I have a confession to make: I had a debilitating fear of vampires growing up. Particularly Dracula, but as most Korean Ghost stories had female ghosts, I frequently imagined my doom to a really pretty woman ripping my head off and sucking the blood from my still spurting aortal loop. Seriously, these quasi- rapists of the night wanted nothing less than to suck you dry of your own blood. This being the case, vampire movies have had a powerful effect in scaring the daylight out of me. It's been a while since I've been petrified about the thought of a vampire, but when a group of my co-workers (grown ass Guatemalan men) pleaded that I go with them (being their ride) to the new Twilight movie, I found myself shaking in fear with what was inevitably to come.

After watching Breaking Dawn Part 1, I found myself, like Lucy Liu here, looking for a way to wash my mouth clean of the massacre that was a fluff vampire movie. So, without much further ado, some Old Fashioned Vampire Fun.

1. Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Gary Oldman's performance in and of itself should be enough to sell this. Plus, I wonder how many are actually familiar with the classic gothic horror tale that redefined the genre.

2. Preacher

Recently, I've allowed myself to dabble in comic books again. Not heavily, as I had no intention of being that guy who is at the comic book store every Wednesday for new comic books. Why? because I am trying to get back into school. not end up living in a Fortress of Solitude build up solely of comic books and toys. I've been getting into more plot focused titles that have more of a Watchmen like feel rather than grabbing a random Spiderman or Batman book.

Having said that, Preacher may be the best written title I have ever read. It isnt a "vampire" centric work, but it certainly is fun. It follows Jesse Custer, a down and out preacher from a small town in Texas, who gets hit by a supernatural being that burns down his congregation and gives him speak with "the word of God," forcing people to do what he says. At this time, God disappears, and Jesse makes it his personal goal to find God to fess up to how terrible he's been. and his friend is an irish vampire.

3. Blade 2

This one's here for my weak spot for super masculine action flicks. Personally, I think my favorite Wesley Snipes movie may be Demolition Man, but Blade 2 is a close second. Plus, I think this would have made a phenomenal movie. It is in this light that the Underworld movies appeal to me. That... and a Kate Beckinsale thing.

Honorable mention:

The Hannibal Lecter movies. Now, Hannibal Lecter is not a vampire, but cannibalism sits in the spot that vampirism did when I was younger. I might even go forward to say that the moment I realized Vampires were not my main fear was the moment I watched the "crucifix scene" in The Silence of the Lambs for the first time.

I've realized long ago, that people are much scarier than any figment of one's imagination.

Hence, cannibalism? Fux that noise. I'm out.