![]() Many have adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula over the years to varying effect, but Francis Ford Coppola’s is one of the best. Though almost universally beloved in his performances as Blade, Snipes rarely gets enough credit for bringing all of those facets together.īram Stoker’s Dracula Photo: Columbia Pictures With all that, he brings the attention to physicality of a screen martial artist. As the “Daywalker,” a legendary half-human vampire on a crusade to eradicate his fellow bloodsuckers, he creates the contradictory impression of an antisocial weirdo with the comic timing of a funny, charismatic dude. In his performances as Blade, Snipes projects a mentality and guarded interior life as only a nuanced actor could. With Blade set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s worth remembering why Wesley Snipes iconic performance as the half-human vampire hunter is such a high bar to clear. Before there was Schitt’s Creek, there was Catherine O’Hara in a flamboyant black dress dancing to “Jump in Line.”īlade Image: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy Stock Photo via Polygon Keaton doesn’t actually show up until about halfway through the movie - but the supporting cast makes the whole thing wonderful. Michael Keaton’s iconic performance as the “bio-exorcist” is so outsized, it’s easy to forget that Beetlejuice actually focuses more on the relationship between the recently deceased Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) and the goth teen Delia (Winona Ryder). We’ve included classic and modern horror (from The Thing to Midsommar) as well as kid-friendly options ( Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown) and a few that straddle the line between family-oriented and nightmare-inducing ( Beetlejuice, The Witches.) To get you in the mood, we’re not only rounding up our favorite horror and horror-adjacent movies that are perfect to watch in the lead up to Halloween, but movies you can stream on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney Plus, Shudder, and the myriad other services available in this golden age of streaming. No matter what the calendar says, when summer ends, spooky season begins.
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