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Saturday, 7 January 2012

Top 10 Most Vampire Movies

1.Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror-romance film directed and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Dracula was greeted by a generally positive critical reception and was a box office hit. The film’s score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and featured “Love Song for a Vampire” by Annie Lennox as the closing credits theme. The film won three Academy Awards, Best Costume Design , Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Makeup and was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. It also won four Saturn Awards, with Best Director and Best Actor for Coppola and Oldman, respectively.

2.Salem’s Lot
Salem’s Lot  is a 1979 American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot revolves around a writer returning to his home town and discovers the citizens are turning into vampires. Salem’s Lot was featured on AMC’s list of Remembering Made-for-TV Terrors and Reggie Nalder’s Nosferatu-like portrayal of Kurt Barlow was ranked #8 on Entertainment Weekly’s “20 Greatest Vampires.” Ronnie Scribner’s infamous “window” scene as the child vampire Ralphie Glick was ranked #4 on Empire Magazine’s list of “Top 10 Scariest Movie Scenes” .

3.The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American teen horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes. The film is about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie’s stories about Peter Pan and Neverland.  The Lost Boys has come to be regarded as a touchstone of 80s cinema and a seminal teenage vampire film, inspiring successors such as the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

4.Nosferatu
Nosferatu was the first and only production of Prana Film,[1] founded in 1921 by Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Grau had the idea to shoot a vampire film; the inspiration arose from Grau’s war experience: in the winter of 1916, a Serbian farmer told him that his father was a vampire and one of the Undead. The story of Nosferatu is similar to that of Dracula and retains the core characters—Jonathan and Mina Harker, the Count, etc.—but omits many of the secondary players, such as Arthur and Quincey, and changes all of the characters’ names. The setting has been transferred from Britain in the 1890s to Germany in 1838.

5.Fright Night
Fright Night is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Herb Jaffe. It stars William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and Amanda Bearse. The film was released on August 2, 1985 and was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part II, and a 3D remake in 2011. Fright Night’s widest release was 1,545 theaters. The film also turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office, making $6,118,543 on opening weekend. Domestic gross was $24,922,237. It performed the best of any horror film released during the summer of 1985. It was also the second highest-grossing horror film of 1985, bested only by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.

6.From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez.  From Dusk till Dawn employed a non-union production crew, which is unusual for a production with a budget above $15 million. Rodriguez, Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender defended this choice because it made for a more team-like atmosphere on the set instead of people having to stick to their certified jobs.  The movie stars Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino and Juliette Lewis.

7.Let the Right One In
The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The film received widespread international critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including the “Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature” at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation’s 2008 Méliès d’Or for the “Best European Fantastic Feature Film”, as well as four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute and the Saturn Award for Best International Film.

8.Near Dark
The story follows a young man in a small midwestern town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires. Starring then little-known actors Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright, the movie was released in 1987, part of a revival of serious vampire movies in the late 1980s. A remake from Platinum Dunes film production company was originally planned[17] but has since been put on hold after the release of the vampire romance film Twilight.

9.30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night is a 2007 American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Danny Huston. The story focuses on an Alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day long polar night. 30 Days of Night was released in 2,855 cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 19, 2007. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $15,951,902, placing first in the box office.

10.Dark Shadows
The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. Dark Shadows has the distinction of being one of the few classic television soap operas to have all of its episodes survive intact except one, although a handful of early episodes are available only in 16 mm kinescope format. For the one lost episode, only a home audio recording of the episode exists
1.Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror-romance film directed and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Dracula was greeted by a generally positive critical reception and was a box office hit. The film’s score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and featured “Love Song for a Vampire” by Annie Lennox as the closing credits theme. The film won three Academy Awards, Best Costume Design , Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Makeup and was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. It also won four Saturn Awards, with Best Director and Best Actor for Coppola and Oldman, respectively.

2.Salem’s Lot
Salem’s Lot  is a 1979 American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot revolves around a writer returning to his home town and discovers the citizens are turning into vampires. Salem’s Lot was featured on AMC’s list of Remembering Made-for-TV Terrors and Reggie Nalder’s Nosferatu-like portrayal of Kurt Barlow was ranked #8 on Entertainment Weekly’s “20 Greatest Vampires.” Ronnie Scribner’s infamous “window” scene as the child vampire Ralphie Glick was ranked #4 on Empire Magazine’s list of “Top 10 Scariest Movie Scenes” .

3.The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American teen horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes. The film is about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie’s stories about Peter Pan and Neverland.  The Lost Boys has come to be regarded as a touchstone of 80s cinema and a seminal teenage vampire film, inspiring successors such as the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

4.Nosferatu
Nosferatu was the first and only production of Prana Film,[1] founded in 1921 by Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Grau had the idea to shoot a vampire film; the inspiration arose from Grau’s war experience: in the winter of 1916, a Serbian farmer told him that his father was a vampire and one of the Undead. The story of Nosferatu is similar to that of Dracula and retains the core characters—Jonathan and Mina Harker, the Count, etc.—but omits many of the secondary players, such as Arthur and Quincey, and changes all of the characters’ names. The setting has been transferred from Britain in the 1890s to Germany in 1838.

5.Fright Night
Fright Night is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Herb Jaffe. It stars William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and Amanda Bearse. The film was released on August 2, 1985 and was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part II, and a 3D remake in 2011. Fright Night’s widest release was 1,545 theaters. The film also turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office, making $6,118,543 on opening weekend. Domestic gross was $24,922,237. It performed the best of any horror film released during the summer of 1985. It was also the second highest-grossing horror film of 1985, bested only by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.

6.From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez.  From Dusk till Dawn employed a non-union production crew, which is unusual for a production with a budget above $15 million. Rodriguez, Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender defended this choice because it made for a more team-like atmosphere on the set instead of people having to stick to their certified jobs.  The movie stars Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino and Juliette Lewis.

7.Let the Right One In
The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The film received widespread international critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including the “Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature” at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation’s 2008 Méliès d’Or for the “Best European Fantastic Feature Film”, as well as four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute and the Saturn Award for Best International Film.

8.Near Dark
The story follows a young man in a small midwestern town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires. Starring then little-known actors Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright, the movie was released in 1987, part of a revival of serious vampire movies in the late 1980s. A remake from Platinum Dunes film production company was originally planned[17] but has since been put on hold after the release of the vampire romance film Twilight.

9.30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night is a 2007 American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Danny Huston. The story focuses on an Alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day long polar night. 30 Days of Night was released in 2,855 cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 19, 2007. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $15,951,902, placing first in the box office.

10.Dark Shadows
The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. Dark Shadows has the distinction of being one of the few classic television soap operas to have all of its episodes survive intact except one, although a handful of early episodes are available only in 16 mm kinescope format. For the one lost episode, only a home audio recording of the episode exists
1.Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror-romance film directed and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Dracula was greeted by a generally positive critical reception and was a box office hit. The film’s score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and featured “Love Song for a Vampire” by Annie Lennox as the closing credits theme. The film won three Academy Awards, Best Costume Design , Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Makeup and was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. It also won four Saturn Awards, with Best Director and Best Actor for Coppola and Oldman, respectively.

2.Salem’s Lot
Salem’s Lot  is a 1979 American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot revolves around a writer returning to his home town and discovers the citizens are turning into vampires. Salem’s Lot was featured on AMC’s list of Remembering Made-for-TV Terrors and Reggie Nalder’s Nosferatu-like portrayal of Kurt Barlow was ranked #8 on Entertainment Weekly’s “20 Greatest Vampires.” Ronnie Scribner’s infamous “window” scene as the child vampire Ralphie Glick was ranked #4 on Empire Magazine’s list of “Top 10 Scariest Movie Scenes” .

3.The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American teen horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes. The film is about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie’s stories about Peter Pan and Neverland.  The Lost Boys has come to be regarded as a touchstone of 80s cinema and a seminal teenage vampire film, inspiring successors such as the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

4.Nosferatu
Nosferatu was the first and only production of Prana Film,[1] founded in 1921 by Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Grau had the idea to shoot a vampire film; the inspiration arose from Grau’s war experience: in the winter of 1916, a Serbian farmer told him that his father was a vampire and one of the Undead. The story of Nosferatu is similar to that of Dracula and retains the core characters—Jonathan and Mina Harker, the Count, etc.—but omits many of the secondary players, such as Arthur and Quincey, and changes all of the characters’ names. The setting has been transferred from Britain in the 1890s to Germany in 1838.

5.Fright Night
Fright Night is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Herb Jaffe. It stars William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and Amanda Bearse. The film was released on August 2, 1985 and was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part II, and a 3D remake in 2011. Fright Night’s widest release was 1,545 theaters. The film also turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office, making $6,118,543 on opening weekend. Domestic gross was $24,922,237. It performed the best of any horror film released during the summer of 1985. It was also the second highest-grossing horror film of 1985, bested only by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.

6.From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez.  From Dusk till Dawn employed a non-union production crew, which is unusual for a production with a budget above $15 million. Rodriguez, Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender defended this choice because it made for a more team-like atmosphere on the set instead of people having to stick to their certified jobs.  The movie stars Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino and Juliette Lewis.

7.Let the Right One In
The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The film received widespread international critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including the “Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature” at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation’s 2008 Méliès d’Or for the “Best European Fantastic Feature Film”, as well as four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute and the Saturn Award for Best International Film.

8.Near Dark
The story follows a young man in a small midwestern town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires. Starring then little-known actors Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright, the movie was released in 1987, part of a revival of serious vampire movies in the late 1980s. A remake from Platinum Dunes film production company was originally planned[17] but has since been put on hold after the release of the vampire romance film Twilight.

9.30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night is a 2007 American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Danny Huston. The story focuses on an Alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day long polar night. 30 Days of Night was released in 2,855 cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 19, 2007. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $15,951,902, placing first in the box office.

10.Dark Shadows
The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. Dark Shadows has the distinction of being one of the few classic television soap operas to have all of its episodes survive intact except one, although a handful of early episodes are available only in 16 mm kinescope format. For the one lost episode, only a home audio recording of the episode exists

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