The Ten Spot 2/2 - Coolest Vampires

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by: Jim Law Nov. 18, 2009

The 12 Coolest Vampires

If I was undead, who would I want to hang around with? That's the way I had to approach this bitch. The last thing I want for my afterlife is to be hanging out with Edward Cullen at an all-ages nightclub dancing to that ridiculous new 'Fireflies' song while he bounces his sparkle off the disco ball. Fuck that. And fuck him. I have never been so confused as to the popularity of a movie character. I don't care if you're a horny little teenage girl, a lonely soccer-mom, goth, or gay - dude looks like a mildly upset SpongeBob SquarePants character that's constantly trying to break free of the industrial strength plastic-wrap that covers his face. Let's just get started before I lose my focus.

12. Marlow - 30 DAYS OF NIGHT

I wouldn't understand a single thing he said but that doesn't change the fact that this dude fronted the smartest secret vampire mission of all time. At least until Josh Hartnett punched right through his face. He's got good hair too.

11. Miriam - THE HUNGER

I picture us just hanging out at fashion shows every night and trying to decide which hottie we're going to trick into a threesome by promising eternal life. She might be a little too high-end for me though and I'd always be afraid she'll put an end to me if I farted in front of her or something. Do vampires fart?

10. Prince Mamuwalde - BLACULA

African Royalty that once threw hands with Dracula and now rocks the Los Angeles nightlife. I'm down, as long as I get my own cape. Dude is a little too pussy-whipped for me though. Quit obsessing over chicks that look like your dead wife, shave your cheekbones, and try eating a few white women. And get me my cape.

9. Selene - UNDERWORLD

You could dress a mime in all leather, fill his mitts with a couple automatic weapons, and have him fight werewolves and they would be cool as fuck. Now, replace that mime with a vampire, who just happens to be one of the hottest women on the planet, and you've got yourself a level of coolness that is incomprehensible for any human not named Fonzie.

8. Razor Charlie - FROM DUSK 'TILL DAWN

His name alone moved him up 3 or 4 spots. His leather vest moved him down 1 or 2. Few bartending gigs are rewarding as this one. Sure, you have to deal with hordes of bikers and truckers being assholes for most of the night but then Salma Hayek gets on stage and uses a python as a stripper pole and last call means you get to eat everybody.

7. Blade - BLADE

There's vampires, and then there's ninja vampires that can survive sunlight. Which would you rather be? Me and the Bladester would totally rule the streets, him with his swords and funky-fresh haircut and me with my pasty belly and a drinking problem. Blade hates me.

6. Jerry Dandridge - FRIGHT NIGHT

How does a vampire get such a perfect tan? Mix that with the fact that this dude rolls with a wardrobe straight off the 'Miami Vice' lot, sports Hasslehoff-level hair, moves like a prowling Billy Dee Williams on the dance floor, and has macktastic interior decorating skills that would make Larry Dallas and Glenn Quagmire jealous, and you've got the role model for many a douche in the eighties.

5. Santanico Pandemonium - FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

It should be no surprise that when the main man himself, JoBlo, suggested I do this list, this was one of the names he hoped I would consider (threatened me with my job if I didn't include her). I didn't really need that much convincing though. It's Salma fucking Hayek in a bikini doing a sexy dance with a snake before eating Quentin Tarantino's throat and kicking the shit out of George Clooney in the middle of Hollywood's most epic bar brawl. I guess that's pretty cool.

4. Jan Valek - VAMPIRES

Most vampires like to hide from those who'd like to kill them. Valek kicks the door in at a slayer keg party and tells them to get in line as he feeds each and every one of them their own dicks. One of the greatest ass-kickings in cinematic history. Imagine this guy showed up in Sunnydale? He would have walked straight into Buffy's Geography class and skull-fucked her senseless as Angel watched from the window like a little bitch.

3. Dracula - DRACULA

There's a certain confidence that comes along with being Dracula. One that allows you to walk the streets in the late 1800s like a flourishing pimp and the abilty to pick Winona Ryder's cleavage out of a crowd and make it yours. The castle, shape-shifting, and eternal life also play a part here. This guy must have the greatest pick-up lines of all time.

2. Severen - NEAR DARK

Imagine, just for a second, if Sev wandered into the TWILIGHT universe and decided he wanted to tap Bella's ass. Team Edward shows up and declares a vampire duel for her honor. And this is when it happens - the moment multiple generations of vampire fans get their genre back. And maybe that new generation of fans get to find out about fangs as Sev treats himself to a Cullen family buffet.

1. David - THE LOST BOYS

A vampire Jack Bauer? Things don't get much cooler than that. here's a typical night when me and Dave become best friends. Hang out in our underground hotel cave where we pound a couple bottles of vintage blood and wolf down some maggots. Head over to the nearest bridge, jump off and fly around town pissing on locals. Land on our motorcycles and crash the nearest party to eat high school boys and bang their girlfriends. Eat their girlfriends for dessert. Punch random police officers in the face and make Corey Feldman shit himself. Tease some half-vampires by making them think they'll have cool trench-coats like us one day and then call it a night after killing a couple hookers and flying into the ocean to wrestle with sharks. That's the plan, anyways.

Source: JoBlo

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KINGWEE
1:13AM on 11/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
OH Yes!!
Great List!! To include Jan Valek in the fold was awesome, I always felt that dude never got any respect. Could have done without Razor Charlie but other than that no gripes. Also, thanks a ton for not including some lame-ass TV vamps.
Great List!! To include Jan Valek in the fold was awesome, I always felt that dude never got any respect. Could have done without Razor Charlie but other than that no gripes. Also, thanks a ton for not including some lame-ass TV vamps.
 
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Ocelot_Snake
10:32PM on 11/19/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
wheres deacon frost?
wheres deacon frost?
 
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darqjade
11:17AM on 11/19/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Where the hell is Spike?! CMON! and as much as I like this list, there is no way David comes in higher than Dracula... except in the bloody dictionary.
Where the hell is Spike?! CMON! and as much as I like this list, there is no way David comes in higher than Dracula... except in the bloody dictionary.
 
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pteK
6:29AM on 11/19/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No vampires before 1970? TWO from From Dusk Till Dawn? No Spike, no Angel? What's goin' on up in here?!
No vampires before 1970? TWO from From Dusk Till Dawn? No Spike, no Angel? What's goin' on up in here?!
 
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jeo4
9:17PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
FUCK YEAH
I love this list. Thank you, Jim Law. You've reminded me that vampires can still be cool.
I love this list. Thank you, Jim Law. You've reminded me that vampires can still be cool.
 
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ebrock
7:33PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Where's Count Orlok from NOSFERATU?
Where's Count Orlok from NOSFERATU?
 
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ragekorne
6:37PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Yes!
I wasnt so hip to part 1. Thought it was a bit of a letdown from other top 10's. Then, you go and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF! Part 2 was a blast to read. Classic stuff in numbers 2 and 1. Wrestle with sharks lol. Awesome!
I wasnt so hip to part 1. Thought it was a bit of a letdown from other top 10's. Then, you go and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF! Part 2 was a blast to read. Classic stuff in numbers 2 and 1. Wrestle with sharks lol. Awesome!
 
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Elessar83
4:01PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fuck the Twihards
Love this list! But no Lestat? Eh, maybe he was lucky number 13... And I still can't understand why these dumbshit kids think that a vampire is able to walk in daylight and...uh..SPARKLE. My eleven year old step sister loves the twilight series and is gaga for the next one. I suggested she watch Interview With a Vampire.
Love this list! But no Lestat? Eh, maybe he was lucky number 13... And I still can't understand why these dumbshit kids think that a vampire is able to walk in daylight and...uh..SPARKLE. My eleven year old step sister loves the twilight series and is gaga for the next one. I suggested she watch Interview With a Vampire.
 
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Tagia_Romero
3:12PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Cool
Thanks for including Jerry, Valek and Marlow. THOSE were real vampires.
Thanks for including Jerry, Valek and Marlow. THOSE were real vampires.
 
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Stratburst
2:28PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Where are the classics?
Okay, maybe you wanted to put in only one Dracula, but no Christopher Lee or the Man himself, Béla Lugosi???

While we're at it, you needed either Max Shreck, Klaus Kinski or Willem Dafoe Nosferatu. Lose Blackula, Blade and (as much as I hate to say it) Jerry Dandridge and you'd be good to go.
Okay, maybe you wanted to put in only one Dracula, but no Christopher Lee or the Man himself, Béla Lugosi???

While we're at it, you needed either Max Shreck, Klaus Kinski or Willem Dafoe Nosferatu. Lose Blackula, Blade and (as much as I hate to say it) Jerry Dandridge and you'd be good to go.
 
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Obmulap
1:16PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Aaliyah from Queen of the Damned
Aaliyah from Queen of the Damned
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darqjade
11:19AM on 11/19/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
really?!
really?!
 
Elessar83
3:57PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Aaliyah was incredibly hot in that movie, but the film didn't even do justice to her character from the book. In fact the whole thing was a poorly done mashup of The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of The Damned.
Aaliyah was incredibly hot in that movie, but the film didn't even do justice to her character from the book. In fact the whole thing was a poorly done mashup of The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of The Damned.
 
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writer19
12:45PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
personally i loved Dafoe's Schreck
personally i loved Dafoe's Schreck
 
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Servo
12:06PM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Buffy & Angel
Hate all you want, current Buffy and Angel could kill every last one of these fucks. Except Blade. They'd be cool with each other.
Hate all you want, current Buffy and Angel could kill every last one of these fucks. Except Blade. They'd be cool with each other.
 
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FireCaptain4
11:57AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Alright, Schmoes
with as many vampire movies as there are, it's going to be hard to even make a Top 20 List and meet everyone's expectations of what the Coolest Vampires should be. I'd love to have seen Nosferatu and Lee's Dracula make the list, too, but this is a pretty good list regardless. However, sharing these lists with others is a great idea. Hopefully we can convert some Twihards into actual vampire fan...
with as many vampire movies as there are, it's going to be hard to even make a Top 20 List and meet everyone's expectations of what the Coolest Vampires should be. I'd love to have seen Nosferatu and Lee's Dracula make the list, too, but this is a pretty good list regardless. However, sharing these lists with others is a great idea. Hopefully we can convert some Twihards into actual vampire fans by convincing them to check out good films like Let the Right One In and Near Dark? One can only hope.
 
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FireCaptain4
11:53AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Severen
for the fucking win!
for the fucking win!
 
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fat-womanizer
11:38AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And where is BELA LUGOSI!! The classic Vampire with a great hommage in "Ed Wood"!
And where is BELA LUGOSI!! The classic Vampire with a great hommage in "Ed Wood"!
 
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DanoTehWolfman
11:37AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
By that last comment I mean...
VAMPIRES DON'T SPARKLE IN THE FUCKING SUNLIGHT!!!
VAMPIRES DON'T SPARKLE IN THE FUCKING SUNLIGHT!!!
 
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DanoTehWolfman
11:36AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Love the List guys!
As for Severen invading the Twilight universe, let him and Jan Valek kick some ass in the Buffyverse and drop a real vampire into Twilight, like Marlow. That sick bastard would let himself burn like cookies in the oven just to rip Edward into pieces and own all those pussified wolfs before Bella in a total bitchfit rips out his jugular. Total WTF moment, but it would happen.

Emo ...
As for Severen invading the Twilight universe, let him and Jan Valek kick some ass in the Buffyverse and drop a real vampire into Twilight, like Marlow. That sick bastard would let himself burn like cookies in the oven just to rip Edward into pieces and own all those pussified wolfs before Bella in a total bitchfit rips out his jugular. Total WTF moment, but it would happen.

Emo kids love Twilight...and Chocolate cake with black icing.
 
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HoyleHaw
11:16AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
While Nosferatu didn't make the cut, and I can't understand why a vampire Jim Law would wanna hang out with Blade, who would kill him within seconds of meeting him, I mostly like this list. Particularly Severin, though some part of me thinks Twilight already had it's pussified Severin get his head ripped off.
While Nosferatu didn't make the cut, and I can't understand why a vampire Jim Law would wanna hang out with Blade, who would kill him within seconds of meeting him, I mostly like this list. Particularly Severin, though some part of me thinks Twilight already had it's pussified Severin get his head ripped off.
 
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roro0
10:51AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Eli should have definitely made the list. One of the greatest vampires in one of the greatest movies ever made.
Eli should have definitely made the list. One of the greatest vampires in one of the greatest movies ever made.
 
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Dr.Frankenstein
10:32AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No mention of Christopher Lee! and/or Barry Atwater as Vampire "Janos Skorzeny" in 1972 made for t.v. film "The Night Stalker" which later became the series with Darrin McGavin.? I agree with the nod to Gary Oldman, Chris Sarandon and William Marshall for sure but...
No mention of Christopher Lee! and/or Barry Atwater as Vampire "Janos Skorzeny" in 1972 made for t.v. film "The Night Stalker" which later became the series with Darrin McGavin.? I agree with the nod to Gary Oldman, Chris Sarandon and William Marshall for sure but...
 
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AntoineDoinel
10:00AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Where is Max Schrek from the original Nosferatu ? There is a problem when the first memorable vampire of cinema history doesnt make the list ...
Where is Max Schrek from the original Nosferatu ? There is a problem when the first memorable vampire of cinema history doesnt make the list ...
 
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diblob
9:29AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
OMG...
No Spike?? That's a travesty!
No Spike?? That's a travesty!
 
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jekupka
9:22AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hell Yeah
Jack Bauer in vampire form, people we have found the perfect weapon.
Jack Bauer in vampire form, people we have found the perfect weapon.
 
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Noble_enk
8:47AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This list isnt complete
cant believe u didnt put any one from the interview of the vampire..:(
cant believe u didnt put any one from the interview of the vampire..:(
 
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KillerKlown
8:25AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"Me and the Bladester would totally rule the streets, him with his swords and funky-fresh haircut and me with my pasty belly and a drinking problem. Blade hates me." - LOL! That's the funniest thing I've read on here in a long time!
"Me and the Bladester would totally rule the streets, him with his swords and funky-fresh haircut and me with my pasty belly and a drinking problem. Blade hates me." - LOL! That's the funniest thing I've read on here in a long time!
 
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ilovemovies
8:12AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I love Kiefer Sutherland and all, but David shouldn't be #1. Infact, I'd say Blade should be #1! Stephen Dorff was awesome too fort that matter. Good to see Valek make the cut. He was such an awesome villain!
I love Kiefer Sutherland and all, but David shouldn't be #1. Infact, I'd say Blade should be #1! Stephen Dorff was awesome too fort that matter. Good to see Valek make the cut. He was such an awesome villain!
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ilovemovies
8:13AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The list is also missing another great vampire: Leslie Nieslen in Dracula: Dead and Loving It! :D
The list is also missing another great vampire: Leslie Nieslen in Dracula: Dead and Loving It! :D
 
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YoshioKun13
8:03AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Nice list, but...
I think D from Vampire Hunter D should've made the list somewhere.

Though given your unfamiliarity with anime Mr. Law, I'm not surprised that he didn't.
I think D from Vampire Hunter D should've made the list somewhere.

Though given your unfamiliarity with anime Mr. Law, I'm not surprised that he didn't.
 
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fat-womanizer
8:00AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
What about Kinski in "Nosferatu??" Or even willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire". Instead there is "Underworld" in that list?? Plllease....
What about Kinski in "Nosferatu??" Or even willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire". Instead there is "Underworld" in that list?? Plllease....
 
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drexxell
7:50AM on 11/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hmmm..
David was kind of an bully and an ass. Not sure he's all that "cool".

I still think Louis from IWtV is #1...can't believe he didn't even make your top 12 :(
David was kind of an bully and an ass. Not sure he's all that "cool".

I still think Louis from IWtV is #1...can't believe he didn't even make your top 12 :(