Quickly becoming one of our favorite channels. Love the weird, campy, super sexualized, or forgotten horror or science fiction gems. We are happy we found this channel a few months ago and love the unique niche you all have now as we are unaware of any channel who covers and loves the genre's you all cover.
My favorite vampire movie of all. It starred three "graduates" of Aliens. (Yes, that is Vasquez.) It wasn't too well known when first released because it didn't have the ad money behind it like its year mate The Lost Boys. Interesting trivia: One of the vampires in this movie is played by the half-brother of the newbie in Near Dark.
I wrote a story in middle school where the vampires were possessed by their fangs. Outside of the body, they become child's costume fangs. When someone puts them in, they pretend to be a vampire for a while but then transform into one until someone kills them and the costume fangs fall out... all blood on or inside the vampire, other than its own, phase-shift to where the vampire's teeth consume it. So, the heroes are tried and convicted of killing innocent kids pretending to be vampires and ended up having the vampire-inspired murders pinned on them. I ended up being grounded off watching horror movies for a couple months (didn't stop me but the school morons liked that they were told that).
Respectfully disagree. Nightflyer and Interview with a vampire both outdo it in cinematography and acting. The story is better also. Vampires shouldn't be funny or sparkly.
Don’t forget his part in “The Shining.” That’s the horrible but amazingly faithful TV version, not the amazing but horribly unfaithful Kubrick version.
@K.M. Smith The concept of 'Waxwork" is a haunted wax museum full of murderous historical figures and creatures of fiction killing teenagers. The Sequel took things a step further...
I'm an absolute fan of Near Dark, a truly master piece from Kathryn Bigelow ! The name "vampire" is never pronounced in the movie. Impressive cast too : Adrian Pasdar , Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson. Music was made by Tangerine dreams..... and this music is haunting too ! Go and see this one ! be careful : the bar's scene is not for the faint hearts !
The lame vampires are the ones that sparkle in the sunshine. The cool ones catch fire in the sun and fire is AWESOME! (When it isn't destroying things in real life.)
@@nitrokid, I’d have to disagree with you on that just because I’ve seen some newer films bring back the awesomeness of Vampires. Don’t let “Twilight” ruin the Creatures of the Night for you, hun ✌🏾
"Only Lovers Left Alive" is my favorite vampire movie. Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (played by John Hurt) makes an appearance as a 400+ year old vampire and it's truly delightful as we find out there was something of a conspiracy relating to Kit and his contemporary, Billy Shakespeare, who interestingly, was born the same year as Kit, 1564.
LIFEFORCE is my Top Favorite Pick from this list. I love the vampire films that attempt to do something new with the genre, and that film was so audacious, sexy and epic that I find it hard for anything else to come even close to it! And it's also a very personal favorite that I've grown up with since childhood. But I also love MARTIN and NEAR DARK.
I am a true fan of LifeForce. I enjoyed every minute of it. Particularly the most favorite Sci Fi meme I have, coming upon a derelict Alien Spaceship. Then the exploration of it.
No is about 'the Others' beings who got into the Twilight and gained supernormal abilities. They are witches, warlocks, shapeshifters, vampires and so on. It's clearly explained in the movie incipit. NB: the books are better.
@@simen30 No it isn't. It has vampires in it, but it also has witches, werewolves and other creatures that aren't the character the story revolves around.
VAMP was ok but they didn't show enough of Grace Jones being a ruthless vampire because after she snatched that Asian employee's heart out of her chest the movie kinda went down hill for me. What really gets me is dude trust his vampire buddy after he already tried to kill him once and is willing to bring him back home where he'll probably spend his night hours giving all the fine chicks hickeys.
@@johnriddlebaugh7436 most horror in the 80’s was rated R so the people who would actually go see them couldn’t. That killed its ability to make any money at the box office resulting in a lot of the films not becoming popular till they hit VHS. It’s why modern horror is toned down to PG-13.
Modern Vampires (1998) and Innocent Blood (1992). One has the only vampire movie I’ve seen where if you have sex with a vampire you become a vampire and the other has mobster vampires. Doesn’t get better than that.
Yeah Innocent Blood was great! It was sort of a follow up by John Landis to " An American Werewolf in London". I think he was hoping to do with vampires what he did with werewolves.
Modern Vampires (1998) cast listing is enough for this movie to be watched: Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger, Kim Cattrall, Natasha Lyonne, Udo Kier, Natalya Andreychenko how did i missed it?
@@jlarrybrewer1149 Wasn't that followed by a sequel "An American Werewolf in Paris", if so, how could Innocent Blood be a follow up to "An American Werewolf London" ?
@@trevorjohnson6748 luckily only 2 films, the second one was really not good and not only missed the point of the books completely but had very little in common other than character names. I think the original intent was to do a trilogy but they didn't go on to make a third and one of the books even has a bit of a tongue in cheek ref to the film with Igor saying he dreamt that Anton was his father (2nd film).
All I can say is "Why haven't I noticed this Channel before? It's awesome! where's that subscribe button?" (Also "Near Dark" and "Mr. Vampire" are 2 of my favourite Vampire movies of all time !!!)
Expected Near Dark to be on the list and wasn't disappointed. I was immediately pulled in by the movie when I saw it for the first time many years ago. The realism in particular.
I dont think he understood the plot of Let the right one in , its not a romance she seduces young boys who then become her servant until they die of old age or get caught killing for her
vampires as we know them and vampire literature is actually relatively new, it basically started during a writing contest when mary shelley wrote frankentstein, before that vampires were strigoi and similar undead beasts and holy water and crosses and garlic did nothing to them, those are all new inventions some hollywood inventions
@@King_Flippy_Nips yes and sunlight didn't kill them that wasn't introduced until the 1922 film Nosferatu and the whole sliver bullet on werewolves wasn't a thing until 1935's Werewolves of London.
IKR? I had read the novel years before the movie came out. Some of the psychological aspects of the book didn’t majevitvtibtgecscreen, along with a sexual scene or two, but Mathilda May was exquisite. She could haunt my dreams anytime.
Daughters of Darkness is one of the most interesting vampire movies I've had the joy to watch. Used to be a semi-regular at the Strand Theater in San Francisco and since I worked security during RHPS, I got to see it FOR FREE!!!!
That scene in Near Dark where Caleg starts smoking (literally) in the field as the sun comes up is exactly that. They sewed cigars in his coat and lit them. Dude really is smoking. The actor said it took days to get rid of the stench.
Night Watch was lossely adapted from a Russian novel series by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's about magical world and not solely about vampires (the vampires only seen for a couple of minutes early on the movie). Timur made the movie with less magical aspect because he didn't like it, but insert it more in the sequel Day Watch. And it's not a trilogy, I don't know why you said it was.
@@johanhalvarsson2148 Dusk Watch or Twilight Watch was just a rumour. Even Timur himself wasn't sure about it. He ended the saga in Day Watch by making all the event in both movie never happened and Anton, Svetlana and Egor never became an Others.
Thank you was about to say the same. Both Night Watch and Day Watch are fantastic films. Highly underrated. This channel half-asses it's research and can't even pronounce common names or titles correctly. Like Nosferatu.
If anyone is genuinely looking for a great vampire film to watch, go no further than to pick a vampire film that was made/produced by Hammer studios! They made the absolute most atmospheric, intelligent and well-acted vampire films ever! 90% of Hammer Horror movies are well-written, have captivating plots, incredibly beautiful cinematography, gorgeous, voluptuous women and most importantly, a good portion of Hammer films include the combined talents of Peter Cushing (as Dr. Van Helsing) and Christopher Lee (as Dracula). I think there are either 5 or 6 Dracula pictures with the two of them together. THOSE vampire films are heads and shoulders above the quality of vampire films that are being produced these days.
Preferred the original Swedish version even with subtitles, I have watched many foreign films with subtitles, and I usually find if it's a really good well made film, you can even understand what's going on without subtitles being perfect.
I really think that Park Chan Wok's 'Thirst' should be added to this list. Everything this South Korean director/writer touches turns into demented gold. Other Films include: Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
It's based on a the play. Langella was the lead and he was so good, that decided to turn it into a movie. I saw it on Broadway as a kid. Coolest set you've ever seen. It even had "smell around". They piped the scents of mustiness and roses into the theater at certain parts. The sets and clothing, were all only black white and grey. Every scene had one, and only one spot of glittering red in it. If was amazing. The play was better than the movie because the movie just didn't capture those elements.
You forgot one, "Curse of Lenora" 1973, a gothic style vampire movie, with a surprising good script, and coming of age for the young girl who plays the lead.
Excellent description of the Lumley novels, I started ready the books when they were released in the 80. I thought the creation of orks and gobblins in Saromans forges were perfect for Lumleys books.
near dark is one of the best old school vampire movies. also, watch the original swedish version of let the right one in. it's perfect. don't worry, its subtitled. and worth it.
I'm glad you chose "Martin," as I always thought it was an excellent movie. It's a fine example of how a talented man like George Romero could make an excellent movie, in Pittsburgh, on a small budget and using local talent.
I believe Subspieces ( I'm sorry I can't spell to save my life) is very underrated. It has great special effects and every sequal picks ups right where the last one left off. Its what you want in a vampire movie. Its not that glitzy sparkly junk. If you want sparkles and glitter and rainbows vampires ain't for you.
Subspecies is also a very underrated vampire movie from the 90’s. there are 4 films and a spin off. the movie stories follow right after one another in chronological order
Vamp is another underrated Vampire movie, Grace Jones was insanely creepy as a vampire. Life Force is one of my favorites, can’t go wrong with space vampires.
i had a nightmare once that i was in like a mental hospital and they let dracula in to see me, but it was al pachino, and he just stared at me and starting yelling, it scared the shit out of me lol
The Kingdom ... isn't that the Scandinavian series that Kingdom Hospital was based on? Or is it another project of the same name? I'm guessing the latter.
Great review of some of the best. An old vampire movie called ‘Children of the Night’ was one movie I got a kick out of. The old wino and the church bus with the huge cross on it always made me laugh. Are you considering a category of humor/ vampire movie?
Quickly becoming one of our favorite channels. Love the weird, campy, super sexualized, or forgotten horror or science fiction gems. We are happy we found this channel a few months ago and love the unique niche you all have now as we are unaware of any channel who covers and loves the genre's you all cover.
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This is probably one of the staff 🤣
I see what you mean
The way he pronounces "Nosferatu" is the most anxiety filling thing ever.
😂😂😂😂! Agree!
Nos-feerah-two. 🤨
Bro it killed me and I'm not sure why I'm so upset but I am
And Guillermo del Toro lol
LOL! Didn't he sound ridiculous?!
Near Dark doesnt get half the credit it really deserves
It's good movie that has a lot of influence
I fucking love that movie.
My favorite vampire movie of all. It starred three "graduates" of Aliens. (Yes, that is Vasquez.) It wasn't too well known when first released because it didn't have the ad money behind it like its year mate The Lost Boys. Interesting trivia: One of the vampires in this movie is played by the half-brother of the newbie in Near Dark.
It came out at the same time as The Lost Boys. Ruined its chances.
Such a good one
Bruce Campbell played a vampire and I didn't know it? Damn!
you're not the only one :)
Still waiting fur the vampire sequel to Bubba Hotep
@@tetrahedron2352 joe put that idea to bed.
@@te9591 I know, but I'm the ever optimist
I didn't know he played anything apart from ash in the evil dead x
I wrote a story in middle school where the vampires were possessed by their fangs. Outside of the body, they become child's costume fangs. When someone puts them in, they pretend to be a vampire for a while but then transform into one until someone kills them and the costume fangs fall out... all blood on or inside the vampire, other than its own, phase-shift to where the vampire's teeth consume it. So, the heroes are tried and convicted of killing innocent kids pretending to be vampires and ended up having the vampire-inspired murders pinned on them. I ended up being grounded off watching horror movies for a couple months (didn't stop me but the school morons liked that they were told that).
Byzantium with Gemma Arterton And Saoirse Ronan is also an underrated gem.
Came here to say the same thing. That movie doesn't get nearly the love it deserves.
Thank you, I'll check it out.
Such a beautiful film
That made my list also!
Only Lovers Left Alive is another great one.
Night Flier is very underrated. Also, John Carpenter's Vampires is another great gem.
John Carpenter's Vampires is a great flick. I watched it again not too long ago.
It's a great book.
Loved both of these movies as a kid. Still watch them on occassion and they're still awesome. Nightflier is a lot scarier.
What We Do In The Shadows is easily the least conventional and brilliant vampire movies ever, still, great list!
Yeah I’ve watched the movie three times and still laugh.
Yea its pretty good, Only Lovers Left Alive is also good.
Respectfully disagree. Nightflyer and Interview with a vampire both outdo it in cinematography and acting. The story is better also. Vampires shouldn't be funny or sparkly.
@@brentleegeorge429 Bro.... never mention sparkly. Ever.
That made my list.
I would also add 30 Days of Night as honorable mention for its story and visuals.
THIS /\
FANGFUCKINGTASTIC
Definitely would add this one to the list, along with "Daybreakers"
That was the most disgusting piece if crap I've ever seen. It was all gore with no plot. The original voltron was better written than that.
Im still looking for tht movie
The night flier is so underrated! He's such a scary vampire.
Couldn't agree more!!
@Exploring Beyond Man see pretty. Pretty make man interested in brown nosing. 😂😂😂😂
Funfact: Miguel Ferrer, who played Richard Dees in "Night Flier" also played Lloyd Henreich in another Stephen King adaption "The Stand".
Hes also george clooneys cousin!
Don’t forget his part in “The Shining.” That’s the horrible but amazingly faithful TV version, not the amazing but horribly unfaithful Kubrick version.
Henreid, actually.
R.i.p miguel
Night Flier was freaky as hell, I love that movie. Very, very underrated
I’ve loved ‘Sundown’ for years. People are always amazed Bruce Campbell’s in it (and how he looks).
@K.M. Smith The concept of 'Waxwork" is a haunted wax museum full of murderous historical figures and creatures of fiction killing teenagers. The Sequel took things a step further...
It's a good one
@@striderreborn1467 that sequels name.....NIGHT AT THE MUSUEUM
I've watched most of Bruce's movies and I didn't even know he was in a vampire film
I saw that years ago on cable but I didn't recall Bruce only David Carradine.
"Let the right one in" is so much better then the crappy "let me in", just my opinion
No doubt!
I don't think the remake is bad, but the original is far superior.
Dracula with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins.
Classic
Let the Right One In was better then the American remake. In my opinion.😋
I'd wager anyone who has actually watched both agrees.
@@kaseythekannibal I saw the original version long before the remake, even with subtitles, it is far superior in my opinion
@@darronian4951 Most definitely.
I was impressed by the remake but it 100% isn’t as good
As an American i agree
I'm an absolute fan of Near Dark, a truly master piece from Kathryn Bigelow !
The name "vampire" is never pronounced in the movie. Impressive cast too :
Adrian Pasdar , Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson.
Music was made by Tangerine dreams..... and this music is haunting too ! Go and see this one ! be careful : the bar's scene is not for the faint hearts !
Near dark is really good. One of Bill Paxton's best movies
Bill Paxton was great in that.
He was good to in True Lies
I love Lance Hendricksen in it.
Anyone know where to watch that holy relic of the vampire genre?
"Checkout time!" KABOOM!!!
The lame vampires are the ones that sparkle in the sunshine. The cool ones catch fire in the sun and fire is AWESOME! (When it isn't destroying things in real life.)
the worst one delete yourcomments on youtube.
Vampires stopped being cool since early 2000s.
Sunlight killing vampires comes from Nosferatu
Fun fact
@@nitrokid, I’d have to disagree with you on that just because I’ve seen some newer films bring back the awesomeness of Vampires. Don’t let “Twilight” ruin the Creatures of the Night for you, hun ✌🏾
As if Lestat and Dracula wouldn't be swimming in body glitter just to show off that they can walk in the sun.
Appreciate that you put Mr. Vampire in your list. Its my all time favourite vampire classic.
I feel we all need an apology for that pronunciation of Nosferatu.
Yes! You are 10000% correct.. that sounded ridiculous
"Only Lovers Left Alive" is my favorite vampire movie. Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (played by John Hurt) makes an appearance as a 400+ year old vampire and it's truly delightful as we find out there was something of a conspiracy relating to Kit and his contemporary, Billy Shakespeare, who interestingly, was born the same year as Kit, 1564.
LIFEFORCE is my Top Favorite Pick from this list. I love the vampire films that attempt to do something new with the genre, and that film was so audacious, sexy and epic that I find it hard for anything else to come even close to it! And it's also a very personal favorite that I've grown up with since childhood. But I also love MARTIN and NEAR DARK.
I am a true fan of LifeForce. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Particularly the most favorite Sci Fi meme I have, coming upon a derelict Alien Spaceship. Then the exploration of it.
Lifeforce is never even mentioned here. It's on the list, but in the video it only shows a 5 second clip of the movie and nothing is said about it.
@@daemonthorn5888 i know its kinda annoying
Lifeforce was always my favorite for the longest time since I saw it when I was a kid.
That such a great vampire flick
"Perfect Creature" (2006) is a very interesting Steampunk vampire movie. I would highly recommend watching it.
Brilliant, highly underrated film.
I have this one on DVD! It's very good!
Hell yes..Rabid AND Martin!?
You got my attention. What morbid masterpieces. Ahh, Night Flier too?
Incredible movie and unique storyline.
Humorously, these "hidden" gems are things I watched decades ago
Yeah, literally everyone I know has watched Mathilda May's Tits... I mean, Lifeforce.
@@opscontaylor8195 Right. There's a couple of big gems that led to the popularity of Lifeforce, and it's not the plot or bad acting.
@@opscontaylor8195 no, her lovely bush
@@opscontaylor8195 Mathilda May was a Ballerina who trained at the Paris Opera Ballet she has a Dancers body and able to affect an eerily smooth gait.
Innocent Blood is one of my favourites
Me too, one of the first vampire movie i saw back then i was a child. I watched it on VHS when nobody at home, good old days from the 90's 🙂
Yesssss my mom and I love this movie❤
Night Watch is more of a dark fantasy movie than a vampire movie.
its still about vampires
@@simen30 No it's not.
No is about 'the Others' beings who got into the Twilight and gained supernormal abilities. They are witches, warlocks, shapeshifters, vampires and so on. It's clearly explained in the movie incipit. NB: the books are better.
@@simen30 No it isn't. It has vampires in it, but it also has witches, werewolves and other creatures that aren't the character the story revolves around.
Yeah, even books have pretty much just Kostya AS a vampire chatacter.
I thought VAMP is a good movie, considering it predated FROM DUSK TIL DAWN by a decade (vampire strippers). I also liked DAYBREAKERS.
It is good and like Near Dark it's very influential beyond what its box office might suggest
VAMP was ok but they didn't show enough of Grace Jones being a ruthless vampire because after she snatched that Asian employee's heart out of her chest the movie kinda went down hill for me.
What really gets me is dude trust his vampire buddy after he already tried to kill him once and is willing to bring him back home where he'll probably spend his night hours giving all the fine chicks hickeys.
@@mrspeigel3593 A lot of great 80s movies underperformed at the box office.
@@johnriddlebaugh7436 most horror in the 80’s was rated R so the people who would actually go see them couldn’t. That killed its ability to make any money at the box office resulting in a lot of the films not becoming popular till they hit VHS. It’s why modern horror is toned down to PG-13.
Nosferritooo..... sigh....
Modern Vampires (1998) and Innocent Blood (1992). One has the only vampire movie I’ve seen where if you have sex with a vampire you become a vampire and the other has mobster vampires. Doesn’t get better than that.
Yeah Innocent Blood was great! It was sort of a follow up by John Landis to " An American Werewolf in London". I think he was hoping to do with vampires what he did with werewolves.
Modern Vampires (1998) cast listing is enough for this movie to be watched:
Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger, Kim Cattrall, Natasha Lyonne, Udo Kier, Natalya Andreychenko
how did i missed it?
Vampirism is an STD in “Blood Trap” (2015) as well.
@@uatrekker it was straight to VHS. First time I saw it was on Cinemax
@@jlarrybrewer1149 Wasn't that followed by a sequel "An American Werewolf in Paris", if so, how could Innocent Blood be a follow up to "An American Werewolf London" ?
The Lost Boys will always be my favourite, especially the unsual frog brothers 😅
The Fearless Vampire Killers is one of my favourites, a bit weird but really fun
Highly recommended: THIRST. It’s a brilliant movie by Park Chan-wook.
Awesome!
💯💯💯 THAT MOVIE WAS TOP NOTCH
One of my favorite movies
Movie was great!
Eh... I love Asian horror, but that movie is like a Cinemax skin-flick mixed with a vampire love story. The only good part was the ending
Night Watch IS the first of a marvelous series in Russian. I recommend it.
I read all the books, even played the games, but always thought there are just 2 movies? Are there really 3?
@@patrik3482 there are more than two books, but I don't know about the movies.
@@trevorjohnson6748 Well he said trilogy, there are 5 books and 2 movies, so i have no Idea what was he talking about in the video.
@@trevorjohnson6748 luckily only 2 films, the second one was really not good and not only missed the point of the books completely but had very little in common other than character names. I think the original intent was to do a trilogy but they didn't go on to make a third and one of the books even has a bit of a tongue in cheek ref to the film with Igor saying he dreamt that Anton was his father (2nd film).
@@patrik3482 there are games??
All I can say is "Why haven't I noticed this Channel before? It's awesome! where's that subscribe button?" (Also "Near Dark" and "Mr. Vampire" are 2 of my favourite Vampire movies of all time !!!)
Let me in was okay but the original let the right one in is far better
Totally agree
Not even close! The original was SO much better!
It’s nearly Christmas and I want to go home and watch vampire movies? Excellent video here!
I forgot about Night Fliers existence up until now, that was such a cool creature
Good stody, too. Deserves a better production
Great video. I've seen a few other videos showing the same movies, but the way you introduce them makes me want to watch them(others didn't.)
You had me with Lifeforce. I definitely want to see the international uncut director's version.
Definitely worth the $50 sold out Blue Ray.
@@luisderivas6005 was the Shout Factory edition uncut? I need to re-check that.
Expected Near Dark to be on the list and wasn't disappointed. I was immediately pulled in by the movie when I saw it for the first time many years ago. The realism in particular.
My personal favorite is INNOCENT BLOOD. Guess I'm just a romantic at heart.
Mafia + vampires was a great idea. Loggia and LaPaglia were very good in that.
There was a few I think could be here. Vampires by John Carpenter., 30 days of Night, Byzantine, Once Bitten, and a few more.
Let the Right one In was better.
One of the best Vampire films ever. Remake was terrible.
Agreed.
I dont think he understood the plot of Let the right one in , its not a romance she seduces young boys who then become her servant until they die of old age or get caught killing for her
Brilliant movie, far better than the remake, same as the girl with dragon tattoo, original far better.
The remake was a cheap cash grab and a complete pile of shit.
RIP both Michael Gothard and Miguel Ferrer
I watched "The Night Flier" the other night and I loved it!
May I recommend The Addiction. Highly underrated.
That was a book first, if I recall. My mom read it and said it was very interesting. Almost like an STD or something?
Chris Walkens brilliant there
That movie was so awesome!
Vampire literature is immortal in 100 years from now and beyond they will be around long after we're gone.
"is immortal" is a funny joke!
vampires as we know them and vampire literature is actually relatively new, it basically started during a writing contest when mary shelley wrote frankentstein, before that vampires were strigoi and similar undead beasts and holy water and crosses and garlic did nothing to them, those are all new inventions some hollywood inventions
@@King_Flippy_Nips yes and sunlight didn't kill them that wasn't introduced until the 1922 film Nosferatu and the whole sliver bullet on werewolves wasn't a thing until 1935's Werewolves of London.
Great list. I'd add Fright Night 2 as well. Criminally underrated and one of the best horror sequels ever made.
Why did the review for Lifeforce get removed?
IKR? I had read the novel years before the movie came out. Some of the psychological aspects of the book didn’t majevitvtibtgecscreen, along with a sexual scene or two, but Mathilda May was exquisite. She could haunt my dreams anytime.
Love The Hunger, unique and ahead of it’s time.
Honorable mentions:
1. Daughters Of Darkness (1971)
2. Midnight Son (2011)
How about innocent blood 1992
Innocent blood is so underrated, a great Mafia vampire movie.
Daughters of Darkness is one of the most interesting vampire movies I've had the joy to watch. Used to be a semi-regular at the Strand Theater in San Francisco and since I worked security during RHPS, I got to see it FOR FREE!!!!
Yes yes yes!!!!
I just commented Midnight Son. Such a solid, unknown indie vampire flick. It’s so good!
i find "Blade" an unusual vampire movie, and i loved it
That scene in Near Dark where Caleg starts smoking (literally) in the field as the sun comes up is exactly that. They sewed cigars in his coat and lit them. Dude really is smoking. The actor said it took days to get rid of the stench.
That is the actor from tv show Heroes, Adrian Pasdar.
Night Watch was lossely adapted from a Russian novel series by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's about magical world and not solely about vampires (the vampires only seen for a couple of minutes early on the movie). Timur made the movie with less magical aspect because he didn't like it, but insert it more in the sequel Day Watch. And it's not a trilogy, I don't know why you said it was.
I thought it was supposed to be a trilogy but the third film, duskwatch, never made it?
@@johanhalvarsson2148 Dusk Watch or Twilight Watch was just a rumour. Even Timur himself wasn't sure about it. He ended the saga in Day Watch by making all the event in both movie never happened and Anton, Svetlana and Egor never became an Others.
Thank you was about to say the same. Both Night Watch and Day Watch are fantastic films. Highly underrated. This channel half-asses it's research and can't even pronounce common names or titles correctly. Like Nosferatu.
@@potiguaya5201 There is a Twilight Watch novel. I actually think, if I remember, there's five or six books in that series now.
You should have included Lair of the White Worm! It would have fit in perfectly!
I appreciate list channels that put the list in their description as well
This guy has to know he mispronounces these names all the time, right.
dear lord, he does not....he really does not.
Its like hes speaking english for the first time.
They way he butchers foreign names is like going to Olive Garden and trying to order in an Italian accent. It's awful.
@@Jes9119 It's an auto voice generator, I think.
This seems really interesting. I might watch it if given the chance. Nice video.
Anyone also love Addiction with Lily Taylor, Christopher Walken, and many more from the 90s?
I was hoping to see that one here. great indie horror flick.
The Addiction is one of my favorite films.
@@BillPitcher Nice one, same here One you can't unsee, but I think in a good way.
If anyone is genuinely looking for a great vampire film to watch, go no further than to pick a vampire film that was made/produced by Hammer studios! They made the absolute most atmospheric, intelligent and well-acted vampire films ever! 90% of Hammer Horror movies are well-written, have captivating plots, incredibly beautiful cinematography, gorgeous, voluptuous women and most importantly, a good portion of Hammer films include the combined talents of Peter Cushing (as Dr. Van Helsing) and Christopher Lee (as Dracula). I think there are either 5 or 6 Dracula pictures with the two of them together. THOSE vampire films are heads and shoulders above the quality of vampire films that are being produced these days.
Byzantium is a vampire movie no one talks about but is VERY good.
I missed that on the list as well
" Priest " was an interesting take on vampires.
The graphic novel was good. The movie was absolutely horrible.
@@timz9862 ...you mean partial movie, it basically ended in the middle of the story or the first few chapters. I haven't read the graphic novel.
Night Watch and its sequel were an absolute delight!
I was so disappointed they didn't continue the movies because the books are fantastic as well.
Yeah, they were really neat and something different
Are there 3 movies? I never heard of the third one.
@@patrik3482 no they never made the 3rd one they sorta mashed 2 & 3 into the second one. He talks about it in the commentary for Daywatch
Nice video bro
"Let the Right one in" is soooooooooo much better.
Yeah, didnt care for the American version much. Check the book out it's way darker than either movie.
@@mrspeigel3593 I'm Swedish. So I have already read it. It would be a shame otherwise 😅
@@adammyren8279 probably better for you than my english translation that I read then...😉
Preferred the original Swedish version even with subtitles, I have watched many foreign films with subtitles, and I usually find if it's a really good well made film, you can even understand what's going on without subtitles being perfect.
I really think that Park Chan Wok's 'Thirst' should be added to this list. Everything this South Korean director/writer touches turns into demented gold. Other Films include: Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
"Stake Land"... Or "The Last of Us" with vampires...
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) is the best vampire movie ever 🧛♀️🧛♂️🤘
John Badhams 'Dracula' with Frank Langella is still one of my favorites!
It's based on a the play. Langella was the lead and he was so good, that decided to turn it into a movie.
I saw it on Broadway as a kid.
Coolest set you've ever seen. It even had "smell around". They piped the scents of mustiness and roses into the theater at certain parts.
The sets and clothing, were all only black white and grey. Every scene had one, and only one spot of glittering red in it. If was amazing. The play was better than the movie because the movie just didn't capture those elements.
Mr. Vampire's stunts and choreography was top notch.
You forgot one, "Curse of Lenora" 1973, a gothic style vampire movie, with a surprising good script, and coming of age for the young girl who plays the lead.
*Lemora
Yes Night Flier! Underrated King work
Dammit can you please get people to check pronunciation of words and names before they record them? Nosferatu is nohs-fehrahh-too not nosferratoo
I know right. This channel drives me crazy with their inability to pronounce names and titles correctly.
They may have been going by the "speech" button on a computer. My laptop just pronounced Nosferatu the way this video did. SMH.
Excellent description of the Lumley novels, I started ready the books when they were released in the 80. I thought the creation of orks and gobblins in Saromans forges were perfect for Lumleys books.
near dark is one of the best old school vampire movies. also, watch the original swedish version of let the right one in. it's perfect. don't worry, its subtitled. and worth it.
I saw the let the right one in, before let me in, far better movie
I'm glad you chose "Martin," as I always thought it was an excellent movie. It's a fine example of how a talented man like George Romero could make an excellent movie, in Pittsburgh, on a small budget and using local talent.
The Hunger and Near Dark are still my favorites. And I have a weak spot for anything made by Hammer studios.
“Night Flier” is a Gem 💎 !
I believe Subspieces ( I'm sorry I can't spell to save my life) is very underrated. It has great special effects and every sequal picks ups right where the last one left off. Its what you want in a vampire movie. Its not that glitzy sparkly junk. If you want sparkles and glitter and rainbows vampires ain't for you.
Number 5 is in the works!
@@marcs3982
Number Five is Alive!
Hoping to see Lair of the White Worm. A forgotten gem
I think people sleep on the original Fright Night
That's a classic Vamp flick.
So fkin great
Love it, Stephen.
The best vampire movie in my opinion is still Interview with the vampire.I love how it follows the story of Lestat, from the 1700s to modern times.
The first vampire movie you meant to say "Nahst-for-rat-tu". One of my favorite movies and it is a classic.
Just watched "The Hunger" (1983) and I certainly don't regret it!
Subspecies is also a very underrated vampire movie from the 90’s.
there are 4 films and a spin off.
the movie stories follow right after one another in chronological order
Cronos is masterful 👌
Vamp is another underrated Vampire movie, Grace Jones was insanely creepy as a vampire.
Life Force is one of my favorites, can’t go wrong with space vampires.
Both campy favorites of mine!
@@DeviMaidelights exactly! Glad to see somebody else that understands quality campy films. :)
Grace Jones as a vampire?!? 😲 Oh my god, my sexuality just shifted!
@@jennifer9047 have you seen the trailer for it? Or the movie? It’s good..
@@MidTierVillain Not yet, but it's sure as sh*t on my list! Thanks for the heads up, homie!! 🤗
i had a nightmare once that i was in like a mental hospital and they let dracula in to see me, but it was al pachino, and he just stared at me and starting yelling, it scared the shit out of me lol
Yey°°°!!! Love it. Continue. Werewolves, zombies, ghouls, ghosts, vamps all of them@
I highly recommend Midnight Son and also Bliss from two years ago.
And of course Only Lovers Left Alive
I was going to suggest Midnight Son - one of my favorites. Those who liked Martin especially should enjoy it.
Great list dude but no DAYBREAKERS? Should be in everyone's top 10 of original Vampire films!
Life force is my movie. Everyone please stay safe and blessed much love from San Antonio...yall its hot here lol
Ok Sir, you have my respect. I will subscribe now.
The kingdom on netflix is an excellent follow on from Mr Vampire. I also like Blade 2's take on vampires
The Kingdom ... isn't that the Scandinavian series that Kingdom Hospital was based on? Or is it another project of the same name? I'm guessing the latter.
No I think it's made also in China & a new series
@@fabiwilliams4644 The Kingdom is a Korean-made Netflix series about ancient Korean magic, herbalism and zombies.
awesome video
I'd submit the BBC/ITV 6 hour miniseries Ultraviolet for consideration. Early Idris Elba.
Damn I had forgoten about that one,was great.
was trying to find that a few months back to re-watch... kept coming up with that awful Milla Jojovich movie instead no matter where I searched lol.
I think it was a Chanel 4 series there was a box set realised years ago
Great review of some of the best. An old vampire movie called ‘Children of the Night’ was one movie I got a kick out of. The old wino and the church bus with the huge cross on it always made me laugh. Are you considering a category of humor/ vampire movie?