Six Vampire Films So Tied to Their Moment They Can’t Be Remade
A ranking of six vampire movies so perfect, nobody wants a remake of them.
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Tag: vampire movies
Movie Reviews2.3/10
Underworld: Blood Wars Review: A Flat Fifth Installment That Never Finds Its Reason
Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth and final franchise film, runs 91 minutes and never finds its reason. A review of the 2017 Kate Beckinsale sequel.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Blade: Trinity Review: Daylight Premise Wasted in Franchise’s Weakest Entry
Blade: Trinity review — the 2004 vampire sequel that wasted its daylight premise, its villain Drake, and the Nightstalkers alliance. Rated 5.9/10.
Movie Reviews1.7/10
Underworld: Evolution: A 1.7/10 Sequel That Explains Instead of Dramatizes
Underworld: Evolution review — the 2006 sequel explains its own backstory instead of dramatizing it, scoring 1.7 of 10 despite Kate Beckinsale.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Blade II Review: Del Toro’s Bloodpack Elevates a Thin Script
Blade II review: Guillermo del Toro's 2002 sequel with Wesley Snipes, the Bloodpack and the Reapers. It grossed $155 million. Score: 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A Beautiful, Uneven Spectacle Carried by Oldman
Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) review: Oldman's dual performance, Eiko Ishioka's Oscar-winning costumes, and a romance that doesn't hold.
Movie Reviews4/10
Gary Shore’s Dracula Untold turns the vampire into a warlord who trades his soul for a kingdom.
Dracula Untold review: Luke Evans plays Vlad the Impaler in a 92-minute origin story that races through battles and never lets its three-day curse breathe.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
The Vampire Movie That Changes Genre Halfway Through Turns 30
A retro review of From Dusk Till Dawn, the 1996 Rodriguez-Tarantino crime film that turns into a vampire siege, starring Clooney, Keitel and Salma Hayek.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Vampires and Werewolves Went to War on a $22 Million Budget, and the Box Office Answered
Underworld (2003) review: Kate Beckinsale's Selene hunts Lycans in Len Wiseman's vampire war epic that launched a franchise on a $22M budget.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Review: 4.5/10, a 117-Minute Waiting Room
Breaking Dawn Part 1 review: a wedding, a honeymoon, a pregnancy that shouldn't be possible — and 117 minutes of setup with no third act.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Breaking Dawn Part 2 closed the saga by splitting critics and fans
Breaking Dawn Part 2 ends Twilight with a vampire birth, a false accusation and a snowy standoff, plus a nostalgia-filled credits montage.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
The Twilight backlash has it backwards — the film was never trying to be good
Twilight hit theaters November 21, 2008, grossed $412 million, and launched a franchise. A review of Catherine Hardwicke's film: 4.8/10.