[TheSilverBeetle]

Originally Posted by Allen Caraway

I read this for the first time several years ago and have recently been thinking that I should read it again.

This is what a vampire story should be: a genuinely scary, evil, undead villain who practically recreates Hell wherever he goes. Not this awful, twinky, sensitive, romantic, touchy-feely 'vampire' crap. (The first Blade film had that same realistic and menacing vibe to it, as did 30 Days of Night, both utterly brilliant movies.

Now, what do people think has been the best film adaption of the novel? I remember watching Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and being in two minds about it. Not the best adaption, perhaps. For instance, while Gary Oldman was superb (he always is), Keanu Reeves's English accent was so funny it was hard to take the film seriously at times. I like Reeves as a person, but apart from his performance in The Gift, I find his acting decidedly iffy.

I agree completely with everything you've said. I just watched that version of the movie and though it might be the most like the book (which truthfully is kind of sad) I don't think it is the best movie. It would take a lot of thought to say which one i could say is the best. Each one has points that are very good.