That obscene 'V' word.
Poor Vampires. No other folkloric creatures have been more used, abused, deconstructed, derided, degraded, castrated, and $h@t upon by Hollywood suits. Hollywood drained them of every last drop of blood back when they were popular, running the same vampire stories into the ground over and over. Now, in the era of hipsters referencing and quipping, Hollywood ridicules them as 'outdated' and 'uncool'. Vampires are cast in kid's movies and commercials for Halloween food products while all the choice horror roles go to CGI demon-ghosts (who were never cool or scary in the first place). Worse, Hollywood sometimes turns the murderous creatures of the night into misunderstood romantic lovers.
Vampires have become a sick joke. 'Vampire' has become a dirty word, whispered to avoid embarrassment.
Do they really deserve this treatment? What did they ever do but try to entertain us?
Please think about these wretched creatures before you give your money to support another terrible movie or TV show that mocks them and their plight.
These are mostly Vampire Horror films (wherein the lives of human main characters are threatened by bloodthirsty Vampires). There are a few action, drama, and comedy films toward the bottom of this list, all still have blood and horror and all are still respectful to the once proud race.
Vampires have become a sick joke. 'Vampire' has become a dirty word, whispered to avoid embarrassment.
Do they really deserve this treatment? What did they ever do but try to entertain us?
Please think about these wretched creatures before you give your money to support another terrible movie or TV show that mocks them and their plight.
These are mostly Vampire Horror films (wherein the lives of human main characters are threatened by bloodthirsty Vampires). There are a few action, drama, and comedy films toward the bottom of this list, all still have blood and horror and all are still respectful to the once proud race.
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- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.A throwback to European folklore and a pleasant departure from the standard Hollywood rules.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsAdrienne CorriThorley WaltersAnthony HigginsAs the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.The best of Hammer Film Productions' many Vampire movies.
%80 on Rotten Tomatoes - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsAdrian PasdarJenny WrightLance HenriksenA small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio BrookA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.Nearly a hundred years later, filmdom's first unauthorized rip-off is still better than any movie with 'Dracula' in the title.
Nosferatu '22 and '79 are different enough that it is worth watching one if you've seen the other. - DirectorMario BavaStarsBarbara SteeleJohn RichardsonAndrea ChecchiA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.Witch nothing, for all intents and purposes this is a Vampire movie. I think they were just confused about Hollywood monsters in 1959 Italy.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsKate SiegelZach GilfordKristin LehmanAn isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingMartita HuntYvonne MonlaurVampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on a beautiful young schoolteacher.My favorite of Hammer Productions' Dracula series doesn't even have Dracula in it. Peter Cushing's Van Helsing takes center stage in this one, and makes me wish Hammer had devoted more movies to the character's Dracula-free exploits.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsIngrid PittPippa SteelMadeline SmithSeductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 'Carmilla'
Hammer - DirectorJohn HoughStarsPeter CushingDennis PriceMary CollinsonA religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Frieda, Gustav's niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.Hammer
- DirectorDon SharpStarsClifford EvansEdward de SouzaNoel WillmanWhen car trouble strands a honeymooning couple in a small Southern European village, an aristocratic family in the area reaches out to help them with sinister consequences.Hammer
- DirectorVicente ArandaStarsSimón AndreuMaribel MartínAlexandra BastedoNewlywed Susan is haunted by visions of Mircalla Karnstein, a centuries-old bride who murdered her husband on their wedding night.Another adaptation of 'Carmilla'. Different enough that it's worth watching even if you've seen 'Vampire Lovers'.
Good Taste Warning: The first half hour has a r@pe scene and on-screen animal cruelty. - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGary OldmanWinona RyderAnthony HopkinsThe centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.It makes up for its shortcomings (Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder) with lots and lots of atmosphere.
Also its about as loud, garish, and over-the-top as Nosferatu '79 is quiet, subtle, and beautiful. It makes a good companion film; two very different ways to adapt one novel. - DirectorTod BrowningStarsLionel BarrymoreElizabeth AllanBela LugosiWhen a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires, but not all is what it seems.The stunt casting of Bela Lugosi is an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of 1931s Dracula. I don't care. I say this is the better movie.
I believe that 1931s Dracula, like King Kong and most of the other universal monster films, simply isn't that great. I appreciate that it was groundbreaking in its day but I don't think the movie, as a movie, stands the test of time. - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoKim Ok-binChoi Hee-jinThrough a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.Halfway through the movie I thought certain characters and plot points seemed strangely familiar, eventually I realized I was watching Therese Raquin with Vampires. A+ for concept.
- DirectorScott LeberechtStarsZak KilbergMaya ParishJo D. JonzForced by a disease to drink human blood, Jacob must control his violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.%95 on Rotten Tomatoes
- DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo KierThe filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.%81 on Rotten Tomatoes
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny HustonAfter an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
- DirectorDerek LeeClif ProwseStarsClif ProwseDerek LeeMichael GillTwo best friends see their trip of a lifetime take a dark turn when one of them is struck by a mysterious affliction. Now, in a foreign land, they race to uncover the source before it consumes him completely.%79 on Rotten Tomatoes
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn AmplasLincoln MaazelChristine ForrestA young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a Pennsylvania small town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.Maybe
- DirectorRiccardo FredaMario BavaStarsGianna Maria CanaleCarlo D'AngeloDario MichaelisParis. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.Kinda
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSheila VandArash MarandiMarshall ManeshIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.Artsy Vampire
- DirectorJaromil JiresStarsJaroslava SchallerováHelena AnýzováPetr KoprivaSurreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.Surreal Vampire
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).Vampire Drama
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsDelphine SeyrigJohn KarlenDanielle OuimetWhile passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.Vampire Drama
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsSaoirse RonanGemma ArtertonSam RileyResidents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel.Vampire Drama
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.Vampire Kung-fu
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(I wrote that plot synopsis!) - DirectorBrian ClemensStarsHorst JansonJohn CarsonShane BriantA master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires.Vampire Swashbuckler
Hammer - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.Vampire Action
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJames WoodsDaniel BaldwinSheryl LeeRecovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.Vampire Action
- DirectorJemaine ClementTaika WaititiStarsJemaine ClementTaika WaititiCori Gonzalez-MacuerViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.Vampire Comedy
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack MacGowranRoman PolanskiAlfie BassA noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.Vampire Comedy
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.Vampire Comedy
- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsKaneto ShiozawaMichie TomizawaSeizô KatôWhen Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.Vampire Anime
- DirectorMario BavaStarsMichèle MercierLidia AlfonsiBoris KarloffBoris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.One of the three stories applies
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsCurd JürgensTerry-ThomasTom BakerAn anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.One of the five stories applies
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandWilliam DanielsSent to L.A. to interview a controversial guru, Kolchak's more interested in tracking down and stopping an extremely vicious female vampire.At first I was wary about seeing Kolchak fight another vampire; was this going to be his thing? It turns out to be probably the best episode of the short lived series.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsBruce PayneVivian WuSusan TyrrellColonel Parker and Sergeant Burrows, two ex-soldiers with a murky past, arrive in the Alaskan wilderness to do some illegal hunting. They get a local girl called Jeri Drumbeater, Parker's subordinate during Desert Storm, to be their scout. Unknown to the two army men, they are about to face consequences for their evil past actions in this dark, cold region.
- DirectorDavid NutterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJustina VailWhile Agent Scully is still missing, Agent Mulder embarks upon an investigation involving vampires in Los Angeles, subsequently becoming involved with a sultry female vampire who yearns to escape her lifestyle.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiScully and Mulder each recount their version of events that led Mulder to drive a stake through the heart of a Texas teenager he claims was a vampire.
- 1988–1999TV-147.8 (552)TV EpisodeDirectorJim MallonStarsTrace BeaulieuMichael J. NelsonJim MallonWhile Mike and the Bots wrestle with Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962), TV's Frank is assumed into Second Banana Heaven, leaving no one for Dr. Forrester to kill.Comedy
- DirectorTim FordStarsTrace BeaulieuFrank ConniffJoel HodgsonThe Escodero family is cursed! The mother is actually an undead vampire who lurks in a secret basement/dungeon hidden from the rest of the house. When the kids discover this dark truth, all hell breaks loose...literally! This movie has something for everyone: blood-soaked action for the guys, tender romance for the ladies, and unleashed demonic rage for the frightened child within us all.Comedy