LA Times asks the question. Vampires : Sexy or not sexy?
Take a guess into which category our favourite vamps fall.
The debate over vampires as heartthrob vs. heart-devourer is old but still valid. For every studly Dracula, rising out of his coffin like Hugh Hefner (back in the 1960s), there's another bloodsucker with giant fangs and creepy eyes and gore-encrusted claws. Just last year we had the horrific "30 Days of Night" and this year we have smoldering Bill from HBO's "True Blood" and, of course, the doe-eyed Edward of "Twilight."
But are they really hot, or horrific? And where do they stack up against the many other bloodsuckers who have slunk across the screen? Our crack team of experts ponders the sex-appeal (or lack thereof) of creatures of the night.
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I love the write up on Spike. "We win." It's true.
P.S. I didn't realize that it was sacrilegious to pick Spike over Angel, I always thought there were more Spike fans.
EX | September 04, 14:17 CET
zeitgeist | September 04, 14:19 CET
And those Twilight "vampires," how can they be sexy. They don't suck blood and run around under the sun. If you ask me, more than half the appeal of vampires is the mystique that comes from the fact that they are dangerous creatures of the night. It's the element of not knowing what waits in the dark. If they're running around during the day where's that sexy mysteriousness? Instead, these guys are just cheap knockoffs and the books bad Buffy fanfic.
And making you choose between Angel and Spike? That's just mean.
The Xan Man | September 04, 14:21 CET
@theonetruebix | September 04, 14:22 CET
Ha ha ha ha. Touche.
On a more serious note, I love how most articles on this subject never want to discuss the lifeforce/sex metaphor of vampire tales. It's always about how hot the actors are. Whatever.
ProgGrrl | September 04, 14:23 CET
No prizes for guessing which category he'd be in...
not sexy, right?
MattK | September 04, 14:23 CET
Mrelia | September 04, 14:45 CET
But Blade wasn't bad. lol. Maybe not what I'd go for, but he was not not sexy. XD If that makes sense.
druzilla | September 04, 14:50 CET
peach | September 04, 15:00 CET
HowlingLupe | September 04, 15:13 CET
baxter | September 04, 15:15 CET
And props for recognizing Blacula. Bill Marshall, RIP, was a dignified, very gifted actor, who imbued what could have been pure burlesque with true power. And, by not contributing to the otherwise very present comic relief, he allowed a viewer to step back and realize just how well-done and downright scary that movie was. If I could throw a aprty for all my favroite actors from all times and places, he'd be right among them, along with the Jossverse crowd and the old Universal repertory company. ALong with his pals Sidney Poitier and Ivan Dixon of course.
DaddyCatALSO | September 04, 16:12 CET
Hee hee :)
yes, that's all ;)
GVH | September 04, 16:16 CET
Znachki | September 04, 16:28 CET
ProgGrrl | September 04, 16:37 CET
First off, hell toupee is fucking brilliant and if you don't make a video zeitgeist for entry into the ELOE, we will never let you live it down.
Second, how many times is some rag going to ask if vampires are sexy? If they weren't, do you think all the time, trouble, and expense would have gone into making so many horror films and television shows? Please. Some vampires are old-time monsters, and some are used in a different way (though it's hard to beat back the memory of Buffy telling Spike, "You're not a man, you're a thing ... an evil, disgusting thing."). Yes, but sometimes disgusting things are (never mind). Sexy vampires are like 50s bad boys with their souped-up Chevys. They make you want to be naughty your own self. Plus, they have hypnotic powers so you really have no choice. Well, Christopher Lee did. And yes, sexy. And if there's any sexier (Vampire) scene on film than Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in The Hunger, I haven't seen it.
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Tonya J | September 04, 17:25 CET
Oh yeah Spike
Angel sometimes, sorta
Langella (teenage girl I was... shivered me timbers!)
Louis (Pitt)
Blade
Seline (even I'D do her)
Mirriam (agree with Tonya J)
Julian fucking Luna - Nobody tops him in my hotness file. Juuuulian... *sigh*
Barnabas was not sexy in any way, but he WAS one of the coolest.
And can I add Vincent? Though not a vampire, still a tortured creature of the night, with a voice that could move stone.
Willowy | September 04, 17:41 CET
...oh, right, those ones.
WilliamTheB | September 04, 17:59 CET
zeitgeist | September 04, 18:16 CET
Willowy | September 04, 18:25 CET
Agreed ... and he's the only one Angel really believed :)
resa | September 04, 18:32 CET
Come on, what's not sexy about that?!? Dare I mention "straddling the Puppy" and playing with matches?
quantumac | September 04, 18:41 CET
kishi | September 04, 18:47 CET
Anyway: vamp willow = yes, attractive.
Giles_314 | September 04, 18:49 CET
magnus carnage | September 04, 18:51 CET
kishi | September 04, 19:03 CET
Let Down | September 04, 19:26 CET
Tonya J | September 04, 19:32 CET
Heck, even straight-as-an-arrow me finds Spike sexy. ...did I just say that out loud?
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | September 04, 20:05 CET
Willowy | September 04, 20:46 CET
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | September 04, 21:03 CET
Braeden Fireheart | September 04, 22:08 CET
Don't feel bad ManEnoughtoAdmit, there are a plethora of Lesbians who find Spike sexy as well. You are in good company.
Transcending some boundaries of sexiness that Spike!
Xane | September 04, 23:16 CET
And Spike .... I'd say transcending all boundaries of sexiness. ;)
Shey | September 05, 01:09 CET
They come at night, they seduce the "innocent", there's "penetration", blood is life, they hypnotise you so that you can be seduced without guilt or responsibility (especially handy during Victorian times), they don't follow societal norms (vampires are - sometimes literally ;) - yer archetypal lone wolf) and so on. Pretty sexy I reckon.
Whether you find specific vampires sexy is presumably just personal taste and/or the slant of the writing/performance.
Saje | September 05, 01:19 CET
Ildeth | September 05, 01:51 CET
- a band called Hell Toupee
- an episode of 'Amazing Stories' called Hell Toupee
- a song called Hell Toupee (by Turbonegro)
- a column about bad toupee's, called, you guessed it: hell toupee
- yet another song called 'Hell Toupee' (this time, more literal)
- a blog called 'Hell Toupee' (with subtitle 'the blog that tastes just like chicken', which I guess, means it's very generic? ;))
- a very strange youtube video with 'Hell Toupee' in the title (that's 3 minutes I'll never get back ;))
- a 'Hell Toupe' T-shirt (this one's kinda funny ;))
- another youtube video, with this intriguing description: "A radioactive wig gives a mild mannered boy a bad-hair day" (which, as a story concept, is simply briliant :))
And I could probably go on and on, because I'm only at page two of the Google results ;). Heh.
(sorry zeitgeist ;))
ETA: made that last link actually work
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GVH | September 05, 03:30 CET
Maybe it's just an Alyson Hannigan thing?
Highlander | September 05, 04:06 CET
And the guy blew himself up, literally, to save the world. Angel went off and became … a lawyer. Yeah. We win.
Okay how many wrong things in that sentence? Heh. Well. Me, I rather like Buffy's "dream". Maybe add a vamp Xander for texture ;)
Nice list though. Now I have naughty thoughts (or are they?) about James Marsters and Gary Oldman doing what they do best. Act well. Now that’s sexy.
Transcending some boundaries of sexiness that Spike!
I'd say transcending all boundaries of sexiness.
LOL I think he’d love that. Boost about it more like it ;) “Hear the news, Liam? I transcend the boundaries of sexiness. Hah!”
Mirage | September 05, 04:57 CET
zeitgeist | September 05, 05:00 CET
GVH | September 05, 05:18 CET
Tonya J | September 05, 07:05 CET
That may change when Johnny Depp plays him.
Nebula1400 | September 05, 09:19 CET
Still, I can see him most definitely bringing the sexy. When's this supposed to happen?
Willowy | September 05, 10:21 CET
Tonya J | September 05, 10:27 CET
The Master
Willam Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire
Okay, that's about it. My secret is out. I watched Buffy and Angel for the sexy vampires.
That's true, actually. My kids kept trying to get me to watch, and I'd say, "Why? She kills vampires" - until I watched Something Blue, and my life changed.
redeem147 | September 05, 10:32 CET