SALEM'S LOT Remake Will Likely Skip Theaters And Go Directly To Max; Stephen King Shares Reaction

@thedrudo - *prime

@Forthas - to be fair... the marketing for that was apparently abysmal, according to people who do that for a living. But it didn't help that the movie itself was incredibly forgettable. And this is coming from someone who LOVES Bram Stoker's Dracula. He's probably my favorite character, with all of the various incarnations done of him. So, when I heard there was a Nosferatu looking, bestial version, I was so stoked... but I watched a kid die (and I have 3 young ones, so that crap chokes me up now) with little more than a yawn.

It was a GREAT concept, but poorly executed and realized.

@Forthas - That may be true. I'd have to see how Interview With a Vampire on AMC did as well. I think the problem with the past few vampire films is that they've just became so corny lately. It's like everyone is trying to replicate some of the magic of Superhero movies OR they're just not putting in the effort to do anything beyond a cool concept.

For instance, Renfield was more of a dark comedic superhero film than a Dracula movie. Morbius-very clearly superhero movie. Dracula Untold (and Mummy for that matter) were basically superhero movies.. Day Shift- simply written lazily and executed poorly (I mean they HAD to play "California Love" at the beginning, otherwise, we wouldn't have any clue that it's based in LA). I've already went on a tirade about The Demeter.

I do think that you're right and that there is definitely a decline in vampire stories, but most movies about vampires are adaptations of existing stories, but "done with a new twist." and that twist is typically dog shit, shoe horned BS to fit a modern narrative, relying on flimsy storytelling, bad VFX with little character development, or an overemphasis on hammy stuff.

The Invitation was soooo good.... until it wasn't. Demeter was actually pretty good, until it wasn't. Renfield was great when it was just Nicholas Cage as Dracula. It's just that so many have been done irreverently, and with zero adherence to what made the source material great.

V-Wars was a great and entertaining read, but the show had to make it about something else and change the plot entirely.

I still found some value in these movies, but they're all a let down, and not of the vampire aspects of the show, but rather the irreverent attitude towards the source material. It feels like Vampires are getting the Superhero treatment, pre-Marvel and TDK times. Like, they're all too scared to just dive whole heartedly into a vampire story, so they need to make it the latest Hollywood vogue version of a vampire... and we're getting crap like the third X-Men and later seasons of Smallville, instead of Bram Stoker's Dracula or 30 Days of Night.

@grif - Dude I LOVE Dracula too, and I REALLY wanted to like those movies... but both were SOOOOOOO [frick]ing disappointing.