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By UGO Team January 20, 2012 |
6 | Pocket Full of Pistols |
Film: Ultraviolet
Weapon: The Pocket Universe
Ok, ok--not traditional vampires but more of the
"mutated" blood strain. But Milla Jovovich's ass-kicking under
Equilibrium auteur Kurt Wimmer is like a Wachowski brother wet dream, if they
were still interested in making pop art action sequences instead of films with
Arianna Huffington cameos.
Jovovich's Alic--I mean, Violent Song is a
"hemophage," or "like a Vampire but not so shut up and enjoy
violence." Aside from her candy color hair and constantly shifting tone,
on her wrists are little deus ex accessories that give her everything from
guns, rifles, a hologram device and finally a sword that inevitably winds up on
fire so she can battle the Big Bad with his own flaming sword.
That would've made the original Nosferatu a real gem, if you
ask us.
5 | Killing in The Name Of... |
Film: Priest (2010)
Weapon: Those Crucifix-shrukiens
Paul Bettany was a bad-ass vampire killing preacher,
especially when he whipped out these bad boys. In fact, they were so cool we
were almost forgave the post-conversion 3D. Thank god we don't have a 3D
Blu-ray and can enjoy the awesome parts, like Crucifix-shrukiens.
4 | Kicking and Screaming--On Fire! |
Film: Vampires
Weapon: A Winch
Adapted from the book, Vampire$, James Woods is a
Vatican-approved bounty hunter along with one of the countless fat Baldwin
brothers who takes out vampires. The book breaks down the hunters into a series
of classes from guys who wield guns to pikes and hatchets. It's a cool little
sci-fi story that gets utterly ruined in translation except for an unintentionally
amazing weapon.
The hunters find vampire lairs and go inside where they stab
and restrain the vamps. Then they attach them to a winch and drag them out into
the sunlight. There's something weirdly satisfying about watching a vampire be
dragged outside and lit up like a Thanksgiving turkey. But maybe that's just us
after seeing so many get boringly killed that way that we require the extra
spice.
3 | The Most Obvious One |
Film: Dracula 3000
Weapon: The Goddamn Sun
Ok, so this has Casper Van Dien (you remember Johnny Rico,
right?) but he dies. No, this isn't a spoiler because this may be the most WTF
vampire movie ever seen. It takes place in space and there's also Tiny Lister
(you remember him from The Fifth Element and No Holds Barred right?)
After Dracula--or some vampire, really, this film is
offensive--takes over the ship they decide the only course of action is to fly
the ship straight into the sun. And then Tiny Lister has sex with a robot while
they're flying into the sun.
You don't believe me, do you? Fine. Go watch it for
yourself, but you'll never be able to forget this.
And this is third!
2 | This One's For You, Leslie |
Film: Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Weapon: Mel Brooks' Comedic Timing
Throughout all the prat falls, the fart jokes and even the
bloody gore in Mel Brooks' take on the Dracula story, our favorite remains how
he offs the legendary bloodsucker.
As a Leslie-fied bat searches for an escape, Renfield opens
a trap door for his master--right into the sun. Call us old fashioned, but this
remains one of our favorite bloodsucker death knells even if it is clichéd.