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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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*
-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.
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..
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.
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.
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
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?
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 on 11-20-2008 05:22 PM
Ah yes Ryan - but it would have been worth it!