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[ice grillin you]

follow the bouncing bold...

Just because you're only now aware of it doesn't mean that it hasn't always been there.

obviously they existed but im quite sure they have never been the cultural phenom they are now

[Sgt PSN]

i dunno, i remember girls (and some guys unfortunately) walking around wearing "poet" shirts, or whatever the hell they were called, around the same time that dracula and interview with the vampire were in theaters.  it still probably wasn't as big as it is today, but i think it was bigger than you're giving it credit for.

not to mention that twilight and such have a huge advantage with the internet as a major marketing tool and that they are being directly targeted at the teenage/20yr old female demographic where in the past, the target audience was much broader. 

still, the vampire "craze" didn't just start with twilight.  it's always been there.  it's just a lot more visable now thanks to the internet satelite/cable tv being in almost every home. 

[Seabiscuit36]

I got a bj while watching Dracula 2000 in the theater.  You care

[MDS]

Big thing about leno is he has the same audience every night, so the same percentage of that audience plus the normal viewers equates to local nbc 1100 ratings.

Normally you have 5 different show and 5 different audiences so the numbers are better, not to mention higher. But even if leno was doing let's say 1 mil viewers better the news ratings would still be awful.

Conan of course should get out now and go to fox. Abc isn't gonna want him.

[rjs246]

i dunno, i remember girls (and some guys unfortunately) walking around wearing "poet" shirts, or whatever the hell they were called, around the same time that dracula and interview with the vampire were in theaters.  it still probably wasn't as big as it is today, but i think it was bigger than you're giving it credit for.

not to mention that twilight and such have a huge advantage with the internet as a major marketing tool and that they are being directly targeted at the teenage/20yr old female demographic where in the past, the target audience was much broader. 

still, the vampire "craze" didn't just start with twilight.  it's always been there.  it's just a lot more visable now thanks to the internet satelite/cable tv being in almost every home. 

Exactamundo.

[Sgt PSN]

I got a bj while watching Dracula 2000 in the theater.  You care

did you trick her into it by poking a hole in the bottom of the popcorn bucket and shoving your wang in there so that when she reached in for some popcorn and got a little extra butter, it turned her on? 

[Seabiscuit36]

you know all my tricks

[Sgt PSN]

yeah, after the 3rd time i finally caught on.  you so sneaky.

[ice grillin you]

i think you guys are confused over what a cultural phenom is

vampires are currently a cultural phenom

interview with a vampire was a single relatively successful movie that made less in its entire history than twilight made in about half a day

i dont have the numbers but there will probably be more movies made about vampires in this vacuum we are currently in than have probably been made in the last 20 years combined

buffy the vampire slayer was a succesful show for a second rate network

true blood is the second highest watched show in the history of HBO and isnt even the only successful vampire show on tv RIGHT NOW

what we are going thru has likely never happened before (or at least id be curious to know when) much less happens every 6-7 years

[Seabiscuit36]

i think you guys are confused over what a cultural phenom is

vampires are currently a cultural phenom

interview with a vampire was a single relatively successful movie that made less in its entire history than twilight made in about half a day

i dont have the numbers but there will probably be more movies made about vampires in this vacuum we are currently in than have probably been made in the last 20 years combined

buffy the vampire slayer was a succesful show for a second rate network

true blood is the second highest watched show in the history of HBO and isnt even the only successful vampire show on tv RIGHT NOW

what we are going thru has likely never happened before (or at least id be curious to know when) much less happens every 6-7 years

Buffy was a successful movie first, then the show, followed by another show Angel. 

Sure we're at the peak but to act like vampires are something new is not true in the least bit.  Hell, go back to Bella Lugosi and the phenom at that point. 

[PhillyGirl]

you're not supposed to get the fascination with Twilight, it's geared towards girls 16-30

16-50 LOL

[SunMo]

yeah, basically any girl between puberty and menopause

[Sgt PSN]

i dont have the numbers but there will probably be more movies made about vampires in this vacuum we are currently in than have probably been made in the last 20 years combined

lolz

Silent Films:
Vampire of the Coast (1909)
The Vampire's Trail (1910)
The Vampire (1913)--Kalem film directed by Robert Vignola.
In the Grip of the Vampire (1913)
Vampires of the Night (1914)--Greene's Feature Photo Plays.
The Vampire's Trail (1914)--directed by Robert Vignola.
Vampires of Warsaw (1914)
The Vampire's Tower (1914)--Ambrosia film.
Saved From the Vampire (1914)
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
A Fool There Was (1915)--Theda Bara as predatory "Vamp."
The Vampire's Clutch (1915)--Knight film.
Was She A Vampire? (1915)--Universal film.
Kiss of the Vampire (1915)
Mr. Vampire (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)--German film directed by Arthur Robison.
A Vampire Out of Work (1916)--Vitagraph film.
A Village Vampire (1916)
The Beloved Vampire (1917)
The Vampire (1920)--Metro film.
Drakula (1921)
The Blond Vampire (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)--German Max Schreck as Count Orlock; dir. F.W. Murnau.
London After Midnight (1927)--Lon Chaney as vampire in human disguise.
The Vampire (1928)--seducer, not undead.

1930s:
Dracula (1931)--Bela Lugosi and balletic style of movement.
Vampyr (1932)--loose "Carmilla" adaptation by Danish director Dreyer.
The Vampire Bat (1933)--Lionel Atwill as mad doctor.
Mark of the Vampire (1935)--remake of 1927's London After Midnight.
Condemned to Live (1935)--baby of bitten woman becomes vampire/werewolf.
Dracula's Daughter (1936)--adaptation of Stoker's "Dracula's Guest."

1940s:
The Devil Bat (1940)--Lugosi raises bats for revenge.
Spooks Run Wild (1941)--Lugosi as magician suspected of being vampire.
The Return of the Vampire (1943)--Bela Lugosi with different vampire name.
Son of Dracula (1943)--Lon Chaney, Jr. emigrates to the States.
Dead Men Walk (1943)--George Zucco as vampire.
Return of the Vampire (1943)--Lugosi as vampire in WWII England.
House of Frankenstein (1944)--John Carradine as the Count.
House of Dracula (1945)--John Carradine again.
Isle of the Dead (1945)--Karloff accuses girl.
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)--in a small African village.
The Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)--Daddy visits in sleep.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)--Lugosi as Dracula too.
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1948)--Lugosi in British comedy.

1950s:
The Thing From Another World (1951)--outer space blooddrinker on Earth.
The Devil's Commandment (1956)
The Vampire (1957)--accidental pill-taking leads to vampirism.
Blood of Dracula (1957)--a.k.a. Blood is My Heritage, Blood of the Demon.
Not of This Earth (1957)--Roger Corman combines sci-fi and vampirism.
The Return of Dracula (1957)--low-quality, a.k.a. The Curse of Dracula.
Horror of Dracula (1958)--Christopher Lee; Hammer Films.
Blood of the Vampire (1958)--anemic doctor victimizes patients.
Curse of the Undead (1959)--cowboy theme.
The Vampire's Coffin (1958)--sequel to 1957's The Vampire.
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)--Italian satire with Christopher Lee.

1960s:
World of the Vampires (1960)--pipe-organ made with human bones.
Brides of Dracula (1960)--Oedipal Hammer film set in girls' boarding school.
Blood and Roses (1961)--Roger Vadim's adaptation of "Carmilla."
Black Sunday (1961)--Barbara Steele as vampire/witch in Italian film.
Sampson vs. the Vampire Women (1961)--Mexican wrestling hero Santo.
Bring Me the Vampire (1961)--Mexican inheritance comedy.
House on Bare Mountain (1962)--sexploitation with Frankenstein and Wolfman.
Kiss of the Vampire (1963)--honeymooners in Bavaria encounter cult.
The Last Man on Earth (1964)--Vincent Price after atomic holocaust.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964)--Peter Cushing is Death.
The Vampires (1964)--a.k.a. Goliath and the Vampires; Italian gladiator.
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1965)--Christopher Lee; Hammer Films.
Planet of the Vampires (1965)--Italian sci-fi; crew turn into space vampires.
Devils of Darkness (1965)--modern-day victims from Brittany.
Blood Fiend (1966)--Christopher Lee as suspect.
The Vampire People (1966)--Filipino film with bald heart-thief.
Track of the Vampire (1966)--Roger Corman production of artist and wax death.
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)--outlaw-turned-hero terrorized.
Blood Bath (1966)--a.k.a. Track of the Vampire.
The Devil's Mistress (1966)
Planet of Blood (1966)--a.k.a. Queen of Blood; Corman, Basil Rathbone.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)--Roman Polanski spoof with Sharon Tate.
A Taste of Blood (1967)--Dracula's descendant's revenge on descendants.
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horror (1967)
Dracula's Wedding Day (1967)
Dracula Meets the Outer Space Chicks (1967)
Draculita (1967)
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)--Christopher Lee's third outing.
Mad Monster Party (1968)--stop-motion monsterfest.
The Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)--"a poor film."
The Blood Beast Terror (1969)--British.
The Nude Vampire (1969)--French film with suicide cult in old castle.
Space Vampires (1969)--John Carradine; a.k.a. Astro-Zombies.

1970s:
House of Dark Shadows (1970)--Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins.
Count Dracula (1970)--Christopher Lee and Klaus Kinski; a shoddy production.
The Scars of Dracula (1970)--Christopher Lee stalking and drinking.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)--Christopher Lee and hypocritical Victorians.
Count Yorga, The Vampire (1970)--East European in California.
The Devil's Skin (1970)
Dracula's Vampire Lust (1970)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)--Hammer with a "Carmilla" adaptation.
Blood of Frankenstein (1970)--Zandor Vorkov as the Count.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1970)--American version.
Lust For a Vampire (1970)--Hammer and "Carmilla" echoes.
Countess Dracula (1970)--Hammer with Ingrid Pitt as sadist.
Guess What Happened to Count Dracula (1970)--sexploitation.
The Return of Count Yorga (1971)--sequel to the 1970 film.
Vampire Men of the Lost Planet (1971)--astronauts sent to planet.
Nosferatu in Brazil (1971)--Portuguese 8mm spoof.
The Bloodsuckers (1971)--Greek devil-worship with Patrick MacNee.
The Vampire Happening (1971)--Transylvania inheritance spoof.
The Velvet Vampire (1971)--couple stranded in desert invited into home.
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Lake of Dracula (1971)--a.k.a. Bloodthirsty Eyes, Japanese.
Blacula (1972)--Caribbean Count.
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)--Christopher Lee.
Saga of the Draculas (1972)--aging Count's interest in pregnant niece.
The Night Stalker (1972)
The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman (1972)--a.k.a. Shadow of the Werewolf.
Dracula in Brianza (1972)
Dracula's Great Love (1972)
The Deathmaster (1972)
The Legend of Blood Castle (1972)--17th-century Hungarian nobleman.
Grave of the Vampire (1972)--baby drinks mom's blood from bottle.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973)--Jack Palance as Dracula; Dan Curtis Productions.
Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973)--Pam Grier's voodoo must send him back.
Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)--Christopher Lee as CEO and germ warfare.
Andy Warhol's Dracula (1973)--Italian/French with aging Dracula.
The Daughter of Dracula (1973)
Dead People (1973)
Lemora: A Vampire's Tale (1973)--odyssey of teenager in the 1930s.
The Devil's Plaything (1973)
The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Old Dracula (1974)--David Niven.
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974)--victims robbed of youth.
The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula (1974)--martial arts and Peter Cushing.
Evil of Dracula (1974)--Japanese sequel to 1971's Lake of Dracula.
Vampyres (1974)--two female hitchhikers.
Deafula (1975)
Dead of Night (1976)
Rabid (1977)--Marilyn Chambers has bloodsucking organ under arm.
Doctor Dracula (1977)
Dracula and Son (1977)--Christopher Lee's son wants to be a florist.
Dracula's Dog (1977)--a.k.a. Zoltan: Hound of Dracula.
Martin (1977)--George A. Romero directs film regarding guilt and morality.
Count Dracula (1978)--British tv with Louis Jourdan.
Dracula (1979)--Frank Langella and Laurence Olivier.
Vampire (1979)--San Francisco millionaire; produced by Bochco.
Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)
Nosferatu: The Vampire (1979)--Klaus Kinski in slow remake of 1922 film.
Thirst (1979)--descendant of Countess Bathory and secret society.
Love at First Bite (1979)--George Hamilton spoof with Susan Saint James.
Vampire Hookers (1979)--a.k.a. Night of the Bloodsuckers, with John Carradine.
Dracula Sucks (1979)--Jamie Gillis.
Salem's Lot: The Movie (1979)--originally 4-hour tv movie.


1980s:
Dracula's Last Rites (1980)--vampire mortician.
Mama Dracula (1980)--Baroness Bathory spoof.
Deadline (1980)
Dr. Dracula (1981)
Dracula Rises From His Coffin (1982)
The Hunger (1983)--Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon.
A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1984)--nerd vampire spoof.
Fright Night (1985)--kid and Roddy McDowall vs. neighbor.
Once Bitten (1985)--Lauren Hutton comedy.
The Seven Vampires (1985)--botanical chaos.
Dragon Against Vampire (1985)
Lifeforce (1985)--space expedition brings back trouble to London.
Vampire Hunter D (1985) -- Japanese anime novel.
Dracula, the Great Undead (1985) -- Documentary
Demon Queen (1986) -- Female vampire on bloody rampage.
Vamp (1986)--Grace Jones vs. college students.
The Devil Vendetta (1986)
Mr. Vampire (1986)--Hong Kong martial arts and slapstick.
The Lost Boys (1987)--bad influence of the gang.
The Monster Squad (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
I Married a Vampire (1987)--comedy with Brendan Hickey, Rachel Golden.
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)--after last date, he likes rare hamburgers.
Love Bites (1988)--gay spoof.
Teen Vamp (1988)--high school nerd transformed.
Beverly Hills Vamp (1988)--California girls stay out of the sun.
Dance of the Damned (1988)
Dinner With the Vampire (1988)
Dracula's Widow (1988)
Vampire at Midnight (1988)--L.A. cop vs. vampire.
Because the Dawn (1988)--Lesbian vampires.
Nightlife (1989)
To Die For (1989)--Dracula in L.A.
Daughter of Darkness (1989)--she discovers in Romania dad was vampire.
Vampire's Kiss (1989)--Nicholas Cage paranoid about Jennifer Beals.
Rockula (1989)--300-year-old teen vampire in a musical spoof.
Fright Night: Part II (1989)--Roddy McDowall vs. female vampire.

1990s:
Dawn (1990)
Sundown: Vampire in Retreat (1990)
Rockula (1990) -- A young vampire is cursed to stay a virgin.
Doctor Vampire (1991)
Blood Ties (1991)--made for tv.
Subspecies (1991)
Kingdom of the Vampire (1991)--Jeff vs. witchy mother.
Pale Blood (1991)--kinky L.A. tale of vampire looking for love.
Vampire Cop (1991)--night shift and tv reporter.
The Reflecting Skin (1991)--a Midwest boy's paranoia about widow next door.
Bram Stroker's Dracula (1992)--Gary Oldman; Francis Ford Coppola.
Innocent Blood (1992)
Children of the Night (1992)--Mother and daughter vampires emprisoned by priest.
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Tale of a Vampire (1992)
Dracula's Hair (1992)
Sleepwalkers (1992) -- Stephen King and Egyptology.
To Sleep With a Vampire (1992)--vampire with stripper seeking son.
My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)--Al Lewis from "The Munsters."
Darkness (1993)
Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1993)--vampire Radu, his mummy, and subspecies.
Love Bites (1993)--vampire hunter in love with prey.
Blood Ties (1993)
Dracula Rising (1993)
Tale of a Vampire (1993)--London library scholar searching for lost love.
To Sleep with a Vampire (1993)
Project Vampire (1993)--world domination (would end the food supply?).
Blood in the Night (1993)
City of the Vampires (1993)
Cronos (1993)--mechanized scarab inflicts vampirism.
Vampire Vixens From Venus (1994)--three alien drug smugglers.
Vampires and Other Stereotypes (1994)--detectives and chaos from Hell.
Demonsoul (1994)
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)--Alyssa Milano as tempted college student.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Addicted to Murder (1995)--Midwest boy meets vampire in the woods.
From Dusk 'Til Dawn (1996)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Dead of Night (1996)
The Vampire Journals (1996)--Vengeful Vamp out to destroy line who turned him.
An American Vampire Story (1997)--New friends turn out to be bad vampires.
Def By Temptation (1997)--Samuel L. Jackson in erotic thriller.
Addicted to Murder: Tainted Blood (1998)--A rebel vampire converts unworthy victims.
Blade (1998)
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
Teenage Space Vampires (1998)--Aliens turn out to be a strange vampire species.
Addicted to Murder 3: Blood Lust (1999) -- Someone is feeding on vampire flesh.
Cold Hearts (1999) -- Two young women must kill to live.
The Vampire Carmilla (1999) -- Vampire stalks friends of her great-great-granddaughter.
Vampire Blues (1999) -- New Jersey teen vacations in Spain.


2000s:
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Dracula 2000 (2000) -- Count Dracula is once again unleashed upon the world.
Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000) -- Made for TV.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) -- The 1922 Nosferatu Schreck as a real vampire.
Blood (2000) -- Vampire's blood made genetically narcotic.
Vampires: Los Muertos (2001) -- Jon Bon, vampire hunter.
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001) -- Jesus is called back to a harassed Ottawa.
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2001) -- Japanese anime novel.
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula (2001) -- Female vampire rock star in the '60s.
The Forsaken (2001)
Blade II (2002)
Queen of the Damned (2002) -- Vaguely Anne Ricey.
Vampire Clan (2002) -- Those crazy homicidal teens.
An Erotic Vampire in Paris (2002) -- Lesbian Parisian adventure.
Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires (2003) -- Camilla courts Lilith.
The Twins Effect (2003) - A Chinese martial arts vampire movie, with a special guest appearance by Jackie Chan. AKA The Vampire Effect
Moon Child (2003)
Vampires Anonymous (2003) - A vampire trying to get away from his "eating habits" joins a 12-step program.
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Vampire Blvd. (2004)
Night Watch (2004) - Russian fantasy film partially involving vampires.
Day Watch (2006)
Twilight Watch (2009)
Vampires: The Turning (2005)
BloodRayne (2006)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007)
Ultraviolet (2006)
Frostbiten (2006) - Sweden's first vampire movie.
Perfect Creature (2006) - New Zealand's first vampire movie.
The Hamiltons (2006)
Vampire Cop Ricky (2006)
The Thirst (2006)
Vegas Vampires (2007) - Daniel Baldwin, Richard Roundtree
Revamped (2007)
Gothic Vampires from Hell (2007)
30 Days of Night (2007) - Based on the comic of the same name.
I Am Legend (2007) - Based on the novel of the same name.
Vampire Noir (2007)
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Let the Right One In (2008) - An acclaimed Swedish romantic horror movie based on the novel of the same name.
Vampyrer (2008) - Another Swedish horror thriller movie about two vampire sisters.
Twilight (2008) - Based on the novel of the same name.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) - Based on the novel New Moon.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) - Based on the novel Eclipse.
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) - A spoof of the lesbian vampire genre.
Thirst (2009)
Against the Dark (2009)
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) - Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, John C. Reilly, Michael Ceveris - based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan called Cirque Du Freak.
The Vampires of Bloody Island (2009) - an independent British comedy in the style of the 1970s Hammer vampire films.
Wannabe (2009) - an Independent American Horror movie[5]
Daybreakers (2010) - written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig.

[Diomedes]

[Tomahawk]

Vampire Hookers (1979)--a.k.a. Night of the Bloodsuckers, with John Carradine

That sounds like a must rent. I'm also glad to see Jesus Christ-Vampire Hunter on your list - if anybody wants, you can borrow it