Azymondias
Permanently Exhausted Pigeon
Nope! It was suppose to be a "lighter" "friendlier" version
TV & Film What's your niche show or film that nobody seems to know about or enjoy?
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Dreamtique
Here Be Dragons
The setting and the characters are quite cute.
MokeySee
Lulu The Witch
I HAVE TO ADD THIS TO MY WATCH LIST
Celestial Water
Off to new adventures
Ah~ Somali and the Forest Spirit. The best! Deca-Dence is a good one too!
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
I can count on one hand the number of movies about vampires that are actually good. One of those movies that I feel is not very well known is called Byzantium. It came out in 2012 and didn't have huge names for the actors involved. But imo, it was a very underrated gem that a lot of people who like the genre would probably enjoy.
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xXCold.Rain
"Without rain there would be no life!"
Dark Cornors.
It's such a great and intense horror movie if you like horror films. It's a nail biter for sure, not to mention the ending twist.
It's such a great and intense horror movie if you like horror films. It's a nail biter for sure, not to mention the ending twist.
Ayama
Enthusiast
I really like Daybreakers- aside from I Am Legend, it's the only vampire movie that feels somewhat realistic to me.
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
I thought I am Legend was closer to being zombies than vampires. Just... zombies allergic to sunlight? I dunno. I didn't get a vampire vibe from the creatures, myself.
Ayama
Enthusiast
The lore from the movie and book is vampires, though I particularly associate them with that because of the late-stage vamps in Daybreakers.
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
Guess they're vampires, then. lol
I briefly remember Daybreakers. Mostly, I just remember that it had Sam Niel, Ethan Hawk, and William Defoe. Buuuut, I can't recall the plot too well.
I've seen a lot of movies over the years, and in reference to vampire movies, I'd say the best ones I'd recommend (other than the already mentioned Byzantium) would be:
- Interview with a Vampire
- Blade (just the first one)- though I'm really iffy if this one should stay on my list, tbh
- Dracula Untold
- Underworld (again, just the first one)
- 30 Days of Night
Ayama
Enthusiast
The casting for Interview with the Vampire bugged the hell outta me, tbh, but that's always a risk when you adapt a book. Blade I was definitely good- I thought Blade III was good, campy fun tbh. Same with Dracula Untold. I'd say the Underworld prequel deserves a watch as well- they made it incredibly consistent with the first movie.
apolla
❛ it's only love, nobody dies ❜
I saw Labyrinth mentioned. Hands down my favorite movie ever.
I recently found a show called Tell Me A Story, which is disney/fairy tale retellings in a modern, drama-esque way. Only has two seasons I believe, but really good imo!
I recently found a show called Tell Me A Story, which is disney/fairy tale retellings in a modern, drama-esque way. Only has two seasons I believe, but really good imo!
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
If you've ever read the Anne Rice vampire books, they are... *cough* weirdly homo-erotic. But I mean, if you know anything about Anne Rice and her other written works, ...well, it's to be expected.
WhiskeyMarten
I am FangS31
This is hardly a niche piece of media, but of last years film releases, I really wish 3000 Years of Longing got more recognition. It's a stunning film imo
SandraDeelightful
Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee
Lark Rise To Candleford! That show is so charming and sweet. And underrated as hell…
JaxbyDaniels
Royal Fool
Trigun, super into that rn. But yesterday someone complimented a trigun shirt i was wearing which was exciting
GammyWamzee
Clown
>Okami-chan and her 7 Companions (it was on Netflix years back, and no one has watched it)
MokeySee
Lulu The Witch
I THINK I WATCHED THAT LIKE WAY BACK
MokeySee
Lulu The Witch
Red data girl
Wolf girl and black prince (I watched it while it was airing in 2014)
Only God's world
Wolf girl and black prince (I watched it while it was airing in 2014)
Only God's world
Maverick Six
This party stinks
Black Lagoon is probably the most common one for me. Conversations tend to go towards anime and I'll state this as one of my favorites or one of many I watch.
Jormungand is the same as above. Obscure anime I rather like.
Blood Red Sky when I talk about movies. One of my favorite horror movies as of late but it's confined mostly to obscure netflix movie that's somehow fairly well written. Of the vampire horror movies I've seen, probably one of the most heartfelt.
The Strain is a show I like as well but also isn't that well known. It's also hard for me to describe because I say it's about vampires. But it has more in common with zombie movies than the majority of vampire stuff. So it paints a different picture in people's head.
Red Sparrow. Slower burn spy movie a lot of folk don't really know about outside my circle of friends. I think it isn't as popular because of the sexualized nature of it. But it's done in a way that's dark, interesting and a bit disturbing/fucked up. Rather than campy like other spy movies. Well written in my eyes but slow and didn't do well. Has one absolutely brutal fight scene. You'll know when you see it.
Chernobyl. The HBO series by the same guy who's writing rhe last of us. I honestly did not expect something some realistic to be so bizarre. It is dramatized believably. And it almost treats radiation itself a way I could compare to cosmic horror -- combined with how people react to it ultimately. Especially with how new and unknown it really was. Artistic license with it is taken with it is usually understandable. And the show is for the most part, very well resesrched. It is a very fun way to learn a great deal about a very real disaster. But made in a way to he artistic. To be a show that is both dramatic and horrifying.
Jormungand is the same as above. Obscure anime I rather like.
Blood Red Sky when I talk about movies. One of my favorite horror movies as of late but it's confined mostly to obscure netflix movie that's somehow fairly well written. Of the vampire horror movies I've seen, probably one of the most heartfelt.
The Strain is a show I like as well but also isn't that well known. It's also hard for me to describe because I say it's about vampires. But it has more in common with zombie movies than the majority of vampire stuff. So it paints a different picture in people's head.
Red Sparrow. Slower burn spy movie a lot of folk don't really know about outside my circle of friends. I think it isn't as popular because of the sexualized nature of it. But it's done in a way that's dark, interesting and a bit disturbing/fucked up. Rather than campy like other spy movies. Well written in my eyes but slow and didn't do well. Has one absolutely brutal fight scene. You'll know when you see it.
Chernobyl. The HBO series by the same guy who's writing rhe last of us. I honestly did not expect something some realistic to be so bizarre. It is dramatized believably. And it almost treats radiation itself a way I could compare to cosmic horror -- combined with how people react to it ultimately. Especially with how new and unknown it really was. Artistic license with it is taken with it is usually understandable. And the show is for the most part, very well resesrched. It is a very fun way to learn a great deal about a very real disaster. But made in a way to he artistic. To be a show that is both dramatic and horrifying.
Spoiled Bread
The Lord of the Uneaten
Arakawa Under the Bridge. Even my weebs friends didn't know about this anime, even though its as absurd as Gintama.
MxKit
They/Them
Ohhh, I loved Blood Red Sky! Such a good movie. And since we are (and kind of have been for a bit, lol) talking about vampire movies...
One of the best ones I've seen is probably Afflicted. No one I've ever met has heard of it before I recommend it to them. It's a found footage movie, written and directed Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, who also star as the two main characters, Derek and Clif (yes). Derek has always wanted to take a trip around the world, but finds out he has a cerebral arteriovenous malformation that could kill him at any time, and while he can get surgery to try to fix it there's also a chance he won't survive the surgery. So he decides that, before risking the surgery, he wants to go on that trip just in case he never gets the chance to; he and Clif go together, meeting up with friends along the way, and decide to make a web video series of the entire thing. When Derek picks up a girl at a club during the trip, though, and his friends find him just in time to keep her from seemingly killing him, things take a weird turn as his body starts changing, in ways that are fun at first but eventually get very, very alarming.
I also really love the Hong Kong romantic horror comedy Vampire Cleanup Department! It's not a great movie or anything, but I had a lot of fun with it. A ~20 year old named Tim Cheung gets bitten by a jiangshi, but is rescued by VCD agents Yip Chi Chau and Yeung Chung and taken home to his grandmother when he obviously doesn't seem to be turning into a jiangshi at all himself. He finds out that his parents used to work for the department, and were themselves bitten just before he was born, which is how they died and seems to be why he's immune to turning himself. He joins the department... and then on what seems to be a routine mission, not only does the VCD find an incredibly powerful jiangshi that could spell real trouble, but Tim finds a second jiangshi, a young woman named Summer who bites him but then seems to be aware and more than just a mindless monster. Instead of overseeing her destruction, Tim hides her at his place while he trains further. They grow closer, and everything comes to a predictable head when Tim's relationship with Summer, his sword training at the department, his theories on jiangshi and whether all of them need to be killed, and the reappearance of the powerful, dangerous Big Bad jiangshi all begin to culminate practically at once. It's a fun little film, though the ending does disappoint in a few ways.
animeloulou
One Thousand Club
Definitely Hope Island - a US/Canadian adaptation of the UK/Irish show Ballykissangel 
I'm currently working on a media preservation project, and barely anybody seems to remember this show anymore~
I'm currently working on a media preservation project, and barely anybody seems to remember this show anymore~
Maverick Six
This party stinks
Yeah. Blood Red Sky was all around great. Cool premise. Releatable and human characters.
Sounds good. I like the found footage format for some movies despite how much it is used. I like finding good ones.
And the second is interesting enough. I'm typically not one for comedy horrors but it does have an actually unique premise and I've been dipping into more and more asian horror.
(Also reminds me, "Kingdom" is a Great series as well. Zombies but in a medieval Korean setting with game of thrones like story and dynamics)
CRrp
New Member
I feel like I'm constantly yelling at people about restaurant to another world. It's obviously an Isekai but it's so funny and also wholesome, like it's so jarring when they fanservice that it sends me and sister into fits of laughter everytime because the show is really about how good food made with love can be life changing.
Another Isekai I love is I am The Villainess so I Must Tame the Final Boss
and I cannot praise it enough for having a main character who is under sold. She's confident and kind and clever and doesn't suppress herself. I really appreciate it.
Another Isekai I love is I am The Villainess so I Must Tame the Final Boss
and I cannot praise it enough for having a main character who is under sold. She's confident and kind and clever and doesn't suppress herself. I really appreciate it.
