Flash a cross/crucifix at them and then try to outrun the vampire in the form of a wolf or bat. I don't want to become a vampire that kills mortal humans just so that I could exist in this realm. That doesn't sound "romantic" or "fun" to me. Van Helsing is my hero.
@@tibaazher2792 It's more of an artsy indie movie with depressed rockstar vampires than a horror film. The movie itself is very much about the experience of the film rather than plot, so if possible I would recommend you watch it in a room with surround sound and candles for the best viewing experienc because it's all about the senses. It's quite trippy, particularly the soundtrack. All star cast as well: Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston, blinde chick from Alice in Wonderland, Anton Yelchin from Star Trek...it's really cool.
Glad you included *Barnabas Collins* _Dark Shadows_ was my mom's favorite Soap Opera. As kids me and my older sister would come from school to watch show. Ah, Barnabas and Josette/Maggie. 🌹
@TATTOO VAMPIRE1966 Very Cool! Josette's music box is like 400 dollars! Might be higher now. LOL! I was kinda scared by Angelique played by Lara Parker. She was VERY PRETTY! But her Powers!! LOL! Also Best TV theme!
Very good video but I missed the novel Carmilla and everything that came from it, and the history of Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess It would also be nice to see some of other media like comics, animations or videogames, Castlevania for an example is an awesome franchise heavily inspired by gothic romanticism
I'd say every legend could have a layer of truth, since most of them are found in many civilizations. No just vampires, but Werewolves, ghosts and witches as well. It could be connected to religion, of course, but not just. Most of them are connected to the human's subconscious and inner and fundamental fear of what he can't understand :)
Lillith is my hero. she refused to succumb to man and be submissive. remember that. your parents named you for strength. in biblical history she was only cursed because an army of angels couldn't bring her home. ;)
You missed a couple of my favorite films: George A. Romero's 1977 film Martin, about a teenage vampire who goes to live with his elderly cousin in Pittsburgh. 30 days of Night, about a clan of vampires who take over a small town in Alaska to party all winter.
Don"t forget the netflix Castlevania cartoon based on the hit videogame series of the same name!! it's my personal favorite rendition of Count Vlad Dracula Tepes as he brings terror to Wallachia. The dynamic between him and his son Alucard as they deal with their grief over the death of Dracula's human wife Lisa Tepes is wonderful and beautifully animated and I NEED SEASON 3
Glad you included Dark Shadows in this,but you forgot to mention Dan Curtis' TV film of Dracula with Jack Palance. That was the first to give the count the reincarnation of a long-lost love. Also, there was a BBC 3-parter with Louis Jourdan as Dracula.
You forgot to mention "Near Dark" which came out the same time "Lost Boys" did & another vampire series called Kindred the Embraced" oh you also forgot to mention Thirty Days of Nights.
I know you had a lot of ground to cover, but I really enjoyed Frank Langella as Dracula, and in a more comic vein, George Hamilton in "Love at First Bite".
The TV shows Being Human and Supernatural both had a great vampire mythos that was a favorite for us. Although, neither was purely about vampires, they did an excellent job weaving a great storyline throughout their series.
@@josearturogarza5114 Tim Burton's Dark Shadows was as poorly written as the 2000's version of The Munsters called Mockingbird Lane. Both got went against the tone of the original series and were mockeries.
José Arturo Garza...True! And I usually LOVE Tim Burton...I think if he wanted to do Dark Shadows justice...He should of included all aspects of the show, not just one vampire...AND I also LOVE vampires. 🧛♂️ 🧛♀️ 🏰 ⚰️... The thing I find when Burton does remakes, is that he tends to have AMAZING backstories (that you can like find online or what not)...BUT he never truly puts in the AMAZING backstory (like in Alice In Wonderland)...AND if he did, sooo much more would be interesting and explain ALLOT...ALLOT more dots would be connected...Like, I'm still using the Alice example (what I read online) there was such a unique reason WHY The Mad Hatter was actually mad (mercury poisening from the hat making process and how in those days they put mercury in the hat dyes)...The reason "UNDERLAND" was decimated and apocalyptic (there was a huge war)...The fact that Alice had already visited...There were two books that LEWIS CARROL wrote...The first time Alice goes to Wonderland AND another book that shows her going back...TIM BURTON is very creative...He could of explained more and showed that he was using parts of BOTH books...Kinda more the second book with his own twist. It would of been ten times better... I do LOVE his original work though. It's some beautiful, creative stuff. 😎😎😎
@@-belue-6697 I'm ambivalent about Burton. I love Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride but thought Sleepy Hollow was just plain awful. Because of that I wasn't motivated to check out Dark Shadows.
I have always a morbid fascination with vampires. Horror & macarbe, the origins & backstories are beyond awesome. I like most or 90% of vampire movies , or movies with vampires in them.
There was a vamp TV show based off of the pen-and-paper RPG I used to play called Vampire The Masquerade that wasn't on this list. It was then, as a child/preteen I decided that if I ever had the opportunity, I'd definitely become a vampire or werewolf, or another type of supernatural creature if given the chance. Also surprised there were no video game included, like Castlevania since it actually has Dracula in it, but that could probably be another whole vid.
That was a great show. I used to play the table top game, but sadly the show suffered from two things; the advertisements for it had it focusing more on the cop angle (C.Thomas Howell's character), and then the lead actor's death in a motorcycle accident. Clancy Brown was underrated as Eddie in it. I bought the dvd set just because it was so great.
Deja Vu! I thought I saw this earlier. As I was saying about that Immortal Kiss💋 if Vampires are Kate Beckinsale's _Selene_ or Salma Hayak's _Santanico Pandemonium_ *YES/Si!*
José Arturo Garza...I AGREE! KATE BEKENSALE AND SELMA HYAK ARE HOT! 🔥 🔥 🔥 😏... Selma remarked on her snake charmer dance that There was no choreography whatsoever...She just let the snake slither around her and went with it...I mean, COME ON! 🐍 🔥
An Even More Brief History of Vampires Since the dawn of time - up to the 1990s: Vampires were awesome and terrifying. Into the 21st century: They've been neutered.
Joking aside, great video; I appreciate the inclusion of real myths from around the world, it's neat to see the different cultural interpretations of a similar concept. West Africa has the Asanbosam, a creature with iron spurs and teeth that pulls people into the trees and drinks their blood. Greek vampires were called Vrykolakas, and unlike the usual appearance of pale skin and dark hair, they were noted for red hair, grey eyes and ruddy skin.
No mention of White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade RPG in the 90s? It's when Goth was at it's most popular. It took some inspiration from literature such as Ann Rice, Bram Stoker, as well as folklore. With out this RPG movies like Blade, and Underworld would not have the style that they had. It also had a very short lived TV show, and a few PC games. In fact the PC game of the same name is considered one the best written RPGs made for the PC. During the original Dracula's filming their was a parallel Hispanic version being filmed on the same sets. Some consider it better. Also missed My Best Friend is a Vampire, and the show Being Human, Supernatural. I am legend is a movie based on a comic book based on a novel. Lastly A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is an Iranian movie about a vampire. I do find it odd that Holiday sees the controversy in the Twilight relationships but says that Let Me In is "sweet". That story is out right the manipulation into an abusive relationship. Edit: Forgot the D*D campaign adventure Curse of Strad. One of the most popular and enduring campaigns in D*D's history.
...and the novel series they came from, which I think is still being translated. Hideyuki Kikuchi tells a good story. I only wish he'd tone down how often he mentions D's beauty, lol. There's also a manga series, because of course there is.
Caribbean person here, Lady I. It's pronounced "Sou-COON-Yah". But the fact that you mentioned it at all is *so* kick ass, I think I'm crushing on you now😊
good stuff, the polidori thing isn't a novel though it's like 20 pages long, it's included with quite a few editions of mary shelley's frankenstein. surprising really there isn't more important vampire novels, lots of pseudo-vampires around though like the things in 'i am legend' or the psychic ones in 'carrion comfort,' i think the things in resident evil are kinda vampires too, mixed together with zombies a lot i guess, which makes sense.
"What would you do if a vampire offered you the immortal kiss?" My answer: it would indeed depends on where I am living, if I live in a place where the sun is always shinning, I would be begging to go a location with little to zero sunlight. When Stephine Meyer wrote the Twilight Saga, she chose one potential location: Forks Washington, yes there was sunlight but the location is, 90% of the time, cloudy with rain or snow. That is one potential location I could see myself living in for the rest of eternity as long as I keep on looking at the weather - I do not want to step out on a sunny day and become an instant barbecue while I frantically try to get myself back into my own house.
Super nice collection, found a few new things to watch from recent years. Missing the Anita Blake novel series though: written by Hamilton its about a human vampire hunter, who throughout the series gets into a triangle with a vampire and a werewolf... but not the lame Twilight-type. She is a kick-ass titular character and the series is full with other supernatural, including other were-animals and raising the dead as zombies. Recommend to read
I had hoped you would've mentioned the Castlevania games, or at least the Netflix series. Even if you've never played the games, the series is a beautifully animated and well written story with great characters. Plus the gore is pretty decent too. But I get that you could only mention so much, there's a loooot of vampire content out in the world that would be hard to cover in one simple video.
When it comes to vampire movies you can't beat the 80's and 90's. In particular the original Fright Night and its underrated sequel, Once Bitten (Jim Carrey's first movie), Lost Boys (and later on, it's sequels), Sleepwalkers (even though these creatures are cat-monsters or werecats they are also energy vampires), Innocent Blood, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lair Of The White Worm, Bordello Of Blood, John Carpenter's Vampires and The Hunger. The latter has David Bowie.
I thought that Vampires couldn't enter someone's home without being invited in first! 🤨 Oh well, you must be thirsty. Why not come in and have a quick drink... 😂
Some Other Honorable Mentions Literature: La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier (1836) Varney, the Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer (1846) Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu (1872) and La Ville-Vampire by Paul Feval (1875) Film: The Hunger (1983) Lifeforce (1985) 30 Days of Night (2007) Thirst (2009) Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) Folklore: Strigoï, Pishacha, Alukah, Estries, Shtriga, Izcacus, Ramanga and Jiangshi.
The way Dracula is defeated is by staking him through the heart and placing a wild rose on top of his coffin to keep him from escaping. And I really don't get why the wild rose part isn't used in vampire lore especially in the romantic aspects of the vampire
Does anyone think MORTICIA ADAMS is a Vampire? ...I mean, we count (no pun intended 😋) LILY MUNSTER as a vampire and she never drank blood either... Also, What about VAMPIRA and ELVIRA? 😎😎😎🧛 🧛♂️ 🏰 ⚰️
I would have been willing to forgive Twilight for the "vegetarian" thing (REALLY? THAT was the word they used?) because we had already seen other vampires do it in other media that preceded it like Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Nicholas Knight in the cop show _Forever Knight_ which aired in 1992. Though not the first sympathetic vampire detective in fiction (Hannibal King, a vampire private eye who similarly refused to indulge his blood lust, preceded Nick Knight in the pages of Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula), helped popularize the concept. As such, Nick and Hannibal are direct precursors to other sympathetic vampires who use bottled animal blood. Given that FK was in production as early as '89, it's extremely possible that Joss Whedon picked up that concept and adapted it for Angel. And in fact, FK was one of the first shows to establish the vamps as being super strong and super fast, too, so it seems like Meyer had some love for that show, seeing it in her teenage years like I did (descriptions of Edward and of Nick aren't that dissimilar, really). But I can never forgive the Twilight vamps for throwing ALL the other CENTURIES of vamp lore out the window and just making them into superhuman sparkle fairies. Just...no. Those are not vampires.
My English grandmother's take on vampires, "They're good for tourism in Highgate and Whitby." My Romanian grandmother's view on vampires, "When I was a child; in my village; we took vampires seriously." 🐺🦇
A point of order about Nosferatu - it isn’t just a ripoff, it’s LITERALLY Dracula, but the director couldn’t get the rights from Bram Stoker’s widow, so he just changed the names of the characters (hence, why she sued) making it basically the first instance of someone publishing their fanfic with the serial numbers filed off.
Is it okay that one day you review an anime called 'Shiki'? I think Japan's fascination with death, such as what cherry blossoms symbolize to them. And their folklore of demons and so on be something you will appreciate and be attracted to as well.
I'm suprised you didn't talk about the Video Game series Castlevania. Its about a family's long battle against Dracula and his army of the night. The Belmont Clan is the name of the family and use a whip called The Vampire Killer, the family's long heirloom weapon dating back to 11th century.
So much emphasis on movies, and still people want more movies mentioned. I've got a few popular items to add. White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade live roleplaying use to be a popular thing. Fucking Castlevania... That video game series has gone on since 1986 on various platforms and even spawned an anime series. There's the Vampire Hunter D novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi, that I personally enjoy. There was 2 anime movies made from the first and third books that are popular classics. Hellsing is a popular manga/anime series. The list could go on and on, there are just so many things to cover, it's only inevitable things would get missed.
What about Jojo's Bizarre adventure and their portrayal of vampires with the Stone Mask. And the origins of how the Stone Mask was made. And the people who fight these vampires and the vampires' powers. That would have been really cool.
Believe it or not, in Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, Dracula goes out it broad daylight and walks around, acting like a normal person. His powers are weakened and can only be used at night. The whole vampires die from sunlight thing came from the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu, (which was loosely based on the Dracula novel), when they needed a way to kill Count Orlock in an appropriate way for the time period. It couldn't be super gory, so they settled for sunlight.
Pooja Mishra...YES! YES IT DID!...I'm more into the classic vampire lore...All that fru fru, I'm made of sparkles, kinda just pisses on all REAL AND TRUE vampire lore...My opinion!
Yes. The 'vegetarian' thing was forgivable. There are often instances of vampires, or half vampires who resist human blood. BUT VAMPIRES DO NOT FUCKING SPARKLE!
True there is no such way for a Vampire to glow like a diamond in the sunlight. Instead they glow like they're on fire because they are when sunlight hits them which turns them into Ash, which is why Twilight is stupid and that goes for the rest of the series as well.
Actually the first vampire tale that could be in the Ancient Greeks with a tale of a merchant who was cursed by Apollo who never see the sun, Hades stealing the Soul, and the Greek goddess of the Moon also cursed the merchant. And Twilight is not a vampire it is a ghoul so they don't count in Vampire lore I go 30 days of night or John Carpenters Vampires
Who brought the sexy, brooding, #NoHomo Vampires back? Louis in Interview with a Vampire! Also, Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu started the lesbian Vampire trope! Arguably the best film version would be Vampire Lovers, a 1970 hammer horror starring Ingrid Pitt, a hammer horror icon! Also, the dastardly Barnabas Collins revived a certain 1960s Gothic soap opera: Dark Shadows. Perhaps you've heard of it?
Maybe a lesser known novel but undoubtly really influential one is I am legend. It has at least 3 movie adaptations, the first one with Vincent price as a protagonist is called The last man on earth, the second one, "the omega man", has mutants instead of vampires, is famous because it was parodied by the simpsons in the Treehouse of Horror VIII . The third one its a really bad adaptation, you can hardly tell the monsters are vampires, it's like a waterdown version of the novel, i don't want to go in details but i hate it. I am legend takes a victorian horror icon and demytify it, it's no longer a supernatural creature but a sci-fi one. Now is a bacteria/virus/fungi that infects the host body causing it to rise from the dead to feed on the living. if the last sentence sound too much like the modern zombie to you is because it is, it was a huge influence into romero's Night of the living dead, and therefore in the hole zombie genre comes from a novel about vampires.
Unless my information is incorrect, The Vlad Tepes- Stoker's Dracula connection was started by the Coppola film. Stoker's own knowledge of Dracula was limited to a travel brochure for Transylvania. Also: What? no mention of Kindred the Embraced? For shame lol.
"What would you do if a vampire offered you the immortal kiss?"
me: have your lawyers call my layers & get it in writing.
Sounds more like fifty shades of sucking. 😞
hershey's immortal kiss sounds delicious
I think if the vampire is already making that offer he/she is already to close to me to really have choice, they might do it no matter what I say lol
Gladly I love to be embraced and made a vampire
Flash a cross/crucifix at them and then try to outrun the vampire in the form of a wolf or bat. I don't want to become a vampire that kills mortal humans just so that I could exist in this realm. That doesn't sound "romantic" or "fun" to me. Van Helsing is my hero.
Only Lovers Left Alive is super underrated as a vampire film.
Yeah,I will do everything to see it
@@tibaazher2792 It's more of an artsy indie movie with depressed rockstar vampires than a horror film. The movie itself is very much about the experience of the film rather than plot, so if possible I would recommend you watch it in a room with surround sound and candles for the best viewing experienc because it's all about the senses. It's quite trippy, particularly the soundtrack. All star cast as well: Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston, blinde chick from Alice in Wonderland, Anton Yelchin from Star Trek...it's really cool.
Such a great movie!
LOVE that movie
Aw heck yeah, Adam is my favorite character in the movie!
This series is HORRORible! I'm adoring it!
Why thank you! I've listened to a few of your podcasts and find them quite eerie and enjoyable!
Dracula (all of them), Interview With The Vampire, Queen Of The Damned, The Lost Boys, Fright Night, Blacula, etc. Vampiric Classics.
Kelvin Frazier...Like, I wanted to marry Gary Oldman in that role...Still do! 😏🔥...And THE LOST BOYS? Could you say 80'S classic? 😎😎😎
@@-belue-6697 I agree. I would have married Dracula Gary Oldman🎩⚰ always loved the night and still do ;)
Glad you included *Barnabas Collins* _Dark Shadows_ was my mom's favorite Soap Opera. As kids me and my older sister would come from school to watch show. Ah, Barnabas and Josette/Maggie. 🌹
@TATTOO VAMPIRE1966 Very Cool! Josette's music box is like 400 dollars! Might be higher now. LOL! I was kinda scared by Angelique played by Lara Parker. She was VERY PRETTY! But her Powers!! LOL! Also Best TV theme!
@TATTOO VAMPIRE1966 yes!!! In Newport,Rhode Island. *The Carey Mansion*
@TATTOO VAMPIRE1966 Yes,it was first known as *Seaview Terrace* then *Carey Mansion* aka Collinwood Mansion
My parents adored dark shadows as well. Had to give it a mention!
I Dark Shadow
"The ROMANCE between human Bella and Vampire Edward set many hearts a flutter"
Yeah even though the so called romance in question is anything but....
I never read the books or saw any of the movies but I would rather read Dracula over Twilight any day!
Actually, the Swedish film was Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) and its American remake was Let Me In.
I caught that too...
She isn't very accurate.
is it good?
Very good video but I missed the novel Carmilla and everything that came from it, and the history of Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess
It would also be nice to see some of other media like comics, animations or videogames, Castlevania for an example is an awesome franchise heavily inspired by gothic romanticism
Ooo! And Hellsing! And Vampire Hunter D!
John Carpinter's Vampires deserves a mention - a move away from the romantic image of the vampire.
I always thought there was some truth to vampires because every culture has a version of one.
I'd say every legend could have a layer of truth, since most of them are found in many civilizations. No just vampires, but Werewolves, ghosts and witches as well. It could be connected to religion, of course, but not just. Most of them are connected to the human's subconscious and inner and fundamental fear of what he can't understand :)
EVERYBODY knows at least one _"pain in the neck"._
😉😉😉
I just assumed that they all needed some explanation for diseases like TB.
Witches were pretty much doctors and scientist
Also women who didn't follow societal norms
The Lost Boys is my favorite vampire movie.
Love the song *Cry Little Sister by G Tom Mac* _Thou shall not fall,Thou shall not fear,Thou shall not die,Thou shall not kill_
Death by stereo.
Love it so much
When your name is Lilith... this is awkward
Nice name
Hello. LOL
Hello Lilith I love your name
Wait...did your parents named you after ancient demon?
Lillith is my hero. she refused to succumb to man and be submissive. remember that. your parents named you for strength. in biblical history she was only cursed because an army of angels couldn't bring her home. ;)
The Lost Boys still the best vamp movie. The end line was pure genius.
Nosferatu was NOT the first vampire film. I hate it when people cite it as the first one. The earliest one is Vampire of the Coast from 1909.
You mean Vampires of the Coast from 1908. That wasn't a vampire movie (despite the title). According the IMDB, it was a pirate movie.
You forgot love at love at first bite
You missed a couple of my favorite films:
George A. Romero's 1977 film Martin, about a teenage vampire who goes to live with his elderly cousin in Pittsburgh.
30 days of Night, about a clan of vampires who take over a small town in Alaska to party all winter.
Don"t forget the netflix Castlevania cartoon based on the hit videogame series of the same name!! it's my personal favorite rendition of Count Vlad Dracula Tepes as he brings terror to Wallachia. The dynamic between him and his son Alucard as they deal with their grief over the death of Dracula's human wife Lisa Tepes is wonderful and beautifully animated and I NEED SEASON 3
Glad you included Dark Shadows in this,but you forgot to mention Dan Curtis' TV film of Dracula with Jack Palance. That was the first to give the count the reincarnation of a long-lost love. Also, there was a BBC 3-parter with Louis Jourdan as Dracula.
You forgot to mention "Near Dark" which came out the same time "Lost Boys" did & another vampire series called Kindred the Embraced" oh you also forgot to mention Thirty Days of Nights.
I know you had a lot of ground to cover, but I really enjoyed Frank Langella as Dracula, and in a more comic vein, George Hamilton in "Love at First Bite".
I wish you would have mentioned Carmilla. She came before Dracula.
I've watched Lindsay's Royal videos, these horror videos are gems!! Glad I found these.
The TV shows Being Human and Supernatural both had a great vampire mythos that was a favorite for us. Although, neither was purely about vampires, they did an excellent job weaving a great storyline throughout their series.
glad barnbas collins got some play, i rarely hear people acknowledge him or the show
I agree! Didn't care too much for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows... didn't have same aura.
@@josearturogarza5114 Tim Burton's Dark Shadows was as poorly written as the 2000's version of The Munsters called Mockingbird Lane. Both got went against the tone of the original series and were mockeries.
José Arturo Garza...True! And I usually LOVE Tim Burton...I think if he wanted to do Dark Shadows justice...He should of included all aspects of the show, not just one vampire...AND I also LOVE vampires. 🧛♂️ 🧛♀️ 🏰 ⚰️...
The thing I find when Burton does remakes, is that he tends to have AMAZING backstories (that you can like find online or what not)...BUT he never truly puts in the AMAZING backstory (like in Alice In Wonderland)...AND if he did, sooo much more would be interesting and explain ALLOT...ALLOT more dots would be connected...Like, I'm still using the Alice example (what I read online) there was such a unique reason WHY The Mad Hatter was actually mad (mercury poisening from the hat making process and how in those days they put mercury in the hat dyes)...The reason "UNDERLAND" was decimated and apocalyptic (there was a huge war)...The fact that Alice had already visited...There were two books that LEWIS CARROL wrote...The first time Alice goes to Wonderland AND another book that shows her going back...TIM BURTON is very creative...He could of explained more and showed that he was using parts of BOTH books...Kinda more the second book with his own twist. It would of been ten times better...
I do LOVE his original work though. It's some beautiful, creative stuff. 😎😎😎
@@-belue-6697 I'm ambivalent about Burton. I love Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride but thought Sleepy Hollow was just plain awful. Because of that I wasn't motivated to check out Dark Shadows.
I love dark shadows
I have always a morbid fascination with vampires. Horror & macarbe, the origins & backstories are beyond awesome. I like most or 90% of vampire movies , or movies with vampires in them.
Brad Pitt's cheekbones were to die for!!!❤
There was a vamp TV show based off of the pen-and-paper RPG I used to play called Vampire The Masquerade that wasn't on this list. It was then, as a child/preteen I decided that if I ever had the opportunity, I'd definitely become a vampire or werewolf, or another type of supernatural creature if given the chance. Also surprised there were no video game included, like Castlevania since it actually has Dracula in it, but that could probably be another whole vid.
That was a great show. I used to play the table top game, but sadly the show suffered from two things; the advertisements for it had it focusing more on the cop angle (C.Thomas Howell's character), and then the lead actor's death in a motorcycle accident. Clancy Brown was underrated as Eddie in it. I bought the dvd set just because it was so great.
OMG I love this channel already!
The Swedish film was called, "Let The Right One In" not the American version. You have them flipped
I came here to say this! Glad your comment was here.
Deja Vu! I thought I saw this earlier. As I was saying about that Immortal Kiss💋 if Vampires are Kate Beckinsale's _Selene_ or Salma Hayak's _Santanico Pandemonium_ *YES/Si!*
José Arturo Garza...I AGREE! KATE BEKENSALE AND SELMA HYAK ARE HOT! 🔥 🔥 🔥 😏...
Selma remarked on her snake charmer dance that There was no choreography whatsoever...She just let the snake slither around her and went with it...I mean, COME ON! 🐍 🔥
An Even More Brief History of Vampires
Since the dawn of time - up to the 1990s: Vampires were awesome and terrifying.
Into the 21st century: They've been neutered.
Joking aside, great video; I appreciate the inclusion of real myths from around the world, it's neat to see the different cultural interpretations of a similar concept. West Africa has the Asanbosam, a creature with iron spurs and teeth that pulls people into the trees and drinks their blood. Greek vampires were called Vrykolakas, and unlike the usual appearance of pale skin and dark hair, they were noted for red hair, grey eyes and ruddy skin.
Why thank you! Have a spooky Halloween!
@@kylefrank638 true...
Great videos... Just something I noticed. Aaliyah passed in 2001 so the film Queen of the Damned couldn’t have been filmed in 2002.
No mention of White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade RPG in the 90s? It's when Goth was at it's most popular. It took some inspiration from literature such as Ann Rice, Bram Stoker, as well as folklore. With out this RPG movies like Blade, and Underworld would not have the style that they had. It also had a very short lived TV show, and a few PC games. In fact the PC game of the same name is considered one the best written RPGs made for the PC.
During the original Dracula's filming their was a parallel Hispanic version being filmed on the same sets. Some consider it better.
Also missed My Best Friend is a Vampire, and the show Being Human, Supernatural.
I am legend is a movie based on a comic book based on a novel.
Lastly A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is an Iranian movie about a vampire.
I do find it odd that Holiday sees the controversy in the Twilight relationships but says that Let Me In is "sweet". That story is out right the manipulation into an abusive relationship.
Edit:
Forgot the D*D campaign adventure Curse of Strad. One of the most popular and enduring campaigns in D*D's history.
You should have mentioned Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. They are great anime movies and have connections to Dracula.
...and the novel series they came from, which I think is still being translated. Hideyuki Kikuchi tells a good story. I only wish he'd tone down how often he mentions D's beauty, lol. There's also a manga series, because of course there is.
Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise) is the best vampire. So glad you mentioned Lilith, my spirit animal.
Why is no one mentioning Dracula: Dead and Loving It by Mel Brooks?
I always loved Fright Night movies. True Blood and The Vampire Diaries were great TV series. ⚰️🦇
Caribbean person here, Lady I. It's pronounced "Sou-COON-Yah". But the fact that you mentioned it at all is *so* kick ass, I think I'm crushing on you now😊
good stuff, the polidori thing isn't a novel though it's like 20 pages long, it's included with quite a few editions of mary shelley's frankenstein. surprising really there isn't more important vampire novels, lots of pseudo-vampires around though like the things in 'i am legend' or the psychic ones in 'carrion comfort,' i think the things in resident evil are kinda vampires too, mixed together with zombies a lot i guess, which makes sense.
What we do in the shadows is one of the best movies I know of ugh love those guys. 💕
Tarantino didn’t direct from Dusk till Dawn, he was one if the writers and producers. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez
Only Lovers Left Alive was another great vampire flick.
No mention for Van Helsing? I'm sad :(
excellent video
"What would you do if a vampire offered you the immortal kiss?"
My answer: it would indeed depends on where I am living, if I live in a place where the sun is always shinning, I would be begging to go a location with little to zero sunlight. When Stephine Meyer wrote the Twilight Saga, she chose one potential location: Forks Washington, yes there was sunlight but the location is, 90% of the time, cloudy with rain or snow. That is one potential location I could see myself living in for the rest of eternity as long as I keep on looking at the weather - I do not want to step out on a sunny day and become an instant barbecue while I frantically try to get myself back into my own house.
I loved this so much!!! Could you maybe do one on Dragons? Love your videos and how much care you put into them 💚 keep up the great work!
Why thank you! Have a spooky Halloween!
+Lindsay Holiday i.love.your.videos.!!.
Dracula was a play for many years before it hit the films.
I saw Dracula the play years ago at a theatre.
It was incredible !
Bella Lugosi's performance was 1000% flawless !!
The name Ruthven is pronouced Rivven..
Super nice collection, found a few new things to watch from recent years.
Missing the Anita Blake novel series though: written by Hamilton its about a human vampire hunter, who throughout the series gets into a triangle with a vampire and a werewolf... but not the lame Twilight-type. She is a kick-ass titular character and the series is full with other supernatural, including other were-animals and raising the dead as zombies. Recommend to read
Yay, you mentioned Barnabas who was the first sympathetic vampire.
11:24 I swear I never realised the connection of that scene and the book cover
I had hoped you would've mentioned the Castlevania games, or at least the Netflix series. Even if you've never played the games, the series is a beautifully animated and well written story with great characters. Plus the gore is pretty decent too. But I get that you could only mention so much, there's a loooot of vampire content out in the world that would be hard to cover in one simple video.
"What would you do if a vampire offered you the immortal kiss?"
Me: rather not be immortal but since i know your secret just kill me
John Carpenter's Vampires, from 1998 was a fun movie to watch as well.
Actually from dusk till dawn was directed by Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarintino
When it comes to vampire movies you can't beat the 80's and 90's. In particular the original Fright Night and its underrated sequel, Once Bitten (Jim Carrey's first movie), Lost Boys (and later on, it's sequels), Sleepwalkers (even though these creatures are cat-monsters or werecats they are also energy vampires), Innocent Blood, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lair Of The White Worm, Bordello Of Blood, John Carpenter's Vampires and The Hunger. The latter has David Bowie.
Hey, what about Count Von Count? lol!
And Count Chocula!
@@josearturogarza5114 Good one!
... and Draculaura from Monster High? 😂
Tbh my favorite vampire show was called Moonlight, heck it was so cool, but cancelled before it could finish its storyline.
You are fucking underrated. Your videos are fucking amazing.
I would definitely give in to the immortal kiss💋⚰ Great video.
Love it! I was wondering, because there's been a handful of new vampire movies, will you be updating this video?
I thought that Vampires couldn't enter someone's home without being invited in first! 🤨 Oh well, you must be thirsty. Why not come in and have a quick drink... 😂
Some Other Honorable Mentions
Literature: La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier (1836) Varney, the Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer (1846) Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu (1872) and La Ville-Vampire by Paul Feval (1875)
Film: The Hunger (1983) Lifeforce (1985) 30 Days of Night (2007) Thirst (2009) Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Folklore: Strigoï, Pishacha, Alukah, Estries, Shtriga, Izcacus, Ramanga and Jiangshi.
Blade was the best - hope for a new movie someday.
Give into the darkness of course.
The Korean vampire movie "Thirst" was fascinating.
Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee were the best and my favourite Vampires!
The way Dracula is defeated is by staking him through the heart and placing a wild rose on top of his coffin to keep him from escaping. And I really don't get why the wild rose part isn't used in vampire lore especially in the romantic aspects of the vampire
Yay! My Favorite! Luv me some Vampires!!🦇💙
Does anyone think MORTICIA ADAMS is a Vampire? ...I mean, we count (no pun intended 😋) LILY MUNSTER as a vampire and she never drank blood either...
Also, What about VAMPIRA and ELVIRA? 😎😎😎🧛 🧛♂️ 🏰 ⚰️
Morticia is human, but she's definitely a vamp. Lol
No mention of 30 Days of Night? That one was a major accomplishment.
Happy Halloween 🎃
I've always been partial to Barnabas Collins!
If a vampire approached me with the choice to become a vampire or not I'd totally be like "PLEASE TAKE ME NOW!" lmao
My brain has blown up, you must be a historian for horror
I would have been willing to forgive Twilight for the "vegetarian" thing (REALLY? THAT was the word they used?) because we had already seen other vampires do it in other media that preceded it like Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Nicholas Knight in the cop show _Forever Knight_ which aired in 1992. Though not the first sympathetic vampire detective in fiction (Hannibal King, a vampire private eye who similarly refused to indulge his blood lust, preceded Nick Knight in the pages of Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula), helped popularize the concept. As such, Nick and Hannibal are direct precursors to other sympathetic vampires who use bottled animal blood. Given that FK was in production as early as '89, it's extremely possible that Joss Whedon picked up that concept and adapted it for Angel. And in fact, FK was one of the first shows to establish the vamps as being super strong and super fast, too, so it seems like Meyer had some love for that show, seeing it in her teenage years like I did (descriptions of Edward and of Nick aren't that dissimilar, really).
But I can never forgive the Twilight vamps for throwing ALL the other CENTURIES of vamp lore out the window and just making them into superhuman sparkle fairies. Just...no. Those are not vampires.
You forgot Angel, My best friend is a vampire, Dracula (tv series), Moonlight, and The Strain !
Forever Knight!
Such a fabulous video 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Awesome video! Just so you know, Taika Waititi is pronounced Tie-Kuh Why-Teetee
My English grandmother's take on vampires, "They're good for tourism in Highgate and Whitby." My Romanian grandmother's view on vampires, "When I was a child; in my village; we took vampires seriously." 🐺🦇
A point of order about Nosferatu - it isn’t just a ripoff, it’s LITERALLY Dracula, but the director couldn’t get the rights from Bram Stoker’s widow, so he just changed the names of the characters (hence, why she sued) making it basically the first instance of someone publishing their fanfic with the serial numbers filed off.
Is it okay that one day you review an anime called 'Shiki'? I think Japan's fascination with death, such as what cherry blossoms symbolize to them. And their folklore of demons and so on be something you will appreciate and be attracted to as well.
I am the best vampire ever of course
I'm suprised you didn't talk about the Video Game series Castlevania. Its about a family's long battle against Dracula and his army of the night. The Belmont Clan is the name of the family and use a whip called The Vampire Killer, the family's long heirloom weapon dating back to 11th century.
Vampires: Giving a *unique meaning* to the expression, _"Bite Me"._
😊😊😊
You can't beat Bela Legosi for vampires. That voice. Those eyes!
So much emphasis on movies, and still people want more movies mentioned. I've got a few popular items to add.
White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade live roleplaying use to be a popular thing.
Fucking Castlevania... That video game series has gone on since 1986 on various platforms and even spawned an anime series.
There's the Vampire Hunter D novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi, that I personally enjoy. There was 2 anime movies made from the first and third books that are popular classics.
Hellsing is a popular manga/anime series.
The list could go on and on, there are just so many things to cover, it's only inevitable things would get missed.
What about Jojo's Bizarre adventure and their portrayal of vampires with the Stone Mask. And the origins of how the Stone Mask was made. And the people who fight these vampires and the vampires' powers. That would have been really cool.
If she were to include anime we'd be here all week. She probably doesn't read Manga or watch anime because Jojo existed since the 80s
Believe it or not, in Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, Dracula goes out it broad daylight and walks around, acting like a normal person. His powers are weakened and can only be used at night. The whole vampires die from sunlight thing came from the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu, (which was loosely based on the Dracula novel), when they needed a way to kill Count Orlock in an appropriate way for the time period. It couldn't be super gory, so they settled for sunlight.
Can you do a video about the horror short story compilation shows like Tales from thr Crypt, The Twilight Zone, and Tales from the Darkside?
As a kid, I loved Fright Night! Lol.
Twilight's vampires Ruined Vampiric Images ?
Pooja Mishra...YES! YES IT DID!...I'm more into the classic vampire lore...All that fru fru, I'm made of sparkles, kinda just pisses on all REAL AND TRUE vampire lore...My opinion!
Yes. The 'vegetarian' thing was forgivable. There are often instances of vampires, or half vampires who resist human blood. BUT VAMPIRES DO NOT FUCKING SPARKLE!
@@-belue-6697 Kids these days had vampires ruined and they don't even know it.
True there is no such way for a Vampire to glow like a diamond in the sunlight. Instead they glow like they're on fire because they are when sunlight hits them which turns them into Ash, which is why Twilight is stupid and that goes for the rest of the series as well.
Actually the first vampire tale that could be in the Ancient Greeks with a tale of a merchant who was cursed by Apollo who never see the sun, Hades stealing the Soul, and the Greek goddess of the Moon also cursed the merchant. And Twilight is not a vampire it is a ghoul so they don't count in Vampire lore I go 30 days of night or John Carpenters Vampires
@Djomo Khanasante BS on what ?
Ah agreed there took me a minute to realized what TWLT meant
Who brought the sexy, brooding, #NoHomo Vampires back? Louis in Interview with a Vampire! Also, Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu started the lesbian Vampire trope! Arguably the best film version would be Vampire Lovers, a 1970 hammer horror starring Ingrid Pitt, a hammer horror icon! Also, the dastardly Barnabas Collins revived a certain 1960s Gothic soap opera: Dark Shadows. Perhaps you've heard of it?
Ooh, my fave vampire is Eric from True Blood
i love love this
From Dusk Til Dawn was directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Maybe a lesser known novel but undoubtly really influential one is I am legend. It has at least 3 movie adaptations, the first one with Vincent price as a protagonist is called The last man on earth, the second one, "the omega man", has mutants instead of vampires, is famous because it was parodied by the simpsons in the Treehouse of Horror VIII . The third one its a really bad adaptation, you can hardly tell the monsters are vampires, it's like a waterdown version of the novel, i don't want to go in details but i hate it.
I am legend takes a victorian horror icon and demytify it, it's no longer a supernatural creature but a sci-fi one. Now is a bacteria/virus/fungi that infects the host body causing it to rise from the dead to feed on the living. if the last sentence sound too much like the modern zombie to you is because it is, it was a huge influence into romero's Night of the living dead, and therefore in the hole zombie genre comes from a novel about vampires.
I thought that dusk till dawn they were snake demons
Unless my information is incorrect, The Vlad Tepes- Stoker's Dracula connection was started by the Coppola film. Stoker's own knowledge of Dracula was limited to a travel brochure for Transylvania.
Also: What? no mention of Kindred the Embraced? For shame lol.