Vampires (1998)

Nicole and I watched Vampires (1998). We had reasonably high hopes bc John Carpenter, but this vampire western was hot garbage. Misogynistic thug vampire-hunters James Woods and Daniel "Budget" Baldwin hunt "The Master" with lots of inane tough talk and gratuitous violence. (I've now filled my lifetime quota for hearing "you fucking bitch." 🙄) Also, there is a strange homophobic/repressed homoerotic thing going on with Woods' character... no idea what that's about. The vampires themselves were also pretty uninspiring, brain-dead cannon fodder. All the effects were super OTT too. There were a couple cool scenes, but honestly this one was kind of a slog. ~~ If you wanna watch dusty tough guys kicking vampire butt, watch From Dusk til Dawn (1996) instead. ~~ Thanks for hanging in there with me, Nicole!

Near Dark (1987)

I've tried to watch Near Dark (1987) a bunch of times and this is the first time I've actually watched all the way through. I really want to like this one, because it's a classic 80s vampire flick, and I can see why people would enjoy it, but I just don't like the (dirty, crust punk/neo-western) vibe. 🤷‍♀️

Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Very cool conceit, a Western horror movie... EDIT: After a couple days reflection, I think this was an amusing novelty, but ultimately fluff.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, was superb! Have you guys seen it?? If not, please move it to the top of your Watch list! Also, that Arash Marandi is quite the cutie!! 😊 A tremendous and truly original film.