My friends and I recently organized a Space Vampire Marathon, so this seems like an appropriate thread to comment on it.
Movie #1: Lifeforce. Naked space vampires from Halley's Comet come to Earth and suck out people's (highly explosive) life energy, thereby turning them into electro-zombies. Unlike the other movies we watched, this one is an actual real movie, with actors and and a plot and everything. Legitimately enjoyable, with some kick-ass practical effects and a wonderfully weird scene in which an astronaut is psychically compelled to make out with Patrick Stewart.
Movie #2: Dracula 3000. Wow. Just wow. So Dracula is on a spaceship, because... because. This movie is so bad it's fascinating - in fact, it's borderline experimental. The camerawork seems to have been done by someone's hyperactive eight-year-old who wanted to see what every button on the camera did. The main character dies 2/3 of the way into the movie. There isn't any climax - the movie just meanders around until it's time to roll credits, at which point the ship explodes for no apparent reason and then freeze-frames. Oh, and Coolio is in it. His take on "vampire" is like an attempt to mix "Ruby Rhod" from Fifth Element with "The Cat" from Red Dwarf, while failing at both. This one must be seen to be believed.
Movie #3: Vampirella. Peace-loving vampires from the planet Drakulon live contentedly by drinking from the planet's blood-rivers, until the evil Vlad betrays them and flees to Earth to drink human blood just to be a dick. Scantily-clad vampire Ella ("Vampir-ella", get it?) hunts him down to seek revenge while wearing a bat-signal on her crotch. This one just sucked. There's some slight amusement to be had in watching Vlad run around a hydroelectric dam holding his cape out like a kid with a towel playing superman, and the minions who seem to have made their costumes out of industrial bin liners, but overall it was just forgettable.
So after subjecting my friends to that lineup, I have for some reason been asked to organize more movie marathons in a similar vein. Dracula 3000 is gonna be a tough act to follow, though. I think I might have hit 'em with a triple whammy of Battlefield Earth, Star Crash, and Turkish Star Wars. Here's hoping we survive!
Post edited August 29, 2013 by Azilut