vampire movie.
The dark elements like the cave, Nazi punk and bridge scenes are very well done and create the right imagery for a movie of this type. The monster make up is fantastic and the soundtrack sets the right mood. Injecting a sense of youth into worked perfectly as did the Santa Carla setting.
I've seen other vampire movies and they just don't work because they have neither the energy or style of this.
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m-slovak79 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 06:21 AM)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
(8/10 ; within my Top 63 movies in general) is BY FAR the best vampire themed movie, nothing else is even close.
this movie (The Lost Boys (1987)) on the other hand is forgettable and borderline below average. i gave it a 4.5-5/10 (Thumbs Down). basically it fizzles out noticeably late into the movie.
behind Interview with the Vampire my next choice would be, which also happens to be from the same director, Byzantium (2012-2013) (6-6.5/10).
p.s. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) (4/10 (below average)) is pretty dull overall.
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lukejbarnett — 1 year ago(September 07, 2024 06:39 PM)
dude byzanium is so boring and bad. and interview with the vampire is the most over hyped and boring and just mediocre vampire movie ever made.
well here we go now we all know that you don't know what the **** you are talking about. anyone who think the lost boys is a forgettable and b b a doesn't know movies.
if what you are saying is true then all the millions of fans who grew up with the lost boys are wrong? this is the most enduring and memorable vampire movie of the '80s and even after bc when all the movies are talked about in this genre the lost boys is always in the the top 10.
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