Guest Jupiter Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Its about time we get a good vampire film. Last time we had a Dracula movie, it was Dracula 2000, which was pretty good. Supposedly this movie is going to be about Vlad becoming a vampire lord, from him being alive to becoming and undead vampire. I'm pretty excited. I like vampire films; Its about time we got an actual genuine Vampire film that consists of violence and killing humans. Last few good vampire films that came out were the Underworld franchise and Dracula 2000; and those were just but a few of the many vampire classics! Here's the trailer to better acquaint those with this upcoming film that have not heard of its existence yet. Share your thoughts and opinions please. http://youtu.be/hZFZxEnB7ws Quote
*YoungGuyver Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 What about Let the right one in/Let me in? Quote
Salkafar Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Still no moustache, I notice. Playing him like a hero, rather than the absolute beast he was. Tsk. Make no mistake: only time makes this possible. Because this is no different from making a hero out of Hitler in some bizarre way. Draculea was a real person, not a fictional character. And an insatiable, merciless, absolutely ruthless brute. Quote
Shin Mefilas Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Looks intresting. But really old Vlad is not a nice guy as Salkafar points out, at best you could make him a simpathetic villian (Dracula 1992) or have him as an anti-hero trying to redeem himself but in life Dracula was one of the top 10 most evil human-beings in recorded history. We must be reaching the twilight of the "vampires are cool" era in pop-culter if their trying to make Vlad THE IMPALER look heroic. Quote
Salkafar Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Well, he came at the beginning. It's fitting that he would ring the era out. That's not really true, of course... the first modern vampire 'heroes' are Lord Ruthven, Varney the Vampire and Carmilla von Karnstein. You could make a sensational vampire movie about Carmilla, who was a sexy, dominant, predatorial, lesbian vampire countess. Probably HBO material, really. Come to think of it, Lord Ruthven is also a sexual predator. And don't get me started on Varney. ...This guy, on the other hand, seems motivated by patriotism and a desire to protect his people, particularly his family. I bet this movie's gonna suck. Also: We must be reaching the twilight of the "vampires are cool" era Heh. Edited July 25, 2014 by Salkafar Quote
*guyverfan Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 mmmm, yeah, i don't know....... it doesn't look too bad, but for me, a true dracula movie would always need to be about blood, brutal death and horror and not the stylised sexed up beauty pageants of the last few vampire films and series released. the first two underworld movies weren't too bad, but off the top of my head, the movie 'vampires' starring james woods was probably the last good vampire movie i've seen. by the way, if anyone likes vampires, theres a new series just released called 'the strain'. only two episodes aired so far and looks pretty good, produced by del'toro aswell! Quote
Salkafar Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 All things considered, the person Dracula was not the natural choice for vampire fiction. Bram Stoker's novel depicts him as sexually magnetic and predatorial, just like the predecessors I mentioned (In fact the character Dracula has more than a little in common with Lord Ruthven). Dracula in real life is never described as sexually aggressive, like many warlords and conquerors were, but only ever murderous and bloodthirsty. Sexual sin would have incompatible with his religious views (he was raised Eastern Orthodox, but he became Roman Catholic for political reasons when he married). Even so, most vampires in folklore were not sexual in nature at all, but rather driven by hunger; physically, they were repulsive. The exception - the Greek Empusae - were female and not aggressive as much as cunning, and would feed when their husband slept. I guess the whole 'Vampires are sexy' thing must come from a modern identification of feeding on the blood with a sexual act. It is a pretty intimate thing to do. Or maybe it's the opposite: maybe feeding on the blood is perceived as a form of date rape, the culmination of a seduction by a cynical, evil assailant who feigns love to get what he really wants. Quote
H222G981 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The sad thing is, I totally missed this in theaters. I'm a little impatient and its yet to come out on dvd. Quote
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