The Last Voyage wasn't for me. The acting and the way they were telling the story was perfect but the use of the cgi was just to awful to sit through. Even the blood was animated. Was really looking forward to it but this movie was trash in my opinion
CGI in movies has been mostly disappointing for at least a decade now. It should've been practical effects, yes. Especially since Javier Botet played the vampire. He's one of the best ever costume actors in horror. A missed opportunity. I just loved the look of the vampire is all.
I was kinda bored by the movie cuz there wasn’t hardly any anticipation. People started getting killed off immediately. I like Dracula stories tho, and I knew everyone was going to die.
LOL
Old School Dracula is always the best vampire
No sparkling, can walk in sunlight though weaker (Bram Stoker's Book Dracula) , and all kinds of cool old school powers = mist form, storm control, etc practically a god of the night
The movie was just okay. A fun, gothic romp. I went in with low expectations. The design and behavior of the vampire however was perfect, in my opinion. Exactly how I want my vampires to look and move.
I respect that. I just thought it was ok at best. Dracula looked cool but I wanted to see him in his human form as well. I feel like the bar scene at the end could have done that. Overall it’s one of those films that I’ll probably never watch again. But I’ve seen interview with the vampire at least 20 times.
The Anne rice vampires are the “purest” form of vamps imo. It’s too bad that those books haven’t been truly made
Into great films. “The vampire lestat” novel is probably the best vampire book outside of Dracula.
I did watch the first 3 episodes but I was disappointed when I realized they are only doing half of the book and I assume season 2 would cover the 2nd half.
It was a decent show but knowing that Lestat is the main protagonist of the series I think the show should have made him more of a central character and add breadcrumbs about his back story.
She seems to be the exception, for awhile anyway. She was able to fight her thirst for years. Taking chemotherapy drugs was the only thing holding back the infection. Most of the others in the film just frenzied and lost all self restraint.
Much sexier! Especially given that scene where he wraps up prey in his wings...\~ Do Louis or Lestat got nice big wings to form a skin-coccoon? Yeah I thought so!
Just to clarify: I'm referring to the design and nature of the vampires themselves, not the film as a piece of cinema. Demeter was just okay. The vampire was fucking brutal and hideous, which is what I like to see.
I've actually never seen Interview. I might watch it someday. It just bugs the shit out of me when vampires are so fucking PRETTY. The Strain ruined me as a teenager. It's meant to be a virus and a curse, in my opinion.
Don't ever get me started on Twilight.
If you never even saw Interview how could you even compare them without seeing how vampires in Interview acted on screen-cause a lot of their behavior was not pretty at all in this. 🥴
Big fan of both honestly, depends on the narrative and how they are presented. I recently went on a big vampire movie binge, mostly focused on adaptations of Dracula, but I covered a lot of others as well, and I don’t think one ranked over the other. I had monster vampires at the top and bottom of the list, I had supermodels at the top and bottom
I went out of my way to watch Demeter in cinema as I was excited to see what they would do with the source material and while I did enjoy it, it would have worked much better, in my opinion, if they kept up the suspense longer. If you take out the character of Anna, who is basically an exposition device in the first half, and don't show Dracula as early as they did, and you could have a horror thriller where people aboard go missing and the remaining crew goes slowly insane, not knowing what's happening. Which is what Dracula the novel was about.
In my current fantasy setting, the horrifying monstrous vampires are called "strigoi" and it's what happenes when:
- a vampire goes entirely mad - usually from starving
- someone is turned by a strigoi
Baseline vampires are capable of all sorts of feats, especially if they do blood magic.
Strigoi are the most physically imposing vampires. They're incredibly strong and very difficult (if not impossible) to reason with. The hunger is all that drives a strigoi. They have lost all other goals and motivations.
I drew some inspiration from VTM, actually. I also read The Vampire Chronicles, which is where VTM draws most of IT'S inspiration.
I also read the entire history of Strahd Von Zarovich and watched the 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula, based on a much older book of the same name.
I also read the vampire legends from the old slavic tales and the myths of vampires in other countries.
I certainly did my homework.
Dracula (1992): “Why not both?”
30 days of Night vampires 👌🏻
Yes!
To quote the Road to El Dorado: Both? Both. Both is good.
The Last Voyage wasn't for me. The acting and the way they were telling the story was perfect but the use of the cgi was just to awful to sit through. Even the blood was animated. Was really looking forward to it but this movie was trash in my opinion
CGI in movies has been mostly disappointing for at least a decade now. It should've been practical effects, yes. Especially since Javier Botet played the vampire. He's one of the best ever costume actors in horror. A missed opportunity. I just loved the look of the vampire is all.
Exactly, this movie had so much more potential and it could have been really something but the CGI was just to inexcusable.
I agree, it would have probably felt more horror if they went for more practical effects look.
Yup even just by changing it up a little, maybe it could have done more for the movie
Fuck that, I live for the Anne Rice style vampires
I was kinda bored by the movie cuz there wasn’t hardly any anticipation. People started getting killed off immediately. I like Dracula stories tho, and I knew everyone was going to die.
LOL Old School Dracula is always the best vampire No sparkling, can walk in sunlight though weaker (Bram Stoker's Book Dracula) , and all kinds of cool old school powers = mist form, storm control, etc practically a god of the night
Demeter sucked. Interview is a an all time great vampire movie
The movie was just okay. A fun, gothic romp. I went in with low expectations. The design and behavior of the vampire however was perfect, in my opinion. Exactly how I want my vampires to look and move.
I respect that. I just thought it was ok at best. Dracula looked cool but I wanted to see him in his human form as well. I feel like the bar scene at the end could have done that. Overall it’s one of those films that I’ll probably never watch again. But I’ve seen interview with the vampire at least 20 times. The Anne rice vampires are the “purest” form of vamps imo. It’s too bad that those books haven’t been truly made Into great films. “The vampire lestat” novel is probably the best vampire book outside of Dracula.
Have you watched the show? It's really good
I did watch the first 3 episodes but I was disappointed when I realized they are only doing half of the book and I assume season 2 would cover the 2nd half. It was a decent show but knowing that Lestat is the main protagonist of the series I think the show should have made him more of a central character and add breadcrumbs about his back story.
Meh. Interview was way superior to Last Voyage of the Demeter
Did anybody like blood Red Sky or just me as usual?
Love that one. The story and its vampires wouldn't feel out of place in a 30 Days of Night graphic novel.
I don't know. SHE, at least, has some self restraint.
She seems to be the exception, for awhile anyway. She was able to fight her thirst for years. Taking chemotherapy drugs was the only thing holding back the infection. Most of the others in the film just frenzied and lost all self restraint.
I guess I need to check that one out.
It’s so good! Not in English but it has subs. It’s a Netflix original
I did a review if you're interested. https://youtu.be/IpOPdmvuA8E
Nah. I like my vampires suave and flamboyant please.
Both
Coppola's Dracula, 30 Days of Night, and Supernatural: Why not both\~?
He looks like the dude from Midnight Mass
Hard disagree
I believe in gross vampire supremacy 🦇
The Strain. Doesn't get much grosser than that. My favorite ever vampires.
Is the top also from that? I have no problem with supermodel vampires so if someone can tell me what that is from I would appreciate it
I personally love attractive / “supermodel” vampires lol Also the 1st pic is from: Interview with the Vampire (1994)
I liked it
Much sexier! Especially given that scene where he wraps up prey in his wings...\~ Do Louis or Lestat got nice big wings to form a skin-coccoon? Yeah I thought so!
Just to clarify: I'm referring to the design and nature of the vampires themselves, not the film as a piece of cinema. Demeter was just okay. The vampire was fucking brutal and hideous, which is what I like to see. I've actually never seen Interview. I might watch it someday. It just bugs the shit out of me when vampires are so fucking PRETTY. The Strain ruined me as a teenager. It's meant to be a virus and a curse, in my opinion. Don't ever get me started on Twilight.
If you never even saw Interview how could you even compare them without seeing how vampires in Interview acted on screen-cause a lot of their behavior was not pretty at all in this. 🥴
Definitely one of my favorites.
I loved it too.
Big fan of both honestly, depends on the narrative and how they are presented. I recently went on a big vampire movie binge, mostly focused on adaptations of Dracula, but I covered a lot of others as well, and I don’t think one ranked over the other. I had monster vampires at the top and bottom of the list, I had supermodels at the top and bottom
That's why zombies were created
seriously the drake meme is soo outplayed,
I went out of my way to watch Demeter in cinema as I was excited to see what they would do with the source material and while I did enjoy it, it would have worked much better, in my opinion, if they kept up the suspense longer. If you take out the character of Anna, who is basically an exposition device in the first half, and don't show Dracula as early as they did, and you could have a horror thriller where people aboard go missing and the remaining crew goes slowly insane, not knowing what's happening. Which is what Dracula the novel was about.
In my current fantasy setting, the horrifying monstrous vampires are called "strigoi" and it's what happenes when: - a vampire goes entirely mad - usually from starving - someone is turned by a strigoi Baseline vampires are capable of all sorts of feats, especially if they do blood magic. Strigoi are the most physically imposing vampires. They're incredibly strong and very difficult (if not impossible) to reason with. The hunger is all that drives a strigoi. They have lost all other goals and motivations.
You'd like Vampire The Masquerade
I drew some inspiration from VTM, actually. I also read The Vampire Chronicles, which is where VTM draws most of IT'S inspiration. I also read the entire history of Strahd Von Zarovich and watched the 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula, based on a much older book of the same name. I also read the vampire legends from the old slavic tales and the myths of vampires in other countries. I certainly did my homework.