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Total Recall: Sexy Vampires

In honor of Twilight, we pay tribute to some of cinema's hottest bloodsuckers.

This week, the hotly-anticipated Twilight hits theaters. The film, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the tale of young vampires in love, got us thinking: blood suckers are sexy. Thus, we thought we'd present a compendium of some of the hottest vampires in big-screen history!


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Aaliyah
Appears in: Queen of the Damned (2002)
Tomatometer: 14%

Six years after Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt surprised Anne Rice fans with a commercially-successful adaptation of the author's novel Interview with the Vampire, Warner Bros. rushed into production on a follow-up, skipping Interview's direct sequel The Vampire Lestat in favor of shooting a revamped version of Rice's sexier third book; the result was 2002's Queen of the Damned, a critical and commercial failure that drew comparisons to the Goth-pop music videos streamed on MTV. Despite all this, Queen of the Damned featured a central performance by the late R&B star Aaliyah (the victim of a tragic airplane crash six months before the film's release) that remains one of the sexiest, if utterly camp-tastic, vampire portrayals put to celluloid. Scantily clad and golden-eyed as the Egyptian vampire queen Akasha -- the oldest and most powerful of all vampires on earth -- Aaliyah slithered her way through Queen with the lithe poise of a dancer, and memorably joined Stuart Townsend's Lestat in a rose petal-strewn bath that still has us steamed. Damned to the ranks of rotten on the Tomatometer? Yes. Queen of the sexiest vampire movies in history? Undoubtedly.






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Kate Beckinsale
Appears in: Underworld (2003), Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Tomatometer: 27%, 14%

As if Kate Beckinsale needed to do anything more than slink into a black leather bodysuit, her Selene in 2003's Underworld possesses superhuman strength, packs major firepower, and has a taste for blood -- the ultimate lethal, sexy succubus. The only thing that could make this vampire sexier? Her steamy forbidden romance with one Michael Corvinus (Scott Speedman), the human-turned-werewolf who happens to be the newfound enemy of her people. That the camera in both Underworld and its 2006 sequel, Underworld: Evolution, near-fetishizes Selene's every move doesn't hurt (director Len Wiseman begun dating his star halfway through filming on Underworld and married her in 2004). While the next Underworld installment, Rise of the Lycans, will go Beckinsale-less -- it's a prequel story starring Rhona Mitra and Michael Sheen, Beckinsale's real-life ex -- look for her hugely anticipated return to the vampire lady assassin role in a rumored fourth Underworld film.


RT-Ryan

RT-Ryan on 11-19-2008 06:23 PM

It's too bad you couldn't include the actual Monica Bellucci clip. Mmmmm.... I guess we could have run into some complaints if we had, though.

LillyVon

LillyVon on 11-20-2008 05:22 PM

Ah yes Ryan - but it would have been worth it!

Rash Hunt

Rash Hunt on 11-19-2008 06:44 PM

Let the right one in!

Mmmmm.

jokerboy1991

jokerboy1991 on 11-19-2008 07:06 PM

LOL, is anyone watching South Park right now?!?! Its awesome, there making funny of TWILIGHT! Its so ****ing funny, there trying to get Butters!

blattman

blattman on 11-19-2008 09:11 PM

It is only 9:10 in this part of the world. I am trying to stay awake long enough to watch it. Especially since this is the season ending.

rachel_renegade

rachel_renegade on 11-19-2008 09:34 PM

OMFG. i loved the new episode. I texted a friend (male Twilight fan) and i told him and he said "thats not funny. People can like a book Rachel. just like you are allowed to dislike it. I dont want to hear it, im trying to stop being so negative." which made the episode 10,000x more funny.

ZiGyStRdUsT

ZiGyStRdUsT on 11-19-2008 07:37 PM

South Park has once again explained one of the most important ills plaguing our country today: Vampire douches.

collex

collex on 11-19-2008 07:47 PM

I didn't like Bram Sotker's Dracula. Really too slow, and when I was comparing it to what I remembered fro the novel, it didn't really make sense.

I agree Monica Belluci is hot tough.

But I must say that the most sexiest vampire I've ever seen is Vampire Willow from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

jokerboy1991

jokerboy1991 on 11-19-2008 08:05 PM

I liked Francis Fords version. Yes it was flawed especially with Neo's performance, but it had greatness to it I thought. Oldman kicked *** as Count,Anthony Hopkins was a cool Vanhelsing, the movie was great visually, and had super hot vamps instead of stupid ones like in Vanhelsing.

AnthonyDidge

AnthonyDidge on 11-20-2008 09:23 AM

But we all know Buffy would've taken care of all of these vampires. If only she'd take care of this Twilight crap too.

Matanuki

Matanuki on 11-20-2008 03:03 PM

The less said about Buffy, the better. ;-)

AnthonyDidge

AnthonyDidge on 11-20-2008 08:11 PM

I'm sorry, it's a natural reaction for me. Vampire=Hot chick slaying said vampire. I'm a dork, and I'm ok with that.

collex

collex on 11-22-2008 07:01 PM

What do you have against Buffy? I find it is a really fun show. Best humor and teen drama I've seen on TV. Buffy is not the hottest girl on the planet, but Willow (Alysson Hannigan) is smoking hot for this age!

willpower

willpower on 11-21-2008 06:55 AM

Brom Sotker's Dracula is one of the best novel adaptations ever. Read it again and watch the movie again. Beleive it.

nblarson

nblarson on 11-19-2008 08:32 PM

The South Park episode was priceless...

*looks forward to goths burning down Hot Topics the world over*

"The Hunger," while a bit vacuous, was, simply put, hot. Catherine Deneuve and a young Susan Sarandon having a sexy party? Count me in.

Monica Belluci could play a decaying zombie and she'd still be smoking.

tomwaitsjrHAPPYICONOCLAST

tomwaitsjrHAPPYICONOCLAST on 11-19-2008 09:48 PM

South Park is WIN!

I can't believe Innocent Blood only got 42%. That was a great movie. . .

Jen Yamato

Jen Yamato on 11-19-2008 10:30 PM

Hot Topic burned down and the vampire kids went back to normal! Oh, South Park...

Bulletproof_Animal

Bulletproof_Animal on 11-20-2008 12:03 AM

Can you believe Angelina Jolie has never played a vampire? That's, like, the one thing she was born to do. Her and Kat Dennings. Together. Doing stuff.

kenekgo

kenekgo on 11-20-2008 05:32 AM

Glad to see Soledad Miranda on the list. She is one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema.

Confounded

Confounded on 11-20-2008 05:36 AM

Lauren Hutton in Once Bitten? Maybe I'm just showing my weakness for 80s women.

Confounded

Confounded on 11-20-2008 05:41 AM

Or Geena Davis in Transylvania 6-5000. There I go again.

crystalwhiteeyes

crystalwhiteeyes on 11-20-2008 06:10 AM

"Let The Right One In" looks FAR more enticing than this Twilight crap. Appears to be the true gothic love story that it needs to be.

Confounded

Confounded on 11-20-2008 06:15 AM

True, but I don't think we're quite ready to place 12-year olds into the "sexy vampire" category.

crystalwhiteeyes

crystalwhiteeyes on 11-21-2008 06:29 AM

I'm not placing the word "sexy" when it comes to vampires. That is the dumbest thing ever said. I'm just saying Let the Right One In looks far better than this twicrap flick.

I'm sure the guy who came up with Vampires as a mythical creature, he was going for sexy. "Say, what can I come up with that's sexy?" "Uhhh...How about Vampires." "What does a Vampire do?" "Well it bites your neck and sucks your blood!" "Oh, that's sexy!!" I'm sure all of these preverted chicks wouldn't mind a bear ripping through there neck and drinking there blood, or how about a lion. I mean, it's sexy right?? Maybe a snake? Not much difference.

frozen01

frozen01 on 11-21-2008 02:39 PM

There is no "the guy"... the vampire mythos spans cultures, continents, and centuries. It's been constantly reinvented to the point where the average person believes that things like an aversion to the sun and indestructibility are original when they're actually pretty recent additions.
Also, there are very, very few chapters in the vampire mythos, especially modern versions, that show them ripping the throats out of their victims like a bear or lion might (what a waste of blood!) instead of just drinking through two neat little holes in the neck, and most stories depict the actual act of having your blood drunk as similar to an orgasm.
In other words, it's sexy :) And apparently to both men and women.
BTW, if you were really being sarcastic about the connection between snakes and sexuality, then there's no help for you *LOL*

Ligeia

Ligeia on 11-28-2008 04:02 AM

Except if she has been 12 for a long time ;-)

Hamboner

Hamboner on 11-20-2008 06:41 AM

-Keanu Reeve's British accent was priceless. Did anyone notice that they completely omitted him from the trailer?

-Monica Bellucci was at one point my ideal woman. But then I saw her in Shoot 'Em Up and something, I don't know, broke, about her appeal to me.

-The final fight between Dracula and the hunters was short, but genuinely awesome action for the time.

-Watching Winona Ryder getting hot and bothered by green mist is to this day one of the most sexually arousing things I have ever seen. I think I was so young when I saw it that it really stuck with my. I should tell my therapist. Hah.

jokerboy1991

jokerboy1991 on 11-20-2008 08:02 AM

LOL, yeah those scenes stuck with me too with Winona

martinscorsese25

martinscorsese25 on 11-20-2008 04:35 PM

if johnny depp and winona ryder ended up together, and if winona never did drugs, they'll be like angelina and brad couple! paparazis would surround them all the time..

'Stache-Attack

'Stache-Attack on 11-20-2008 06:59 AM

Confounded, you're dead right. The second I went to this article, those were the two names I was looking to see if they forgot (Hutton, Davis). I watched those both religiously in the '80s, and to this day, still get the Transylvania song stuck in my head at inappropriate times.

I while I was hoping to not mention any guy-vamps you forgot, I liked how Gerald Butler's Dracula had a certain sexiness about him in Dracula 2000. Although that could just be some sort of sexy interference that I was feeling from Jennifer Exposito, Jerry Ryan & Vitamin C. Yeah, for the sake of me not disturbing myself, lets just include the women.

Matanuki

Matanuki on 11-20-2008 03:02 PM

I reckon blaming Exposito is a safe bet. By the way, while Beckinsale will definitely be missed in the next Underworld film, Rhona Mitra will be a welcome addition.

Dark Knight jr.

Dark Knight jr. on 11-20-2008 04:02 PM

I agree. Pity not many others can agree wit' that notion. Did they say who will be playin' Amelia?

Matanuki

Matanuki on 11-20-2008 04:24 PM

Amelia? Beats me. I looked up the cast for 3 and it didn't say.

EIKOH

EIKOH on 11-20-2008 08:02 AM

BSD was visually appealing, but it ran away from the storyline of the book in certain places making my dislike it.

Dark Knight jr.

Dark Knight jr. on 11-20-2008 01:26 PM

Kate Beckinsale - all the way at the back?? ThaT'S HANUS. She's the best. Ah, well..

Scott51171

Scott51171 on 11-21-2008 12:40 PM

Ditto Hamboner, I agree with you entirely about Keanu, Monica and Winona. I really wish I had'nt seen "Shoot 'Em Up" for that reason.

collex

collex on 11-22-2008 07:06 PM

By the Way, Monica Belluci is one the sexiest woman I ever saw on screen. I don,t know who said he disliked her after Shoo'em Up. I happen to like this movie. Mindless yes, but mindless FUN. Monica Belluci is still sexy as hell in that movie

Malo

Malo on 11-25-2008 06:37 AM

Is it just me or is 59% for Interview with the Vampire unfair? That movie is a timeless classic. Immortal as the vampires themselves. I thought Brad Pitt was cheesy though. Antonio was amazing! Some critics unfortunately don't know a good movie even if it hit them in the face. And where is Gary Oldman???!! He made Dracula! And he is the sexiest vampire of ALL! Twillight may be for douchebags...true but at least the main character edward makes a very sexy vampire.

Who made this list?? A walking penis?? And picked tom cruise and brad pitt as the obvious women choice?

tsk tsk tsk

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