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Movie: Lost Boys 3 The Thirst
starring: Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander
genre: Horror
year: 2010
format: DVD

plot: Edgar Frog is hired by a wealthy female author who writes teen vampire stories, to rescue her brother from a head vampire. She tells him that this is the ultimate first vampire, and if he manages to kill this vampire, all others will die with him. Edgar turns to his brother Allan, who is now a vampire himself, for help as well as a female friend who works at the local book store. Before long though, they are joined by a reality star hired by the author. They manage to locate the vampire's lair, but not everything is as it's suppose to be. The hunters find themselves neck deep in a trap and face to face with the head vampire.

This is the final (that I'm aware of) movie in the Lost Boys series. And I have to say, this one stacks up a lot better then the second one in the series. This even uses scenes from the original movie to tie the storyline together.

I liked that they brought the elements from the first movie of having the comic book store, and showing someone continuing the idea of taxidermy. (though not my favourite thing, but good to see they brought that from the first movie)

what do i think i learned from this film? Impalement is always the best way to go, specially when you stab the heart. That and don't dismiss comics, they have a lot of good advice.

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movie: The Lost Boys 2 Tribe
starring: Corey Feldman, Tad Hilgenbrink
genre: Comedy,Thriller
year: 2008
format: DVD

plot: The Emerson kids find themselves in a small surfing town after the death of their parents. Unfortunately for them, the town is also the hot spot for a group of vampires, lead by two of Chris' old surfing rivals. It doesn't take long before the head vampire decides to seduce Chris's sister, in hopes of building his family.

I've gone back and forth over the years on this film. It has it's moments, most of which are when Feldman is on screen. But it's got a lot of dragging in it too.
The original Lost Boys, was a movie that affected my life on so many levels, so when I first heard about this sequel I was beyond thrilled.  The first time I saw it, I was so disappointed that I nearly turned the tv off.  I think I've watched this sequel maybe five times in the last six years. And each time, something different either delights me or makes me want to break the tv.
There are so many elements from the original that are rebooted in this film, and I think that is actually one of the weaknesses. Had they taken one strong element from the original and spent all their energy on doing it properly, instead of trying to remake everything plus the kitchen sink, it would have been a better offering.

what do i think i learned from this film?
The original points that made the first movie so good, were about family and fitting in, but this one doesn't really seem to have a solid point to it. It tries to be about family but in the end it falls way short. 
I don't think I learned much from this on this showing. Who knows, maybe next time I'll get something more out of it?

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Movie: The Lost Boys
starring: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim
genre: Horror, Comedy,
year: 1987
format: DVD

plot: Sam and Micheal move with their mother after she gets a divorce. To their horror, they have moved to what seems to be the murder capital of the west coast, as hundreds of people are either dead or missing in the small sea side town. Soon, both boys have made some new friends, Micheal has been hanging around a group of teenaged bikers, and Sam a couple of guys who work in their parent's comic book store. They soon find out that neither is really what they first appear to be. Micheal's new gang are actually a group of blood sucking vampires and Sam's buddies are the hunters that are set to kill them. Meanwhile, their mom ends up dating the head vampire.

Cult classic!
There is so much to say about this film, but at the same time nothing to say because it's all been said a million times over the last twenty plus years.

What at first seems like just another teen horror film from the 80's, is more a discussion on finding the truth about yourself, and how far you are willing to go to learn it. (as seen in the classic line uttered by David "How far are you willing to go Micheal?" )

What do i think i learned from this film?
I think the film fits better of what have I not learned from it?  This movie single handedly changed the way I think, act, breathe for that matter.

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movie: Immortality the Wisdom of Crocodiles (aka  Immortality,  aka  The Wisdom of Crocodiles)
starring:Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn
genre; Crime, Thriller
year: 1998/2000
format; DVD

plot: After becoming the prime suspect in the death of his ex-girlfriend, a lab tech specializing in blood disorders and kidney stones, finds his life starting to unravel. He needs to get his current girlfriend to love him unconditionally in order to feed off her emotions. But she is unsatisfied with the mysterious aspects of his life, and starts to uncover his secrets.


You will notice the this movie has 3 titles, Immortality which is the U.S. title, Wisdom of Crocodiles  which is the British title, and Immortality the Wisdom of Crocodiles, which is what it seems to go by; by fans.  This was originally a 1998 film, but released in Canada and the US in 2000.  There is also some confusion on if the movie is based on a book or if the book was written after the movie.


This has got to be one of the most unique films I've ever seen. It's seductive, compelling, and makes you think of the classic vampire stories like Dracula,  Carmilla and The Vamypre.

The lead character doesn't just need the blood, he needs the emotions tied to the blood. In a way, he fits the idea of a psy-vamp as much as he does a sang-vamp. Again, bringing you back to the ideas that were used in the classic vampire novels.
You're never really given any true background on him, and you end up wondering if he really was a vampire or just a psychopath?

There are more then a few scenes where the lead has managed to do something that only his victims were able to do, little traits that were unique to them, like the way the second woman he's feed off of can write with both hands at the same time.  What I found really interesting, was the friendship between himself and the male cop, and you realize that he's been feeding off of him in a strange way by giving the cop someone to trust. This is shown subtly in a scene where the lead character extinguishes his cigarette the same way the cop has been doing so through out the film.

what do i think i learned from this film?
Nobody is perfect. Even when you have centuries to become so, you will never achieve it.

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movie: Stay Alive
starring: Jon Foster, Jimmi Simpson
genre: Horror
year: 2006
format: DVD

plot: A video gamer tester and his roommates die in the same way that their characters did in the game, and the game ends up being passed on to one of his buddies, Hutch.  One of Hutch's friends decides to have a group game night in honor of their dead buddy.  It's a game based on the legend of Countess Bathory, a woman accused of draining young girls of their blood.  Soon, members of the group end up dead, in the same way their characters in the game die. Hutch and the others need to find a way to stop the vampire's killing before it's too late.

What I love about this film, is that it mixes elements of real folklore, from use of roses and coffin nails as weapons, (the kids have to nail the ghost to the vampire's body) to the actual history of Bathory.  I also love that the game is a metaphor itself for vampirism.
The idea that they unwittingly hold a seance when they start the game, allowing the vampire to awake and send it's astral self through the game is genius. The mood of this movie is dark, and plays well with the shadows always having something just out of the corner of your eye.

My version is the director's cut, which has about 12 minutes of extra footage and an added character than the theatrical version.

what do I think I learned from this film? This deals with the idea of  perceptive reality. What you know to be solid and real is only one version of the truth, and you can control the outcome if you are willing to believe in something else. 

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movie: Dracula 3 Legacy
starring: Jason Scott Lee, Jason London
genre: Drama
year: 2005
format: DVD

plot: Five years after the events of the first two films, we find Uffizi and Luke in Romania, in the heart of Transylvania, hunting for Dracula and trying to save Elizabeth. What they find is a group of rebels and a civil war everyone believes is being run by a drug lord. A missing news reporter joins the two men as they journey to one of Dracula's old castles where he's hiding in plan sight.

Once again, the actor playing Dracula has been recast, with Rutger Hauer playing him.
The drug references hit a peak when the heroes finally storm the castle and find Elizabeth in a pit with other vampires, all feeding off each other in a euphoric state. Dracula comments that this is because these vampires still had some of their humanity and could not bring themselves to feed off of humans, but that this would lead to complete madness for them.
There is a scene at the end, where Uffizi drinks from Dracula, taking into himself the very essence of him. Thus becoming another reincarnation of Dracula. 

Other then saying how much I liked this film and the series, the only thing I can really comment on is the question that both sequels bring up from Dracula 2000, and that's if at the end of the first movie the character of Mary said she had the remains of Dracula in a tomb, then how did he end up in the morgue in part two?  I've always wondered that.

what do i think i learned from this film?
Sometimes, having faith in something means turning our backs on the people who gave us that first reason to believe.

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movie: Wes Craven's Dracula 2 Ascension
starring: Jason London, Stephen Billington
genre; Thriller
year: 2003
format: DVD

plot: The body of Dracula arrives in the morgue after having been burned, and the coroner enlists her co-workers to steal it in order to save her dying boyfriend. Meanwhile a priest who is a vampire himself is out to destroy the remains first.

This is a straight to video sequel to Dracula 2000 (Day 41)

The actor who plays Dracula in this film, has short bleached hair making him look like what Anne Rice's Lestat sort of is suppose to look like.  This is explained by adding the plot line that vampires change the way they look because they regenerate.  I know it started as a way to explain why the actor is different, but I think it's a brilliant explanation as to why too certain vampires are not suppose to have reflections when others don't.
This film also pulls from folklore having the vampire unable to pass up counting seeds or to untie knots.
And following with the idea of Dracula connecting to Mary in the first film, each time someone in this film is infected with the vampire's blood, he has a psychic link established, with visions and what almost seems like a mind control.

what do i think i learned from this film?
If you are going to have faith in someone and follow them blindly, always know the whole story as to why.

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movie: Dracula 2000
starring: Johnny Lee Miller, Gerard Butler
genre: Thriller
year: 2000
format: DVD

plot: Dracula had been captured by Van Helsing in 1897, only to be set free in 2000 by a group of unknowing bank robbers. While having been entombed for over a hundred years, Dracula started to have visions of a woman who he learns is Van Helsing's daughter, and sets out to find her in New Orleans. He learns that the reason Van Helsing is still alive is because he has been transfusing himself with Dracula's blood.

This is one of my favourite modern takes on Dracula. I know there has been literally thousands of Dracula based stories, but there is something about this movie that hits home for me.
This is a Wes Craven film, and it's got  dramatic vampire actor Christopher Plummer (Priest, Red Blooded American Girl, Vampire in Venice, )
This is one of the first vampire movies to try to connect the dots with why certain vampires are affected by crosses and silver. This film gives us a mythos that goes back to the time of Christ, weaving into the back story some real history beyond the usual.
I also really like the idea that since Van Helsing has been stealing Dracula's blood, his daughter is technically a decedent of Dracula himself.  It gives a new spin on the folklore of the dhampir.

what do i think i learned from this film?
There is always two sides to every story, and we have to be willing to listen to both sides no matter how painful.

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movie: The Little Vampire
starring: Jonathan Lipnicki,  Rollo Weeks
genre: Family, Comedy
year: 2000
format; DVD

plot: After moving to Scotland a young boy starts to have dreams about a group of vampires and a hunter who is after them.  Unable to make any friends at school, he retreats more and more into the idea of the dreams, until one night he actually meets one of the child vampires he's been dreaming about.  The two become friends, and begin searching for a missing necklace that can help to free all the vampires in the area from a curse.

This is based on a series of children's books from the 1980's and an original tv show of the same name.

This is one of those cute movies that has a good moral without coming across as preachy or dumbed down.  It's about standing up for yourself, but showing tolerance to people who are different.

what do i think i learned from this film?
In the end, everyone is equal

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movie: Innocent Blood
starring: Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia
genre: Crime, Comedy
year: 1992
format: VHS

plot: A female vampire feeds off of a few members of the mob, but fails to kill one of her victims, mob boss Sal.  Sal then goes on a killing spree turning many of his crew into vampires, while an undercover cop tries to stop him along with the female vampire.

I think the metaphor of crime life (is that a real term?) as a vampire (once you're in -you're in for life) is brilliant.  This film sort of balanced on the edge of organized crime stories just before they became their own genre.

I almost want to class this in food movies too, just for the fact that at some point, every character is eating.  (from Mussels in red wine sauce with garlic, to deli sandwiches, to pizza and cold Chinese) It's a running theme throughout the film. (a few scenes take place inside of a restaurant and many outside of an Oyster house) 

The cast in this is jammed with actors who have been in other vampire movies as well, Kim Coates (Red Blooded American Girl, Dracula the Series, The Club) Angela Bassett (Vampire in Brooklyn) Tom Savini (Lost Boys 2 Tribe, From Dusk till Dawn, Martin)

what do i think i learned from this film?
Trust is more then just something you earn, it's something you have to feel. 

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movie: Vampire in Brooklyn
starring: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett
genre: Comedy
year: 1995
format: DVD

plot: A female cop starts having nightmares, just as a mysterious ship crashes into the docks in Brooklyn. Her and her partner then find themselves in the middle of a strange case that starts with the entire crew of the boat having been slaughtered. Within hours, they meet Maximillian, who ends up being the last vampire of his tribe. He's there to find a half vampire female who just happens to be the cop trailing his murder case. Max has less then a week to get her to fall in love with him before a curse kills him


I think I'm the only person on the planet who likes this movie. It's actually my all time favourite Eddie Murphy movie.   I've seen articles from the cast and crew of this film saying how even they ended up not caring for the final product, but personally I think it's one of the better vampire films to come out of the mid 1990's.

And considering it is a movie of the 90's, it's flavour is more of that from the 1970's. It's very much inline with the two  Blacula films, only funny.
Eddie Murphy plays three characters in one, as he plays a vampire who can change his appearance.

I still have a small inch of hope that there will at some point be a part two. (sssshhh let me have my delusions)

what do i think i learned from this film?
Never sit on a vampire's coffin.   You have to have faith in something, even if it seems like the most out there idea anyone has ever heard.  All myths have roots in reality.

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movie: The Forsaken  aka   Desert Vampires
starring: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr
 genre:  Thriller,
year: 2001
format: DVD

plot: A young man who is driving cross country in order to get to his sister's, picks up a hitchhiker  who ends up being a vampire hunter. They then come across another vampire victim and the vampires that bit her.  Soon, the three are in a personal war with the group of vampires.

This is one of my favourites.  It's inline with Lost Boys and Near Dark, but still manages to have an identity all it's own.
It's also one of the few "modern" vampire movies that manages to make good use of a Renfield type character.  Which has been lacking in recent years.

I love the fact that this film creates a new vampire mythology and legend for itself as well, going beyond the typical Vlad Dracula storyline, and into a history more akin to Vlakyrie myths. (I know that this movie uses Greek and Hebrew mythos with the mention of Abaddon) Where in this film, the origin of the vampires starts with 8 knights who make a deal for immortality, slaying the 9th member as a sacrifice to Abaddon,  then run and hide from self loathing.  It also pulls from some of the vampire role playing games about covens and clans.

This film uses the vampire as a metaphor for blood disorders and virus.  The main way in the film to keep control over it, is to ingest a mix of drugs that were originally designed to battle AIDS.

I'm actually surprised this film has not been given a sequel, given the cult status it's gained in the last 12 years.

what do i think i learned from this film?
You should be careful who you party with. 

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movie: Highlander
starring: Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown
genre: Sci-fi
year: 1986
format: VHS

plot: Immortal beings have been fighting each other for centuries, always taking the lifeforce of each other in order to stay alive and gain strength. We see the final few as they battle in modern day New York in what they have called the Gathering, for the ultimate prize.

So we have here, immortal creatures that get stronger by destroying each other and absorbing their life energy, and the only way to destroy them is to decapitate them with silver.   Classic vampire.
They get the knowledge, skills, memories and strengths of the other Immortals after they've feed off of their energies. And they are unable to reproduce.
You almost have to wonder if the original idea was taken from pieces of folklore or what?

Add to it, Clancy's character looking like Frankenstein and the quickening being a lightening, and you really can not help but see the resemblance to classic horror stories.
Dead but unable to die, as they don't get "activated" until they have first died (as long as they are not beheaded) much like the idea that a vampire isn't activated till after it's died. 
I liked the little nod to the vampire mythology when Connor is standing in the doorway of  Brenda waiting for her to invite him in. We then see a shot of him staring at himself smirking in the mirror, showing that he has a reflection. (folklore has many myths about vampires actually having a reflection but which seem to move onto themselves)

what do i think i learned from this film?
Clancy Brown can be truly frightening.

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movie: Dracula Dead and Loving It
starring: Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol
genre: Comedy
year; 1995
format: DVD

plot: Dracula arrives in England and chaos follows.


This is a spoof by Mel Brooks, and one of the funniest vampire comedies I've ever seen. It's just so crazy.  Peter MacNicol does the second best Renfield, I think ever. Mostly because it's a straight up tribute to the one Dwight Frye created in 1931

And again, this version of Dracula mixes the characters and losses others completely.  Mostly because it's based more on the 1931 Bela Lugosi movie then the actual book by Bram Stoker.

One of the jokes that always cracks me up is when Dracula first meets Renfield and there is a bat that is hovering around them, and Dracula goes to utter what you think is the classic line of "children of the night, what sweet music they make"   but instead says "the children of the night, what a mess they make" and then the camera focuses on a large clump of bat poop. 
And of course, there is the blood bath scene when Johnathan Harker has to stake Lucy.  I've seen this movie close to twenty times in the last 18 years and that still cracks me up.

It also pulls a lot of ideas from the 1992 version of Dracula as well as the Roman Polanski film Fearless Vampire Killers. (mostly the large ball room scene) 

what do i think i learned from this film?
When staking a vampire always remember to put newspaper down on the floors first. 

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movie: Hotel Transylvania
starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg
genre: Family, Comedy
year: 2012
format: DVD

plot: After his wife is killed, Count Dracula builds a new castle in the middle of nowhere in order to keep his daughter Mavis safe. It quickly becomes a spot for monsters to vacation.  On the eve of her 118th birthday, Dracula throws a major party, only some how Johnathan, a human stumbles in to the castle. And when he meets Mavis, it's love at first sight.  Now Dracula is trying to keep Johnathan a secret from the rest of the monsters, but only manages to break his daughter's heart by keeping the two teens apart.

This just came out on DVD this week.  I'm happy.  I got to see this in the cinema last fall and loved it!

There are very few vampire movies that I would ever let kids watch, and this is one of them. It is a cartoon, it`s geared for kids over the age of five, and it`s just too cute for words.

This is also a story about how some parents can be over protective at times, letting their pasts mistakes or heartbreak control how they raise their kids.  This is also about being open minded to other cultures.  Dracula in this is so fearful of humans that he`s convinced everyone he knows that trusting humans will lead to certain death for monsters.  This film also brings up the topic of being a control freak and knowing when to relax.

This movie brings too mind the Addams Family and the Munsters, in the effect that the characters function normally and have no clue that they are really different from the rest of us.

what do i think i learned from this film?
At some point, everyone has to be allowed to make their own choices, no matter how hard it is for the people in our lives.  There is a line in the film where Johnathan and Mavis are talking about all the places Johnathan has traveled to, and when Mavis asks him about it he responds by saying what`s the other option just staying at home and never trying anything?

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movie: Once Bitten
starring: Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey
genre: Comedy
year: 1985
format: DVD

plot: A teenager who just can not seem to talk his girlfriend into sex, decides to go with his two best friends to a bar in Hollywood to meet women. He ends up going home with a sexy older woman, only to learn she's a vampire.  He begins to turn into a vampire himself, and only his girlfriend can break the bond the vampire has over him.

This is a cult classic

It's still one of those films that 28 years later makes me laugh out loud.  Like a scene when the girlfriend figures out what is happening and gets the two best friends to check for bite marks on his thighs. Hysterical.

I think one of the reasons this movie hits such a note, is that the main topic of having sex for the first time, is so blown out of proportion when it comes to pride. (at lest it was when I went to high school) One of the first scenes has the lead character and his girlfriend talking about not having sex, while being surrounded by a dozen cars filled with teens in the act. (complete with squeaky sounds and a visual of an pump in the background) it not only sets the pace for the film, but gives this feeling of total isolation and frustration for the lead.

This could easily of gone wrong. I've mentioned before, there have been times when you look at a film and think "gee if this had been done five years later, it would have been too much of a gross out"
Considering the topic at hand, this film was done at a time of a bit more...innocence. And it works. Plan and simple.  I really don't think this would have been the same vein (no pun intended)  if it had been made a decade later. 

what do i think i learned from this film?
This is an obvious hint at the idea of disease from unprotected sex. It's always better to side on caution.  The tagline pretty much says it all  a one night stand with eternal complications

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movie: Dracula
starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier
genre: Drama, Romance
year: 1979
format: VHS

plot: Dracula arrives in Whitby, and causes a series of misfortunes to plague the town.  From the death of Mina Van Helsing, to the insanity of Milo Renfield, who's house he's taken over, to the break up of Lucy Seward and Johnathan Harker. When Mina's father, Professor Van Helsing is called to come after her death, a quick showdown between the men and Dracula takes place.

Based on the classic novel.

Right off, the characters are changed and mixed.  (the 1931 version of Dracula also did that) Switching up the Lucy and Mina characters, making Dr. Seward the father of Lucy instead of her lover, etc.

Langella plays the role with such a commanding presence, giving the character a depth he didn't have before. The scene when Dracula feeds off of Lucy is almost hypnotizing, which is the idea, that it sweeps you up for that brief few moments, making you forget you're watching a movie.  The scene where the horse is afraid of the vampire's grave is one that few other movies have ever picked up on. (folklore says that horses can not cross over the graves of vampires or witches)
When we again see Mina, she looks more like something from the Exorcist then any kind of seductress.  

what do i think i learned from this film?
Sometimes you have no choice but to sacrifice that which you love most. 
Dracula is one of the most complicated of stories, dealing with themes of fear, freedom, obsession, lust and insanity. Manipulation plays throughout the plot, affecting all the characters in one form or another.

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movie: Priest
starring: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban
genre: Western
year: 2011
format: DVD

plot: After the last great war between Vampires and Humans, the world is divided up into small pockets of cities and separated by desert wastelands. The cities are protected by Priests, and run by the church.  After years of silence, a new stronger breed of vampires have arrived and kidnapped the daughter of one of the Priests.  He has no choice but to turn against his laws to stop the vampires.

This is based on the comic.

When I first saw this film few years ago, I wasn't too sure I cared for it.  That had more to do with the fact I saw it at the cinema in 3D and I hate when the only option is 3D.
I've since seen it about three times in "plan vision" (2D), and it's one of those stories that grows on you.

I really liked the fact that the vampires in this are more like a cross between an animal and the "alien" creature (as in the movie Alien the way it's design is in case you haven't seen it and are wondering if I meant just from outerspace)  Which helps to really make the Urban character "Black Hat" stand out from the others. 
The idea of having it more of a western, isn't new, but it does root it in reality slightly, where as it might not have worked otherwise.  This is literally like taking Blade Runner and The Quick and the Dead mixing it up with Dracula.  Most of the desert scenes are done in an overexposed way, to make them feel more extreme, which is contrasted drastically by the darkness and steel of the city scenes.

The film is designed so that there can be a sequel, and I for one would love to see a second offering.

what do i think i learned from this film?
There is always something for you to fight for, even when you have lost it all. 

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movie: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
starring: Kristy Swanson, Rutger Hauer
genre: Comedy
year; 1992
format; DVD

plot: A teenager is told that she is the only one on the planet who can stop the wave of vampires from destroying the world.

This is by far one of my all time favourite movies.  I was in high school when it first came out, and my friends and I went to the cinema to see it three times.
It was so different for the time it came out. This was pretty much the first thing in over a decade to have a really strong female lead in the horror(ish) genre.

You have to wonder, if this original film hadn't of been done as a lighter comedy, would Joss Whedon have been as driven to re-do the story with a more darker tone, giving us what would become the hit show?
At first glance Hauer doesn't seem like the big bad vampire type, (he would go on to play a vampire a few times over the years as well as having been part of Anne Rice's original mold for Lestat) but after you've watched the movie all the way through, you get the sense of what he could bring to Lothos. 

what do i think i learned from this film?
It's about living up to your true potential and having the courage to be yourself.

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movie: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
starring: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper
genre: Action, Historical,
year: 2012
format: DVD

plot: Following the life of Abraham Lincoln, as he destroys vampires from the time he was a teenager to his death.

This is based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith

I know I made the plot seem less then it is, but it's pretty much that simple to sum up.  This film is a lovely mix of reality and fiction.
It's a beautiful weaving of pure action flick styled like Blade or Underworld, taking on the idea that there is a secret world that very few are aware of that has slithered into governments.
There are elements of a love story between the characters of Abraham and his wife Mary, which otherwise might have detracted from the story, but works perfectly as a underlining theme.

I loved the fact that the vampires are sturdy in their beliefs. They are either down right evil or they are heroes, but none of them are wimpy or shy about their natures.  All the vampires drink blood with vigor.

There is one scene when the vampire Adam is making a deal with a human and lifts two glasses, when the other guy turns it down, the vampire takes a drink from one glass and nearly chokes on it spitting it out. You have to assume he drank the wine instead of the blood, which I thought was a neat little moment of humour.

what do i think i learned from this film?
Love and Honor are the only things we really have.