Are these really the five best vampire movies ever?

[The Curmudgeon]

It's the most wonderful time of the year once again (they totally got that song all wrong), where every third article you read is about ghosts and monsters and werewolves and..of course, vampires.

Stumbled upon this eyebrow raising piece that tries to bravely list the five best vampire movies of all time. And the results are surprising. Take a look.

insidemovies.ew.com/2014/10/29/horror-quintessentials-vampire-movies/


I know we have our very own expert on all things fanged and caped, so lets see what he makes of this.

[trashcanman]

Standard tryhard list. Yawn. And no Browning's Dracula means instant DQ. Thanks for playing, EW.

Near Dark is a great -almost definitive- vampire film, but the shitty sunshine and rainbows ending that defies all logic even by vampire movie standards puts it well out of reach of the top spot. Top ten maybe. Nosferatu is visually brilliant, but I find it difficult to watch because the dialogue cards stay on screen for way too fucking long. No complaints for LTROI. Thirst is brilliant and from one of my favorite directors, but I'd argue it's too weird to put in the top five quintessentials (which literally means "typical") unless you're trying to impress somebody by putting foreign films on your list. I absolutely adore the style, visuals, atmosphere, special effects, and overall direction of Bram Stoker's Dracula, but dear god, that half-ass love story between Drac and Mina just fucking ruins it. Plus Reeve's attempt at an English accent and Hopkin's apparently being drunk off his ass is distracting. Still an amazing film and definitely top ten, but it could have absolutely been the greatest vampire film ever made if it'd stuck to the book and not gone all Anne Rice.