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[2.5 min 13MB, Music by Me] As anyone who has done a Genre Holiday Project will tell you--wait, I'm the only one--the third movie is the hardest. Once you get over the hump of the third movie, you build up momentum. At least I hope so. I've only done three.
So here it is, just in time for Monster Mardi Gras--it's still Vampire Valentine's Day here on Genre Holiday.
There just aren't (m)any good vampire movies.* If I were forced to pick five that I had to watch, I'd pick three and still not watch them much:
Interview with the Vampire
From Dusk Till Dawn
Vampires
Not that they are great (especially Vampires , which was actually bad), but because I like movies that are funny, and these three have a sense of humor.
In preparation I also watched:
Blade --not bad, but more of a superhero movie despite the vampires.
Dracula (1992) --Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves. They all did accents for the film. Guess who shouldn't have.
Salem's Lot --it's a tv movie from 1979 that's 183 min and based on a Stephen King story. So you might guess that it's cheap, dated, and too long, but with a good story.
Van Helsing : fell asleep, but to be fair, I was kinda monstered out at this point.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie) : supposed to be funny, but wasn't. Haven't seen the tv show, but I understand it's totally different.
Honorable mention, although I have yet to see it:
Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi
*at least one person on the message board disagrees, and has listed some alternatives.