tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post2871850383468688055..comments2024-01-16T06:50:55.337-08:00Comments on Trash-Aesthetics: Top Ten Vampire Babes of All TimeChick Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-56736459328962103172008-07-13T22:27:00.000-07:002008-07-13T22:27:00.000-07:00Rhubarb,Many thanks for the comment. Steele's def...Rhubarb,<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for the comment. Steele's definitely smokin' hot turn in Black Sunday isn't included basically because it's a tough call on wether she's an actual "vampire" in the traditional sense or an incredibly pissed off wtich/ghost/demon/vampire whatever, that is resurrected and then fulfills her sinsiter promises. Nadja is a top 20 call for me - and along those lines, there's a good quote from an Irish gem of a movie called Hear My Song. It goes: "I'd rather be in jail, than in love again..." Ain't that the truth...Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-56738041966902670962008-07-13T22:19:00.000-07:002008-07-13T22:19:00.000-07:00I'm surprised you mentioned Barbara Steele but did...I'm surprised you mentioned Barbara Steele but didn't include her for her smoking hot turn in <I>Black Sunday</I><BR/><BR/>Being a fan of pretentious art films, I have to say I love Elina Löwensohn in the title role of <I>Nadja</I> not just because she can go from beauty to monster with a change of lighting but because she has the best exchange of dialogue in the history of cinema:<BR/><BR/>I think I'm in love.<BR/>Why do you think that?<BR/>I feel terrible.Rhubarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420649578714138660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-57428087357790130812008-06-17T15:44:00.000-07:002008-06-17T15:44:00.000-07:00Gilligan lil' Buddy!Much thanks for the kind comme...Gilligan lil' Buddy!<BR/><BR/>Much thanks for the kind comments! I'm really enjoying your site as well - more more! We certainly had the same memories and influences growing up. Vampi has ALWAYS been a major favorite of mine and were I not really focusing on cinematic representations, she would have been in the list - way at the top. Of course, I know the Vampirella film with Talisa Soto and Roger Daltry, I just kind of don't think much of it at all. As for Anne, she would be in the top 20 too. Take care and thanks again.Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-64599503440843972492008-06-17T09:44:00.000-07:002008-06-17T09:44:00.000-07:00What a great list - I have to say you have a great...What a great list - I have to say you have a great thing going here. I would like to add a couple vamps to the list for consideration:<BR/>1) vampirella and<BR/>2) Anne Parillaud in "Innocent Blood".Video Zeta Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418506488234665178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-23019417155218836742008-06-02T22:26:00.000-07:002008-06-02T22:26:00.000-07:00Eduardo!Thanks for the kind words buddy. Yes, you...Eduardo!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words buddy. Yes, you know how I love Monica, but they're (the brides) just too light a presence to make my top 10, they're in my top 15! <BR/><BR/>Milan phone book, still cracking up at that one hours later!Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-73922215009189980972008-06-02T07:54:00.000-07:002008-06-02T07:54:00.000-07:00Chick, thanks to this post I have now (at 38) watc...Chick, thanks to this post I have now (at 38) watched my first ever episode of Gilligan's Island.<BR/><BR/>Now, if only I could find the Monkees episode.<BR/><BR/>The Gilligan write up is <A HREF="http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2008/06/honourable-mentions-gilligans-island-up.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, to Ed Waffle - Monica plays a vampire, in cameo, in the French flick Satan (she's on a TV screen in a gas station) and is due to be a vampire again (allegedly) taking on the role of Lucy in the sequel to Dracula 1931 - I still don't think she can be beat in Brotherhood of the Wolf, however.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-77689232139209676512008-06-02T00:04:00.000-07:002008-06-02T00:04:00.000-07:00Great list--particularly because it includes Jeri ...Great list--particularly because it includes Jeri Ryan who is often overlooked due to her striking but far from unique beauty. She has a corn-fed midwest beauty queen look (fitting since she was) and the career choices she has made/been given keep many from considering her a "real" actress. <BR/><BR/>I must agree with Taliesin_ttlg regarding both Monica Bellucci (who I would gladly pay to watch and listen to her read the Milan phone book in Slobovian) and especially the divine Catherine Deneuve from "The Hunger", with extra points if Susan Sarandon gets included as a vampire after their shot from above while still wearing high heels tryst. "Are you making a pass at me, Mrs. Blaylock?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-2630271757408484922008-05-31T15:01:00.000-07:002008-05-31T15:01:00.000-07:00Bill my man! Hey! Thanks for all the kind words ...Bill my man! Hey! Thanks for all the kind words and praise. I'm glad that you agreed with many of the choices. If you can make a gif of Aubert's eyes with the bats flying in them, I would be MOST grateful!! That is my all-time favorite movie, so I thought that Lenore deserved an honorable mention. She got the FULL vampire treatment in the incredible "Return of the Wolf Man" by Jeff Rovin. You HAVE to find a copy of this book Bill, it is brilliantly conveived and a treasure for all Universal horror movie buffs. It starts where Abbottt and Costello meet Frankenstein leaves off and is just a wet dream for horror movie fans.<BR/><BR/>We really do share a lot of the same tastes, thanks for your thoughtful comments. I subscribed to your channel on youtube. That's quite an amassing of trailers and other goodies you got there man! Incredible!!!! My friend Don May Jr. collects trailers like a dog!<BR/><BR/>Take care pal!Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-72805910968411670522008-05-31T10:31:00.000-07:002008-05-31T10:31:00.000-07:00ChickHere is a project I have been working on for ...Chick<BR/><BR/>Here is a project I have been working on for some time at youtube. I was going to wait until I had 100 videos to promote, but it is hard work. It is just my video page there but I think you may enjoy some of the trailers I have rounded together in one place, only 65 so far, but there will be more. <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/user/billdancourtney<BR/><BR/>BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-9725631725283024182008-05-31T08:06:00.000-07:002008-05-31T08:06:00.000-07:00Sharon Tate was a gem in The Fearless Vampire Kill...Sharon Tate was a gem in The Fearless Vampire Killer (Dance of the Vampires). I recently picked up the complete Roman Polanski here and it stands out form his films. It is a satire/homage, but a great vampire film all on its own.<BR/><BR/>I also downloaded Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein (and the Mummy too) and plan on a post on them soon. It is interesting you used the clip of Lénore Aubert's bat infested eyes because I want to make a gif of that soon. I will send you a copy of the file after I do (I have a bug in the process i need to squash if possible first, if not you will have to accept the "imperfect" version with the black letter box edges I cannot trim off yet). <BR/><BR/>Hard to get all the films I want to see here in China, but sometimes I stumble upon a jewel, such as Jess Franco's Vampyros Lesbos. I love lush and well shot Euro Sleaze, some of the best genre movies ever made really. I also love classic British horror and Hammer stuff in particular. Terrance Fisher's Brides of Dracula was a beautiful film and the scene of Andree Melly baring her fangs is simply iconic. All the Carmilla style films with Ingrid Pitt (and the one where she plays Elsbeth Bathory... I forget the name now) are immortal. I have never seen Twins of Evil but I have a less than pure desire to one of these days. <BR/><BR/>Only on your site would I see Tina Louise as a vampire top ten choice... excellent. <BR/><BR/>As usual your film and culture knowledge is very vast (or you are blessed with some sort of job where you get paid to watch this stuff all day and night) and I will have to go research some of this stuff, as much is new to me. Good list. <BR/><BR/>BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-61390844572221596842008-05-29T21:14:00.000-07:002008-05-29T21:14:00.000-07:00So we're in agreement? That's rare when it comes t...So we're in agreement? That's rare when it comes to QT. Oh, I don't hate him at all. I think that he's quite talented and a smart man. I just think his ego causes problems - AND, for a man who has such an expansive wealth of knowledge - he tends to repeat himself over and over. I would like to see him venture waaaay out of his safe-zone and try something unfamiliar. AND NOT FUCKING ACT IN ANY FILM EVER AGAIN. <BR/><BR/>As for m. night - or whatever. I agree on the 6th sense and pretty much find him a boring one trick pony who needs to read a book on PACING for cinema. SHOAH unravels quicker than a shamadingdong film.<BR/><BR/>Unbreakable was an interesting concept - poorly executed in my opinion - again, PACING!!<BR/><BR/>As always - a pleasure Joe!Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-18905539361669493212008-05-29T16:10:00.000-07:002008-05-29T16:10:00.000-07:00actually, i agree with your QT assessment regardin...actually, i agree with your QT assessment regarding his acting and maturity. he has been working on that WWII piece for the past ten years. one problem he has is that every time he comes up with an idea, he talks about it to the press. the press takes this as an announcement for his next project. my favourite film of his is a tie between "jackie brown" and "kill bill". <BR/><BR/>(incidentally, you sir are in good company with you QT criticism. the good doctor mark kermode also hates him.)<BR/><BR/>ah yes, m. night shamalamadingdong. here is my take on his ouvre:<BR/><BR/>the sixth sense - it works once...the first time that you watch it. once you know the ending, the movie is simply boring boring boring. the performances are excellent, but that's about it.<BR/><BR/>unbreakable - this is the only film of his that i truly like. the film works on its own and doesn't rely on his stereotypical twist ending.<BR/><BR/>signs - so we have an alien race that is advanced enough to travel millions of lightyears to invade another planet. said aliens are deathly allergic to water. you would think that they would've bothered to do a bit of research before invading a planet that is over eighty percent water.<BR/><BR/>the village - never bothered. my friend chris gave me a three minute reenactment and i'm glad i didn't waste time with this one.<BR/><BR/>the happening - read the alleged twist...wow...just...wow...Root Mean Squaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122913944573241894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-55247994354943721922008-05-29T14:57:00.000-07:002008-05-29T14:57:00.000-07:00Joey Joe Joe,Yes, I truly hate FDTD - terrible. J...Joey Joe Joe,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I truly hate FDTD - terrible. Just terrible. Sure, Salma is scrumptous, but the whole thing falls apart the minute it becomes a vampire movie. And somebody PLEASE tell QT: "Dude, you CAN'T act." Please decist from casting yourself in ego feeding small parts and ahem, LARGE parts (FDTD).<BR/><BR/>He's a one trick pony. Same for M. Night Shamalam or whatever his name is. Joke. The Happening? I can tell you where it's NOT happening - in that dude's imagination is where it is most assuredly NOT happening. <BR/><BR/>I understand QT is making a period piece? World War II period piece? I wonder if he can actually treat that genre with the proper respect it deserves - or are we going to get French Freedom Fighters doing the Batusi? I believe the guy has a great film in him - but he needs to bring a maturity to his canon that has been sorely lacking.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the feedback Joey Joe joe.Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-41809713783128151042008-05-29T14:28:00.000-07:002008-05-29T14:28:00.000-07:00i haven't seen all of the films on either list, bu...i haven't seen all of the films on either list, but i really can't disagree with any of the choices. <BR/><BR/>sidebar: i didn't realize that you hate "from dusk till dawn". may i ask why? i'm assuming that it has something to do with QT's script, but i'm just guessing. we should get together and discuss QT a bit more...i'm intrigued by your hatred of him.Root Mean Squaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122913944573241894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-45803531431999876142008-05-29T10:09:00.000-07:002008-05-29T10:09:00.000-07:00Tali Ol' Chum. Thanks for your feedback mate! Ye...Tali Ol' Chum. Thanks for your feedback mate! Yes, this is a highly personal thing - but your picks would be on my larger list. I hate Fron Dusk til Dawn and as such it taints lovely Salma. Bellucci and Jovivich and the other bride (not sure who she was) from Coppola's Dracula would be in my Top 15, but whereaas they are mere set dressing in the Coppola/Hart vision- the Brides in Dracula 2000 have MAJOR roles in the movie. Deneuve would be in my top 20.<BR/>And believe me, there are dozens more. But these were my gut reactions. And - I think you'll find Great Britain boldly represented on my list!<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Chick Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237639618482587471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-52139448394063156582008-05-29T02:06:00.000-07:002008-05-29T02:06:00.000-07:00And, having jumped in feet first, I have now gone ...And, having jumped in feet first, I have now gone to the B.D. list and noted that two of the actresses I mentioned are on their list!!! lolTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612525184539175284.post-25172290095982309292008-05-29T02:02:00.000-07:002008-05-29T02:02:00.000-07:00Chick, these things are always subjective (and the...Chick, these things are always subjective (and there are some real babes in your list) and as you rightly said “I'm completely sure your list differs” but come on... <BR/><BR/>Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn.... Monica Bellucci in Bram Stoker's Dracula... Catherine Deneuve in the Hunger…<BR/><BR/>Okay, I too could go on all day, however it is a great post mate, enjoyed reading it.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, have you noticed the “Review a Vampire Film/Talk About Vampires for an unspecified Length of Time Blog-A-Thon”? Ryne over at “The Moon is a Dead World” is behind it… I put a little post about it <A HREF="http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-vampire-movietalk-about-vampires.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. This post would seem perfect for inclusion.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.com