Top list lads, only saw Cronos last year and I'm a big Del Toro fan. I might actually get the old Nosferatu film off Eureka and watch it with headphones to freak myself out.😂 There is a film called the Transfiguration I had on dvd years ago about a little boy who's obsessed with vampires. It sounded great but I sold my entire dvd collection without watching it, always meant to find it. Thirst sounds mega. Midnight Mass is my favourite thing Mike Flanagan's done as well. I think he works better on his shows than his films not that his films aren't great.
(Curtis) You just love putting in headphones 🤣 I did it once for Paranormal activity and it messed me up good and proper 🤣 Midnight mass is incredible, it's one of few series I go back and watch like a movie! Stupid good
I don't have Netflix unfortunately, but I'll keep an eye out for Midnight Mass if I get the chance. I really liked most of Doctor Sleep (I've only seen the Director's Cut) although I was unhappy about the ending compared with that of the book. I felt Danny's blood relationship to Abra was too important to overlook (excuse the pun!) and he needed to be kept around for the future. Also, Doctor Sleep demonstrates a significant problem with modern Hollywood films: the filmmakers seem to be shooting what are, in effect, miniseries, then putting out compilation versions in the cinema.When I was growing up, 150 minute films were a rarity, because cinemas wanted to maximise screenings in a day. Movies are meant to be a quicker, more concentrated hit than a TV show. In essence, TV shows are like a long coffee and movies are a shot of espresso. Still, I'm intrigued to see what Mike Flanagan does with The Exorcist.
Nice list! I remember going to see Bram Stoker's Dracula at the cinema on day one. I was a (very pretentious) 18-year-old film studies student (I hopefully grew out of that eventually! 😄) I'd been studying German Expressionism at college for a while by then and loved how much Coppola referenced old cinema, especially with lots of model shots and in-camera double exposures. I still have a battered copy of the illustrated James V Hart script book. The film had mixed reviews at the time, but it had a huge impact on horror culture. It completely banished the 'dinner jacket', 'Bela Lugosi' Dracula look that had been the norm for much of the century. It was the first 4K disc I ever bought too. And the Wojciech Kilar score is to die for. It's a shame Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein did less well. I'd would have loved to have seen 'J Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla' done in a similar style eventually. The 1990s was a great time for vampires and gothic films, with Dracula, then a very faithful adaptation of Interview with the Vampire a couple of years later (where was the 30th anniversary disc for that one Warner Bros?) then the wonderfully silly From Dusk Till Dawn. And Batman Returns was littered with old German Expressionism references, such as Christopher Walken's villain being called Max Shreck! I'm glad you reminded me about Thirst and Shadow of the Vampire. I've just ordered them, as they've been on my radar and I never got around to watching them. Cronos is superb too. I bought the DVD in a lovely set with The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth back in the day. For creep factor, the Count Yorga films unnerved me when I watched them in the 1990s, and in terms of books, RIchard Matheson's I Am Legend is one of the great vampire novels, never done justice onscreen. Matheson also wrote the screenplay for the Dan Curtis's movie called... ahem... 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (I'm not kidding) which was notable at the time for including references to the real-life Vlad, the Impaler! I'm always torn about the versions of the original Nosferatu I recommend people to watch. I own both the BFI and the Eureka/FW Murnau Foundation Blu-rays. The Eureka version is the most complete, best looking one, however the score is not great. It was supposed to be based on the original 1921 composer's notes, although there's some controversy over their authenticity and claims there's a better version of the score out there that hasn't been used. The BFI disc has lesser picture quality and is differently structured, but it has an awesome score by James Bernard of Hammer Horror fame. Christopher Young (Hellraiser) also created a fantastic score in the last couple of years that was performed live, and is now available on CD. I might try syncing it to the Eureka version sometime... I've never entirely warmed to Werner Herzog's Nosferatu, the Vampyre. I find the full length English language one (which matches the German version's length) to be my preference. The decision to use the Dracula names is the most irritating aspect. Some people consider the German version more 'authentic', but I find Jonathan Harker being referred to as 'Yonn-a-ton' vaguely laughable. I'm really hoping the Robert Eggers Nosferatu will do well enough to encourage companies to (re-)release more under-appreciated vampire films. Cronos is getting a 4K release from the BFI in February, which I'm really looking forward to. As for Murnau and his colleagues who made Nosferatu, there was a lot of real black magic involved in the making of the original movie and a couple of years ago, cultists stole Murnau's skull from its grave, presumably to perform Satanic rituals!!!
(Jenks) I don't think I fully appreciated Dracula back in '92 as a thirteen-year-old. And as for Richard Matheson, I'm a huge fan. His books have had the most impact on me as a writer, especially I Am Legend and Earthbound. Yes, it's a shame I Am Legend the movie hadn't eased off on the cgi vampires, because tonally its excellent, and Will Smith's performance is incredible. 🙂
Silent films can be hard to get into, but once you get used to them, they aren't as challenging. But make sure you are not watching video transfers. They are grainy and awful. If your silent doesn't look crisp, that's not an age issue; that's a transfer issue. Once I was aware of that, I was able to enjoy silents without difficulty.
not really, what's the problem? It's the same nonsense I've heard from people saying they won't watch black and white films or 'older' films. It's ignorant behaviour especially from people supposedly into film!
@@YvonneSanders-hv2gc Hi , Yvonne. I guess it's like anything. It takes a little practice, but after a while it's no big deal 😶 Thanks for checking out our video. Have a great xmas 🎄🙂
@TwistedLocker also growing up there was a range of old and modern films on tv, less overall choice but because of that the programming seemed varied. Now you can avoid whole genres because you don't like it or more likely not used to it. I've followed another reaction channel, popcorn in bed, and to see how her appreciation of film has developed watching films she would have typically avoid has been kinda wonderful
(Jenks) Thanks for being so honest. This channel is still pretty new, and Curtis and I are always looking for to improve. Putting our movie lists in the description is a great idea. Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄🙂
(Jenks) I used to be fluent 20 years ago. I used to have a Spanish girlfriend, so I spend 3 years learning. I'm a little rusty these days. I can still speak and read it, but I've lost my confidence chatting with Spanish folk.🙂
Same, i can read the news and watch movies in Spanish but i havent spoken it for about 5 years. Lived in Mexico in 2019, but nobody in Australia speaks Spanish so i never practice 🤷♂️
@@Hoopsrocks Yeah, I can understand French pretty well, but I lose it without practice. Every so often, I dig out my Michel Thomas French CDs (which are brilliant) and work through them. After about a week, I can watch French films only occasionally needing to glance at the subtitles!!
Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) is another really great one in my opinion. Klaus Kinski plays a fantastic vampire 👌
(Jenks) I'll have to check it out 🙂
(Curtis) i NEED to see it! How iconic is that poster though!
@ Oh it’s a beautiful poster to be sure!
Mike Flanagan is just incredible. I love everything he's created
I worked at my local cinema from 16 in 92. Beam Stokers Dracula was the 1st horror I saw in a cinema. Cronos is a strange one but I enjoyed it 😊💜🐾👍
(Curtis) That's aweosme! First horror I remember seeing is Haunting in Conneticut! First R rated was You're Next
(Jenks) My first R rated movie I saw in the cinema was Pulp Fiction. I somehow got in at 15 🙂
@TwistedLocker I was 18 when pulp fiction released, great film 😊💜🐾👍
@@mychunkyjordi7585 (Jenks) It truly is a once every 30 years kind of movie 🙂
@mychunkyjordi7585 Lucky! One of the all time great. I saw it in cinema for it's 20th anniversary. Loved it
Top list lads, only saw Cronos last year and I'm a big Del Toro fan.
I might actually get the old Nosferatu film off Eureka and watch it with headphones to freak myself out.😂
There is a film called the Transfiguration I had on dvd years ago about a little boy who's obsessed with vampires. It sounded great but I sold my entire dvd collection without watching it, always meant to find it.
Thirst sounds mega.
Midnight Mass is my favourite thing Mike Flanagan's done as well. I think he works better on his shows than his films not that his films aren't great.
(Jenks) Yes, Midnight Mass is damn good. And even though its not a movie, it had to be included 🙂
@TwistedLocker damn right Jenks. I loved Hill House then Blythe manor I thought wasn't as good then Midnight Mass was absolutely Amazing
(Curtis) You just love putting in headphones 🤣 I did it once for Paranormal activity and it messed me up good and proper 🤣
Midnight mass is incredible, it's one of few series I go back and watch like a movie! Stupid good
@@jordanmoran1983 (Jenks) Yeah, Hill House was awesome, but I was disappointed with Blye
I don't have Netflix unfortunately, but I'll keep an eye out for Midnight Mass if I get the chance. I really liked most of Doctor Sleep (I've only seen the Director's Cut) although I was unhappy about the ending compared with that of the book. I felt Danny's blood relationship to Abra was too important to overlook (excuse the pun!) and he needed to be kept around for the future. Also, Doctor Sleep demonstrates a significant problem with modern Hollywood films: the filmmakers seem to be shooting what are, in effect, miniseries, then putting out compilation versions in the cinema.When I was growing up, 150 minute films were a rarity, because cinemas wanted to maximise screenings in a day. Movies are meant to be a quicker, more concentrated hit than a TV show. In essence, TV shows are like a long coffee and movies are a shot of espresso. Still, I'm intrigued to see what Mike Flanagan does with The Exorcist.
Cronos is my favourite Del Toro movie. Masterpiece! And you're right, they don't mention the word vampire in it!
(Jenks) Don't mention the 'V' word 🙂
Maybe Bram Stoker's Dracula is my favorite vampire movie ever? You'uns had great picks!
(Jenks) Thanks. Even with its amazing cast, Bram Strokers Dracula has become a forgotten gem 🙂
(Curtis) I need to get on it! Thank you
Nice list! I remember going to see Bram Stoker's Dracula at the cinema on day one. I was a (very pretentious) 18-year-old film studies student (I hopefully grew out of that eventually! 😄) I'd been studying German Expressionism at college for a while by then and loved how much Coppola referenced old cinema, especially with lots of model shots and in-camera double exposures. I still have a battered copy of the illustrated James V Hart script book. The film had mixed reviews at the time, but it had a huge impact on horror culture. It completely banished the 'dinner jacket', 'Bela Lugosi' Dracula look that had been the norm for much of the century. It was the first 4K disc I ever bought too. And the Wojciech Kilar score is to die for. It's a shame Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein did less well. I'd would have loved to have seen 'J Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla' done in a similar style eventually. The 1990s was a great time for vampires and gothic films, with Dracula, then a very faithful adaptation of Interview with the Vampire a couple of years later (where was the 30th anniversary disc for that one Warner Bros?) then the wonderfully silly From Dusk Till Dawn. And Batman Returns was littered with old German Expressionism references, such as Christopher Walken's villain being called Max Shreck!
I'm glad you reminded me about Thirst and Shadow of the Vampire. I've just ordered them, as they've been on my radar and I never got around to watching them. Cronos is superb too. I bought the DVD in a lovely set with The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth back in the day. For creep factor, the Count Yorga films unnerved me when I watched them in the 1990s, and in terms of books, RIchard Matheson's I Am Legend is one of the great vampire novels, never done justice onscreen. Matheson also wrote the screenplay for the Dan Curtis's movie called... ahem... 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (I'm not kidding) which was notable at the time for including references to the real-life Vlad, the Impaler!
I'm always torn about the versions of the original Nosferatu I recommend people to watch. I own both the BFI and the Eureka/FW Murnau Foundation Blu-rays. The Eureka version is the most complete, best looking one, however the score is not great. It was supposed to be based on the original 1921 composer's notes, although there's some controversy over their authenticity and claims there's a better version of the score out there that hasn't been used. The BFI disc has lesser picture quality and is differently structured, but it has an awesome score by James Bernard of Hammer Horror fame. Christopher Young (Hellraiser) also created a fantastic score in the last couple of years that was performed live, and is now available on CD. I might try syncing it to the Eureka version sometime... I've never entirely warmed to Werner Herzog's Nosferatu, the Vampyre. I find the full length English language one (which matches the German version's length) to be my preference. The decision to use the Dracula names is the most irritating aspect. Some people consider the German version more 'authentic', but I find Jonathan Harker being referred to as 'Yonn-a-ton' vaguely laughable.
I'm really hoping the Robert Eggers Nosferatu will do well enough to encourage companies to (re-)release more under-appreciated vampire films. Cronos is getting a 4K release from the BFI in February, which I'm really looking forward to. As for Murnau and his colleagues who made Nosferatu, there was a lot of real black magic involved in the making of the original movie and a couple of years ago, cultists stole Murnau's skull from its grave, presumably to perform Satanic rituals!!!
(Jenks) I don't think I fully appreciated Dracula back in '92 as a thirteen-year-old.
And as for Richard Matheson, I'm a huge fan. His books have had the most impact on me as a writer, especially I Am Legend and Earthbound. Yes, it's a shame I Am Legend the movie hadn't eased off on the cgi vampires, because tonally its excellent, and Will Smith's performance is incredible. 🙂
Great taste! I've seen all these. They are all really solid picks.
(Jenks) Thanks. 🙂
Silent films can be hard to get into, but once you get used to them, they aren't as challenging. But make sure you are not watching video transfers. They are grainy and awful. If your silent doesn't look crisp, that's not an age issue; that's a transfer issue. Once I was aware of that, I was able to enjoy silents without difficulty.
(Jenks) I've never seen a silent movie before, so I guess Nosferatu would be a great one to start with 🙂
not really, what's the problem? It's the same nonsense I've heard from people saying they won't watch black and white films or 'older' films. It's ignorant behaviour especially from people supposedly into film!
@@YvonneSanders-hv2gc Hi , Yvonne. I guess it's like anything. It takes a little practice, but after a while it's no big deal 😶
Thanks for checking out our video. Have a great xmas 🎄🙂
@TwistedLocker also growing up there was a range of old and modern films on tv, less overall choice but because of that the programming seemed varied. Now you can avoid whole genres because you don't like it or more likely not used to it.
I've followed another reaction channel, popcorn in bed, and to see how her appreciation of film has developed watching films she would have typically avoid has been kinda wonderful
The Lost Boys with Kiefer Sutherland !
(Jenks) Such a great movie. Lost Boys is one of the best 🙂
Love Coppolas Dracula a mix of alsorts of Art style with alot of Practical effects it's in world never breaks
(Jenks) Totally agree. And Oldman's make up is incredible
(Curtis) I'm definitely going to watch it soon!
Nos- fera-toooooo
Can't wait 🙂
@@TwistedLocker me neither. Xmas day it says online
@@Izthishandleavailable (Jenks) Yes. Unfortunately, January for us over in the UK 😞
@ I’m in the uk too. It’s something to look forward too tho
Could you maybe put the list in the description or in the comments? No disrespect but I couldn’t understand some of the movie titles with the accent 🫣
(Curtis) Not disrespect taken, you asked nicely! 🤣 here you go
Dracula
Cronos
Shadow of the vampire
Thirst
Midnight mass
(Jenks) Thanks for being so honest. This channel is still pretty new, and Curtis and I are always looking for to improve.
Putting our movie lists in the description is a great idea.
Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄🙂
@ hell yeah!! Thank you! Can’t wait to have a go at these! 🧛🏼♂️🧛🏼♂️🧛🏼♂️🧛🏼♂️
Sorry... But Keanu was Jonny Harker... Tom Waits was Renfield and stole the show...
(Jenks) Oh, yes. It's been a while. It's on my lists of rewatches 🙂
¿Hablas español Jenks? 😁👍
(Jenks) I used to be fluent 20 years ago. I used to have a Spanish girlfriend, so I spend 3 years learning. I'm a little rusty these days. I can still speak and read it, but I've lost my confidence chatting with Spanish folk.🙂
Same, i can read the news and watch movies in Spanish but i havent spoken it for about 5 years. Lived in Mexico in 2019, but nobody in Australia speaks Spanish so i never practice 🤷♂️
@@Hoopsrocks Yeah, I can understand French pretty well, but I lose it without practice. Every so often, I dig out my Michel Thomas French CDs (which are brilliant) and work through them. After about a week, I can watch French films only occasionally needing to glance at the subtitles!!
@@Hoopsrocks My private tutor was Mexican. Such a wonderful lady 😊
@@DomH75That's crazy. My Michel Thomas cds were my jam. I loved that guy. RIP😊
That movie sucked so bad. I’d rather watch grass grow. Smell farts