12 August 2009

Drink From Me And Live Forever

With the release of the (much-hyped) Twilight sequel New Moon approaching, here are five fantastic fangtastic vampire-themed films:

The Lost Boys follows Sam and Michael Emerson (Corey Haim and Jason Patric), two brothers who move to the small coastal town of Santa Carla with their mother Lucy (Dianne Wiest), only to discover that not only is the town a haven for the undead, but Michael has been turned into a "half-vampire" after inadvertently drinking the blood of vampire gang leader David (Kiefer Sutherland).

Adapted from the novel by Anne Rice (who also wrote the screenplay), Interview with the Vampire follows Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), a 200-year-old vampire who, in modern-day San Francisco, tells his epic life story to journalist Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater), a story that begins just south of New Orleans in 1791 when Louis meets vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise).

From Dusk Till Dawn follows Seth and Richard Gecko (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino), two bank robbing brothers who kidnap a former minister, Jacob Fuller (Harvey Keitel), and his two children Kate and Scott Fuller (Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu) while on their way to Mexico to meet their contact Carlos (Cheech Marin), only to discover their intended rendezvous point is a vampire-infested bar.

Based on the cult graphic novel of the same name, 30 Days of Night follows Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett), a small-town sheriff who, along with his estranged wife Stella Oleson (Melissa George) and a small group of residents, must fight for survival against a gang of bloodthirsty vampires, led by Marlow (Danny Huston), as they attack the small Alaskan town of Barrow... a town which has just entered a period during winter when the sun doesn’t rise for a month.

Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982 and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (who also wrote the screenplay), Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) tells the story of Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a lonely, bullied 12-year-old who finds happiness in the form of his equally lonely new neighbour Eli (Lina Leandersson). Eli is the same age as Oskar, but has been so "for a very long time".

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