What vampire from TV or Film was the best?

[BoosterBronze]

(suggested by our everlovin' mods in the Survivor Thread)

I gotta say I love Barnabus Collins from "Dark Shadows."

The 1990 relaunch of that show was one of the first 'grown up' shows I got to watch, and he scared the crap out of me, while at the same time having a real since of pathos with the 'curse of immortality' and what not. Nostalgia is probably a factor, but I'm still hardpressed to find a vampire I prefer.

[Dreadstar]

Christopher Lee has always been the gold standard for me, with Langella's turn a notable one.

[StoneGold]

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/3/3c/CT-p0001-ST.jpg/300px-CT-p0001-ST.jpg

[acagle7]

Barnabas Collins from the original 1960s Dark Shadows is my favorite.

[sherlockbones]

this guy
http://www.klauskinski.de/Neue_Dateien/klaus-kinski.jpg
and that guy
http://www.physiologus.de/schreck.gif

i mean, are we actually sure that they are definitly not real vampires??

[Indigo Al]

You can't dispute Christopher Lee and Bela for classic Dracu-goodness

For more modern times, I might submit:

http://www.wwuh.org/program/culturedogs/Images/screens_string8-1.jpg

[BoosterBronze]

this guy
http://www.klauskinski.de/Neue_Dateien/klaus-kinski.jpg
[/IMG]??

Who's this ugly SOB?

[BoosterBronze]

Barnabas Collins from the original 1960s Dark Shadows is my favorite.

I like classic Barnabus too. He's so genteel he makes Bela Lugosi's Dracula look like a drooling thug.

"Wiiiiillllllyyyyy!!!!"

[40yearoldnovafan]

Has anyone besides me seen this tv vampire mafia program. I enjoyed it a lot. HBO talked about picking it up after it was not renewed, but the lead actor died in motorcycle accident.

[BoosterBronze]

Has anyone besides me seen this tv vampire mafia program. I enjoyed it a lot. HBO talked about picking it up after it was not renewed, but the lead actor died in motorcycle accident.

That show was SOOOOO cool. I had two episodes I taped off TV that I watched until the tape broke.

DAMN! I just chekced NETFLIX and they have only the second disc of the two disc series. Might be worth it though.

[Tyr]

You can't dispute Christopher Lee and Bela for classic Dracu-goodness


No arguements there. Though for modern vampires I'm going to have to vote for Seline from Underworld

[sherlockbones]

Who's this ugly SOB?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079641/

[Athena Bast]

Has anyone besides me seen this tv vampire mafia program. I enjoyed it a lot. HBO talked about picking it up after it was not renewed, but the lead actor died in motorcycle accident.

They could have wrote around that if they had any brains.

I think it originally on Fox unless HBO would have picked it up because Fox wouldn't.

[sherlockbones]

come on we can´t take about vampire movies and you don´t even know this film

[The Mutt]

Janos Skorzeny.

http://static.flickr.com/19/104717416_b343065433_m.jpg

[Monty_Cristo]

Angel but i'm not a big fan of vampires. if i had to choose another, i'd go with the vampire from Monster Squad.

Janos Skorzeny.

http://static.flickr.com/19/104717416_b343065433_m.jpg

i liked the werewolf version better.

[DDM]

Lifeforce (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-mknABEP8s):

http://a183.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/76/m_eee452c5eb1564d592b2ab72fc02cd26.gif

http://gotomars.free.fr/affiche/lifeforce2.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/lifeforce.jpg

[a. non]

I'll always have a soft spot for Darla

http://www.themakeupgallery.info/central/horror/angel/darla5.jpg

[SnowTrooper]

Angelus. Hes pure evil, and creepy as hell when he starts with the mind games.

Plus, he nailed a puppy to a tree! EVIL!

[BoosterBronze]

come on we can´t take about vampire movies and you don´t even know this film

That's the remake thing of Nosferatu? Never seen it, but I guess you're telling me I should?

[DWEarhart]

(suggested by our everlovin' mods in the Survivor Thread)

I gotta say I love Barnabus Collins from "Dark Shadows."

Absolutely.

Johnny Depp might assume the role in a future film version. Might.

Christopher Lee has always been the gold standard for me, with Langella's turn a notable one.

Naturally.

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/3/3c/CT-p0001-ST.jpg/300px-CT-p0001-ST.jpg

Even though he never counted corpses, I still enjoyed his presence.

You can't dispute Christopher Lee and Bela for classic Dracu-goodness

For more modern times, I might submit:

http://www.wwuh.org/program/culturedogs/Images/screens_string8-1.jpg

Hell yes. Near Dark is the shiznit. I'll also throw in Lance Henriksen's Jesse Hooker only because it's Lance friggin Henriksen as a vampire.

Several future Aliens stars in this film.

Has anyone besides me seen this tv vampire mafia program. I enjoyed it a lot. HBO talked about picking it up after it was not renewed, but the lead actor died in motorcycle accident.

Kindred: The Embraced is quite good. Which leads me to the great first two seasons of Forever Knight, with Gerain Wyn Davies as Nicholas Knight, and the deceptive Lacroix played by Nigel Bennett. Then, the third season happened. Ewww.

I enjoyed David Bowie and Catherine Denevue's characters in The Hunger. Duncan Regher in The Monster Squad was a great tribute/update of Bela's version. He made it his own.

[DWEarhart]

And Gary Oldman as Dracula.

[rick]

That's the remake thing of Nosferatu? Never seen it, but I guess you're telling me I should?


Yes, you should absolutly watch the Herzog version of Nosferatu.

You should make sure to watch it in the original German with the English subtitles.

It is an amazing film and Kinski is an amazing actor, and along with ol Max Schrek the greatest of all vampires.

[The Zapper]

And Gary Oldman as Dracula.

He made that movie. Good call.

[hulahulk]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet.

Blacula (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/POSTER_-_BLACULA.jpg/200px-POSTER_-_BLACULA.jpg)

[Kirayoshi]

and that guy
http://www.physiologus.de/schreck.gif

i mean, are we actually sure that they are definitly not real vampires??You ever see "Shadow of the Vampire"? A weird story about the making of the original silent film Nosferatu. In the movie Max Schreck(Willem Dafoe) was a genuine vampire, and director Murnau(John Malkovich) turned a blind eye when his starlets turn up dead, drained of their blood.

I'd nominate James Marsters' Spike, keeping in mind that he was better when he wasn't hung up on Buffy.

[marshal99]

Barlow from the original salem's lot scared the crap out of me when i was a kid.

http://www.skrekkfilm.com/bilder/salemslot.jpg

[Chiasm]

Drusilla. She was insane which was good. And she looked delicate but bagged a slayer proving she was very deadly indeed.

[40yearoldnovafan]

They could have wrote around that if they had any brains.

I think it originally on Fox unless HBO would have picked it up because Fox wouldn't.

I think it began on Fox (the network which cancels shows quickly), was not renewed, and HBO planned to pick it up.

They could have written around it, if they got a good character actor to replace Luna. But sometimes when the lead actor is gone you can't save a show.

[40yearoldnovafan]

That show was SOOOOO cool. I had two episodes I taped off TV that I watched until the tape broke.

DAMN! I just chekced NETFLIX and they have only the second disc of the two disc series. Might be worth it though.

I bought the 3 VHS box set from my local comic book shop before the owner died. I want the dvd set.

[Antonio B.]

I gotta second for third it. Kindred: The Embraced was an excellent show and now you made me remember that Fox cancels good ass shows.

[Chiasm]

No love for Count Chocula?

[Karl J Barnes]

(suggested by our everlovin' mods in the Survivor Thread)

I gotta say I love Barnabus Collins from "Dark Shadows."

The 1990 relaunch of that show was one of the first 'grown up' shows I got to watch, and he scared the crap out of me, while at the same time having a real since of pathos with the 'curse of immortality' and what not. Nostalgia is probably a factor, but I'm still hardpressed to find a vampire I prefer.

I loved,absolutely LOVED Dark Shadows from the late 60s to early 70s(used to watch it as a kid after getting home from school!), but the relaunch didn't do anything for me.

[Karl J Barnes]

I gotta second for third it. Kindred: The Embraced was an excellent show and now you made me remember that Fox cancels good ass shows.

Kindred was pretty cool vampire show.

[Karl J Barnes]

You ever see "Shadow of the Vampire"? A weird story about the making of the original silent film Nosferatu. In the movie Max Schreck(Willem Dafoe) was a genuine vampire, and director Murnau(John Malkovich) turned a blind eye when his starlets turn up dead, drained of their blood.

I'd nominate James Marsters' Spike, keeping in mind that he was better when he wasn't hung up on Buffy.


I absolutely LOVED that movie. And like any director, Murnau treated his cast like cattle and when the shoot was done...well, he took care of Max too.

[Karl J Barnes]

No love for Count Chocula?

Not really. It's like Captain Crunch too sweet and cuts the roof of my mouth.

[Athena Bast]

I think it began on Fox (the network which cancels shows quickly), was not renewed, and HBO planned to pick it up.

They could have written around it, if they got a good character actor to replace Luna. But sometimes when the lead actor is gone you can't save a show.

My idea was after Mark Frankel's death was have the new season start with Luna and Caitlin's wedding (OMG breaking da rulz!!) and then have the new Brujah guy (he showed up in the final ep - he was also in Brooklyn South gawddamit I can't remember his name) and his thugs just shoot up the place. You never really see Julian clearly just like the back of his head and flashbacks. Julian bites it (no pun intended) and throws everything into a tailspin.

[DDM]

1985's Fright Night is an original premise as the seemingly handsome new neighbor turns out to be a blood sucking vampire!

http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/fright_night.jpg

College student Charlie tries to convince his girlfriend that all is not kosher with the new weird neighbor;the vampire also has a young man living with him too. Eventually, it is up to Charlie & Roddy McDowell's character to put things right which means they must destroy the vampire before he kills anymore people & transform them into the undead!

[The Xenos]

My personal favorite is Alucard from the manga and anime Hellsing.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9596/hellsinghires2234140nl1.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hellsinghires2234140nl1.jpg)

Just a really awesome retelling of Stoker's Dracula and Helsing mythos.

[Chase]

I rather liked Stephen Dorf's Deacon Frost (Blade). Maybe it's because he looks somewhat similar to Christian Kane (Lindsey on Angel), but he was quite the bad ass in that Blade movie.

Other notable mention would be Spike from Buffy. Fawning over Buffy, Season 2 Red Shirt and Leather Jacket, chasing a Buffy impersonator in Europe, I don't care. Any Spike is a good Spike as far as I'm concerned. ^.^

[The Xenos]

I liked Stephen Dorf's Deacon Frost in Blade because he was MacBeth. Plus Traci Lords was an awesome Lady MacBeth.

[DDM]

Vamp (http://youtube.com/watch?v=U09CQtMPusA):

http://services.windowsmedia.com/dvdcover/cov150/drt100/t121/t12139cymnx.jpg

Vamp is comedy/horror hybrid as it centers on Katrina (Grace Jones)--a 2,000 year old vampire--who owns a club in the red light district; several college frat boys come looking for a stripper for their party only to discover a club full of vampires instead! They fight for their lives until the day breaks.

[Monty_Cristo]

1985's Fright Night is an original premise as the seemingly handsome new neighbor turns out to be a blood sucking vampire!

http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/fright_night.jpg

College student Charlie tries to convince his girlfriend that all is not kosher with the new weird neighbor;the vampire also has a young man living with him too. Eventually, it is up to Charlie & Roddy McDowell's character to put things right which means they must destroy the vampire before he kills anymore people & transform them into the undead!

i'll back your play. Sarandon made vampirism seem cool. not sure about his live-in "zombie" housemate, though.

[DDM]

i'll back your play. Sarandon made vampirism seem cool. not sure about his live-in "zombie" housemate, though.

The vampire's care taker is just that. He looks after the house during the day & is at his master's whims when he awakens at night. He was shown to be not exactly a zombie since he retained his own will & youth. He's not a vampire. Just something inbetween.

[I Must Break U]

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/3/3c/CT-p0001-ST.jpg/300px-CT-p0001-ST.jpg

1,2,3 BEETCHES HA HA HA!!

[Monty_Cristo]

The vampire's care taker is just that. He looks after the house during the day & is at his master's whims when he awakens at night. He was shown to be not exactly a zombie since he retained his own will & youth. He's not a vampire. Just something inbetween.

all i know is that he was full of maggots.

[Clint"TCB"Barton]

c'mon remember the beach scene with the nazi surfers! These vampires were epic; dressed like Duran Duran and hung out on the boardwalk.

[DDM]

c'mon remember the beach scene with the nazi surfers! These vampires were epic; dressed like Duran Duran and hung out on the boardwalk.

The Lost Boys is a great vampire movie.

Welcome to CBR TCB!

[Indigo Al]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet.

Blacula (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/POSTER_-_BLACULA.jpg/200px-POSTER_-_BLACULA.jpg)

I agree 110%. The great William Marshall brought a lot of depth and grace to his portrayal of Prince Mamuwalde. He elevated the movie beyond a cheesy blaxploitation film, and surely FFC was thinking of this movie, with the subplot of Vonetta McGee as the reincarnation of Mamuwalde's long lost love, when he layed on the sappy romance in Bram Stoker's Dracula!

[BoosterBronze]

How could I forget!??!

Dracula: The Series! (http://www.amazon.com/Dracula/dp/B00062IYLE/ref=sr_1_5/104-0732629-2626358?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=)

This show, a kind of TV monster squad, did more to shape my opinion of what vampires should be than anything else. An awesome show for a syndicated Saturday afteroon kind of kids show.

[The Zapper]

Alucard from SOTN is great. He's not the best, but deserves a nod.

[dupersuper]

Agree with Kindred, Nosfuratu, The Count, Forever night, Lost Boys, Dracula, Monster Squad...
and lesbian vampires are always fun...
How about Count Duckula?

[Jared]

How about Count Duckula?


Beat me to it. Duckuala and Banana Man used to cap off Nickelodean's lineup.

[Nikita]

I really liked Keifer Sutherland as the evil vamp in The Lost Boys. But Gary Oldeman was quite amazing in Bram Stoker's Dracula. That's still one of my favorite vampire movies.

As for the ladies, I loved Underworld with Kate Beckinsale.

[Royal]

Montezuma's Alucarda (http://bijouinmidnightblue.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/alucarda-la-hija-de-las-tinieblas-1978/)!!

http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/foto/alucarda.jpg

[Erik Lehnsherr]

I love everything about Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Evolution. I can get used to her being in that mold forever.

[BoosterBronze]

I love everything about Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Evolution. I can get used to her being in that mold forever.

What? She was a vampire in that movie?

Are you sure? I don't seem to remember her doing anything particuarly vampiric. Just shooting people and jumping really high.

[tangentman]

If you love British lady vampires, Amanda Donohoe from Lair of The White Worm could outvamp Kate Beckinsale every day of the week, imo!

For TV vamps, the Spike & Dru combo from Season 2 Buffy!

[Erik Lehnsherr]

What? She was a vampire in that movie?

Are you sure? I don't seem to remember her doing anything particuarly vampiric. Just shooting people and jumping really high.

Oh yeah..she was the vampire and her boyfriend was the hybrid vampire/werewolf deal.

[xnef1025]

Oh yeah..she was the vampire and her boyfriend was the hybrid vampire/werewolf deal.
I believe the blood rushing away from the brain due to leather clad Kate Beckinsale has affected your sarcasm detector.

In U:E's defense, she did get badly burned by the sun. That was vampiry :)

[jwd]

Tough call

Bela for pure classic vampire.

Angel for heroic vampire

Probably for all around coolness. The Count. 1, 2, 3 Vampires!

[Erik Lehnsherr]

I believe the blood rushing away from the brain due to leather clad Kate Beckinsale has affected your sarcasm detector.

In U:E's defense, she did get badly burned by the sun. That was vampiry :)

Gotcha. Kate Beckinsale had me watching "Vacancy" with a smile the whole time.

[GreenHornet]

My .02 in the vamps, I also enjoyed BUT think very chessy



Rick Springfield as the Vamp cop in a made for TV movie which wasn't too bad but the name doesn't come to me right now.


The "Full moon video" 's went straight to DVDs Bloodstone: which has 1 of the best vamp ideas as the brother of Drac is the evil vamp.


Children of the Night: were the vamps had to live underwater and their lungs would come out of their chest to breath like frogs.

Grandpa Munster: You all forgot him
Triple H in Blade 3 as the dog-lover vamp

[Magneto_X]

Lifeforce (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-mknABEP8s):

http://a183.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/76/m_eee452c5eb1564d592b2ab72fc02cd26.gif

http://gotomars.free.fr/affiche/lifeforce2.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/lifeforce.jpg

Mathilda May = sexiest vampire ever


Beckinsale's Seline comes in second.

[Magneto_X]

They could have written around it, if they got a good character actor to replace Luna. But sometimes when the lead actor is gone you can't save a show.

Did they even bother to try?