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Do you think that Vampires are portrayed as they should be in movies? for example, interview with the vampire, queen of the damned, John Carpenters Vampires.

I guess it really depends on who you are and what you see a vampire as. Personally in the Anne Rice movies I think they got it quite acurate even though QOTD wasn't made correctly. :)

vampyres in movies are portrayed to make money for film makers, production companies etc etc.

Well said love.

Personally i would want vampires to be portrayed like vampires are in reality. no special effects, no embelishing, no exaggeration. just actual vampire-looking portrayal.

i think the way the antia blake series is one of the best ways to portray the vampyre

I'd like to see them portrayed like they are in reality

the problem wuth that dani is that hollywood does not want vampires looking or seeming like normal ppl...if they did they would lose the intrigue and drama associated with them and therefore not be able to make money off the stereotype...and in hollywood its always about the money

in some movies vampires are portrayed very badly but in other movies things are somewhat true...i mean Queen Of The Damned and the whole "underground" sceen seems to appeal to alot of "vampires". But I really think that the movies don't say anything to great about vampires personally.

Nope it's all bs to make more money and impress people.

I would LOVE to see them as LK Hamilton writes them. Anne Rice has a very sensual way of portraying them. I don't think Hollywood would be true to the vampire unless they are going to make money. Sex sells.

seems like we are thinking along the same lines today.

there usally portrayed as the bad guys

Just a thought. Vampires are supposed to live by the rule that they should not reveal to mortals as to what there life(or death) is like. So how would Hollywood know how to potray a true vampire? I guess i'm saying, no, i do not think they are potrayed correctly.

Good question.I would believe because from a believe of a myth they trasformed it into a character that is useful for business.And more time passes more seams to make success.

Inffact do you think that if tey were portrayed as totally different they would be that successful?

No cause characters of this type are always successful especially for the fact that they're believed to be a myth not just a character that was invented recently.

My oppinion is that vampires are potryed to be more extravigant in movies then they are in real life. Just for sales! I on the other hand would love to see a movie based on facts of the lifestlye of a vampire without all the hype!

i thinke thay are as diffrent as we are some a prepy and some like to sk8t

It really depends on your view of vampires. Everyone has their own ideas of how vampires should be.

Vampires are like ppl in a way. they are all different. not all vampires are going to kill someone or try to just meet ppl to drink their blood. but i think they arent doing a very good job in the movies. but if they were honost ppl would realize that they do exist. but then we would all be hunted. because mortals dislike what they cant comprehend.

the movie industry portrays vampires in whatever way they feel is more like to attract viewers...they do not care how accurate they are or whether or not it is offensive to true vampires

Perception is Reality

Like I've said in another thread,sex and violence are the most things that attract people.

Hollywood is fiction and business.More people are attracted to certain movies more popularity and money for Hollywood.

i like the special fx.............

they aren't portrayed as they should be in all movies/books. but i think anne rice got close enough

well ive said this in other posts but hollywood always puts vamps as the bad guys so ppl don't want to get to no them and are afraid

some yes and some no like akasha in queen of the damed was only varnerable when she gives blood and lestat on interview with a vampire never died

The Special effects are great in movies. That's why I find vampire movies so intresting because each 'different vampire' in each different movie have different 'qualities' which show just how fake vampires are.

Vampires in movies and books are portrayed to sell. Very little that you read in fiction is true and this also includes movies and television. Sad, but none the less true.

Well, I would think that movie vampires should not have any relevance on real vampires, if there is such a thing as 'real vampires.'

If there are, can the two even be compared?

I mean one is a fiction, the other is inspired by that same fiction... Or so I have found in my experience. Though they can't be compared, they seem to be interdependent. I'm guessing. I'm not really sure.

I guess the question(s) should be, does it really make a difference to the so-called 'real vampires' what Hollywood does? Did any 'real' vampire know itself to be as such without Hollywood?

It's kind of like the 'chicken or the egg' thing? No?

right now it is not safe for the movies to portray us like we should be. for if we did they wuld know of us and hunt us for what we are. whats sad is mortals kill the things that their mind can not comprehend. and it is safer for us to have the movies make us out like something different.

Vampires are potrayed at various times as evil(Dracula), sympathetic(Spike), or as the hero(Angel). It is simply Hollywood making a buck. Nothing else should be read into it

I agree that annie rice was as close as it can be, but for most movies its all wrong. Nothing make since, and they always change the ideas from movie to movie.

um...i think that they are in most ways but in some ways like that they r always vicious and looking to kill might not be exactly true!!

No, and I think that's on purpose.

If kindred allow portrayal of them to be as mythical ugly beings with obvious fangs and things poking out of their heads, it keeps people thinking that's how they all are.

Makes it easier to live as one without getting caught, if you look like a regular person just going to the store for a pack of smokes.

If they let Hollywood see how they really are, it'd be harder to be one.

Hmm.

Not to say that it's not also because it's how people prefer to see them. It's a big money maker to show a real "monster", something scary to look at, and show it get defeated. Makes people comfortable, and they feel superior.

I agree with alexandradangelo. It really depends on your concept of the world. Anne Rice has an idea, but... everyone thinks differently. Somehow, you have to put fact and reality together to get it just right.
So, it's just really who you are, I guess.
~Poser

Vampires are what they are.. .and as far as movies and books and such go.. you can't say wether they are portrayed right. There is always someone out there who believes something else... and I can't say their wrong and I'm right.

Just remembering to take everything with a grain of salt helps.

Movies from the time they started, books before them, and the oral traditions before were all just ways of projecting our own conceptions of ourselves into fantastical and entertaining embodiments of what it would be nice to be, if there were no boundaries, if there WASN't reality and if the world that binds us in the existance that wehave wasn't present. To think that a movie or book or other work of fiction is going to accurately portray something real is just whimsical thinking that too many get caught up in trying to emulate and thereby becoming even more disillusioned about their own reality....So let hollywood give us our fictions and our plays so that we can escape the humdrum existance by projecting our own fantasies onto thier portrayal of an euphoric and wonderful little world of their creation.

In other words, don't buy into your own bullshit. *wink*

they're portriad perfectly for people to make money off them.

John Carpenter's Vamps kinda pissed me off. They were grotesque and idiotic. I wish Hollywood would only romantize the Vampyre. Silly me, always the hopeless romantic. :)

from what i have seen its ok so i supose that i have no complaints

Some movies could dipict them better, but overall, it is fine

Personally, I like the way they are portrayed.

Because, if you are interested enough to look into things like the lifetsyle, etc. Then you will find ones who are True.

In interview with the vampire I think they protrayed well as far as them looking like and acting like everyone else but in the other two I think that they tried to hard.

I really like how Anne portrays her vampires, however, once Hollywood gets hold of something they generally screw it up as they did with Interview and QOTD.

i dont think they are, its to romantic

it depends on how you feel vampires should be portrayed really..I think they give some fo the truth when they make these kinds of movies...

I think that interview with a vampire may portray them a bit better .
One being bad And Loving it " Me"
And the Other trying to be Good.
So theres good Vamps and Bad Vamps.

it depends on your perceptions of vampires and what you want them to represent... personally i don't really like how they're portrayed in many movies, but that's probably because it's always so hard for a movie to show all of the things that a vampire should be about, at least for me...

Ehh, what is a vampire that we're portraying...?

Psychic,
blood thirsty old fashion
mentally unstable crazed loonz
persons with medical problems that can be mistakened for vampirism.

i have never seen a vampyre movie where any detail was given into the life of vamyres, they are just viewed as blood thirsty demons. Completely incorrect! Hollywood sucks!

i think there was a thread once that talked about how vampyres are betrayed as the bad guy...and movies are mostly about the good overpowering the bad and having a happy ever after ending.
of course i dont believe that vampyres are rightly portrayed but then again..if you have a movie showing that the "bad guy" in all respect , is a normal person living a life similar to the "good" people...how many do you think would actually see it? how many of the "GOD- fearing" (not intended to insult) people would have it banned for telling lies?

I think it would have to depend on the vampire him/her self on weither or not to...if I was one i would probably debate it...but it really depends.

Is that true? I mean really? In the movies and especially in books vampire's have taking on a lonely, mysterious, almost romantic edge.

Look up vampire and love online... mixed in all the dating sites you'll see plenty of movies, books, and even songs. I only know this because I was originally researching a vampire love story...

it all depends on your personal views of vampyres...everyone has their own ideas about these creatures...i personally think they are much like humans in that they are all different..some better than others....but i also think they are highly sexual...i think that a vampyre bite done right should feel more like an orgasm (or at least pleasurable) than pain

vampires aren't potrayed how they should be. atleast in most movies.

I think it's difficult to accurately portray any sub or counter culture, unless it is done by someone within the circle.

As for the romantic, fantasy portrayal of vampires - yes, I think for the most part the movies have done a good job. And it is always interesting to see how Hollywood weaves together the many myths that exist.

well i think that they aren't in the evil...sense i mean...vampires are generally seen as evil...and that's not true...like other ppl some are evil and some are not...that's what i think anyway...

You know, I was thinking about this.. and why should we think hollywood should portray it right? They haven't really potrayed anything else right...

hollywood is all about exageration, making things bigger and better than they really are.

first off,there are different races of vamps just like there are different races of men.so can you peg it in one hole?I don't think so!Are we portrayed acurately?no.How would people react with the mystery of the vamp taken away?In some ways it protects us too.so you are in a cunundrum.yes I would like to see a acurate movie about vamps,but would it do more harm or good?

I am with you Renshai. People watch Vampire movies for a reason- we want to see the dark, fantasical mystery. I love it just as I love Marvel and DC comics, and Mythology- Superhuman, Immortal beings- dreaming away from reality.

But anyhow- I don't think many people realize that the Vampiric lifestyle is still very unknown by the public- as in, most people don't even know it exists. The literary Vampire is what the world knows and craves for. Even those living the lifestyle crave it too- it's fun.

I believe that it depends on the movie. But in general, not at all. There are some that have the general arogance of them. But vicious blood thirsty animals, most definately not.

Though I am sure some of those do exist. But there are average every day humans who do that too. Humans to cereal killers; vampires to vicious vampires. It all depends on the vampire. But vampires aren't all "blah I'm going to suck your blood blah yess bwahaha".

Honestly, I don't think that vampires exist in the way modern literature depicts them at all, with very few exceptions. I think perhaps the closest I've seen to the way vampires might be like, were they involved in our society, was the novel "I, Vampire" which is written as a diary from a vampires perspective and shows that they are not necessarily murderous fiends, as most vampires are shown (even in Anne Rice novels) but instead tormented beings who struggle with what to do with their immortality, much like humans struggle with the short time we are given in their lifetime.

Oh, to add.....I seriously doubt they would be as willing to flaunt any superhuman abilities they might have as is shown in movies, since they would be hunted and dissected like a common lab rat were they to do so.

I got to agree, a movie is ment to entertain not be politically correct.

I guess it really depends on who you are and what you see as a vampire.

I do not believe that Vampires exist the way we see them in the movies- I just simply like what I see in the movies and books- I WANT to see them potrayed that way because again- entertainment.

It is no doubt what we want to see or we would not see these ratings we have in The Vampire Database on this site- I don't think this website would even be the success that it is if we were not all intrigued and entertained by what we see in film and movies.

I have to laugh at 'cereal killers' ha... I know you meant 'serial'... but I can't erase the images in my mind right now.

I believe we all want to get lost in fantasy on occasion. Look how many of us are gamers, writers, fantasy literature buffs, etc. Vampire movies allow us to suspend disbelief and really experience magic, even if only for the duration of the film.

I think vampires are portraid as they should be perhaps if more movies came out it would show a greater range vampire society.

I was reading my last post 'in film and movies' ??? Same thing- I am a dork... I meant film and books.

i think that vampires are a higher being than you or me and i think that they are overated in the moves

Oh, thank the Heavens it got brought up...
I was coming back to say "It depends on the version of 'vampire' we're talking about"...

Now, it's obvious that there are different types of kindred. There are the normal ones that would never be suspected in the real world, but that live their lives just a little differently. There are the more wild versions that fit the animalistic role. And there are the evil, obvious, FUCKIN' vampires. :)

No matter what, I don't think hollywood in general has a perfect depiction of any of them. And I believe that's for the greater good. Makes them money and keeps kindred safe.

I personally think they r not but Hollywood is selling it in a way that makes them money. I myself would like to see the torment that comes with the vampire life portrayed, their emotions are rarely viewed as well...

Vampires are portrayed the way that sells movie tickets. Slightly less outrageous films, like 'The Addiction' or "Habit", while still amusing..do not sell as many tickets as say the Lost Boys or Dracula.

Is there anything wrong with people wanting to see that in films..I think not. It's about entertainment, and as such..it really dosen't matter of the depiction is accurate or not. Needless to say(from present company), it isn't.

- D

I guess the way theyre potrayed, does make great entertainment. I mean, how many of us dont like at least one of the many vampire movies out there?
One thing I dont like though, is how it affects the real vampires. Many humans (not sure how else to put it, sorry), after seeing an exagerated vampire movie, will walk out and think real life vampires are just as exagerated.

I enjoy watching many of the vampire movies that Hollywood puts out.....for the entertainment value. However, vampires are not portrayed as they truly were and as they are now. Novels and movies tend to miss it everytime.

Vampires in my eyes will never be portrayed as they actually are cause Hollywood has money to be made. =)

Of course they're PRETTY damn well potrayed.

I think a question that would come out of the main one, do we even know how a vampire should really look like or act? Hollywood is bullsh... all over still do anyone in this life can say that knows how a vampire should look, act and behave? this question is to be answered realistically, I am sure many would like to answered what they have been showned on tv or books.

Hm
how a vampire should look like or act, i think, is based on from the individuals point of view.
I believe though, that vampires look like normal human beings, they may act differently if theyre feeding, but nothing to out of the ordinary.

Hollywood vamps tend to be a bit corny. Especially the way they waste time hissing and showing their fangs when they attack. It's overly dramatic, but that's the movies for ya.

Nice answer-just wanted to say that :), I agree with you in one part more than others. I believe that vampires are a one person way of thinking and it came out as such, in other words a person was in love with the idea of something " " sucking the necks of others and all that good stuff they say they do, so in the end vampires really do not look like anything exept that of what one makes them be.So heres something that I will contradict to mysel, in such case then hollywood os not that far from been somewhat right.

But do the creators of those movies really believe thats how vampires really are?
Or do they know its just a part of their imagination, if they even believe they truly exist at all.

In my opinion, Hollywood has vampires portrayed completely wrong.

They go for a more theatric approach.

Try wantching 'Vampires Annonymous' and 'By Best Friend was a Vampire' if you're looking for a -tad- bit more realism.

well if we are goin to talk abotu the idiots that make them up ... they really have no idea what their doing, rather just make something up from what they read or heard from others.Like I said hollywood is full os crap and lies. The really bad thing that can come out of it is when you see someone that tries to have a conversation with you and you can automatically see that all of the persons info comes from hollywood, that is really bad

Ignorance...

However, not ALL of what hollywood portrays is stranger than fiction-- some are based (loosely mind you) off of old legends and prphesies renewed either by faith or a good writer who has actually researched some information.

You know I stared good reading your comment I lost it at the end can you recap or explain a bit diferent I really lost it at the end.I know you mean ingnorance about does who just get info from places like hollywood, the...totally lost it, ^_^sorry

I have to withdraw my first statement on this. I went back and watched the movies and found I was extremely off. They're close but not quite what they should be.

people who are not interested in vampires don't really care who they are.
they just want to see a good action movie with loads of blood violence and gripping sex scenes.
and because the producers know what most of the people want, they make commercial movies. that's all
I liked QOTD idea actually...

but most vampire films are made to be scary and i supose to some wired audience they are so if they portrayed them as normal people with out the special effect only the people that love them for wat they are would still like it

I think in some movies they are portrayed as bad guys in some good it depends on the movie its self. I love the way Laurell K Hamilton protrays vampires.

I think Interview with the Vampire could be accurate enough at least as far as hollywood go's..

i agree book wise "interview" was the most accurate film wise...it added more human experience and took some elements out that made vampires be approachable, still eerie but more human. verses just a fang showing, hypnotist, who rips at necks and all.

i think that should make a documentary about real vamps and leave the hollywood crap out of it

I think that vampires are protrayed as the director see fit. So basically one person could see them a different way than another...

If Hollywood portrayed vampires as they really are...

Hmm, do I really want to watch a movie about folk sat in front of a computer...?
Ba-doom cha.

"If Hollywood portrayed vampires as they really are..."

i guess even in this site everyone sees vampires differently

Personally, I don't like the Anne Rice books or any other ficitonal works because they only mislead the general public. The simple truth is that most people wouldn't understand even if you tried to explain what the real vampiric condition is.

well i think that interview with a vampire is overrated..but queen of the damned is one of my favorite movies...and i think that the vampires in that movie are potrayed just right...and like i said interview with a vampire is overrated and the portrayll of vampires in it are fake...

Hard to say what is the "real" and what isn't anymore honestly. I've had experiences with vampyres that seem just like say....anne rice characters, or christine feehan characters which i like better anyway.

It is all made up fantasy in the movies because if vampires were portrayed as they are I don't think the general public would be interested in going to see movies about them.

no...obviously not...all the ridiculous movies...good but a little retarted in the true life of a vampire...let alone the lifestyle of one...-mieta-

Vampires are romantic in movies often, I don't always view that as accurate. Its all about how much money can be made. Also it depends on what you belive to be an accurate version of a vampire. I personally love Vamp movies.

In the theatrical world there are two choices - the Romanticism or the Horror of the Vamp. Neither side truly envelopes the essence of the Vampire...it is simple 2 dimensional and hence nothing more than a cameraman's fancy.

i agree that vampires are made in films to be entertaining, not necessarily accurate... there are many beliefs on what is "accurate" when portraying vampires... i also agree it depends on how you see vampires and how you feel about them because everyone has their own opinion and feelings, some may like the way they are portrayed in films, personally i think some films portray vampires in a very interesting and original way while others do a horrible and disappointing job... nevertheless, that doesn;t mean they are or are not accurate... =)

No matter how hard you try hollywood will always have there type of vampire and there the real life ones.It is not like they can change thousands of years of storys and histroy.

Time for a clean up and RIP the "too long to be bothered to read" threads

Mistress Moreish