Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Bloodsucking Cinema

Play trailer Poster for Bloodsucking Cinema 2007 Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Bloodsucking Cinema takes a look at the origins of the vampire myth, its evolution and its entry into cinema's storytelling lexicon, focusing on the endurance of the theme as well as the advances made in the execution of its telling -- primarily in the last twenty years of Hollywood movie history. Linking past and present, Bloodsucking Cinema asks the questions: how and why did our fascination with vampires develop? Through interviews, movie clips and narration, current filmmakers and stars of vampire movies such as Van Helsing, Blade and Underworld compare their interpretations of the vampire with classic vampire roles -- like those created by Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and others.

Critics Reviews

View More
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 11/24/2020
7/10
A brief, flashy look at the bloodthirsty masters of the night, but its viewership is clearly limited to existing fans of such productions. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
michael p 12/17/2022 Whether you are a diehard or novice about vampire movies this video will help you with your journey. Lots of info here. See more Heather M 10/29/2011 This provides an informative look into the vampire's history in the film industry. There are a lot of great influences from the past that have lead to today's Hollywood cliche vampires. See more Greg S 11/26/2010 This was fine, but didn't delve deep enough. It was a glossing-over of major studio releases. They didn't even mention Near Dark! See more Drew H 08/16/2010 Clips from the same movies get repetitive, but this isn't a terrible documentary about Vampire movies. Decent interviews with big names make it interesting enough at times, but there is no real insight from anyone. See more Joshua P 07/23/2010 Sort of a train of unsuccessful and c-list vampire celebrates taking about Vampires in the dumbest ways possible. See more Seth P 07/23/2010 eh, this was an alright documentary, but it was too short and only covered a little bit of the films See more Read all reviews
Bloodsucking Cinema

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Barry Gray

Director

John Carpenter

Actor

Richard Roeper

Actor

Len Wiseman

Actor

Joel Schumacher

Actor

Kristanna Loken

Actor
View All

Bloodsucking Cinema

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Bloodsucking Cinema takes a look at the origins of the vampire myth, its evolution and its entry into cinema's storytelling lexicon, focusing on the endurance of the theme as well as the advances made in the execution of its telling -- primarily in the last twenty years of Hollywood movie history. Linking past and present, Bloodsucking Cinema asks the questions: how and why did our fascination with vampires develop? Through interviews, movie clips and narration, current filmmakers and stars of vampire movies such as Van Helsing, Blade and Underworld compare their interpretations of the vampire with classic vampire roles -- like those created by Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and others.
Director
Barry Gray
Producer
Wendy McKernan, Laura Amelse Watson
Screenwriter
Barry Gray
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 23, 2008