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Originally posted by hammerfan
I think you're the only person I've ever seen that has brought up Langella's version of Dracula. You never cease to amaze me, urge! I saw Langella in the play on Broadway so of course had to see the movie when it came out because he was amazing in the play.
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i think i've seen it come up a couple of times .. but he's not one a lot of people remember..
he was my first exposure to Dracula so although he never set the bar for me (i have no problem with a more horrific and less romantic vampire) i still always liked what he did with the role.
I'm suprised you didnt bring up the Hammer vampires ..
although i do like christopher lee a lot (not to mention Peter Cushing) i think the hammer horrors went a long way in making Dracula too recognizable and over exposed ..
I have a documentary somewhere about dracula films, books, etc ..
it starts with the vampire narrator (it may have been Chris Lee) complaining about how commercialized vampires are and cited the Count from sesame st. and count chocula among the examples .. it was done as a joke but there's a big ring of truth to it ... he's too familiar .. he's like frankenstein and the wolfman and the mummy where they have been used is so many other ways other than just horror films .. used in advertising, and kids shows, etc ... it really does distract from the overall impact as a creature of cinematic horror.
not to mention the disservice that has been done to the vampire legend by a lot of god awful films that have been made. (even at least 2 pornos !)
thirdly .. we know the story .. we all know the story. we know what they are - where they came from, how to kill them, what they do ...
I just cant see anything moving forward that will bring something new to the table ... what we need is some new monsters !