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Modern vampire films are the best. Excellent SFX and other production values, and plots which, if not exactly Shakespeare, weren't written in ten minutes in the 1950s to feed the B-movie treadmill.
Whether you go for the vampire as monster or as the beautiful loner, before CGI most vampire flicks were flabby blokes on visible wires and daftly stupid seductresses. Not that we don't get that type these nights ( Dracula's brides in Van Helsing, for example,) but the new stuff just looks beautiful. And convincing. And, like fairies, you've really got to believe in vampires (on the screen at least) for them to live. Give me Blade, Lestat, and Selene: no tat, please.

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The new movies are great! The special effects are awesome! Vampires and werewolves are much more realistic!

I voted for the black and white oldies. Todays movies are good, but most of them are just stupid. I would much rather watch the old original movies even though the graphics are poor.

I love the funky old 60s vampire flicks. I just seen one the other day about a lesbian vampire. Pretty funny stuff. They were so oafish, funny and still told a vampire story. I like vampire films from any era really.

When is someone going to make a movie based on living Vampires? Now that's one I would go and see. Maybe a true to life story about one of us.

I like modern days remake best, if they are well done off course... I mean I like all the special effects but only if there isn't a lot of exaggerating...Everything must have limits...I don't like black and white because I cant live in the roll when everything around me is black. And back then in 60s and 70s were still some taboos.

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In my view, I have been a fan of this genre of films from early Nosferatu until some of the more recent, appaling creations which have been both majorly distributed and straight to DVD.
However, that is not to say the bad films aren't in their own way sometimes good - since, in most cases they try something new - either visually, historically or conceptually. And that should be applauded since, as I noticed in this thread, the comment someone made about there being an apparent 'guideline' in vampire portrayal.

Those early black and white films took a concept promoted in literature and historical myth to shock and scare people - without frightening them intensely and are commended today for their acting power, presence on screen and occasional script (or lack of, in some cases).

The re-invention of this (and other) genre's by Hammer Studios during the 60s, and into more international territory in the 70s (European and American) introduced us to the glory of technicolour. The fact Christopher Lee never utters a word in the original Dracula speaks volumes, imho for the powere that film visually created in holding your attention. He didn't need to garble about revenge, desire, passion; everything was there in the eyes and stance.

Modren movies - I think you've skipped the 80s, as I wouldn't class them as modern movies, but I did like Vamp (grace Jones!), Martin (I think was early 80s) and Fright Night Amongst others.
Then we got The Lost Boys - the indie vampire flick to spawn a generation, which would bring us Buffy (with an atrocious Rutger Hauer), Dracula Unleashed, Dracula 2000, Interview with a Vampire and Near Dark, to name a few.

The modern generation of films has taken great 'inspiration' from television but the success is mainly muted and often not up to the standards of the television counterparts. Recently Blade: The Series, Blood Ties and Moonlight (now axed) followed buffy and Angel and have been successful as they portrayed life a different way - in a way a film could not do. Which, is unfortunate. Yet, we have Nightwatch, a trilogy of films designed specifically to tell 3 specific stories, allowing the development of characters. As such, Hollywood of course jumped on it and forced (if rumour is correct) to have the third film made in english as opposed to russian with subtitles.

As Im writing this films like Razorblade Smile, Vamparella and stuff are flashing through my head. lol

In essence, modern vampire films are caught and stuck in a limbo point where by nothing significantly new is appearing, and if it is often its stimulated and inspired through Television - afterall who didn't watch Underworld and Blade and see those 'UV bullets' and think 'Ultraviolet?' (the tv series 1990s C4).

In summary, I would love to see a revival of a genre which is currently weak because people know its an instant money earner 'this generation loved buffy they will love this' etc... Until that mindset disappears and some suitably talented independent film makers are able to finance and promote their own take on vampiric legend or modern society I fear we are in for a period of mediocre flashbacks and relentless 'it just isn't the same as in Lugosi or Lee's day'.

Apologies for the long post - I'd intended only to briefly discuss some stuff. Admittedly I consider this - in retrospect - suitably short as I could go on about films and things for ages.

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Very, very well put. As a vampire who grew up in the 1930's, and whose interest was sparked by the 1950's Hammer Dracula films, it is nice to see someone who can appreciate the older films for what they are in comparison to the entire genre, rather than what they aren't in comparison to Interview with the Vampire, or Underworld.

I voted for the black and white oldies, for once I saw the Hammer films, I managed to see the Lugosi Dracula, as well as the superb Carmilla adaptation simply called "Vampyr," which I think got a special DVD release not long ago. And of course, there is the superb Nosferatu, as well as London After Midnight, which, by the way, I have seen in it's entirety.

Of course, I have a soft spot for Christopher Lee's portrayal of Dracula, as I cannot think of anyone outside Boris Karloff who could say so much without opening his mouth. Of course, when he did speak, it made sense; well, most of the time.

The 1980's had some great films for vampires in my opinion, particularly The Lost Boys, Fright Night, and Near Dark. These three films were great, but I particularly enjoyed Near Dark. It seemed to take itself more seriously than the other two for some reason.

As for modern films, I can enjoy them. Interview with the Vampire was a great film in itself, however I feel that it has contributed to a watering down of the genre, and where vampires were once glorious creatures of darkness, and death, and decay, they are now hopeless romantics with postmortem depression. Of course, it isn't just the film, but all of Anne Rice's vampire franchise. Of course, I do not pin the blame all on her. I think that those who follow in her footsteps are just as much, if not more to blame for this. I was glad to see 30 Days of Night, a film I really enjoyed, bring the vampire somewhat closer to it's roots. Sadly, many of those who have grown accustomed to the Casanova-type vampire did not understand this film, and did not enjoy it.

Why do I, a vampire, prefer the more monstrous depiction? Because, as I've said before, not only is it, to me, more entertaining, but it distances the real vampires from the ones people think of when they hear the word. It is easier to blend in with normal people when everyone is looking for a monster, rather than someone much more like them.

EDIT: I'd like to add that the special effects methods in a film do not make the film. Look at Bram Stoker's Dracula. This film used very old methods that hadn't been seen since the black and white films of old, and they accomplished more than any CGI I've seen in any recent vampire film. Those effects were dated, yes, but at the same time, they were something that CGI cannot be: sincere.