"nobody looks like a vampire anymore"....

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2013)

"Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore." Johnny Depp
Most of the time, vampires aren't my thing, although I loved "Interview With A Vampire," the movie and the book. Anne Rice does vampire. Johnny Depp ain't my thing, either, pretty much, although I confess that I've watched "Edward Scissorhands" repeatedly. And I guess pirates aren't my thing, pretty much, either....
But --- "...nobody looks like a vampire anymore"? That's deep truth.
You want vampire? First, you have to read Dracula. Bram Stoker did vampire the right way. You want a white-knuckle "chase scene"? Try chasing Dracula by stagecoach through the mountains back to his castle in Transylvania....
Then you should watch "Nosferatu" (1922) if you want to do this thing right.
Then you have to see the 1931 version of the "Dracula" movies.
Then you have to put Bela Lugosi's poster picture on your wall. Keep looking at it.
Then you can watch the 1992 "Dracula" with Gary Oldman.
Put his poster on the wall. Stare at that one for a while.
Now you're ready to talk vampire talk.
and by the way, I didn't like "Dark Shadows," there are lots of good reasons why the film never made it to the hit parade....for one thing, it doesn't have any Transylvanian stagecoaches, duh.... Read more on my blog: Barley Literate by Rick