Summary
Just when audiences thought every drop of blood had been squeezed from the vampire genre,Sinnerslaunched with a fountain of gore to prove them wrong. Vampires and their lore make for great on-screen drama, combining danger, terror, sex, and above all, a distinctive and alluring style.
Sinnersisn’t just about a gang of gluttonous monsters hunting and killing humans. It uses the unique aesthetic of the American South of the 1920s, which includes the music, stories, and cultures that defined the place and time. For those who likevampire movies with the same kind of tone and style asSinners, there are plenty of other great optons to check out.
Of course it’s going to be cool and stylish if it stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton.Only Lovers Left Aliveis a Gothic fantasy that takes a subversive look at an old genre. The main characters, Adam and Eve, embody the concept of immortal beings that have seen it all and just can’t anymore, and their efforts to find some meaning to their mundane and repetitive existence are both comic and tragic.
The couple surrounds themselves with vintage clothing, antique furniture, musical instruments, old books, and, most importantly, pure “designer” blood, guaranteed to be free of modern toxins. Adam is a famous musician, and most of the settings include pop and fan culture. It’sthis hunger for bloodthat unravels their well-laid plans eventually, and nobody is surprised or disappointed when they resort to their baser instincts.
For viewers who prefer a more historic aesthetic,Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunterbegins on a humble Indiana farm in 1818. One day, Jack Barts, a local slaver by day and vampire by night, attacks Abe’s mother as a way to collect on a debt her husband owes him.
Nancy wastes away and dies from these attacks, and despite his father’s advice to the contrary, the boy swears to take revenge. However, he learns the hard way that killing a vampire is just as difficult as everyone says, and he’s rescued by Henry Sturges, a vampire with a complicated past, just in time.
After being trained by Henry in the art of fighting the undead, Abe begins his secret double life of politics by day and killing vampires by night. The rest is history, as they say, with the slave trade taking an even more insidious turn when it’s discovered that the vampires instead import and collect slaves as a constant blood supply. Abe Lincoln isn’t just fighting the Confederacy; he’sfighting a whole undead armywith only a few allies and a silver-tipped axe to back him up.
Jamie Foxx plays Bud Jablonski, a simple pool cleaner with an interesting past. Bud used to hunt vampires, but when he has to pay some expenses related to his daughter’s tuition and braces, he returns to the vampire hunting union. He’s paired with a supervisor, Seth, and is restricted to working the less profitable day shift until he can prove himself.
Seth, played by Snoop Dogg, is supposed to report Bud for any “code violations” that he commits, and he commits many. However Seth sympathizes with Bud’s motives to help his family and keeps his mouth shut. A few clever twists when it comes to both combat and the vampire union rules ensure that Bud emerges victorious, but he’s not the only one who survives, and a sequel might be on the dark horizon.
The Neo-Western is a niche genre, but it’s a popular one with a distinctive style that suits a gritty, modern vampire story.Near Darkbegins when Caleb Colton is attacked and turned by a vampire named Mae and is then recruited into her roving gang of equally vicious undead. They then roam the dusty backroads of the American west, destroying, attacking, and feeding.
Caleb’s family, specifically his father and sister, come looking for him and manage to separate him from the gang and give him a blood transfusion, which reverses his transformation. More visceral action later, along with plenty of fire and blood, leads this movie to a happier conclusion than most vampires get.
People say all kinds of ridiculous things, so when journalist Daniel Molloy interviews mystery man Louis de Pointe du Lac, he doubts his claims that he is a vampire. The movie is told in a series of flashbacks that Louis has during the interview, and his story begins in the orchards and plantations of 1791 Louisiana.
As his story unfolds, Louis reveals that he is hundreds of years old, and the movie goes through various historic periods and settings as the protagonist travels the globe, motivated by curiosity, loneliness, and grief. The movie ends on a harrowing cliffhanger that includes the return of Lestat, but their story only continues in novel form.Queen of the Damnedis one other film adapted from the Anne Rice franchise, which is also a worthy choice, and it includes Lestat but not Louis or Molloy.
Quentin Tarantino made a movie about vampires, and it’s everything a fan of both the notorious director and vampires would expect. It’s another example of Neo-Western cinema combined with horror, but what sets this movie apart is the star-studded cast and the director’s own unique signature.
The movie starts with a brutal robbery and continues to go downhill from there for everyone involved, but it’s satisfying to see the bad guys get what they deserve. As the credits roll, it’s revealed that this vampire society was only the tip of the pyramid, so to speak.
This is a movie about a movie, which is whycertain clips look eerily familiar.Shadow of the Vampireis a fictional retelling of how the movieNosferatuwas made, and it’s a drama and horror film that’s about both human and undead monstrosities.
The story begins in the free-wheeling and often drug-fueled haze of Berlin in the 1930s, and this ethereal setting gives way to Transylvania of the same period. When the film crew moves their divas and party people into the countryside, the drama and horror intensify. Then, when the true nature of their star is revealed, it becomes more apparent that few will escape the true villain, and it’s not who everyone thinks it is.
