Not Afraid's list of vampire faves seems as though it was ripped straight out of my own concho - also, amen to Shadow of the Vampire.

Anyone here enjoy Blood For Dracula (aka Andy Warhol's Dracula)? I have to admit that it delights me, along with its companion piece, Flesh For Frankenstein - but they're hard to defend.

I've read the first two Sookie Stackhouse books, but haven't yet tried True Blood. On the whole, I like my vampires old school, and could care less for the hot-body emo types so popular these days. That said, I loved Buffy, but not so much because of the vampires (certainly not because of heart-throb vamp Angel). It was just a great ensemble cast, and a real rollercoaster of emotions when it was firing on all cylinders.

Oh, and if only Anne Rice were writing books about Vampire Jesus - then she might really be on to something.

If True Blood's pleasures were limited to the hotness, I wouldn't bother. It's so much more than that, so much more than vampires. Of course, the first season's gay rights and recreational drug use allegories were better than what they've got this year, which is primarily Christian Fundamentalism. Still, a good thing to skewer.


I've never seen Andy Warhol's Dracula ... but speaking of the lesser-knowns ... anyone else ever see Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers?

BJ and I just got through the first season of True Blood.... frickin love that show. Although everyone has SERIOUSLY bad skin in blu-ray :p

Yes, what a lovely film that is. I honestly find it a little slow going for a comedy, but it's gorgeous, the casting is great, and there are some funny (and creepy) moments. Also, one of my favorite scores, especially the agitated choral piece during the credits.

We've been watching Blood Ties. When I'm not reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, which has no redeeming social value whatsoever, but makes flights go faster.

I enjoyed Warhols Dracula as well as Frankenstein (in 3D) how can you loose with lines like "In order to understand life, you must **** death in the gall bladder"

I used to play Vampire: The Masquerade.

Pam's a hot gal vampire on True Blood. And, like many more gals that boys, she's a bit more open about bloodsucking both ways.


But, yeah, it seems most screen vampirism is stuck in the male vampire / female victim mold.

(Aside from some Anne Rice and 2 of the Stackhouse books, I haven't read any vampire lit, so I've no idea if the old trope holds sway in most books.)