The Best Vampire Movies of All Time!

Posted on by

Mark Rozeman, Jim Vorel & Paste Movies Staff put together their list of The 100 Best Vampire Movies of All Time.

I like their list.  I’ve viewed almost half of all of the movies listed.  Of the one’s I’ve seen, these are my top ten (listed by year of release)…

  • Dracula (1931):  Forced to pick my all-time favorite vampire movie, this is the go-to.  Bela Lugosi IS Count Dracula.

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948):  How could anyone not love this one?  You get Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula (Bela is back) plus Abbott and Costello!  Look for the secret Vincent Price cameo.

  • The Night Stalker (1972):  I remember watching this as a kid when it first premiered on tv.  The build-up to it had me so excited.  A great memory of watching it with my mom.

  • Salem’s Lot (1979):  Another vampire movie that premiered on tv.  Again, the build-up was great.  Watched it for the first time with my future wife.

  • Near Dark (1987):  Very under-rated.  Love this modern take on vampire.

  • Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992):  has some great moments.  I remember seeing it in a theater when it premiered and loved that Coppola was making a movie experience and not just a horror movie.

  • Interview with The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994):  I love this film and think it’s also under-rated.  I’d never read any of the Anne Rice novels (and still haven’t) which I really should fix.

  • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996):  Tarantino and Rodriguez made a winner. (No surprise there.)  Love how FDTD starts out as a crime flick and transitions to a horror film.

  • Blade II (2002):  I didn’t care for Blade  but absolutely love Blade II.

  • 30 Days of Night (2007):  I was familiar with the comic and love the movie even more.

  • What We Do in the Shadows (2014):  I was surprised how funny and well done WWDitS was.  Check it out!

More Two Sentence Horror Stories!

Posted on by

 Cheezburger.com is back with More Two Sentence Horror Stories.  I love these and here are three of my favs from the new batch…

“Two eyes peered at me through the darkness, then disappeared again.
“No, no survivors down here,” I heard the rescue searcher say.

“Hey,” my wife said, looking at the police sketch of the suspected killer, “that looks just like your dad.”
I was just disappointed that they made me look so old.

“Stop shaking David, it’s just minor surgery” said the doctor as I laid on the operating table.
I thought he just forgot my name until I saw his nametag.

The Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time

Posted on by

 Jim Vorel & Paste Movies Staff present The 50 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time.

Their list is an interesting one in that it contains a few movies that don’t normally spring to mind as serial killer movies (but are!).  Movies like Arsenic and Old Lace, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Halloween are technically movies about serial killers but is that the first thing you think of when you hear those titles?

My top three serial killer movies would be…

3.  Cell

2.  Se7en

1.  The Silence of the Lambs

Mike Zeck’s Vintage Conan Art!

Posted on by

Before Mike Zeck became the legendary artist known for his work on Master of Kung Fu, Captain American, The Punisher, Secret Wars, Batman, Spider-Man and so many other titles, he was a fan artist.  Mike’s art appeared in many fanzines, especially The Rocket’s Blast Comic Collector (RBCC).  Mike created the cover above for RBCC #119.  It’s always been one of my favorites.

You can see a bigger version of it as well as Mike’s Dracula cover for RBCC #126 by clicking over to The Bristol Board.

“El Camino” (2019) / Z-View

Posted on by

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Director: Vince Gilligan

Screenplay: Vince Gilligan

Stars:  Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Matt Jones, Jonathon Banks, Matt Jones, Charles Baker, Larry Hankin, Marla Gibbs and Robert Forster.

The Pitch: “Vince Gilligan wants to do a Breaking Bad movie!”

Tagline: A Breaking Bad Movie.

The Overview:  Beware of Spoilers…

When Breaking Bad ended, Vince Gilligan thought he had told the story he had wanted to tell.  As time went on he realized that although the story was told, there were more details to share.

When Breaking Bad ended Jesse Pinkman was last seen speeding away as police cars raced to the lab where he had been held prisoner, tortured and forced to produce meth.  Walter White lay on the floor bleeding out from a gunshot wound received while freeing Jesse.  Fans speculated if Jesse really would get away and if Walter would really die.

El Camino answers those questions.  And in doing so we get to revisit characters from the series and fill in the gaps.  El Camino ultimately does answer our questions, but leaves us guessing right up until the reveals.  The great thing about El Camino is it doesn’t feel forced and fans of the series who don’t tune in (can’t imagine there would be many) don’t miss out on the broad strokes.  Those who never watched Breaking Bad should still enjoy El Camino, but to a lesser extent.  As for me, I really liked it.

Rating:

The Poster and Second Trailer to “The Areonauts” are Here!

Posted on by

The poster and second trailer to The Areonauts are here!  This looks better than I thought it would.

In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advancehuman knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history.While breaking records and furthering scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them.But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.