VtM/WoD Books or Other Media?

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As I wait for Project Dogmat, I would like to sink my teeth (pun!) into more vampire related content.  I loved VtM: Bloodlines and have played through it recently and I am looking for something similar to that.  I am not a fan of pen and paper RPGs however so I am just looking for things with deep vampire storylines like Vampire the Masquerade or World of Darkness to help me and hopefully others pass the time before this game launches. 

I figure there have to be a lot of books based on this.  Any one have any good suggestions?  Or what their favorites are?

On TV I watch The Originals, The Strain, and I’ve seen all of True Blood.  I could never really get into The Vampire Diaries.  I know there was a short lived show based on WoD called Kindred that I have to find somewhere to watch.  Any other shows out there?  Doesn’t have to be English speaking so long as there are subtitled versions to find.

How about movies?  I feel like most vampire movies I have seen haven’t really done the lore justice.  The best one has been Interview with the Vampire, maybe the first Underworld movie as well.  I have seen all of the Underworld movies, all of the Twilight (crap) movies, Vampire Academy (meh), 30 Days of Night, and others that I’m forgetting.  Know of any more?  Know of any good ones?  I and I’m sure others would like to know.

tldr; Please post your favorite vampire related media in this thread for all of us to share and pass the time before Project Dogmat launches.

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Only Lovers Left Alive

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AiryKai said:

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Tempting…

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AiryKai said:

Only Lovers Left Alive

I’ll certainly give it a try. Looks interesting enough. 

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Just watched Rise: Blood Hunter with Lucy Liu.  It was a decent enough movie but I feel like using vampires was almost an after thought.  It was more a revenge story that had a few instances of blood sucking.
I think Only Lovers Left Alive is on one of the premium channels on TV now.  I will have to watch that when I get a chance.

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Astald said:

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I think Only Lovers Left Alive is on one of the premium channels on TV now.  I will have to watch that when I get a chance.

I just did couple days ago. It’s a good movie, and this say I – a guy who usually does not enjoy watching romance.

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The first blade movie was a good one, had one of these best opening scenes, also have you seen Bloodrayne?

"The blood of the ancients are coursing through my veins, the blood from a being man has never known, I am the one who cannot die, I am the the killer for all time..."

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bloodoccultist said:

The first blade movie was a good one, had one of these best opening scenes, also have you seen Bloodrayne?

Bloodrayne? Movie is a total crap compared to the game. 

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Delacroix said:

Bloodrayne? Movie is a total crap compared to the game. 

Haha agreed, the game was much better, but its still a vampire film to watch to past the time

"The blood of the ancients are coursing through my veins, the blood from a being man has never known, I am the one who cannot die, I am the the killer for all time..."

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There is a Korean movie called “Thirst” by Chan-wook Park which is a pretty different take on most vampire movies but it is very good.

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Regarding movies I can recommend “Daybreakers” — its definitly not your average Vampire-movie

Considering books I would recommend the “Necroscope”-series. The characters/figures are fascinating altough the story is sometimes weird

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Daybreakers is so naaaah… Vampirism as a virus? No, please no.
I prefer Underworld series.  Minus the last movie, which was really, really bad.

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The 5th movie is comming.

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I mostly enjoyed ‘Rise of Lycans’ set up in the middle ages. And in general my favourite character was Victor. He had balls so big, that even his ‘maker’ wouldn’t dare to disobey him at these times. That was shown in the retrospection in the second movie, where they burned corpses of people bitten by William, brother of Marcus and eventually hunted William down. 

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I liked all!The 4th hmm…meh, not the best but was enjoyable…most of him.

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Victor was the best character in that series, classic ventrue.

"The blood of the ancients are coursing through my veins, the blood from a being man has never known, I am the one who cannot die, I am the the killer for all time..."

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Victor is awesome! Awe and some!
Also I like Lost Boys (1st movie, of course, Sutterland is so cute…), thrash movie Razor blade ( I dunno even why, but I like it),
Ehm, what else… Only Lovers Left Alive, yeah, absolutely. Vampires, in which Boldwin played.

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Considering books I would recommend the “Necroscope”-series. The characters/figures are fascinating altough the story is sometimes weird

Methinks, once I watched Italian movie with the same title… was it based on the book, huh? If so, it fantasticaly.

Not vampire per 100%, however, as for creating the characters I could be recommend True Detective.

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Books    I ´d say Anne Rice Saga . There are several , I really appreciated ” Queen of the damned ” ( again , the book , not the movie xD)
Films  There are a few which are pretty awesome . More about love and all of that stuff :
“Interview with a vampire” ( based on the Saga from Anne Rice ) , “Let the right one in” , which is a remake of a scandinavian movie , the scandinavian movie tends to be very good as well . A bit more comedy and exotic : Bloody Mary(with hauntingly beautiful Anne Parillaud)
 

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@Isis I love “Let the Right One In” I watched the original Scandinavian version before the American release and I have to say that I prefer the original. 

"The blood of the ancients are coursing through my veins, the blood from a being man has never known, I am the one who cannot die, I am the the killer for all time..."

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What d’you think about Poppy Z. Brite’s books?

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“A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” is an interesting vampire movie. It’s Iranian, I think. If you can find “What We Do in the Shadows”, that’s a great movie. Hilarious mockumentary on vampire life. 

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it depends on what you are wanting. 

Fearless Vampire Killers is a funny movie and has some fun points in the vampire 101 
for movies heres a link with a bunch of odd films
http://www.oddfilms.com/vampire.htm

Books:
A Field Guide to the creatures that Stalk the Night Vampires by Dr. Bob Curran
The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson
A Dream of Dracula in search of the Living Dead by Leonard Wold
Silver Kiss

As i think of more I will add more

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Without spoiling a great movie I recommend that you  watch dusk till dawn if you haven’t already  . 

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Sabbat-stalker said:

Without spoiling a great movie I recommend that you  watch dusk till dawn if you haven’t already  . 

I’ve seen that movie. I am thinking about binge watching the show but I have seen some bad reviews so I am a little reluctant.

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I used to read Poppy Z. Brite, when I was young! Fascinating New Orleans, liquor, flirt, runaways and young people living on their own .. The stories are sexy and wild, if you are in your early 20s, they could be interesting)