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IMO, Interview w/ the Vamp. and Bram Stoker's were a little slow and somewhat boring. When I think of vampires I like them to be fast, violent and merciless. It's for those reasons that I really, really liked Dracula 2000. I know that won't be the most popular pick with most people, but THAT is how I envision Dracula. He should be a brutal, cold blooded, ruthless motherfucker, not some sappy puss that tries to be romantic. He's based off of Vlad The Impaler. And FYI, Vlad The Impaler was not a romantic pussy. He slaughtered thousands of innocent Romanians during his rule and then stuck their heads and carcasses on stakes outside of his castle to show that he was not to be fucked with. (The Forest of the Impaled.) It is for this reason that any Dracula redition that portrays him as a passionate, conflicted man capable of loving is way off base. (In my mind, at least.) He needs to be brutal.
I also really liked From Dusk Til Dawn, Lost Boys, Fright Night, and Salem's Lot.
Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein is pretty good too (Although it's not horror). It's got Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman and even and Invisible Man cameo.
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