Breja: Yeah, but you're not supposed to be the terror of the night, darkness incarnate etc. I think even Mel Brooks treated vampires with more dignity :P
Matewis: Oh, I love Dracula : Dead and Loving it! I'm not sure how about feel about vampires as monsters in general. That is whether I'm a fan or not. I suppose the best I've seen is Bram Stoker's Dracula. Well either that or
What we do in the Shadows I love vampires - the old school vampires, sinister and scary and everything that is evil, dark and rotten personified. Best of the "classic" monsters in my opinion.
Coppola's movie is very good, I love that gothic mood and Oldman is absolutely superb. The scene at the beginning when he makes the pact with the forces of darkness is awesome. But my favourite is probably Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre. It's just so superbly creepy. To my own surprise I didn't much like Horror of Dracula. I didn't hate it , but was rather disappointed.
And I think that Stoker's book holds up incredibly well, it's still a chilling read.
I think that it's tough to make a good vampire movie set in modern day, but it can be done. Fright Night was great, and I really love
The Night Stalker. The sequel and the subsequent tv show were also a lot of fun, but that firts movie is in a league of it's own.