Vampires are mythological creatures, famous in folklore for their need to feed on the blood of animals and humans for survival. While regarded as part of the horror genre, vampire films do have their own characteristic style, as many motifs have spawned from the famous 1897 Bram Stoker novel Dracula. But Dracula himself originated from Southeast Europe and was not the first vampire myth; cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews and Romans have long had tales of demons and spirits that would drink blood and feast on flesh.
Filmmakers have interpreted the cult of vampires in many ways, some emphasizing the primal and ancient instinct of the ungodly, while others using vampires as tools to introduce generic horror and gore. For example, vampires have been portrayed as rock stars in Queen of the Damned, next door neighbors in Fright Night, space creatures in Lifeforce, melancholic aristocrats in Interview with the Vampire and criminals in From Dusk Till Dawn.
The female vampire has been depicted in many forms as well; as beautiful lesbians in Vampyros Lesbos and sexual predators in movies like Vampyres and Rabid. Eroticism and seduction are emphasized for the female vampire, whose desire for blood is inextricably intertwined with her lust for pleasure.
Vampire comedy is a sub-genre which tries to make light of the vampire myth, by appealing to the popular culture. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Blacula and Jesus Chris Vampire Hunter are some films which appear in this popcorn niche. Most of these films are dismissed as B-grade trash, although some gradually develop a minor cult following.
Ranking the List
Following our previous feature on the Top 50 Dystopian Movies of all Time, we thought it would be fun to do a list of the Top 70 Vampire films and rank them according to the average IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes scores for each movie.
As you will probably know, the Internet Movie Database allows movie fans and registered users to rate each movie from 1 to 10 and the final score is said to reflect the general audience’s view of the movie. In contrast, Rotten Tomatoes rates their movies by collecting and tabulating the reviews given by professional film critics. We’ve taken both ratings, added them together and found an average score for each film.
This list may not be definitive but hopefully it will introduce everyone to some of the great vampire movies out there. Do leave a comment if you’ve enjoyed or really hated any of the films on the list. Feel free to subscribe to our website in order to receive updates on future articles.
70. Bordello of Blood (1996)
From the darkest corner of the earth, Lilith, the most bloodthirsty seductress ever, has been resurrected by rock ‘n’ roll televangelist Reverend Jimmy Currant. Operating from a secret hideaway beneath a mortuary, Lilith, a ravishing, red-haired, fanged beauty, and her newly recruited army of insatiable vampires are open for business. A coded password and a fiery ride in a coffin bring you to the Bordello of Blood, where pleasure awaits and unsuspecting clients experience the most frightful fun of their lives. (Directed by Gil Adler)
IMDB: 4.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3 | Average: 3.95
69. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Maximillian is a vampire. He knows no mercy and has no regret. He can transform himself in a thousand different ways. Max has ventures to New York City in search of Rita Veder, an NYPD detective who is unaware of their unique blood bond. As Max and Julius, his hapless ghoul, attempt to transform Rita into Max’s vampiress, her devoted NYPD partner Justice finds he has much at stake in protecting her from an age-old spell. (Directed by Wes Craven)
IMDB: 4.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.7 | Average: 4.0
68. Dracula 2000 (2000)
In this update of the vampire classic, the fate of the world is in jeopardy when a group of immortality seekers steal the corpse of Dracula and only the last of the Van Helsing line can stop them. In the millennium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing, who has tangled with Count Dracula in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship. Van Helsing and Simon travel from London to New Orleans to rescue Van Helsing’s daughter Mary from the family’s life long nemesis. (Directed by Patrick Lussier)
IMDB: 4.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.6 | Average: 4.15
67. Queen of the Damned (2002)
Legendary Vampire Lestat has risen from a decades-long slumber, determined to step out into the light. No longer content with being banished to the shadows, moving among mortals who never truly see him for what he is, Lestat has re-invented himself as the closest thing to a god on Earth: a rock star. The intoxicating lure of his music has snaked its way around the globe, ultimately finding the ear of the slumbering ancient Queen Akasha in her crypt beneath the Arctic ice. Mother of all Vampires, Akasha has been resting for centuries, waiting for the right time to rise again and seize dominion over the world. Lestat’s music is the revelation she has been waiting for, and she desires that he rule beside her. (Directed by Michael Rymer)
IMDB: 4.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.8 | Average: 4.2
66. The Forsaken (2001)
Driving from L.A. to Florida to deliver a vintage Mercedes and attend his sister’s wedding, Sean decides to pick up hitchhiker Nick. From that moment on, his cross country road trip is transformed into a surreal and blood-soaked nightmare. Sean soon realizes that Nick is not the laid back, aimless traveler he seems. He is a vampire hunter who preys upon the Bloodletters, a roving band of forsaken youths who viciously feed on the hapless victims they find in the dead of night, along deserted highways. (Directed by J.S. Cardone)
IMDB: 5.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.4 | Average: 4.2
65. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the story of an American cheerleader who holds the destiny of being the Slayer; the one woman who holds the duty of defending the world from vampires. With her best friends slowly abandoning her, Buffy finds solace in the town outcast, Pike, who knows very well the terror of vampires. Together, they combat the forces of the old and powerful vampire, Lothos, who has his eyes set on Buffy. (Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui)
IMDB: 5.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.1 | Average: 4.7
64. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
In this modern update of the Dracula saga, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) leads a Satanic cult of prominent scientists and politicians into developing a gruesome plague virus. His only obstacle is his old nemesis Lorimar Van Helsing (Peter Cushing). The Count poses as an isolated billionaire, and holds hostage Van Helsing’s granddaughter (Joanna Lumley). Though Van Helsing does not realize that his arch enemy is the same person responsible for the plague, but sets about trying to rescue his granddaughter. (Directed by Alan Gibson)
IMDB: 5.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.2 | Average: 4.7
63. Blacula (1972)
A curse from Count Dracula turns African prince Mamuwalde into Blacula. Two hundred years later, having been recently released from his his coffined bondage, he hits the mean streets of L.A. looking for his lost princess. (Directed by William Crain)
IMDB: 5.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.3 | Average: 4.8
62. Van Helsing (2004)
Gabriel Van Helsing is a man cursed with a past he cannot recall and driven by a mission he cannot deny. Charged by a secret organization to seek out and defeat evil the world over, his efforts to rid the world of its nightmareish creatures have been rewarded with the title that now follows him: murderer. Van Helsing roams the globe an outcast and fugitive, hunted by those who don’t understand the true nature of his calling. When dispatched to the shadowy world of Transylvania, Van Helsing finds it ruled by the evil and seductive vampire, Count Dracula. And it is Dracula that Van Helsing has been sent to terminate. (Directed by Stephen Sommers)
IMDB: 5.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.2 | Average: 4.8
61. Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Three years after killing the vampire in the original Fright Night movie, Charlie begins to believe it was all his imagination and starts to forget that vampires truly exist – until four strangers lead by Regina, a noted actress, arrives at Peter Vincent’s house and starts to have an unhealthy interest in Charlie, Peter and Charlie’s new girlfriend Alex. It becomes clear that Regina is Jerry’s (vampire in the first film) sister and she is determined to get revenge on the friends and plans to turn Charlie into a vampire – so that he can face his punishment for all eternity. (Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace)
IMDB: 5.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.7 | Average: 4.95
60. Vamp (1986)
A couple of college kids scouring the sleazy, local red-light district for a stripper for their party make the mistake of visiting the After Dark Club, where a vampiric Grace Jones is the marquee talent. Keith, Vic, and A.J., looking for strippers for their next frat party, unfortunately happen upon the only strip joint in town staffed and run by vampires. It isn’t long before two of the boys have joined the ranks of the undead, complicating things for their fraternity brothers and their roommates. A kinky, often comedic modern-day vampire tale. (Directed by Richard Wenk)
IMDB: 5.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 | Average: 5.05
59. Blade: Trinity (2004)
Deep in a remote desert, vampire leaders are resurrecting Dracula, the horrific creature who spawned their race. Now known as Drake, this awesome vampire has unique powers that allow him to exist in daylight. Blade reluctantly teams up with the Nightstalkers, a group of human vampire hunters led by Whistler’s beautiful daughter, Abigail, and the wisecracking Hannibal King. While their blind scientist Sommerfield works on creating a final solution for the vampire problem, the Nightstalkers launch a relentless series of battles against Dracula’s gang of the undead. (Directed by David S. Goyer)
IMDB: 5.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.4 | Average: 5.05
58. Underworld: Evolution (2006)
This movie continues the saga of war between vampires and werewolves (Lycans). The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to discover the secrets of their bloodlines. All of this takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution. (Directed by Len Wiseman)
IMDB: 6.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.7 | Average: 5.15
57. Lifeforce (1985)
A space exploration crew brings back a human-looking, vampire-like “space girl,” who threatens to bring about armageddon. Perhaps tongue-in-cheek, it is at turns a science fiction, vampire and disaster film. (Directed by Tobe Hooper)
IMDB: 5.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.0 | Average: 5.35
56. The Night Flier (1997)
A muckraking “dirt-digger” for a supermarket tabloid follows a mysterious lead on the ride of his life. It seems that wherever a private plane lands, a rash of unexplained killings breaks out, but only at night. Could the plane be ferrying a serial killer or a 20th-century vampire? (Directed by Mark Pavia)
IMDB: 5.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.2 | Average: 5.35
55. John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)
By night, vampires rise from graves in search of human prey. By day, vampire slayer Jack Crow leads a contingent of Vatican mercenaries in a long-waged war against these enemies. After destroying a vampire nest in rural Mexico, ‘Team Crow’ is savagely ambushed during the victory celebration by the unholy Valek, a vicious 600-year-old vampire. Valek is nearing the end of a long search for the Berziers Cross, the implement of ritual that can give him all the vampires succeeding him omnipotent power to walk in the daylight. (Directed by John Carpenter)
IMDB: 5.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 | Average: 5.4
54. Vampyros Lesbos (1970)
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood. Linda is a young American lawyer, working in a law office in Istanbul. During the night, she has passionate dreams in which a sexy brunette harasses, and makes love to her, from which she’s unable to defend herself. A minor case about an inheritance forces her to travel to one of the small islands off the Turkish coast. Then, her nightmares come upon her – in a lively manner. (Directed by Jesus Franco)
IMDB: 5.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.4 | Average: 5.4
53. Innocent Blood (1992)
Marie, a female vampire with a conscience, decides to restrict her feeding requirements to the violent Pittsburgh gangsters who are at large in the city. Marie’s victims become vampires themselves if she fails to permanently immobilise them, so when this happens, the gangsters become a serious problem which she has to fix. (Directed by John Landis)
IMDB: 5.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.2 | Average: 5.5
52. Ganja & Hess (1973)
A New York anthropologist, Dr. Hess Green, is embroiled in a study of the lost ancient African culture of Myrthia, a nation that died out due to a communicable parasite that fed on human blood. During his research, Dr. Green is stabbed with a jewel-encrusted Myrthian dagger by his crazed assistant and finds that he has become infected with the virus, turning him into a vampire-like creature who is addicted to blood and fancies himself an invincible African God; and who turns his wife, Ganja, into a vampire as well. (Directed by Bill Gunn)
IMDB: 5.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7 | Average: 5.5
51. Subspecies (1991)
The evil vampire villain Radu returns to his hometown of Prejnar, after spending years in exile. He steals the precious blood stone which is said to be bleeding from all saints, from his father and kills him. Meanwhile two American schoolgirls teams up with a local girl for a work on Romanian culture. Radu becomes attracted to them but runs into trouble when his brother Stephan helps the girls. (Directed by Ted Nicolaou)
IMDB: 5.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0 | Average: 5.55
50. Underworld (2003)
For centuries, two races have evolved hidden deeply within human culture, the aristocratic, sophisticated Vampires, and the brutal, feral Lycans (werewolves). To humanity, their existence is no more than a whisper of a myth. But to each other, they are lifelong mortal rivals, sworn to wage a secret war until only one race is left standing. A Vampire warrior, Selene discovers a secret that has terrifying repercussions for both tribes – a nefarious plan to awaken a new invincible species of predator that combines the strengths of both creatures and the weaknesses of neither. (Directed by Len Wiseman)
IMDB: 6.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.7 | Average:5.65
49. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
The very life force of a young woman is slowly drained from her each time she makes love to her lesbian lover. Her angry father is understandably upset at her choice of a vampire for a sexual partner. The incomparable Ingrid Pitt is in fine form in this erotically charged 1970 effort from England’s Hammer House of Horror. (Directed by Roy Ward Baker)
IMDB: 6.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 | Average: 5.65
48. The Hunger (1983)
Miriam, a beautiful vampire, preys on NYC clubgoers with her vampire lover John. When John suddenly begins to age rapidly, he seeks out the help of Sarah, an expert on premature aging. However, the insatiable Miriam wants Sarah for herself and seduces her, leaving Sarah with an increasing thirst for blood. (Directed by Tony Scott)
IMDB: 6.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 | Average: 5.65
47. The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998)
Handsome, witty, successful Steve Griscz has a special way with women: he seduces them quickly by winning their trust. This is more than just a game for Steve; he can’t live without these women, literally, because he’s a vampire and requires their blood for sustenance. When the body of his latest conquest turns up, Steve decides to get involved in the investigation before the trail leads back to him. (Directed by Po-Chih Leong)
IMDB: 6.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.3 | Average: 5.75
46. Blood for Dracula (1974) AKA Andy Warhol’s Dracula
Count Dracula knows that if he fails to drink a required amount of pure virgin’s blood, he’ll die. His assistant suggests that the Count and he pick up his coffin and take a road trip to Italy, where families are known to be particularly religious, and therefore should be an excellent place to search for a virgin bride. They do, only to encounter a family with not one, but four virgins, ready for marriage. The Count discovers one-by-one that the girls are not as pure as they say they are, meanwhile a handsome servant begins to observe strange behaviour from the girls who do spend the night with the Count. It’s a race for Dracula to discover who’s the real virgin, before he either dies from malnourishment or from the wooden stake of the servant. (Directed by Paul Morrissey)
IMDB: 5.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.8 | Average: 5.75
45. The Return of the Vampire (1944)
In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family. (Directed by Lew Landers)
IMDB: 5.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0 | Average: 5.75
44. Son of Dracula (1943)
The count, calling himself Count Alucard (Lon Chaney, Jr.) travels to the United States to visit a lovely, but macabre heiress, Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton). Against the wishes of her fiance (Frank Stanley), Katherine tries to satisfy her interest in immortality by initiating a relationship with the evil Count. (Directed by Robert Siodmak)
IMDB: 6.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6 | Average: 5.8
43. Frostbitten (2006)
A doctor and her teenage daughter relocate to a small town in Scandinavia’s frigid far north in this Swedish horror flick. They realize something strange is going on in the town, but when the vampires emerge to attack, there’s nowhere to hide in winter’s perpetual night. (Directed by Anders Banke)
IMDB: 5.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0 | Average: 5.8
42. BioHunter (1995)
Popular horror director Yoshisaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll) served as head writer on this 1995 feature. Komada and Koshigaya are scientists and Bio Hunters, agents who battle the Demon Virus that causes humans to mutate into strange monsters. Komada has contracted the virus, but something in his immune system enables him to control his transformations. When Komada rescues Sayaka Murakami, the granddaughter of a famed psychic, from a gang of thugs, he unwittingly pits the Bio Hunters against the powerful politician Seijuro Tabe. (Directed by Yuzo Sato)
IMDB: 5.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0 | Average: 5.8
41. Vampire’s Kiss (1989)
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he’s experiencing may be hallucinations. (Directed by Robert Bierman)
IMDB: 5.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 | Average: 5.8
40. Rabid (1977)
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman (former adult film star Marilyn Chambers) develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood – the only nourishment that will now sustain her. She prowls the city of Montreal, using her sexual powers to attract victims, who she then infects with a particularly virulent strain of rabies. David Cronenberg’s horror film explores the relationships between sex and violence, between bodily disintegration and the disintegration of society. (Directed by David Cronenberg)
IMDB: 6.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5 | Average: 5.85
39. Love at First Bite (1979)
When Count Dracula spots the beautiful Cindy Sondheim in a magazine, he vows to make her his own – eternally. But first, the 700-year-old Count must learn how to keep up with her in the hustle and bustle of 20th-century New York City. (Directed by Stan Dragoti)
IMDB: 5.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9 | Average: 5.85
38. Nadja (1994)
This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City. Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father’s death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction. (Directed by Michael Almereyda)
IMDB: 5.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.2 | Average: 5.85
37. Blood and Donuts (1995)
When a vampire awakens after a 27-year hibernation, he scours the local graveyard for fresh blood. Coming up empty-fanged, his search takes him to the local donut shop where he becomes involved in the lives of a sarcastic waitress and a not-too-bright cabbie. (Directed by Holly Dale)
IMDB: 5.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 5.9
36. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
An anime tale of vampires set in 1966 at Yakota Air Force Base, an American military compound in Japan which has been invaded by a league of shape-shifting vampires known as Chiropterans. It’s up to Saya, a grim woman of mysterious origin, and her magic sword to rid the base, and the planet, of these unwelcome and menacing monsters. (Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo)
IMDB: 6.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.3 | Average: 5.95
35. Vampire Effect (2003) AKA The Twins Effect
With the help of a high-kicking Hong Kong bus driver, two girls just wanting to have fun confront the grave responsibility of safekeeping the world from vampire domination. (Directed by Dante Lam)
IMDB: 5.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3 | Average: 5.95
34. The Addiction (1995)
Kathleen Conklin is an NYU philosophy student desperate to understand how the complex moral maxims of Nietzche and Heidegger can explain a world in which a My Lai or Dachau is possible. Her abstract contemplations soon turn brutally real when a vampire’s bite awakens her own unacknowledged thirst for blood. Kathleen’s increasing depravity leads to her moral fall and ultimate redemption. (Directed by Abel Ferrara)
IMDB: 5.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.2 | Average: 6.05
33. John Badham’s Dracula (1979)
When a barge is wrecked off the shores of Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He makes friends with Dr Seward who runs the local asylum and with his daughter Lucy, her friend Mina, and with Jonathan Harker, Lucy’s solicitor fiance. But almost immediately, Mina dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. (Directed by John Badham)
IMDB: 5.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.2 | Average: 6.05
32. Night Watch (2004) AKA Nochnoy Dozor
Among normal humans live the “Others” possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a “Night Watch” of light forces, among them Anton, the movie’s protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage. (Directed by Timur Bekmambetov)
IMDB: 6.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9 | Average: 6.15
31. Blade II (2002)
Blade, still consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth, must again save the human race from a blood-drenched Armageddon. He aligns himself with a high-powered team of vampires to take on a greater evil than either has ever faced – a new kind of super-vampire that is itself on a vicious hunt to eradicate both races. (Directed by Guillermo Del Toro)
IMDB: 6.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9 | Average: 6.2
30. Blade (1998)
The story of a semi-human African-American superhero who battles evil, bloodsucking vampires. Blade is half vampire but has devoted his life to killing vampires, with the help of Whistler, a human vampire hunter. His nemesis is Frost, a vampire who aims to take over the world, enslaving humanity. With the help of haematologist Karen, Blade battles Frost and the evil Blood God. (Directed by Stephen Norrington)
IMDB: 6.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6 | Average: 6.25
29. Vampire Hunter D (1985)
It is the distant future, Supernatural creatures are controlling the small civilizations left on Earth. A beautiful young woman, Doris, has been bitten by Count Magnus Lee for trespassing in his domain while hunting for demons threatening her home. Fearing that her life will be controlled by the Count, Doris hires and offers herself to a man known only as “D”, a vampire hunter with a dark past, to hunt down and destroy the Count, end his thirst, and save Doris from a life of eternal damnation. (Directed by Toyou Ashida)
IMDB: 6.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7 | Average: 6.25
28. Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way. (Directed by Terence Fisher)
IMDB: 6.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.8 | Average: 6.25
27. Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Professor Van Helsing has done the world a favor by driving a stake through the heart of Count Dracula and thus destroying him. For his trouble, Scotland Yard charges him with murder. Dr. Jeffrey Garth, a psychiatrist, may be able to act as an attorney and defend him in court, but Garth finds he has his own troubles when the Countess Marya Zaleska seeks his help. She wants to be released from her desire to drink the blood of the living. She steals the corpse of her father, Count Dracula, and burns it ritually, but can’t escape the thirst for blood. (Directed by Lambert Hillyer)
IMDB: 6.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 6.25
26. Vampyres (1974)
This English-made horror thriller is the story of two female vampires who hitchhike along a deserted highway in the English countryside, luring unsuspecting drivers to their gothic mansion for a night of passion – followed by the victim’s murder at the hands of the femme fatales. (Directed by Jose Ramon Larraz)
IMDB: 6.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4 | Average: 6.25
25. House of Dracula (1945)
Another horror feast featuring the Wolfman, Dracula and the Frankenstein monster, with a female hunchbacked assistant thrown in for good measure. They have all come to Dr. Edelman seeking cures for their monstrous conditions, but the angry villagers, torches ready, don’t appreciate the good doctor’s clientele. (Directed by Erle C. Kenton)
IMDB: 5.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0 | Average: 6.3
24. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
Jesus Christ has finally returned to Earth–but before he can judge the living and the dead, he must contend with a nearly indestructible army of vampires! Luckily, he has sidekicks – the foxy Mary Magnum and legendary god of Mexican wrestling, El Santos. Music, kung-fu, and good-natured blasphemy collide in this oddball, action-packed horror/comedy. (Directed by Lee Gordon Demarbre)
IMDB: 5.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 | Average: 6.35
23. The Monster Squad (1987)
Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes – the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way. (Directed by Fred Dekker)
IMDB: 6.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 6.45
22. Salem’s Lot (1979)
Salem’s Lot is loosely based on the great Stephen King novel of the same title. Salem’s Lot is a town which a new member, Mr. Straker, has taken as his new “home”, and has a mysterious partner, namely Mr. Barlow. Not too long after Straker arrives in Salem’s Lot, people start disappearing from sight and dying from odd causes. No one is sure why, including Ben Mears who is in town to write a new book on the town’s rumored haunted house, which hides a terrible secret. (Directed by Tobe Hooper)
IMDB: 6.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 | Average: 6.45
21. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
This spoof on vampire lore centers around a pair of hunters roaming the Slovenian countryside to catch the elusive creatures. The old bat researcher, professor Abronsius and his assistant, Alfred, go to a remote Transylvanian village looking for vampires. Alfred falls in love with the inn-keeper’s young daughter Sarah. However, she has been spotted by the mysterious count Krolock who lives in a dark and creepy castle outside the village. (Directed by Roman Polanski)
IMDB: 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9 | Average: 6.5
20. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
A man survives a global plague only to be stalked nightly by zombie-like victims who call out his name. Vincent Price stars as Robert Morgan, a scientist who tried desperately to come up with a cure for an airborne virus that was killing people around the globe. Although he could not develop a serum in time to save his family, he himself seems to be immune from the disease. Thus, he is left to wander the streets by day, staking zombies, then barricading himself in his house each night as the zombies try to break in and kill him. (Directed by Sidney Salkow)
IMDB: 6.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 6.5
19. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ‘from dusk till dawn’ at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a strip joint infested with vampires. (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
IMDB: 6.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 6.5
18. The Lost Boys (1987)
Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying the head vampire. (Directed by Joel Schumacher)
IMDB: 6.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3 | Average: 6.55
17. Day Watch (2006) AKA Dnevnoy Dozor
A horror tale set in contemporary Moscow that revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness – the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. This ancient war between the forces of Light and Darkness is reaching a tragic outcome. Each side has gained a powerful Great Other, who are headed for a clash, and Anton Gorodetsky is once again caught up in the midst of things. (Directed by Timur Bekmambetov)
IMDB: 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 | Average: 6.6
16. Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat (1991)
A colony of vampires takes over a ghost town of Purgatory, and under the leadership of Jozef Mardulak are developing a method of making artificial plasma. But another elder, Jefferson, who abhors the idea of vampires being anything other than predators, organizes a revolution. At the same time, a descendant of the original Abraham Van Helsing shows up, trying to fulfil his family destiny. (Directed by Anthony Hickox)
IMDB: 6.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9 | Average: 6.7
15. Interview with the Vampire (1994)
In 1791, plantation owner Louis De Pointe Du Lac is unhappy with the life he has, until Lestat De Lioncourt comes into his life. Lestat, a vampire, allows Louis to make the decision of either death or life as a vampire forever. And until his decision is already made, does Louis realize what he has become. He refuses to take human life and is about to leave when Lestat, being the clever being that he is, turns a little orphan girl into a vampire to make Louis stay. (Directed by Neil Jordan)
IMDB: 7.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 | Average: 6.9
14. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
A fictionalized account of the making of director F. W. Murnau’s classic silent horror film “Nosferatu” (Germany/1922) and Murnau’s obsession with lending the film authenticity. Without alerting the rest of his cast, director Murnau finds an actual vampire to take on the name of actor Max Schreck and play the king of the undead. (Directed by E. Elias Merhige)
IMDB: 6.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0 | Average: 6.9
13. Fright Night (1985)
Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) believes that his next door neighbour Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. His belief is strengthened when mysterious deaths of girls are reported. When Dandridge confronts Charlie in his own bedroom one night and tries to kill him, Charlie concludes that the monster must be destroyed. But since nobody believes his story he enlists the help of Peter Vincent, the vampire killer from his favourite horror TV show, who is in fact sceptical about vampires existing for real. (Directed by Tom Holland)
IMDB: 6.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 | Average: 6.9
12. The Night Stalker (1972)
A vampire is loose in Las Vegas, stalking unsuspecting victims. Reporter Carl Kolchak (Darrin McGavin) is hot on his trail, but nobody believes him. His editor thinks he’s nuts, the police think he’s a hinders the investigation, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands to rid Vegas of the blood sucking menace. (Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey)
IMDB: 7.6 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3 | Average: 6.95
11. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker’s classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker’s betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina’s closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away. (Directed by Francis Ford Coppola)
IMDB: 7.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7 | Average: 6.95
10. Cronos (1993)
In 1535, an alchemist builds an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated into a small golden device. The invention, designed to convey eternal life to its owner, survives its maker until 1997 when it shows up to an antiquarian. Fascinated with the strange device, Gris doesn’t notice that there’s more than one person looking for it. The promise of eternal life has become an obsession to old and sick Mr. De la Guardia. He and his nephew will do anything to get the “Cronos Invention”. (Directed by Guillermo del Toro)
IMDB: 6.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3 | Average: 7.0
9. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
It is many thousand years in the future. Vampires once ruled the night but have seen their numbers reduced by fearless bounty hunters. One such hunter is D, the halfbreed son of a human mother and vampire father. When a girl from a rich family is taken from her home by the vampire Meier Link, her father contracts both D and the Markus brothers (a rival group of hunters) to race to retrieve her. As the heroes fight their way through Meier’s hired guards, they begin to suspect that the girl may have gone with him willingly. (Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri)
IMDB: 7.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4 | Average: 7.05
8. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker’s gothic novel Dracula, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles. (Directed by Guy Maddin)
IMDB: 7.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.4 | Average: 7.2
7. Near Dark (1987)
A young cowboy is seduced by a new girl in town only to find out he has been kissed by a vampire. Slowly turning into a creature of the night, he is persuaded to join up with the girl and a roaming band of ghouls. But when his own father and sister become targets in the vampires’ endless search for ‘food,’ he is forced to choose between loyalty to the vampires, or loyalty his own family. (Directed by Kathryn Bigelow)
IMDB: 7.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5 | Average: 7.25
6. Horror of Dracula (1958)
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle somewhere in Germany, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker’s fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker’s friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost. (Directed by Terence Fisher)
IMDB: 7.8 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9 | Average: 7.35
5. Martin (1977)
George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies – an intense and realistic treatment that follows the exploits of Martin, who claims to be 84 years old, and who certainly drinks human blood. The boy arrives in Pittsburg to stay with his uncle, who promises to save Martin’s soul and destroy him once he is finished, but Martin’s loneliness finds other means of release. (Directed by George A. Romero)
IMDB: 7.2 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6 | Average: 7.4
4. Black Sunday (1960)
A Bavarian princess, burned at the stake with her lover for being a witch, comes to life after three hundred years to enact the curse of revenge on her remaining family members. (Directed by Mario Bava)
IMDB: 7.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5 | Average: 7.5
3. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Stark, symbolic cinematography and intensely stylized performances create what Werner Herzog refers to as a different plane of reality, injecting the age-old tale of Count Dracula with a modern sense of mysticism, desire, and wonder. Frequent Herzog collaborator Klaus Kinski portrays the Dracula character with a silent intensity, tingeing the vampire’s inhuman monstrosity with a deep sense of pathos and longing. Completing a stellar international cast are Bruno Ganz and French film star Isabelle Adjani, both giving subtle yet compelling performances as the formerly happy couple who fall prey to Dracula’s lust for life and love. (Directed by Werner Herzog)
IMDB: 7.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7 | Average: 7.55
2. Dracula (1931)
After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London.
After sucking the blood and turning the young Lucy Weston into a vampire, Dracula turns his attention to her friend Mina Seward, daughter of Dr. Seward who then calls in a specialist, Dr. Van Helsing, to diagnose the sudden deterioration of Mina’s health. Van Helsing, realizing that Dracula is indeed a vampire, tries to prepare Mina’s fiance, John Harker, and Dr. Seward for what is to come and the measures that will have to be taken to prevent Mina from becoming one of the undead. (Directed by Tod Browning)
IMDB: 7.7 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8 | Average:7.75
1. Nosferatu (1922)
F.W. Murnau’s German silent classic is the original and some say scariest Dracula adaptation, taking Bram Stoker’s novel and turning it into a haunting, shadowy dream full of dread. Count Orlok, the rodentlike vampire frighteningly portrayed by Max Schreck, is perhaps the most animalistic screen portrayal of a vampire ever filmed.
With the influence of producer and production designer Albin Grau, the film established one of two main depictions of film vampires. The “Nosferatu-type” is a living corpse with rodent features (especially elongated fingernails and incisors), associated with rats and plague, and neither charming nor erotic but rather totally repugnant. The victims usually die and are not turned into vampires themselves. (Directed by F.W. Murnau)
IMDB: 8.1 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.0 | Average: 8.55
Though they aren’t movies we just had to mention the following also:
Ultraviolet (1998)
Ultraviolet is a six hour British miniseries that takes place in a world where vampires have lived with humans for centuries and have gone mostly undetected. However, this changes when detective Michael Colefield investigates the strange disappearance of his partner and discovers a troubling alternate reality where vampires seem to control a number of important aspects of society. Because of this experience, Michael is recruited by the government’s vampire squad, the CIB, an elite team of agents who are trying to hunt down this society of vampires. A dark, brooding series that plays like a mix of X-Files and Prime Suspect, Ultraviolet is one of the most engrossing series to appear on the small screen in years. (Directed by Joe Ahearne)
IMDB: 8.5 | Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Hellsing (2006)
Hellsing follows Alucard and police girl-turned-vampire Seras Victoria as they exterminate the vampires and other creatures of the night for England’s Hellsing Organization. Hellsing is unique in that it takes much of itself from late 19th century and early 20th century Western fiction. It includes themes primarily from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu works and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, rolled together with some fast-paced action sequences. The main characters are part of the Hellsing organization, which may have been inspired by the Lovecraftian Miskatonic University’s Wilmarth Foundation, an organization formed for fighting demons and the undead. (Directed by Hideki Tonokatsu and Tomokazu Tokoro)
Great choices! You forgot “Blood and Donuts”, though.
Editor: Added. Thanks for the heads up.
this is a list of my favourite vamp movies
frightnight 1985
near dark 1987
lost boys 1987
buffy the vampire slayer 1992
Interview with the Vampire 1994
From Dusk Till Dawn 1996
blade 1, 2, 3
underworld 2003
van helsing 2004
30 days of night 2007
let me in 2010
just because a movie is old doesn’t make it good. see a lot of old one’s that aren’t that good, or should be further down the list.
also see some that aren’t even vampire movies or have anything to do with vampires, such as Nightbreed.
Perhaps it doesn’t count since a) it was made concurrently with the Lugosi Dracula by the same production company and b) I think it’s been available as a bonus on the last several DVD releases of Browning’s film, but the 1931 Spanish language Drácula deserves special mention if only because it’s so much more competently directed. Unfortunately, Carlos Villatias has nowhere near the screen presence of Bela, which unfortunately does hurt this version.
Incidentally, I was positively giddy to see Martin in the top five. A sublime film that more people really should see.
What the??? Queen of the Damned is widely regarded as a flop, with the excuse being the need to rapidly and haphazardly combine two books into one, with an unneeded recap of the first film thrown in for bad measure. Van Helsing was a joke of stellar proportions. And who can forget Jessica Biel slipping on her iPod (for what? so she cannot hear an attack??) to battle bad guys in Blade: Please Kill This Franchise. This looks more like a list made up just to make a list, with whatever they could remember off the top of their head. Pathetic.
Umm, what happened to “My Best Friend is a Vampire?” It has a 5.3 on IMDB and is unrated at Rotten Tomatoes. So it should be number 58. And the fact is that it is a better Vampire movie than many of the ones made today. Very tounge in cheek, and very funny in lots of ways.
I was so glad to find Nosferatu the Vampyre on your list: it was the first Klaus Kinski movie I’d ever seen and I loved it. The photography is astounding: scenes still linger in my mind.
You totally missed Ravenous from 1999. Better than most of the movies here.
Although Ravenous is a very good movie and when you have never heard of this movie I suggest to watch it. Still, it has nothing to do with vampires but more to do with ‘The Wendigo’ and cannibalism. Great movie!
If anything, this list shows that there are far fewer than 70 good vampire movies. However there are a bunch I’ve never heard of and am now curious about, so thanks!
What about Carl Dreyer’s “Vampyr”? Very well regarded.
OMFG I’ve seen every single one of these. It’s sad really. LOL.
Maybe that’s because Ravenous isn’t a vampire movie.
You also forgot “Dracula: Dead and Loving it”, possibly the best vampire comedy ever!
I wonder how 30 Days of Night would fare in this list. Anyway, just one day to go!
Two questions:
1. Why not have the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series on your ‘honorable mention’ list? All fanboyism aside, it was a great series that built great mythology around the existing vampire mythology and was well written.
2. Why isn’t ‘Perfect Creature’ on your list, with 5.5 stars (though I suspect that will go up once it is released this month in NZ)?
Uh… ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN?!
Great list – I just added a few to my Blockbuster list.
Here’s one of my faves that did not make the list: “Nightlife ” (1990) It was an HBO homegrown I think. Still no DVD. Great cast, black comedy type.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0097980/
While I love the breadth of this list, relying on IMDB’s voters to pick the best movies of any genre will always result in some stunningly bad choices–and wildly odd ones, too (how else to explain how fanboy perennials like “Fright Night,” cult flicks like “Vampire’s Kiss” and a Guy Maddin movie all end up on the same list).
I’m a list addict, and love seeing other people’s thoughts on my own favs and guilty pleasures. A little disappointing the staff of this site didn’t add their own critiques to these films. And that “The Hunger” ranked so low (sure it’s far from a perfect film, but so are most vampire genre movies).
Anybody ever see “Habit”? Decent low budget vampire flick.
There are 70 Vampire movies at all?! Shit! There ARE 70 Vampire movies at all!
I can’t agree that “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” is “closely based” on the novel. It’s more of a free adaptation using themes from the book.
The most accurate version I’ve seen is one that isn’t on your list: Philip Saville’s “Count Dracula” from 1977. It’s not only a close adaptation but is also an excellent film in its own right. (Okay, it was a TV miniseries rather than a film, but who’s quibbling).
Great choices! I am so happy to see Near Dark on the list. Bill Paxton’s rampage in the bar and his “it’s finger lickin’ good” statement is the best blood sucking scene ever!
I would also love to see a “Slasher” movie list, a “Ghost” movies list and an “Alien” list. How about it, everyone?
I gotta say, Black Sunday (aka Mask of Satan) just plain RULES…the mood, the atmosphere…it’s clearly set the stage for a lot of other horror flicks..
Another film not to miss is Near Dark….this one was done by James Cameron’s girlfriend, so she had access to his production crews and actors (Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jeanette Goldstein, all from the then-recently-filmed Aliens, are major characters).
This one came out around the same time as the Lost Boys (but Near Dark filming started earlier) and could be seen as a contemporary or competition….but I see it as more complimentary to The Lost Boys…the films are very different…too different to really be competing flicks (although both are absolute must-see’s or must-buys).
A couple of favourites of mine didn’t make the list. Someone mentioned Larry Fessenden’s “Habit” earlier, which was a really good low-budget vampire film. But the real omission is Daughters of Darkness. That was the creepiest movie about vampires I’ve ever seen.
What?! You seem to have overlooked the 1977 Great Performances/BBC production of “Count Dracula”, directed by Phillip Saville and starring Louis Jourdan. Anyone who appreciates the actual Bram Stoker book, and has longed for the day when a literal interpretation of this great book is going to be made, may I suggest that past is prelude and that one should find a copy of this incredible production. Not heavy on SFX…though some very effective video effects of the era…give it an almost surreal feeling.
I loved this list, simply because there are actually some on here I haven’t seen. Reading the comments has certainly peaked my interest about the British mini series, too. I wonder where one would dig up a copy…….
If you’re going to suggest TV series for honorable mention, why not Dark Shadows? Sure it was terribly cheesy, but Barnabas Collins was great! Am I showing my age?
Great to see that both Nightwatch and Daywatch get recognition but neither of them is really a vamp movie. There are some vampires in them but thats it.
Once Bitten (1985) starring Lauren Hutton & Jim Carrey was a great, cheesy vampire comedy.
I saw a western Dracula years ago, and that movie wasn’t mentioned. I don’t remember the exact title, but Michael Pate was the star. Anyone else remember this one?
Great list..got me all worked up. I would have to say though, Blade 2 is def much better than Blade 1, though both are still my fav. Blade 3 was simply too painful to watch. What a waste. Why is it that Hollywood always fails to get the 3rd one right? Think Pirates 3, Shrek 3, Spidey3, Matrix 3, etc…
I agree with Terry (comment 470). How about Top 70 (why 70 beats me) Aliens movie of all time? How about 70s horror (with ghost, gouls, not just thrillers) of all time?
While at that, you should really do another list of Top 70 most frightening movie of all times ( all goes, monster, vamp, ghost etc).
To begin with, my top 5
1) Salem’s Lot
2) The Thing
3) Alien
4) Halloween
5) Evil Dead
Where’s “House of Dark Shadows”? After all, it WAS based on a hit TV show that had TV’s first vampire hero, Barnabas Collins. For the 1970 movie, ‘Dark Shadows’ creator Dan Curtis made the character decidedly more malevolent, with tons of blood and effects.
How this film was overlooked in favor of “Vampire In Brooklyn” for this list is beyond me! Also, how could you mention a TV show like ‘Ultraviolet’ and NOT mention ‘Dark Shadows’ as well? Shame on you guys! Go to your local video rental place and start watching the episodes RIGHT NOW!
I see why you’d use the rottentomatos and imdb data, but that’s a really weak list. There’s got to be a better way of doing this.
Well, I think the intention of this list was good. But perhaps 70 is too grand a number for top vamp movies of all time. Cut that down to twenty or so, and the excess will simply fall by the wayside. I mean, Queen of the Damned? That flick was a disgrace to vampire in general, the book in specific. And, yes, Once Bitten should definately have been on the list. When Jim Carrey moves both his eyebrows like a wave….classic.
“I saw a western Dracula years ago, and that movie wasn’t mentioned. I don’t remember the exact title, but Michael Pate was the star. Anyone else remember this one?”
You’re thinking of “Curse of the Undead” with Eric Fleming (of “Rawhide” fame) as the heroic Preacher. It was produced by Universal in 1959. IMDB gives it a 5.7 rating.
I have my own review of it here:
http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/Vampires/curse_undead.html
Aside from “Curse of the Undead,” I also think “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” should be on this list as well as Jesus Franco’s 1970 version of “Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula” starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, and Klaus Kinski as Renfield. Although I haven’t seen it recently, as I recall this version is actually the closest adaptation of Stoker’s novel.
I agree with Doug1, fantastic version BBC’s 1977, “Dracula”. Starring Louis Jourdan, and if I recall Laurence Oliver too. Beautifully shot, erotic and romantic too.
I also loved John Badham’s 1979 “Dracula – a Love Story” starring Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence. In fact, I would put that at number 1. I can’t believe it is nowhere on the list.
OK, Laurence Olivier was in the John Badham one (whoops)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) is the best of all.isn’t it?
Sean McKenzie – Shut the hell up! Nobody gives a $@!%!
I am impressed with this vampire movie list, although there are some films missing (VAMPYR, HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, more Chris Lee flicks) and some that are ranked way too high or low. But I am glad to see my favorite, HORROR OF DRACULA, ranked so high.
BTW, to the person who was asking about a vampire Western with Michael Pate–the film you are looking for is called CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. It was made by Universal around 1959 and was available on VHS at one point. Not sure if it ever came out on DVD, but keep an eye out!
Best,
JM!L
The fact that I find little fault with this list is a testament to the fact that most vampire movies suck – there aren’t even 70 good ones. The fact that the Buffy movie, Blade Trinity, and Dracula 2000 could all make this list is pathetic. Somebody needs to start making some good vampire movies, STAT. (I love the Buffy TV show, so don’t think I’m insulting the Buffyverse as a whole)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter would have made a great addition to the list. It wasn’t even mentioned….
Criminal omission: “The Lair of the White Worm”. Directed by Ken Russell and based upon the Bram Stoker novel of the same name.
No…just……no.
Blood: The Last Vampire, Blade Trinity and Van Helsing above Queen of the Damned AND Buffy? That’s just bad.
um you got the description of Blood:the Last vampire wrong
she uses her blood to kill them, not a magic sword
also..why isn’t blood+ on there? its like 4 times as good as the last vampire
You forgot the incredible film; The Vampire Happening….
I am dissappointed that it is not included on this list….
umm im guessing you guys who are doubting this list are knobs who havent actually seen these 70 movies that the writer has, actually im betting you have only have seen around mmm 10. maybe… so you can appreciate this other vampire movie lovers top list or slag off this persons list like a 12 year old Aol douchebag. the choice is yours. btw nosferatu is widely considered one of the best horror movies of all time let alone wamphyri movies f all time
well, you forgot cassidy from preacher in the other mentions, otherwise, gooood stuff.
Ok, remove that “Dracula: pages from a virgin’s diary” from your list. That movie was awful, boring, and wrong on many levels. It was wretched. My friend saw it for free and wanted his money and 2 hours of his life back. Why the heck was Dracula Asian?? Ugh, that movie was so bad, worse than Bordello of blood.
What about the genius that is “Embrace of the Vampire”? Alyssa Milano is sheer bliss in that.
Firstly all films before 1970 should not be considered as they all all terrible (awful special effects, poor sound, bad acting, some even black + white!), also no anime (not really films per se!) + Queen of the Damned was actually pretty good! Blade Trinity was also the best of the 3! Also Lost Boys no. 18?!?!? Should surely be no. 1!!! Ooh controversial!!!
Where is HABIT ?
Awww… no Bloody Mary?
…nevermind, apparently Bloody Mary is also known as Innocent Blood.
Entertaining movies, bad order… extremely bad.
As with any list,not everyone will agree on 100% of the choices.But,in my humble opinion as a TRUE vampire film lover of about 38 years (or so),a few deserving titles were omitted: House Of Dark Shadows,Twins Of Evil,Dracula Has Risen from The Grave,Taste The Blood Of Dracula,Dracula,Prince Of Darkness, Lust For A Vampire,and Subspecies 2.One could also argue that Scars of Dracula,Dracula A.D.1972,Subspecies 3,and Return Of Count Yorga,Vampire also are decent enough to qualify.If I had alittle more time,a few other titles would probably come to mind as well.Anyway,Thanks for a great list!!
as a few others have said, Larry Fessenden’s Habit deserves to be somewhere near the top of this list.
well,
i really like the list, since im a big vampire fan. i read the ppls comments..some seem stoopid some are very helpful….and others are just there…..since im living my young years i am very impress with the new vampire movies….and i wouldn’t degrade them from the older vamp. movies. In my opinion
“Queen Of The Dammend” & “The Lost Boys” are pretty good
which are like my fav ones…rite after there is “Near Dark” which is like an awesome movie….the one movie that i couldnt stand was “Innocent Blood” it was defenetly very lame its like a mafia movie wit a very bad vampire chick…shes not even hot.
she doesnt even seem like a vamp. its like really lame..seriously.DONT WATCH THAT ONE!!
now ill just end this wit a tahnk u to the list for the info on all other movies….but i do agree ive seen other vamp. movies that are not mention here….UPDATE IT!!!!
Queen of the damned and the Interview with the Vampire are the bestvampire movies out there.
I like to know al about vampire/ ect. get back to me soon.
For me Interview with the Vampire is number one…
Ok, i hate the list (no offense) but, I simply hate old movies, crappy quality movies, and movies that are made by people who know nothing about vampires. Just my opinion, but underworld, blade and van helsing should have been at the top.
heyyy guys
:D:D
thx for the list… but i have to say that old movies don really interest me too.. but they used to interest older pps be4 so no harm.. but we’d love more modern awesome movies that are similar to interview with a vampire which is absolutely no. 1… i also love the anime vamp movies.. +queen of the damned… ppl have diff tastes but that what makes life AWESOME..
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What a bunch of weirdos Rotten Tomatoes’ reviewers are! I couldn’t believe “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” was rated 11th (above Dusk Til Dawn, Salem’s Lot, Interview with the Vampire), so I checked out some of their reviews.
Apparently no one there thought Keanu Reeves was utterly unconvincing as an Englishman (especially that cringeworthy accent), no one thought Gary Oldman’s performance was too far over-the-top (even for him) and no one realised how little the movie resembled the book it was supposedly based on (much of the dialogue is recycled from early vampire films and the book never made any mention of Vlad “The Impaler” Tepes or a romance between Mina and Dracula).
Maybe they were completely swept away by the camerawork (which has now dated horribly)… or maybe they’ve mixed it up with something else?
I’m surprised the list doesn’t include razorblade smile. For those who like subtle and cold blooded movies.
hey i saw a movie advertised when i was very young about vampires. this vampire queen or something was telling this guy he had to bite the girl he loved and he didn’t wanna do it. anyone know what it is?
Queen of the Damned-Great visuals, Aaliyah did a great job, what a bod! And the chemistry with “Lestat” (sexy!!!) this is an addicting movie. Interview with the Vampire SUCKED. NOT scary in the least. Only plus-costumes. Tx for putting Near Dark in high ranking, still scares the crap outta me. And of course Dusk to Dawn, Fright Night-Unique, funny, intense…
i love queen of the damned. i agree with the people that said good things about it .it is the best film out and aaliyah r.i.p.
tillymoondrop it was queen of the damned, you were talking about it being advertised.
well bye xoXOxo
I’ve only seen a few of these movies and they alone have lead me to the world of vampires. I think interveiw with a vampire should be number one because my dad bought it on video around 1995 and I watched it with him and since then been vampire mad
plus Tom Cruise as Lestat is SEXY xD
p.s I was like 4 at the time xD
this website is a great way to get information on my favorite movies. good luck, and keep up the good work.
-ren black heart.
i love these vapires movies!!!! they rock all ur pplz sox!!!!!!!!!! lolz! j/k.
Salem’s Lot rocks! Saw it on TV when I was about 8 and it still gives me the heeby-jeebies when I think about it! Should be number one!
dream line up for the ann rice series as follows ( i think so anyway)
lestat – Stuart Townsend. cocky, sexy, and lovely to watch.
louis – Brad Pitt (louis is 5 years older tha lestat when embraced, remember) – so, the age he was when he did interview.
armond – Kristen Holden-Ried from touch of pink. he is lovely and has that perfect young boyish looks, just grow that wonderful auburn hair and you got it.
claudia – Kirsten Dunst at that age – she did a great job
queen – i’d keep Aaliyah. she was beautiful.
Marius – Vincent Perez was fun.
it’d be great to see it done in 3 movies a little more consistant w/ the books. (queen was ok but 2 books crammed into one film…)
so, any one have suggestions for the rest of the cast? Magnus? the twins? Pandora? Jesse?
OK – does anybody remember which vampire movie it was…
- black and white (so it’s old)
- the vampire (Dracula) turns a guy who ends up in a prison or a mental hospital
- in one scene the doctor (psychiatrist) is asking the guy about eating spiders and the guy says, “Why should I eat spiders when I can eat nice juicy flies?”
This scene is stuck in my head forever but I cannot remember the movie name.
W?a?nie takiej strony szuka?am uwielbiam filmy o wampirach pozdrawiam:*
Its annoying that so many people are being so negative about some of these movies. Not all vampire movies are supposed to be scary for one thing… some of the best vampire movies out there are great because they’re soo cheesy- thats why people like them. And yeh, sure some movies may be worse than others but there is no need to get all worked up about it. It’s not like your life depends on there being a maticulously compiled list of vampire movies thats entierly accurate to you. Your opinion isn’t the only one that matters… try being more productive, instead of just putting people down all the time!
Nobody is going to agree with the entire list, but it’s just for fun, don’t take things so seriously!
I’ve been a fan of the vampire genre from a very young age and not beacause it scares me, but because the stories are engaging and enjoyable.
I found this list very helpfull and there are definatly some movies that I’m going to check out soon, so thanks
I finally found the reference on the Internet Movie DB. The line is not exactly as I remembered it but it is the movie:
Martin:Aren’t you ashamed now? Aren’t you? Spiders now, is it? Flies aren’t good enough!
Renfield: Flies? Flies? Poor puny things! Who wants to eat flies?
Martin: You do, you loony!
Renfield: Not when I can get nice fat spiders!
It’s the original Dracula from 1931 and Renfield was the pop-eyed lunatic. He still haunts me.
Hi there,
I have wondered this for many years and this looks like a good place to ask a question like this. Perhaps someone who has watched the same movie will recognize parts of this movie I am going to explain and tell me exactly which Vampire movie it is as I would love to get a copy of it some where. I was only a young girl when I watched the movie so only remembering bits and pieces. Two of my main memories of this movie is (which seemed scary when your a child – yet I always loved a good story to scare me) I remember a scene where people were people were searching for a grave, dug open and found the back side panel of the coffin to have no back , only the satin covering which led underground,which they then crawled through in search of vampires, or someone who had been taken (not so sure which or why) then in the last scene of the movie, a vampire who was in love with a woman , was trying to escape away with her on a ship. He was caught ; a fight broke out in which the vampire had a hook swung into his back and then was hoisted up into the daylight and closing scene was him burning up in the sun and nothing left but his cape blowing in the wind. If anyone can identify this movie for me can you please email me at carlajade@gmail.com
Thanks so much,
Lost Boys should be at the top of the list, IMO anyway.
first vampire movie I ever saw, so I am Bias, but hey its a great movie. Dracula 2000 was a great twist on the dracula series loved it.
Ive seen almost movie in the list, most of them are good, some are tacky, others just plain crap – but all in all, excellent list ( A marks out of 10 voting system would be cool
Personally I really like Queen of the Damned, and of course Interview with the vampire. I cannot see how Bram Stocker’s Dracula can be so appriciated. I have seen it and I don’t like it. Anyone up for Dracula – read the book. However Nosferatu and Shadow of the Vampire are 2 great movies.
Have a lost my mind!!! Some people not only liked “Queen of the Damned” but thought it should be ranked higher! To all the 10 yr. olds writing in, yes, movies where once B & W and without CGI (horrors!!!). Maybe one day you will out grow Van Helsing & Underworld and actually appreciate the great classics of cinema such as Nosferatu & the immortal Lugosi.
Hey
well our school is making a film about vampires so i thought i would see what makes a good vampire film and look at some examples!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all
xx Zoe xx
Night Junkies: Brit flick that had a decent take on the vampire-as-junkie theme…only a 4.7 on IMDB so it didn’t make the list…but I thought it had charm (especially with Giles Anderson half-naked half the time)
Giving one for the ladies (Night Junkies) reminded me of one for the men- Rise, with Lucy Liu (the unrated version)…graphic cinematography when it comes to the actual blood “sucking,” which is just a bonus to the performance of Ms. Liu
Queen of the Damned was good! However it didn’t meet the potential the story line could have aclaimed to. I look forward to the release of the movie “Twilight” based on the novel written by Stephanie Meyer!
Oh by the way Mark “CHILL OUT”!!!
I think ‘Dracula’s Widow’ was really, really scary at the time that I saw it.
Some persons mentioned some omissions so I think the list could use an update to maybe the top 100 Vampire Movies of All Time.
Great list though…I’m going from 1-70 and watching those I haven’t seen as yet. Watched Nosferatu last week and I just watched Dracula (1931). Great movies for sure.
Queen of the Damned and Van Helsing are the best movies with vampires I’ve ever seen :X Interview with the vampire was great too
I am looking for the name of the movie in which vampir hunters go to this village, stop at the home where a funeral is occurring for a young girl who was to have been married the next day. She becomes a vampire. The hunters stay at the local castle. During the night, in the room of one of the hunters a tall picture opens up, exposing a stairwell leading downward, and a vampire woman comes out to bite him but his cross on his neck stops her. In the morning, he notices the black mark the picture made on the floor from opening and discovers the stairway downward. Does anyone know what this movie is titled?
Fallonsfreeway, i know what movie it is. It is called BeoWulf by christopher lambert
Fraker…Thank you. Now I know which to look for. I appreciate your knowledge. Fallonsfreeway
Fraker…Thank you. Now I know which to look for. I appreciate your knowledge. Fallonsfreeway
Actually, I Googled it and only got the Norse tale. That’s not what I’m looking for as the one I’m looking for occurred in Centeral Europe (more than likely Translevania).
u guys are gonna have to add another movie to ur list soon…the greatest vampire book eva (in my humble opinion) is being made into a movie….its going to be released this year,december. Yep twilight by stephenie meyers…..kick ass!!
Nice listing! thanks.
I think “interview with the vampire” deserved better than 14th…. not by much but still….. at least no one included “bloody rayne” that was just bloody shit!!
Just a small hint – You’ve made the most typical “westerners mistake” about Hellsing (not that I known since I was born, naw)
The name of “Seras Victoria” is used in that specific order only due to Japanese tradition of putting family name before given name – Japanese person would say Smith Adam, not Adam Smith. The whole story is supposed to happen in UK, so her name is european, but the manner is still Japanese. Therefore, she is Victoria(given name) Seras(family name).
Wow…I’m kinda surprised that Hellsing made #1…
As a vampyre, I am a little let down by the list. I guess you had to get 70 movies from somewhere. At least #1 and #2 were correctly ordered.
Queen of the Damned is #67…. but Blade Trinity is #59? Queen of the Damned might have not been faithful to the book, but dear god… it is certainly much better acted then Blade Trinity. In fact it is far better then any of the abysmal Blade series. Not to mention Queen of the Damned has an amazing original soundtrack that was done just for the movie.
And Van Helsing is #62? Again, that is just a massive slap in the face to the decent movie Queen of the Damned.
Half of the movies on the list are absolutely horrible and unwatchable unless you are a vintage film buff. The other half only has a handful of good picks…. all in all, horrible list.
where the hell is Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “Vampyr?”
Wow. I haven’t seen most of these (unfortunately), but I preferred Queen of the Damned to Interview with the Vampire. Of course, that could be because I’m a teenage girl who prefers Stuart Townsend.
hello all
first of all, let me say I’m no expert, i have just been a fan of Vampire movies over the years and some of the listed movies, i really havent watched
Bad choice listing in the same place comedy/horror as well as animated/”real movies”.
Exemple: sure Vampire Hunter D is very good… BUT you can’t compare it to Bram’s Dracula… not in the same way you can compare (ramdomly) one of the “blades” with one of the “underworlds”. i can’t see what standards did you used to make the list… story itself? good acting? (in some cases it seems some movies were pushed up or down because of theire age).
on to the “chronicles” based movies positioning:
ok everyone knows that sadly Interview is not 100% faithful to the book, but still all the book’s atmosfere remains and it’s a pretty good vampire movie – it really should be in front of cronos and Vampire D. Queen of the damned i can uderstand why its so further down, it was a travesti to all the Lestat charater what they did to him (and other chars as well).
John carpenter’s Vampires at 55???? behind that twin efect and love at first bite?
oh and if you are reagarding such scripts as “alien vampires” well Vampirella falls in that area. speaking of trash… The Breed sux but its still better than some movies you have there so is Tsui Hark’s vampires (weird vamp on that one but at least its a vampire…sort of)
in the end, thank you for some titles, im going to look for them
I think the series of moonlight with Alex O’Laughlin would also fall innto this categories. By the way Alex O’Laughlin is beathtakingliy sexy, cute and handsome. ooooohhhh
im glad there is a list available! but i think it’s a bit outdated! although the classics are no doubt good movies, nowadays people just want a vampire movie with blood, sex and violence. i think the only reason people like queen of the damned more is because “Lestat” is so hot in it! and the whole idea of a vampire is someone who is drop-dead gorgeous and irresistible and who wants to suck your blood! but thanks for the list, i plan to watch all of them anyway!
this is my top 5
1) underworld (she’s hot and its got so much action)
2) underworld 2
3) interview with a vampire (brad pitt come on!)
4) Rise (lots of sex, blood and guts!)
5) Queen of the damned
but i haven’t seen all of them, in fact i haven’t seen very many but i must say these ones a good!
And the best vampire movie is coming out soon
see TWILIGHT on the 12th December, and you’ll see what i mean about irristible vampires!
i agree with fizzle. those are basically my top also. i cant wait til the Twilight movie comes out i so excited! if they screw it up i will be seriously pissed off! hope its great. dont particularly like the dude playing edward though. but there isnt a guy on this earth who could match up to edward lol
this is a great list but yeah it does need to be updated a bit 
I cannot understand why INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (with Brad Pitt, Tom Criuse, and Kirsten Dunst) and BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992) (with Winona Rider, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins, and Monica Bellucci) were not in the top 5, they were classical vampire movies, but more then anything they were enjoyable to watch, truley showed vampires, had amazing acting and the films had wonderful filmography.
Also, I’m about to see THE HUNGER and I’m sure it’s quite good, I can’t believe it ranked so low, it has Cathrine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon for christ’s sake!
Good list, though I agree some of the movies on this list are strange – but 70 is a lot of freaking movies to organize into one list. I with all of the Hammer Vampire movies were on here – even the bad ones from that series are better than some of the ones at the bottom of this list.
WHAT THE HECK? Van Helsing is one of the best vampire movies out there! It should have a higher rating and be in a higher spot!
Queen Of The Damned?! Why?!!! Sorry but that film is the biggest piece of crap!
I can’t say I was really keen on Nosferatu either to be honest.
The Lost Boys however is excellent!
Interview With A Vampire as cliche as it may be has got to be one of my all time favourite vampire movies.
Embrace Of The Vampire!!! Ok so it’s actually kinda crap. Just naffy cheap Vampire porn but whatever it should be on here anyway lol x
The majority of this list is great (except the dire and trite Queen of the Damned of course). But are there any vampire films anyone can recommend other than the ones listed? I am trying to get through as many as I can so would be very grateful to hear peoples opinions! x
i like frankenstien better!
I love vamp movies, especially those you can really SINK your teeth into lol
and would just like to mention the brilliant ‘Buffy the vampire slayer’ series which had 7 great seasons and deserves an acknowledgement!!!
Oh and BTW Brian Colley is soooo right, that is if Im thinking of the right film! Guy Pearce? turned sort of cannibal, not acctually a vampire film, yet, it does involve the eating of flesh and sucking of blood, so it should count, and its better than most of the films on the list with good acting and a great final scene!
XoXo
OK, Im literally trying to dominate this board thing lol
I’ve just got to say, after reading ALL the comments left, people are right, ‘Queen of the Damned’ isnt the best vamp film ever made! It has good acting, but plzzz, no one can take over a Tom Cruise part, I’m not a fan, but he’s a legendery actor, and this guy who plays him (his name, anyone?) just doesn’t do it for me… and yes, the vampire movies arent ment to be all gory and blood drenched horrors, a vampire movie is ment to release the person feelings and views on what one is, as supressed desires, or scary mythological creatures of the night lol
Any way, I just reckon we need a good vamp movies which doesn’t seem like it follows in the wake of the ‘Bram Stoker’ novel, which was shit BTW, it totally wasn’t scary or sexual!!!
and instead, make one that breaks free into its own stride and sets a new age of vamp films onto us, like Underworld did in my opinion! not the greatest, yet it was … some what different.
Oh and btw ’30 days of night’ was a breath of fresh air in this genre! it had no, sexy vixen vamps or changing faces from vamp to human, but kept the creatures in full form unhumanly and was in my opinion… a true vamp movie
watch it if u havent already k!!!
XOXO
Very obscure 70′s German vampire film: “Jonothan”. I’ve seen it once on a rather poorly transferred second hand dvd, but even for that, it was one of the best vampire films I have ever seen.
great list very terrible order.
Hey what about
( Hellsing ova )
( Vampire princess Miyu )
( Beond the rave )
I’m not a very passionate fan of vampire (or other “creatures”) movies but I was looking most of all for movies where vampires fall in love with humans and find a way through, without harming them
I loved “Queen of the damned”, I was not very impressed by “Embrace of the vampire”, but it was quite good… and I’m going to see “Interview with the vampire” 
do you have any other suggestions (hopefully with handsome actors 
? please email me at http://www.aries_granata26.yahoo.com if you do
ummm where the hell was dracula: dead and loving it? leslie neilsen does the best portrayal of dracula ever seen.
… yeh im kidding
Hello People!
I don’t know if anyone of you has seen this french vampire movie… not sure who the actors were, but i thought it was a pretty good movie.. i believe it was made somewhere between 1930 to 1945. if anyone has any idea about this movie.. then please do let me know!
Cheers!
WOW! I’m surprised that anime actually made it on the list! Theres even vampire hunter d!!! Awesome!!!
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANIME IS ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great website, listing lots of great films I didn’t even know existed. One comment, though. Where’s Gerard Butler’s photo for Dracula 2000???? If you need a photo, I have one.
I have to agree with mrsedwardcullen The list is gonna need to be redone cuz of course 12/12/08 TWILIGHT IS COMING TO THEATRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i reckon that this is one of the best vampire movie collections that ive seen in a long time so keep up the exellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is from a chic who is so interested in all things scary, vampirish, warewolvish and nightmarish.
underworld movies ROX!!!!!!! and Doom.
peace out dudes and Dudettes!!!!!!
I think that from the likes of it Twilight is going to be the best romantic vampire movie of all time, well except for when New Moon the movie comes out!!! Edward Cullen is FREAK’IN DROP DEAD SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( undead I mean, lol)
♥ / JEANAE
I NEED HELP ! Pleease!!! A really long time ago I rented this old vampire movie,and now I can’t find it ANYWHERE! The problem is that this movie was called “Interview with a vampire”. It was probably translated wrong. It was about this blonde guy who is a vampire and he falls in love with this librarian chick. I think her name was Victoria,but I’m not sure. And there was this doctor there. And I don’t remember the plot,but I know it was a really silent and slow dark movie.And I’m pretty sure it was from the 80′ or the 70′.
PLEASE! If anyone has any information about this movie e-mail me my mail is art-of-murder@hotmail.com
PLEEASE!! I REALLY WAN’T TO SEE IT AGAIN!
In response to the above, it is difficult to know exactly what film you are talking about. Old can be any where from 5 to almost 90 years. However although I do not recall a blonde Dracula falling for a librarian, I do recall a blonde Dracula falling for a ME after being chained and held captive by several ex college students. That was in Dracula II by Wes Craven and was released abiut 2002-03, and a very good vamp film. Perhaps a little better idea of what era you are talking about, I.E, silent, classics (Bela Lugosi era) , The Hammer era (Christopher Lee), or mor modern films, modern meaning 90′s and up. It would also be good to know if it was black and white or color, there were a couple modern films done in black and white. I hope this was helpful.
Pen
Hy,thank you very much for answering me ^^
Well,this was an older film,maybe from the 70′s 80′s or 90′s.It was in color.I saw it when I was a kid and the picture quality was a bit low.I could try to remember the plot a little bit more.I’m not sure if this is completely wright since I saw it a really long time ago but I’ll try to remember.I know he had a relationship with this girl,I think she was a kid and then she grew up,he probably rased her or something but I think she died.After that he met this librarian girl,who he fell in love with.I remember this scene where a woman,probably she,was lying down and he stood over her and slit his wrist,drank some of his blood and kissed her while pouring the blood into her mouth.I also remember this scene where him and the librarian chick were like on a date or something and she didn’t know he was a vampire, (I think he used to come to her library a lot and read there and that’s how they met) and they were just about to kiss and he lost control and bit her neck and she got really scared.After that there was this doctor or a vampire hunter or something and he came to her and said something like, “remember what he did to you last night,that’s how they express love”. So after that she knew he was a vampire.I also remember a couple of scenes, he was at this dark street and some guy walked next to him and he grabbed him by his neck and hung im in the air and then smashed his head and poured blood that came out of his head to his mouth.I also remember this scene where he was sitting on his bed and his cat walked to him and he grabbed her and petted her and then bit her and drank her blood.And the last scene I remember was that chick walking down a really long staircase and it was a really long scene with her walking and walking down,and I don’t remember what happened when she finally got down,but I know that he was down there and I think that vampire hunter guy was trying to kill him or something.That’s probably everything I remember from that movie,it was really artistic and dark and it had a really morbid atmosphere.
Hi Diane,
1992 Way of the Vampire was released, About an old vampire that visits a library and falls for a librarian called Anne, I haven’t seen it, but since he is old and might be grey could be confused with blonde.
Pendragon
is it horrible that i loved queen of the damned? and i CANT WAIT for the twilight movies. idk if anyone has mentioned then yet but i got a big neck ache reading all of the comments, even tho they were great. im excited for the movie in december although i really cant see the same person who played cedric diggory playing THE Edward Cullen. sigh. bad casting.
You forgot “30 days of night” and “Let the right one in”!
How about Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula, Dracula 3000, Dracula II Ascension, Dracula III: Legacy to name a few.
Oops forgot: My Best Friend is a Vampire.
hahahaha
From dusk til dawn II: Texas blood money, From dusk til dawn III: The hangmans daughter
Modern Vampires (Casper Van Dien)
Yes, Dracula Dead and Loving It should be there, at least as a honorable mention..
I was happy to see Anne Rice stuff up there- but I think that Moon Child, a japanese vampire movie should be considered. It’s really good and… all too good to be passed up on this list. Vampire fans- look into it if you haven’t heard of it
cant wait til TWILIGHT comes out
cant wait til TWILIGHT comes out!!
Somehow, the American taste for vampires seems to be quite different. Even Stephen King acknowledges that Christopher Lee was the Best Dracula ever. Does not mean everyone has to agree but the IMDB and Rotten Tomato ratings here show ethnocentrism. To give a top spot to a Bela Lugosi Dracula smacks of that. Bela Lugosi was not a convincing Dracula. He did not look menacing nor dignified. I think that Lee too cheapened himself in the latter films like the AD1972 etc.
I do not think anyone outside America much cares for the American version of vampires which uses a lot of blood and gore, more than necessary- it stops being a genre of true terror and horror, and plays on our sense of revulsion.
We are looking for an 80′s vampire movie ……hope someone can help us…….it was called The Sins of Sara we think.
Anybody know this one?
I’ve been looking for this one film, and I’ve been to a lot of sites reading summaries of the films. But I can’t find it. I’ve seen it played two or three times of UPN during the weekends. But that was a few years ago. So they sensor the movies and I haven’t seen it since I was a little kid. I can only remember some parts, but it was about this one guy. I think he didnt want to be a vampire, but some group of vampires were trying to make him accept it. I remember that at the beginning he’s in his rooms and he has a waking dream of someone coming under his door as mist and biting him. In the next scene he’s in the shower messing with the band aid he put on his bite. Please someone help me find the title.
Well its obvious that a great movie should be judge
by all of the ingredients that make it a great film
like totaling cg effects, acting ability, story line, cinematography etc…
so as to get an overall result.
I think the final judgements here are biased to personal opinion, a vote by all of the people that commented above should give a more accurate judgment on the correct order of top 70 “Vampire” films.
I would say ” Lost Boys ” should be no 1
It would be interesting to know what is the no 1 top vampire book ever written ?
Crap, crap & more crap. Sorry but I want to watch horror for horrors sake. Including comedy & cheese, only means poor budget, poor directing, writing & or acting. And you losers who exclaim that bad is good, or cheap is good, or advise me not to take everything so seriously, can bite me. Don’t get me wrong, there is room for a wry comment from time to time. Anybody familiar with Brian Lumley’s Necroscope series?, I simply can’t wait for the film(s). If I want comedy I watch Adam Sandler, or Caddy Shack. I do love Near Dark, Lifeforce, Underworld & quite a few more of the listed, I just wish someone would edit out the BS
30 days of night was taken from frostbitten, the movie companies didnt want to pay royalties to frostbitten, nor pay for the having the speech redone, so they stole the idea about a month of darkness and wrote their own version becuase it was less costly. all in all for originality I give it to frostbitten. 30 days is alright if you like alot of gore.
Tillymoondrop : Fright Night 2, Regine tries to convince Charlie to bite Alex
Carla: John Badham’s Dracula
Kuchikisoren: There was mist in it at one point, I believe. He also did have to put a band aid on his wound, and didn’t want to be a vampire. Fright Night 2 might be the movie you are looking for.
I’m surprised ‘Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Mr. Vampire’ weren’t listed, simply because I’ve seen them on SO MANY best vampire film lists. I like them both, they’re pretty good. But I understand, a list can only have so many Hammer flicks…but Mr. Vampire is actually very funny. There’s also ‘A Polish Vampire in Burbank’, but it’s really low budget and obscure. It is, however…a cult classic worthy of recognition (I mean, it was on USA up all night, for god’s sake.) I agree with many people on this list that ‘Dracula, Dead and Loving it’ should have a spot on the list. ‘Love Bites’, Dario Argento. That one’s pretty popular too. I don’t like it, but it’s still popular. And there’s the other ‘Love Bites’ with Adam Ant…but it’s really hard to find, so I understand it’s omission.
All-in-all…it’s an OKAY list.
The list was decent. I read the comments and was determined not to comment but- oh well, here it is. Vampire mythology changes over time. That’s why it’s called folklore. It changes by word of mouth, urban legend; and now various forms of electronic media have progressed vampire evolution. There is no such thing as an official empirical list of vampire qualities and characteristics. Also, just because a movie is old doesn’t make it bad. Directors and producers worked with what they had then, which requires more skill and creativity than a bunch of over the top computer generated effects. Most movies with too many effects have suffering plotlines because the focus is in the wrong area. Van Helsing, the Blade trilogy, Ultraviolet (The horrible U.S. film starring Milla Jovavich which thankfully did not appear on this list), and Queen of the Damned are huge examples of this erroneous focus. Bad, bad movies. I like the Hammer studios vampire flicks (although they are cheesey, Christopher Lee is the perfect Dracula). I also loved Interview with the Vampire because it is dark, sensual, and romantic with appropriate minimalistic effects. I also really love and fall asleep almost every night to Francis Ford Copolla’s (sp?) version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula because of Gary Oldman’s performance and the artistic visuals. It’s really a feast for the senses. I was disappointed that Daughters of Darkness did not make the list. That is an awesome and creepy vampire flick. The main protagonist is much scarier than bathory the vampiress. Anyway, pretty interesting stuff.
I am amazed that the series Angel was not mentioned here. Although not a movie – it is a good series.
Hmmm what about Forever Knights original pilot movie Rick Springfield (commonly known as Nick Knight). Probably worse known for a horrible 1980s pop song (but wrote other good tracks I confess). Vampire cop B Grade movie – that turned into a really good A Grade TV Series! Nick Knight was one of the best although slightly cheesy looking back at the 1980s.
I saw a double feature horror in Christchurch Tivolli theatre New Zealand in 1958, first film was Ït the terror from beyond space”, the second was a vampire film, he got killed in an old mine at the end, he was pushed into a hole and an old bit of timbre pieced his heart, does anyone out there know what the name of it was?
I liked the selection you had and was glad The Lost Boys and Van Helsing was on there. I really like those movies.
Perhaps Strange Things happen at Sundown is worth a mention, not least for the scene(s) in which Countess Bathory appears as the rather houseproud American wife of Vlad the Impaler, now scraping a living as a mob hitman.
I think that Diane may well be thinking of Tale of a Vampire, starring Julian Sands and directed by Shimako Sato. Mixed reviews here, as for so many vampire films. Easily found.
Everyone with a love for vampires and drop dead beautiful men should see Moon Child.
It’s on a close second place of the vampire movies i love the most, just after Intervju with the vampire.
Love the Twilight books, but i have a bad feeling about the movie after i saw the trailer.
For all you amine fans, dont miss the Hellsing series or ongoing OVA, Trinity Blood, Vampire Knight and Blood+
interview with the vampire and queen of the damned and lost boys and lost boys 2 are the best movies EVER
Great list. I remember a classic horror movie as a teen called
Black Sabbath. It was a triology of tales narrated by Boris Karloff , who also stars in the last feature titled “The Wurdulak” about a vampire who preys upon the blood of his
loved ones.
woah no way man queen of the damned had fucking legend music and cinematography and the acting was well-good. one of my favs.
Of the above list of vampire movies which movie has got display of violence and sexual scenes
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It would be lovely of you to add a separate area for recommendations seeing how much truly informative commentary was added. I would love to see a list anywhere, of all vamp & religious sci-fi films one day. I agree, I’m surprised many were not listed, like 30 days of night and more but I don’t remember the name of this one vamp film set in Russia but if anyone is able to remember the name of it, please post for me and everyone else to see. It wasn’t highly marketed at all, but the budget and quality was superior for an indie it was truly a brilliant film! Wishes on future list upgrades but regardless, grazie’ for sharing this and on all the feedback help as well. Best wishes, xx
Hey!
well i’m a huge fan of stephanie meyer books,but siriously please get over it. It isn’t real don’t waste your time daydreaming about
EDWARD CULLEN
Just saying:)
I agree with laue Queen of Damed was awsome the guy totally looks like a vimpire but it’s a little to much science fiction.Still awsome!
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Hey, what about Plan 9 From Outer Space. It should be in the list of the best simply for being the worst
I LOVE VAMPIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! don’t mind her, she’s high.
Have not seen all 70 movies on this list.
But have seen over 100 Vampire Movies.
Cheers to the next 100 vampire movies.
here is my list of 109 Vampire Movies.
* means seen *** means seen recently
*02.30 Days of Night (2007) [Víctor García]
*04.Breed (2001) {adrian Paul} [Michael Oblowitz]
*05.BloodAngels {Ron Oliver] Thralls
***08.BloodRayne (2005) [Uwe Boll]
***09.BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) [Uwe Boll]
*16.Children Of the Night (1991) [Tony Randel]
*17.Countess Dracula (1971) [Hammer]
***20.Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) [Bob Kelljan]
***23.Count Yorga 2: Return of Count Yorga (1971) [Bob Kelljan]
*24.Devil Plaything (1973) [Joseph W. Sarno] Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern, Der (1973)
***25.Dracula (2002) {Patrick Bergin} [Roger Young]
***27.Dracula (2007) {Mark Warren} [Bill Eagles]
***28.Dracula 3000 (2004) [Darrell James Roodt]
***29.Dracula II: Ascension (2003) {Stephen Bilington} [John Carpeneter's]
*33.Dracula III: Legacy (2005) {Stephen Bilington} [John Carpeneter's]
*34.Dracula AD 1972 (1972) {Christopher Lee} [Hammer]
*35.Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995){Leslie Nielsen} [Mel Brooks]
*36.Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) {Christopher Lee} [Hammer]
*37.Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966){Christopher Lee} [Hammer]
***40.Draculya [Private]
***43.Embrace of the vampire [Anne Goursaud]
***44.Embrace of the Darkness 1 [Kelley Cauthen]
***45.Embrace of the Darkness 2 [Robert Kubilos]
***52.Embrace of the Darkness 3 [Robert Kubilos]
***63.Eternal (2004) [Wilhelm Liebenberg & Federico Sanchez]
*71.From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) [Scott Spiegel]
*72.From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (1999) [P.J. Pesce]
***73.From Dusk till Down
*74.Gran amor del conde Drácula, El (1972) {Paul Naschy} [Javier Aguirre] Count Draculas Great Love
*75.Graveyard Shift (1987) [Jerry Ciccoritti]
*76.Graveyard Shift 2: The Understudy (1988) [Jerry Ciccoritti]
***77.I am ledgend () {Zombie or Vampire well no fangs?) [Francis Lawrence]
*78.The Insatiable (2006) [Chuck Konzelman & Cary Solomon]
*79.Lair of the White Worm {Amanda Donohoe} [Ken Russell]
*80.Last Rites (1980) [Domonic Paris]
***81.Last Sect (1980) [Jonathan Dueck]
*82.Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,The (1974) [Hammer]
*83.Lust for a Vampire (1971) [Hammer]
***84.My Girlfriends a Vampire [Jimmy Huston]
*85.Once Biiten (1985) [Howard Storm]
***86.Perfect Creature (2006) [Glenn Standring]
***87.Pitch Black (2000) [David Twohy]
*88.Salems Lot (2004) [Mikael Salomon]
***89.Sangre eterna (2002) [Jorge Olguín] Eternal Blood
*90.Scars of Dracula (1970) {Christopher Lee} [Hammer]
***91.Sisterhood [David DeCoteau]
*92.Subspecies 2: Bloodstone (1993) [Ted Nicolaou]
*93.Subspecies 3: BloodLust [Ted Nicolaou]
*94.Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998) [Ted Nicolaou]
*95.Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) {Christopher Lee} [Hammer]
*96.Tale of a vampire [Shimako Sato]
*97.Thirst (1979) [Rod Hardy]
*98.Twins of Evil (1971) [Hammer]
*99.UltraViolet (2006) [Kurt Wimmer]
*100.Vampira (1974) {David Niven} [Clive Donner]
*100.2Vampire Circus [Hammer]
***102.Vampire Anonymous (2003) [Michael Keller]
*103.Vapire Journals (1997) [Ted Nicolaou]
*104.Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) [Tommy Lee Wallace]
***105.Vampires: Out for Blood (2004) [Richard Brandes]
*106.Vampires: The Turning (2005) [Marty Weiss]
***107.Vampyres (1974) [Jose Ramon Larraz]
***108.Way of the Vampire (2005) {Paul Logan} [Sarah Nean Bruce & Eduardo Durão]
*109.Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978) {Micheal Pataki} [Albert Band]
which of these shoud I see ..
02.Dracula (1931) {Bela Lugosi} [Tod Browning]
04.Black Sunday (1960) aka Mask of Satan [Mario Bava]
05.Martin (1977) [George A. Romero]
08.Dracula: Pages From A Virgin’s Diary (2004) [Guy Maddin]
16.Sundown: The vampire in Retreat(1991) [Anthony Hickox]
17.Day Watch (2006) AKA Dnevnoy Dozor [Timur Bekmambetov]
20.The Last Man on Earth (1964) [Ubaldo Ragona]
23.Monster squad (1987) {Duncan Regehr} [Fred Dekker]
24.Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) [Lee Demarbre]
25.House of Dracula (1945) {John Carradine} [Eric C. Kenton]
27.Dracula’s Daughter (1936) [Lambert Hilyer]
28.Brides of Dracula (1960) [Terence Fischer]
33.Dracula (1979) {Frank Langella} [John Bradham]
34.Addiction,The (1995) [Abel Ferrara]
35.Vampire Effect (2003) AKA Twins Effect,The [Dante Lam]
37.Blood and Donuts (1995) [Holly Dale]
40.Rabid (1977) [David Cronenberg]
43.Frostbitten (2006) [Anders Banke]
44.Son of Dracula (1943) {Lon Chaney Jr} [Robert Siodmak]
45.Return of the Vampire,The (1944) {Bela Lugosi) [Lew Landers]
52.Ganja & Hess (1973) [Bill Gunn]
63.Blacula (1972) {William Marshall} [William Crain]
Or any of these any good
To see
House of Dark Shadows (1970) [Dan Curtis]
Night of Dark Shadows (1971) [Dan Curtis]
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) {John Carradine} [William Beaudine]
Blood of Dracula (1957) {No Dracula} [Herbert L. Stock]
Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969) {Alexander D’Arcy} [Al Adamson]
Blood and Roses [Roger Vadim] Et mourir de plaisir
Blood Spattered Bride [Vicente Aranda]
Blood Ties (1991) [Jim McBride]
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (1974) [Hammer]
Cold Hearts (1999) [Robert A. Masciantonio]
Count Dracula (1971) {Christopher Lee} [Jess Franco]
Count Dracula (1977) {Louis Jordan} [Philip Saville's/BBC]
A Polish Vampire in burbank (1985) [Mark Pirro]
Dance of the Damned (1988) [Katt Shea]
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) {Rudolf Martin} [Joe Chappelle]
Desert of Blood (2008) [Don Henry]
Doctor Dracula (1978) {Alexander D’Arcy} [Al Adamson]
Dracula (1973) {Jack Palance} [Dan Curtis]
Dracula:Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002) {Zhang Wei-Qiang} [Guy Maddin]
Dracula’s Death (1923) {Paul Askonas} [Károly Lajthay]
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) {Zandor Vorkov} [Al Adamson]
Dracula Contra Frankenstein (1972) {Howard Vernon} [Jesus Franco]
Dracula père et fils (1976) {Christopher Lee} [Edouard Molinaro]
Dracula Rising (1993) {Zahari Vatahov} [Fred Gallo]
Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (1969) {Vince Kelly} [William Edwards]
Daughters of Darkness (1971) [Harry Kümel] Lèvres rouges, Les
Fiancée de Dracula, La (2002) {Thomas Desfossé} [Jean Rollin]
Gebissen wird nur nachts (1971) {Ferdy Mayne} [Freddie Francis] Vampire Happening
Habit (1997) [Larry Fessenden]
Halloween That Almost Wasn’t, The (1969){Judd Hirsch} [Bruce Bilson]
House of Frankenstein (1944) {John Carradine} [Eric C. Kenton]
Jonathan (1970) [Hans W. Geissendörfer]
Kiss of the Vampire, The (1963) [Don Sharp]
Lady Dracula (1978) {No Male Dracula} [Franz Josef Gottlieb]
Lèvres de sang (1975) [Jean Rollin] Lips of Blood
Lemora:a Child’s Tale of the Supernatural [Richard Blackburn]
Leonor (1975) [Juan Luis Buñuel] Mistress of the Devil
Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) ` [P.J. Pesce]
Love Bites (1993) [Malcolm Marmorstein]
Lust for Dracula (2004) {Darian Caine} [Tony Marsiglia]
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) [Juan López Moctezuma]
Modern Vampires (1998) [Richard Elfman] Revenant
Mrs. Amworth (1975) [Alvin Rakoff]
My best friend is a vampire(1988) [Jimmy Huston]
NightLife (1190) {Ben Cross} [Daniel Taplitz]
Night Junkies (2007) [Lawrence Pearce]
Nightmare in Blood (1978) [John Stanley]
Nocturna (1979) {John Carradine} [Harry Hurwitz]
RazorBlade Smile (19998) [Jake West]
Revamped (2007) [Jeff Rector]
Rise (2007) [Sebastian Gutierrez]
Rouge de Chine, Le (1979) [Jacques Richard]
Satan’s Black Wedding (1975) [Nick Millard]
She Lives by Night (2001) [Brett Hull]
Sinister Flesh (1976) [Stanley Sheff]
Twilight Movie (2008) [Catherine Hardwicke]
Vampyr (1932) [Carl Theodore Dreyer]
Vampire (1979) [E.W. Swackhamer]
Vampire Hookers (1978) [Cirio H. Santiago]
Voodoo Heartbeat (1975)
Series: No Order
Angel
Blood Ties (2006-)
Buffy
Dracula: The Series
??Dark Shadows — Too long ago to remember
Forever Knights
Kindred: The Embraced.
Moonlight.
Twighlite
Young Dracula (2006) {Keith-Lee Castle}
p.s. has anyone seen a movie from 1960s or early 1970s that starts off with Dracula going to a ball and dancing with a couple of sisters/cousins or friends. One of the girls gets bitten and they try a blood transfusion to stop her from dieing. There is a scene futher in the movie where by this time Dracula has turned 2 more girls into vampires and the go to 3rd girls room to make her and her boyfriend/Gaurdian into Vampires I was 5-12 years old at the time and as this is over 30 years ago sorry for the scetchy details
I movie from 1922 is number one? I know you have to respect the classics, but that is just wrong. How do you put buffy the vampire slayer above queen of the damned? Or on here at all? I didn’t agree with list very much.
“Habit” should definitely be on the list. It’s a lot better than Dracula 2000 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s also better than Vampyros Lesbos. “Count Yorga, Vampire” should’ve also been on the list.
Does someone recognize this film?
I remember watching a vampire movie about 15 years ago. I only remember that the movie begins with a scene where a blonde girl is running on a field just before the sunset and a carriage is following her.
I’d be so glad to know which movies this is!!!
Twilight for the win. That series will become the best vampire movies of all time.
hey everybody i been writing down all the movies i have and saw so yea so far i saw 154 movies and wrote 587 vampire movies i will watch all 587 movie then when i get them ohh if u like vampires or wearwolfs go to BiteFight.com if it dose no work do it on google it should pop up and i did watch most of these movie here on the list
oh i forgot if u do play the site it will saw who help u find in write shadowdog324
Oh i like vampire movies and all but i love vampire books
So if u have any vampire books please right them down plz if u do thnxs
i like vampire movies but i love vampire books if u have some write the name down plz if u do thnx a bunch but if u dont want to its fine
oh if u want my Vampire movie list i can write it down even if i dont want to i dont no who make them or who is in them so ohhhhhhhh if u people want to down load movies for free go to to google then type bit torrent then down load it then go to btjunkie.com then type the movie u want and there u go
where the hell is 30 Days of Night?
this is freakin outreage! it’s not one the greatest, it’s THE greatest vampire movie ever..
&, to make it weigth.. watch the freakin movie and then say what u didn’t like about it, don’t be lame telling me that i don’t know a thing and that it sucks.. bcause it doesnt
I really love the twilight books and I’ve been enthralled with vampire stories and books for a while but I was raised mormon and was shielded from a lot so can some other twilight fans recommend some of these movies that a twilight fan would like?? I love van helsing, interview with a vampire and underworld too. dont like too much cheesiness and fake gore though.
The Twilight Seriers Is the best! Thanks for the the list. now you now what movies i will be looking for! i have always been obsesive over vampires my whole life.lata
That kind of sucks as far as lists go. Half of them are completely lame- and the other half i have never even heard of. The only ones that should even be on here are queen of the damned (even though it strayed from the book) fright night 1, Nosferatu (both versions), Dracula, Abbot and Costello (the one where they meet Dracula) interview with the vampire, blade (the first two), Blacula, vampire in Brooklyn, Bram Stokers Dracula, van Helsing, underworld, lost boys, Salem’s lot (the original not the TNT special version) , from dusk till dawn…. (Not in that order but you get the picture.)
there also movies like moms got a date with a vampire, and the little vampire- it’s not the graphics or weather it makes you wet your pants it’s the purity of the vampire and whether or not they can fulfill the myths of ordinary vampires. Bordello of Blood- OMG is you serious. It’s a lust filled sex addicts DREAM!!! It has very little to do with vampires- other than the fact that they ‘claim’ to be them. You can’t wear sunscreen and be able to go into the sun- and that’s NOT how you kill a vampire for real!
Some of the older films were better, they didn’t deviate as much from the traditional form of a vampire- Abbot and Costello was an amazing series and should DEFINITELY make the cut. Although I think Queen of the Damned should have a better spot on the list it is a shame- it is nothing like the book however it at least sticks to the traditions and that is the most important thing after all…. When my kid gets addicted to vampires like I did when I was 8 then I want him/her to know what a vampire TRULY is, not some frilly fru fru creature-
And as for the anime on the list- I love anime and all- but come on? Vampire knight didn’t even make the cut- (although it’s a tv show not a movie- but still….) I haven’t seen the anime so I cant be a fair judge on that but I will as soon as I see them.
Buffy should definitely made a better place on the list- I was a die hard Buffy fan since I was 8 that’s how I fell in love with vampires…. Well that and watching interview with the vampire a million times- Buffy sticks to most of the traditions and for the traditions it breaks it makes up sufficient excuses as to why they can be broken. (although the rules tended to get broken more in the show-)
And as for Twilight it is
loved your site and agree with most of your choices but what about “Mark of the Vampire” with Lionel Barrymore and Bela? For me, it was one of the scariest of them all.
I’m wondering if Twilight the movie will have a place in this list when it’ll come out.
I also agree that Mel Brooks comedy about Dracula should be in the list, somewhere. It was too funny to not be mentionned.
Still, it’s a good thing to have this list, some good movies are suggested
where did you get all the cool framegrabs?
where would “Let the Right One In” be place on this list?
Great list, but I’m mortified that there are no mention of “I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle”. It’s a classic if there ever was one.
Umm hello? Twilight (2008)!!
COUNT YORGA VAMPIRE !! my #1
they missed out lost boys 2- the tribe.. now that movie is good
lol
CAN I DOWNLOAD THEM PLEAS I WILL BE GREATFULL FOR YOURS HTANKES
twilight 2008?
you have got to be kidding. that cannot ever, ever go on this list. so, the list has some serious serious dodgy points, what is with queen of the damned being put so low??!!
but twilight is soppy teenage romantic shit. and i’m a teenager. that movie is just one great big epic fail in the books of any true vampire devotee.
any romance movies?
whoever wants that try watching twilight nice movie and read the twilight saga seriouse
its mostley about a love between a 2 guys one is the vampire and the other one is a werewolf and they are enemies and the girl is stuck in the middle of them. she has to overcome the problems of being with a vamp.—————————————who will she at the end fall for the vamp or werewolf?????!!!!–and in the movie what happens the girl bella when she goes out to the house of her lover the vamp edward?
should put twilight up their as number 1 or 2 maybe 3 but ur pushing it
yes i agree good list horrible order
i like all vampyre movies but there is a bit of one stuck in my head
and i really cant remember what one it is and this list didnt seem to help me much
has anyone else seen a funny vampyre movie with some teen boys and one is outside a window
a second story window askin to come in and his buddy says no way dude youre floating if anyone can clue me in
i`d be gratefull
i want to see it agian
I LOVE THIS SIGHT
Twilight is the best ever 1!!!
OMFG TWILIGHT WINS.
and so does edward. =]
I liked bram’s strokers dracula myself. though they left out ultraviolet the one with milla javocovich
damn !!! i love this site…hell this is so cool… wanna taste my blood? lmao
can anyone tell me any other vampire movie like underworld or twilight? a vampire family movie?
Hello, what about the best book and movie of all time??
Twilight!! #1
listen up! the best vampire movie of all time is interview with the vampire……………………lets leave it at that! or else!
Totally Forgot 30 Days of Night! Hello, and Lost Boys: The Tribe! Don’t Forget Twilight!
Queen of the damned should be removed it wasnt really a vampire movie more of a demonic obsetion movie
Twilight #1 ?? Come on now.. it wasn’t THAT good.. it was ok, but far from even being a #1 Vampire movie. Hell Interview with a vampire was a lot better than Twilight, and The lost boys…geez girls, i know Edward is cute but god.. get over it a little and make some sense.
True Blood, the TV series is good too. Season too to come in August next year.
to be honest twilight is real good… @ spitwave i think ur jelous with edward cox every girl is talking about him…not you…lol… he is handsome and also the movies was real awosome…
Oh yeah im a girl jealous of a guy… and to be honest, no not really. I enjoy my privacy rather than having some creeps follow me every time i get out of the house
I agree with Spitwave…I’m 17 and a twilight fan but come on that movie was complete crap compared to the movies on this list. And Lestat is way more gorgeous than Edward can ever hope to be (Stuart Townsend was perfect even if that movie is trash, and Interview was amazing as well). The guy who played Edward wasn’t even hot, and the effects were terrible. It was entertaining, but come on, there are way better vampires out there than Edward Cullen. And he didnt even have fangs (reread the novel–no fangs, and no aversion to sunlight except for the sparkling bit. wtf?).
ENJOY DARLINGS:
* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (USA 1948)
* A Filha de Dracula (Portugal, aka Dracula’s Daughter)
* Ahkea Kkots (South Korea 1961, remake of “Horror of Dracula”, aka The Bad Flower)
* Allen and Rossi Meet Dracula and Frankenstein (USA 1974)
* Anak Pontianak (Malaya 1958)
* Andy Warhol’s Dracula (Italy 1974)
* Angel (USA TV Series). A spin off from the successful Buffy, the Vampire Slayer series
* Angelis Y Querubines (Mexico 1972)
* As Sete Vampiras (Brazil 1984, Translation.The Seven Vampires)
* Atom Age Vampire (Italy 1960)
* Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (Australia 1974)
* Bat People(USA 1940, aka It Lives By Night)
* Batman (USA 1964)
* Batman Fights Dracula (Philippines 1967)
* Batula (USA 1952, puppets – Fearless Fosdick meets Dracula)
* Beast of Morocco (England 1966, aka Hand of Death)
* Beiss Mich, Leibling (West Germany 1970, aka Bite Me, Darling; Love Making Vampire Style)
* Beloved Vampire (USA 1917, Silent)
* The Best of Dark Shadows (USA 1965-71)
* Beverly Hills Vamp (USA 1989)
* Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (USA 1966)
* Bite (USA, soft-core porn)
* Black Day for Bluebeard (USA 1974)
* Black Sabbath (Italy 1963)
* Black Sunday (Italy 1961)
* The Black Vampire (1974)
* Black Vampire (USA 1988)
* Blacula (USA 1972)
* Blade (USA 1998) Wesley Snipes as Marvel Comic’s vampire hunter.
* Bloedverwanten (Netherlands)
* The Blonde Vampire (1922, Silent)
* Blood (USA 1974)
* Blood and Black Lace (1964)
* Blood and Roses (Italy 1961)
* Blood Bath (USA/Yugoslavia 1966, aka Track of the Vampire as TV movie)
* Blood Beast Terror, The (1967) aka Blood Beast from Hell, The Deathshead Vampire, Vampire-Beast Craves Blood
* Blood Ceremony (1973)
* The Blood Demon (W. Germany 1967)
* The Blood Drinkers (Philippines/USA 1966)
* Blood Fiend (England 1966, aka.Theatre of Death)
* Blood For Dracula (USA 1974, aka Andy Warhol’s Dracula)
* Blood Lust (1970)
* Blood Moon (Spain 1970, aka The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman)
* The Blood of Dracula (USA 1957)
* The Blood of Dracula’s Castle (USA 1969)
* The Blood of Pontianak (1958)
* Blood of the Vampire (England 1958)
* Blood-Spattered Bride (Spain 1969 based on Carmilla)
* Blood Suckers from Outer Space (USA 1984)
* Blood Thirst (Philippines/USA 1965)
* The Bloodless Vampire (Philippines 1965)
* Bloodlust (USA 1968)
* Bloodsuckers (England,Greece 1971)
* Bloodsuckers (1998)
* Bloodsuckers From Outer Space(USA ?)
* Bloody Countess (West Germany 1973)
* Blue Sextet (USA 1971)
* Body Beneath (England 1970) aka Vampire’s Thirst
* Bongo Wolf’s Revenge (USA 1970)
* Bram Stoker’s Dracula (USA, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, Winona Ryder, Gary Oldham, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves)
* Bram Stoker’s Original Dracula (? 1978)
* Brides of Dracula (England 1960, aka Brides of the Vampire)
* Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (USA 1992) The film that spawned the series.
* Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (USA TV Series, 1997-present) TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a vampire hunter.
* Bunnicula The Vampire Rabbit (USA)
* Bury Him Darkly (? 1974)
* aptain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (England 1972)
* Capulina Contra Los Vampiros (Mexico 1971)
* Carmilla (USA 1990)
* Carmilla (Sweden/Japan 1968)
* Carry On Screaming (England 1966 aka Screaming)
* Casa de los Espantos (Mexico 1963)
* he Case of the Full Moon Murders (USA 1974)
* Castle of Blood (Italy 1963, aka La Danza Macabra)
* Castle of Dracula (England 1968, An 8mm, 16-minute film about vampires)
* The Castle of the Living Dead (Italy/France 1964, aka Il Castello dei Morti Vivi aka Le Chateau des Morts Vivants)
* Cast A Deadly Spell (USA 1991, Made for TV movie based on Lovecraft Mythos)
* Casual Relations (USA 1973)
* Cave of the Living Dead (West Germany/Yugoslavia)
* Cemetery Girls (Spain 1972 aka The Velvet Vampire aka El Gran Amor del Conde Dracula)
* Ceneri E Vampe (Italy 1916, Silent)
* Ceremonia Sangrientia (Spain/Italy 1972)
* Chabelo Y Pepito Contra Los Monstruos (Mexico 1973)
* Chamber of Fear (Mexico/USA 1968, Cast.Boris Karloff (His last film role))
* Chanoc Contra El Tigre Y El Vampiro (Mexico 1970)
* Chappaqua (USA 1966)
* Chi O Suu Bara (Japan, aka The Evil of Dracula)
* Chi O Suu Ningyo (Japan 1970)
* Children of the Night (aka Daughters of Darkness)
* Chiosu Me (Japan 1970)
* Chosen Survivors (USA/Mexico 1974, Post-nuke survivors vs. vampire bats)
* Cinque Tombe Per un Medium (Italy/USA 1965)
* City of the Walking Dead (Italy,Radioactive cloud turns people into vampires, vampires win)
* Condemned To Live (USA 1935)
* Contes Immoraux (France 1969, aka Immoral Tales)
* The Corpse Vanishes (USA 1941, Bela Lugosi)
* Count Downe – Son of Dracula (England 1973, A horror Musical starring Ringo Starr)
* Count Dracula (Italy/Spain/Germany 1970, Christopher Lee as Dracula, Klaus Kinski as Renfield)
* Count Dracula (England/USA 1978, BBC/WNET TV, Louis Jourdan)
* Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (England 1973, aka The Satanic Rites of Dracula)
* Count Dracula, The True Story (Canada 1979, Documentary on Vlad Tepes, filmed in Romania)
* Count Erotica, Vampire (USA 1971)
* Count Yorga, Vampire (USA 1970)
* Countess Dracula (England 1970, based on Countess Elizabeth Bathory)
* The Crime Doctor’s Courage (USA 1945)
* The Curse of Dracula (USA 1957)
* The Curse of Dracula (USA 1979 – A collection of weekly serial episodes from NBC TV’s Cliffhangers, Michael Nouri as Dracula)
* Curse of the Undead (USA 1959)
* Curse of the Vampires (Philippines/USA 1970 aka Creatures of Evil, aka Blood of the Vampires)
* Crypt of the Living Dead (1973) aka Hannah, Queen of the Vampires, Vampire Woman, Vampire Women, Young Hannah: Queen of the Vampires
* Dakki, the Vampire (Japan 1936)
* Dance of the Damned (USA 1989)
* Dance of the Vampires (see The Fearless Vampire Killers)
* Danse Vampiresque (Denmark 1912, Silent, aka Vampire Dance The Vampire Dancer)
* Dark Shadows (USA 1968 TV Series, Johnathan Frid)
* Dark Shadows (USA TV Series, 199?, Ben Cross)
* Darkness (USA 1992, 100 extras, 30 locations, 300 gallons of fake blood and exploding heads)
* Daughter of Darkness (USA 1990, TV movie)
* Daughters of Darkness (Belgium/France/W.Germany/Spain 1971, pornography)
* Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (USA 1957)
* De Dodes 0 (Denmark 1913, Silent, aka Island of the Dead, Isle of the Dead)
* Dead of Night (USA 1976, Screenplay.Richard Matheson, Synopsis.anthology including “No Such Thing as a Vampire”)
* Dead Men Walk (USA 1942, aka Creatures of the Devil)
* Deafula (USA 1975, The movie dialogue is done in sign language for deaf audiences)
* Death on a Barge (USA 1973, Dir. Leonard Nimoy, NBC TV)
* Death of P’Town (USA 1963, a seven minute, 16mm film featuring a homosexual vampire)
* Deathmaster (USA 1971)
* Deathship (USA 1980)
* Def By Temptation (USA 1990)
* Dendam Pontianak (Malaya 1957)
* Der Fluch der Grunen Augen (West Germany/Yugoslavia 1965)
* Desire, the Vampire (USA ?, aka I, Desire)
* The Devil Bat (USA 1940)
* The Devil Bat’s Daughter (USA 1946)
* The Devil is not Mocked (USA 1972, NBC TV – Night Gallery)
* The Devil’s Commandment (Italy 1956)
* Devil’s Daughter, The (1915)
* The Devil’s Mistress (USA 1966)
* The Devil’s Wedding Night (Spain 1973, aka El Retorno de la Drequessa Dracula, aka Countess Dracula)
* Devils of Darkness (England 1965)
* Dick and the Demons (USA 1974, Slapstick, pornographic comedy in the style of Abbott & Costello)
* Die Zartlichkeit der Wolfe (West Germany 1973)
* Die Zwolfte Stunde (Germany 1922)
* Dinner With the Vampire (Italian)
* Dir Schlangengrube und Das Pendel (West Germany 1967,.Christopher Lee, Lex Barker, aka The Blood Demon)
* Disciple of Death (USA 1972)
* Disciples of Dracula (USA 1975)
* Diversions (Great Britain 1976, Virtually plotless depiction of a woman’s erotic fantasies which include a vampire)
* Does Dracula Really Suck (aka Dracula and the Boys)
* Dr. Blood’s Coffin
* Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors (USA 1967 aka Gallery of Horrors aka The Witch’s Clock aka The Blood Suckers aka The Blood Drinkers aka Return from the Past)
* Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (England 1964)
* Dracula (England 1969, Denholm Elliot as Dracula)
* Dracula (USA 1957, NBC Television, John Carradine as Dracula)
* Dracula (England 1958, aka Horror of Dracula)
* Dracula (USA 1973, Jack Palance as Dracula made for CBS TV)
* Dracula (Canada 1973, made for Canadian Broadcasting System)
* Dracula (1976, Animated using the characters of Frank Frazetta)
* Dracula (Andy Warhol version, see Blood For Dracula)
* Dracula (USA 1931,.Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Dwight Frye as Renfield)
* Dracula (USA 1931, Spanish language version)
* Dracula (England 1972, Christopher Lee as Dracula)
* Dracula (1979, Frank Langella as Dracula)
* Dracula (Louis Jordan version)
* Dracula (Japanese Anime)
* Dracula 2000 (USA 2000)
* Dracula (Russia 1920, Silent)
* Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (USA 1991, Compilation of trailers for Dracula movies, B&W and Color)
* Dracula and Son (? 1979, Christopher Lee)
* Dracula and the Boys (aka Does Dracula Really Suck)
* The Dracula Business (England 1974, documentary)
* Dracula Contra El Dr. Frankenstein (Spain/France 1971)
* Dracula Exotica (USA 1981 – Porn starring Vanessa Del Rio,Jamie Gillis, Samantha Fox)
* Dracula, Father and Son (France 1976 aka Dracula, Pere et Fils)
* Dracula Goes to R.P. (Philippines 1974)
* Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (England 1968)
* Dracula in Italy (Italy 1975)
* Dracula in the House of Horrors (? 1974)
* Dracula in the Realm of Terror (USA 1972 – never made)
* Dracula in the Year 2000 (USA 1972 – never made)
* Dracula Meets the Outer Space Chicks (USA 1968)
* Dracula, Pere et Fils (France 1976, Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez)
* Dracula, Prince of Darkness (England 1965 Christopher Lee as Dracula)
* Dracula Returns (France 1969, this film may not have been made)
* Dracula Rises From the Coffin (Korea 1982)
* Dracula Rising (USA ?, Christopher Atkins)
* Dracula Rocks (England 1979, A horror musical)
* Dracula Saga (Spain 1972, aka La Saga de los Draculas aka Dracula’s All Night Orgy)
* Dracula Sucks (USA 1969, pornography)
* Dracula Sucks (USA 1979, Jaime Gillis as Dracula, porn)
* Dracula Tan Exarchia (Greece)
* Dracula Today (England 1971,Dir.Alan Gibson,Cast.Christopher Lee, aka Dracula AD 1972)
* Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (USA 1969, pornographic)
* Dracula Vs. Dr. Frankenstein (? 1974)
* Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (USA 1971, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish)
* Dracula Vs. the Beasts of Zarcon (USA 1972 – never made)
* Dracula Vs. the Terror of Atlantis (USA 1972 – never made)
* Dracula Walks the Night (England 1972, Christopher lee, Peter Cushing, Jack Palance, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gough)
* Dracula’s Baby (USA 1970, Prod.Andy Warhol, A vampire musical)
* Dracula’s Blood (? 1974)
* Dracula’s Castle, Or, Will the Real Count Dracula Please Stand Up? (USA 1971)
* Dracula’s Daughter (USA 1936, Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Edward Van Sloan, Nan Grey)
* Dracula’s Dog (USA 1975,aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula)
* Dracula’s Feast of Blood (England 1974)
* Dracula’s Great Love (Spain 1972, Paul Naschy)
* Dracula’s Last Rites (USA 1980 aka Last Rites)
* Dracula’s Lusterne Vampire (Switzerland 1970)
* Dracula’s Wedding Day (USA 1967)
* Dracula’s Widow (USA 1988, Dir.Christopher Coppola)
* Dracula’s Wife
* Dragstrip Dracula (USA 1962, amateur film)
* Dragula (USA 1973, Supposedly deals with a transvestite, homosexual vampire)
* Drakula (Hungary 1921, Silent)
* Drakula Istanbulda (Turkey 1952, Atif Kaptan as Dracula, aka Dracula in Istanbul)
* Drakulita (Philippines 1969)
* Dungeon Master> (USA 1968)
* El Ataud del Vampiro (Mexico 1959)
* El Baul Macabro (Mexico 1936)
* El Castillo de los Monstruos (Mexico 1957)
* El Charro de las Calaveras (Mexico 1966)
* El Conde Dracula (Spain/Italy/West Germany/England 1970, Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom)
* El Extran~o Amor de los Vampiros (Spain, aka Strange Love of the Vampires)
* El Fantasma de la Operetta (Argentino 1955)
* El Gran Amor Del Conde Dracula (Spain 1972)
* El Imperio de Dracula (Mexico 1967)
* El Mundo de los Vampiros (Mexico 1960, aka World of the Vampires)
* El Retorno De Los Vampiros (Spain 1972)
* El Vampiro (Mexico 1957)
* El Vampiro Aechecha (Mexico 1962)
* El Vampiro de la Autopista (Spain 1970)
* El Vampiro Negro (Argentina 1953 aka The Black Vampire)
* El Vampiro Sagriento (Mexico 1961
* El Vampiro y el Sexo (Mexico 1968)
* Embrace of the Vampire (USA 1994) aka Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire
* The Emissary (From a story by Ray Bradbury)
* Enchen me al Vampiro (Mexico 1964)
* Ercole al Centro della Terra (Italy 1961)
* Erotikill (Spain 1981)
* Escala en HI-FI (Spain 1963, musical comedy with nightmare sequence in Castle Dracula)
* Every Home Should Have One (England 1970, Marty Feldman, Shelly Berman, MADE FOR TV)
* The Evil of Dracura (Japan 1975)
* The Evil Touch (USA 1974)
* Evils of the Night (USA 1985 Neville Brand, Aldo Ray, John Carradine, Tina Louise, Julie Newmar, Karrie Emerson)
* The Eye of Count Flickenstein (USA 1966, short subject, Dracula parody)
# Face of Marble (USA 1946 John Carradine)
# Fantasmagorie (France 1963)
# The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (England 1967, Dir.Roman Polanski)
# Female of the Species (1916)
# First Man Into Space (England 1958)
# Fools (USA 1970 An aging horror film star who played vampire roles falls in love with a much younger woman)
# The Forest Vampires (1914, Silent)
# Forever Knight (USA, TV series)
# The Forsaken (USA 2001) aka Forsaken: Desert Vampires
# Frankenstein Meets Dracula (USA 1957, amateur film 16mm)
# Frankenstein, El Vampiro y Cia (Mexico 1961)
# Fright Night (France 1985) aka Vampire, vous avez dit vampire?
# Fright Night (USA 1986) Horror-Comedy with Roddy McDowall as vampire hunter
# Fright Night II (USA 1988)
# From Dusk Til Dawn (USA 1996) Dir: Quentin Tarantino
# The Funeral (USA 1972, Screenplay.Richard Matheson)
# Ganja And Hess (USA 1973 aka Blood Couple)
# Gebissen Wird Nur Nachts – Happening Der Vampire (West Germany 1971)
# Gandy Goose in the Ghost Town (USA 1944 animated color)
# Garu, The Mad Monk (England 1970)
# Gayracula (gay vampire movie)
# Go For a Take (England 1972)
# Goliath and the Vampires (Italy 1964)
# Graf Dracula Beisst Jetzt in Oberbayern (Germany, aka Dracula Blows His Cool)
# Grandpa’s Monster Movies (USA 1988, previews of monster movies)
# Grave of the Vampire (USA 1972)
# Graveyard Shift (USA 1986)
# The Green Monster (Italy 1974, features a “Dracula” character)
# The Groovy Goolies (USA 1970,CBS TV,animated cartoon series)
# Guess What Happened To Count Dracula (USA 1969)
# Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (Turkey/USA 1972)
# Hanno Cambiato Faccia (Italy 1971)
# The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (USA 1977)
# Hercules vs. the Vampires (1961) aka Ercole al centro della terra, Hercules at the Center of the Earth, Hercules in the Haunted World, Vampires vs. Hercules, With Hercules to the Center of the Earth, Vampire gegen Herakles
# High Priest of Vampires (England 1971 Hammer Films)
# The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (USA 1974, KTLA TV)
# The Horrible Orgies of Count Dracula, Or, Black Magic…Rites…
# Reincarnations (Italy 1972 – may not have been made)
# Horror of the Blood Monster (USA 1970) John Carradine, aka Blood Monster, Creatures of the Prehistoric Planet, Creatures of the Red Planet, Cry of the Wolf, Flesh Creatues of the Red Planet, The Flesh Creatures, Horror Creatures of the Lost Planet, Horror Creatures of the Prehistoric Planet, Horror Creatures of the Red Planet, Night of the Wolf, Space Mission of the Lost Planet, Space Mission of the Prehistoric Planet, Space Mission to the Lost Planet, Vampire Men of the Lost Planet
# Horror of Dracula (England 1958, Christopher Lee as Dracula, Peter Cushing as Van Helsing) One of the classic and best Hammer Horror Films.
# Horror of Dracula (USA 1966, amateur film)
# The Horror of It All (England 1964, Pat Boone – believe it or not)
# Horroritual (USA 1972, Introductory short film, reciting the ‘pledge’ of the Count Dracula Society, shown as a preview of “Dracula Today”
# Hotel Macabre (England 1976, Vincent Price)
# House of Dark Shadows (USA 1970, original Dark Shadows cast)
# House of Dracula (USA 1945, sequel to House of Frankenstein)
# House of Dracula’s Daughter (USA 1973 Peter Lorre, Jr., John Carradine, David Carradine)
# House of Frankenstein (USA 1944, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney,Jr., John Carradine, Elena Verdugo)
# House on Bare Mountain (USA 1962, one of the first ‘nude’ horror films, the vampire is a fake)
# The House That Dripped Blood (England 1971)
# How They Became Vampires (? 1973)
# Howling VI: The Freaks (USA 1990)
# The Hunger (USA 1983.Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon)
# Huphyokwi Yango (Korea, aka The Vengeful Vampire Girl)
# I Am Legend (USA 1974, From the Richard Matheson novel)
# I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (England 1990)
# I, Desire (made for TV, but theatrically released as Desire, the Vampire)
# I Like Bats (Poland mid-70′s. Woman thinks she is a vampire, but is not sure and is committed to an asylum – comedy)
# I Married a Vampire (USA 1983)
# I Was A Teenage Vampire (USA 1959, amateur film)
# I, The Vampire (Spain 1972, Paul Naschy, Christopher Lee)
# Il Mostro dell’Opera (Italy, aka Vampire of the Opera)
# Il Plenilunio swllw Vergine (Italy, aka Full Moon of the Virgins)
# Il Risviglio di Dracula (Italy 1968 aka The Revival of Dracula)
# Il Vampiro Dell’Opera (Italy 1962)
# Immoral Tales (France 1969 Anthology of four stories, pornographic & bloody.)
# In Search of Dracula (Documentary)
# In the Grip of the Vampire (France 1913, Silent)
# The Innerview (USA 1973, An amateur film, includes scenes from Dracula)
# Innocent Blood (USA 1992, Dir. John Landis, Anthony LaPaglia, Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia.) One of the better recent films with vampires, though a bit tongue-in-cheek.
# An Innocent Vampire (1916, Silent)
# Insomnia (France 1965)
# Interview With the Vampire (USA 1994) From the trilogy by Anne Rice, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise.
# Is There a Vampire in the House? (? 1972)
# Isabell, A Dream (Italy 1958)
# Isle of the Dead (USA 1945 Boris Karloff)
# It Lives Again (USA 1978 Sequel to It’s Alive)
# It Lives By Night (USA 1973)
# It’s Alive! (USA 1974)
# It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (USA 1986)
# It! The Terror From Beyond Space (USA 1958)
# I Vampiri (Italy 1956)
# The Jail Break (USA 1946, Mighty Mouse cartoon, Dracula breaks jail)
# Jerry and the Vampire (USA 1917, Silent)
# Johnathan, Vampire Sterben Nicht (West Germany 1970)
# Jupiter (France 1971)
* Kali: Devil Bride of Dracula (England 1975 .Hammer Films)
* Killer Klowns From Outer Space (USA 1988)
* Kiss Me Quick (USA 1963)
* Kiss of the Vampire (1915, Silent)
* Kiss of the Vampire (England 1963)
* Kronos (England 1972, Hammer Films, Horst Janson, aka Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, Vampire Castle)
* Kuroneko (Japan 1968)
* Kyuketsu Ga (Japan 1956, aka The Vampire Moth)
* Kyuketsu Gokemidoro (Japan 1968)
* La Bestia Desnuda (Mexico 1968 aka The Nude Beast)
* La Danza Macabra (Italy 1963)
* La Fee Sanguinaire (Belgium 1968 A short sexploitation film featuring a vampire)
* La Fille De Dracula (France/Spain/Portugal 1972, aka The Daughter of Dracula; La Hija de Dracula, Contemporary rendition of Camille)
* La Huella Macabra (Mexico 1962, vampire children)
* La Invasion de los Muertos (Mexico 1972)
* La Invasion de los Vampiros (Mexico 1962)
* La Llamada del Vampiro (Spain 1971)
* La Maldicion de los Karnsteins (Italy/Spain Christopher Lee)
* La Maldicion de Nostradamus (Mexico 1960)
* La Marca del Hombre Lobo (Mexico 1968)
* La Maschera del Demonio (Italy 1960 aka Black Sunday)
* La Messe Nere Della Contessa Dracula (Italy 1972, Paul Naschy)
* La Nipote Del Vampiro (Spain/Italy 1969)
* La Noche de Todos de Horrores (Spain 1973, Pual Naschy, Announced, but never made?)
* La Noche de Walpurgis (Spain/West Germany 1970)
* La Notte Dei Diavolli (Italy/Spain 1971)
* La Saga De Los Draculas (Spain 1972 aka The Saga of the Draculas)
* La Senal del Vampiro (1943, poss. Spanish version of Mark of the Vampire)
* La Sorciere Vampire (West Germany 1967, aka The Vampire Witch)
* La Sombra del Murcielago (Mexico 1966)
* La Sorella Di Satana (Italy/Yugoslavia 1965)
* La Stragi del Vampiri (Italy 1962)
* La Torre de Vampiri (Italy 1914, Silent, aka The Vampire’s Tower)
* La Vampira Indiana (Italy 1913, Silent,aka The Indian Vampire)
* La Vampire Nue (France 1969 aka Naked Vampire; Nude Vampire)
* Lady Dracula (? 1973)
* Lake of Dracula
* Las Luchadoras Contra La Momia (Mexico 1965)
* Las Vampiras (Mexico 1968 John Carradine)
* The Latest in Vampires (1916, Silent)
* The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Green Grasshopper and the Vampire Lady from Outer Space (USA 1963)
* Le Circuit De Sang (France 1973, aka Blood Circuit)
* Le Frisson des Vampires (France 1970)
* Le Manior du Diable (France 1897, Silent, aka The Devil’s Castle, The Devil’s Manor, The Manor of the Devil, Le Chateau Haunte, The Haunted Chateau, The House of the Devil)
* Le Nosferat ou les eaux Glacees du Calcul Egoiste (Belgium)
* Le Puits Fantastique (France 1903 ,Silent, Dir.Georges Melies, aka The Enchanted Well)
* Le Rouge aux Levres (Belgium/France/West Germany/Italy 1970)
* Le Sadique Aux Dents Rouge (France 1971)
* Le Sangre de Nostradamus (Mexico 1960)
* Le Vampire (France 1923, semi-documentary on the undead)
* Le Vampire de Dusseldorf (France/Italy/Spain 1964, a remake of the Fritz Lang film “M” about a serial killer)
* Legend of a Ghost (1908, Silent, about a girl’s trip to hell and her battles there with vampires and dragons)
* Les Chemins de la Violence (France 1972)
* Les Femmes Vampires (France 1967)
* L’Amante del Vampiro (Italy 1962 aka The Vampire and the Ballerina)
* L’Amanti D’Oltretomba (Italy 1965)
* The Last Man on Earth (USA/Italy 1964, Vincent Price)
* Last Rites (USA 1980 aka Dracula’s Last Rites)
* The Leech Woman (USA 1960)
* Legacy of Satan (USA 1973)
* Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (Hong Kong 1975 aka Dracula and the Seven Golden Vampires, vampire kung-fu)
* Leonor (France, Italy, Spain 1975,14th Century pact with the Devil brings a man’s wife back to life–at a cost!)
* Les Vampires (France 1915, Silent, Irma Vep, Paul Poiret, Juliet Musidoro, Edmund Mathe)
* Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (USA 1971 Mariclare Costello as the vampire)
* Levres de Sang (France 1976)
* Lifeforce (USA 1985, aka The Space Vampires)
* Lilith and Ly (Austria 1919. Silent)
* The Little Shop of Horrors (USA 1960, Dir.Roger Corman)
* The Little Vampire (West Germany 1969)
* The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (UK 1974)
* London After Midnight (USA 1927, Dir.Tod Browning, Lon Chaney)
* Love Bites (USA 1988 gay erotic spoof about vampire who falls for vampire hunter)
* The Lost Boys (USA 1987, Dir.Joel Schumacher)
* The Lost Platoon
* Love After Death (Mexico 1969 aka The Vampire of New York; De Vampier Van New York; Le Vampire de New York)
* Love at First Bite (USA 1979, George Hamilton, Arte Johnson as Renfield, Susan St. James)
* Love at Second Bite (USA, George Hamilton, Susan St. James)
* Loves of Irena (Porn aka Loves of Ivana)
* Love Life of a Vampire (? 1973, May be the same as the “The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire”)
* Love…Vampire Style (West Germany 1971)
* L’Ultima Preda del Vampiro (Italy 1960)
* L’Ultimo Uomo Della Terra (see Last Man on Earth)
* L’Urlo del Vampiro (Italy 1962,Dir.T. Fec)
* Lust at First Bite (pornography)
* Lust for a Vampire (England/USA 1971 sequel to The Vampire Lovers)
* Lust for a Vampire (USA 1970)
* The Lust of Dracula (1971, Supposedly an “underground” sex film)
* Lust of the Vampire (USA 1967)
* Maciste Contro Il Vampiro (Italy 1961)
* Madhouse (England 1974 Peter Cushing)
* Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (USA 1972 ABC TV, TV cartoon Dracula attends monster wedding with son Boobula)
* The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire (1971, An “underground” sex film)
* Mad Monster Party (England 1967, Dir. Jules Bass, animated)
* The Magic Christian (England 1969, Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Christopher Lee as the “ship’s vampire”)
* Malikmata (Philippines 1967)
* Mama Dracula (USA 1988)
* The Man Upstairs (From a story by Ray Bradbury, Beacon Videocassettes)
* Mark of the Vampire (USA 1935, Dir.Tod Browning, Lionel Barrymore, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill)
* Martin (USA 1977, Dir.George A. Romero, John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel)
* Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (Mexico/USA 1975, John Carradine)
* Marx Brothers’ Dracula (USA ?, The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Never released but pirated copies do exist)
* Men of Action Meet Women of Dracula (Philippines 1969)
* Memorias de una Vampiresa (Mexico 1945)
* Messiah of Evil (USA 1974, aka The Second Coming)
* Mickey’s Gala Premier (USA 1933, 7 minutes, the mouse meets Dracula)
* The Midnight Hour (USA 1986)
* Mighty Mouse Meets Bad Bill Bunion (USA 1945, cartoon – Dracula is in it)
* Mini-Munsters (USA 1973, ABC TV, animated cartoon)
* Mondo Balordo (Italy 1968, English narration by Boris Karloff, aka Mondo Keyhole)
* The Monster Club (USA 1981?, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasance, Stuart Whitman, Britt Eklund, Simon Ward)
* Monster in the Closet (USA? 1987, Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Claude Akins, Henry Gibson, John Carradine, Stella Stevens)
* Monster Rumble (USA 1961, amateur film)
* The Monster Squad (USA 1987) Silly but fun film with Duncan Reghr as Dracula.
* Moonrise (New Zealand 1992)
* Morning Star (USSR 1962 filmed ballet of a prince’s seduction by a vampire)
* Munster, Go Home! (USA 1966, Fred Gwynne, Butch Patrick) TV Film based on the TV Series, The Munsters.
* Munsters, The (USA TV Series, Fred Gwynne, Butch Patrick). Both Lily and Grandpa are vampires with guest appearances by other vamps during the series.
* Mutant (USA 1983)
* Mutanto, the Horrible (West Germany 1961)
* Mister Vampire (USA 1916, Silent)
* Mr. Vampire (Hong Kong 1986, hopping vampire horror-comedy and martial arts, Cantonese with English subtitles)
* Mr. Vampire, Saga Two (Hong Kong 198?)
* Mr. Vampire, Saga Three (Hong Kong 198?)
* Mutt and Jeff Visit the Vampire (USA 1918, Silent, Theda Bara)
* My Best Friend is a Vampire (USA 1988)
* The Mysteries of Myra (USA 1916, Silent, Howard Estabrook, Jean Southern, Mike Rale, Allen Murname, Bessie Wharton)
* The Mystery in Dracula’s Castle (USA 1973)
* Nacht des Grauens (Germany 1916, Silent, Emil Jannings, Werner Kraus, aka A Night of Horror)
* National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (USA ?, comedy, one of the ‘classmates’ is a closet vampire)
* Near Dark (USA 1987 Lance Hendriksen. Directed by Katherine Bigelow, this is a ‘Must-See’)
* Neighbors From Hell (Hong Kong 199?)
* Nella Stretta Morsa Del Ragno (Italy/France/West Germany 1971)
* Ng Manugang ni Drakila (Philippines 1964, aka The Secrets of Dracula)
* Nick Knight (USA 1989 made for TV movie)
* Night Angel (USA 1990 Isa Anderson as Lilith)
* The Night Stalker (USA 1972, made for TV movie)
* Nightland (USA ?, Policeman turns vampire)
* NightLife (Mexico/USA 1989, made for TV)
* Nightmare in Blood (USA 1976,)
* Nightwing (USA 1978)
* Night of Dark Shadows (USA 1971)
* Night of the Devils (Italy? 1987)
* Night of the Walking Dead (Spain 1975)
* Night of the Sorcerers (Spain 1971)
* The Night Strangler (USA 1972, Dir.Dan Curtis, sequel to The Night Stalker)
* The Nightmare Sisters (USA? 1988, Linnea Quigley)
* Nocturna (USA 1978, John Carradine,Yvonne De Carlo)
* Nostradamus y el Genio de la Tinieblas (Mexico 1960)
* Nosferatu (Germany 1922, Silent, subtitled A Symphony of Horror, Max Schreck as Nosferatu)
* Nosferatu (Germany 1922, subtitled A Symphony of Horror, Max Schreck as Nosferatu, dubbed version of the silent film)
* Nosferatu the Vampire (Germany 1979, Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu)
* Not of This Earth (USA? 1988, Traci Lords, Arthur Toberts, remake of 50′s Roger Corman film)
* Old Dracula (England 1974 aka Vampira)
* Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (England 1952)
* The Omega Man (USA 1971) Charlton Heston as the last surviving human on Earth taken over by vampires.
* Once Bitten (USA 1985) Jim Carrey as the virgin victim of Lauren Hutton.
* Onna Kyu Ketsuki (Japan 1959 aka Male Vampire)
* Orgy of the Dead (USA 1966)
* Orlak, El Infierno de Frankenstein (Mexico 1961)
* Out For Blood (Synopsis.soft-core pornography)
* Pa Jakt Efter Dracula (Sweden 1971)
* Pale Blood: An Erotic Vampire Thriller (USA 1990)
* Parque de Juegos (Spain 1963 from a story by Ray Bradbury, aka Park of Games)
* Pastel de Sangre (Spain 1971)
* Paul Bowles In Morocco (USA 1971, Documentary about Morocco with an interview with “Mr. Smith”, the Vampire of Tangiers)
* Pawns of Satan (USA 1961, amateur film – 7 minutes)
* Pity For The Vamps (1956)
* Plan Nine From Outer Space (USA 1956, arguably the worst film ever made…infamous as the last role of Bela Lugosi, who died during the filming. The original scenes of Lugosi were intended for a film entitled “The Vampire’s Tomb”. When Lugosi died, whatever footage was available was spliced into this film and a double with a cape held over his face filled in the rest of the scenes.)
* Planet of the Vampires (Italy/Spain 1965)
* Playgirls and the Vampire
* A Polish Vampire in Burbank (USA 1985)
* Pontianak (Singapore 1957)
* Pontianak Gua Musang (Malaya 1964,Dir.B.N. Rao,aka The Vampire of the Civet-cat Cave,Cast.Suraya Haron)
* Pontianak Kembali (Malaya 1963,Dir.Ramon Estellia, aka The Vampire Returns,Cast.Maria Menado,Malik Selamat)
* Preview Murder Mystery (USA 1936,Dir.Robert Florey)
* Prince Dracula (USA 1978,Prod.Benjamin Melnicker,Richard K. Rosenberg, Screenplay.NIck Felix,Synopsis.comedy)
* The Public Eye (England 1973 Includes scenes from “Brides of Dracula”)
* Queen of Blood (USA 1966, John Saxon)
* Rabid (USA? 1977 Marilyn Chambers, Joe Silver, Patricia Gage, Cronenberg cult favorite)
* Red Blooded American Girl (USA 1990)
* Red Sleep (USA 1992, Hip-hop Vampire Movie)
* The Reflecting Skin (England-Canada 1990, in 1950′s, a boy thinks the widow next door is a vampire)
* The Reluctant Vampire (USA 1992 Adam Ant, Judy Tenuta)
* Rendevous (USA 1973, Includes scenes from vampire movies set to music)
* A Return to Salem’s Lot (USA 1987)
* The Return of Count Yorga (USA 1971)
* The Return of Dracula (USA 1957)
* The Return of the Vampire (USA 1943, Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch)
* The Return Of Dr. X (USA 1939, Humphrey Bogart as the Vampire!)
* The Revenge of Dracula (USA 1958, amateur)
* Rock and Roll Wrestling Women Vs. the Aztec Mummy
* Rockula (USA 1974 vampire musical)
* (USA 1990)
* Sabrina, The Teenaged Witch (USA 1971, animated cartoon series featuring vampire and other monsters)
* Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (USA, 1999-present, TV series with occasional vampire guest stars)
* Saint George and the Seven Curses (USA 1961 Basil Rathbone, a vampire is one of the curses)
* Salem’s Lot: The Movie (USA 1979, Made for TV based on the Stephen King novel, James Mason, David Soul, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres)
* Sangre de Virgines (Argentina 1967)
* Santo Contra El Baron Brakula (Mexico 1965,Dir.Jose Diaz Morales)
* Santo en la Venganza de las Mujeres Vampiro (Mexico 1968)
* Santo Y Blue Demon Contra Dracula Y El Hombre Lobo (Mexico 1972)
* Santo Y Blue Demon Contra los Munstruos (Mexico 1968)
* Satan’s Black Wedding
* The Satanic Rites of Dracula (see Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride)
* Saturday the Fourteenth (USA 1981) Saturday the Fourteenth Strikes Back Scariest Moments From Dark Shadows
* Saved From the Vampire (1914, Silent)
* Scars of Dracula (England 1970)
* Science Fiction Films (USA 1970, Tour of the “Ackermansion” in California, home of Forrest J. Ackerman, featuring memorablia from some of the Dracula films)
* Scream and Scream Again (USA 1970, Vincent Price)
* Scream, Blacula, Scream (USA 1973, William Marshall)
* The Secret Sex Life of Dracula (USA 1972, announced but never made)
* The Secrets of House No. 5 (Russia 1912, Silent, Reportedly a detective drama with vampires)
* Seddock, L’Erede di Satana (Italy 1960)
* Seven Dead in the Cat’s Eyes (Italy/France/West Germany 1972)
* Seven Brothers Meet Dracula (Hong Kong 1974, Peter Cushing, David Chiang, Julie Ege)
* Sexy Probitissimo (Italy 1964)
* Sexyrella (France 1968, A sexploitation film featuring vampires)
* Shadow of Dracula (Canada 1973)
* Shadow of the Vampire (2000 – about Max Schreck and the making of Nosferatu)
* She Was Some Vampire (1916, Silent)
* Shikari (India 1964)
* The Shiver of the Vampire (? 1972, May be retitling of “Le Frisson de Vampires”)
* Shock Treatment (? 1974, Insane asylum run by vampires)
* Slave of the Vampire (USA 1959, amateur)
* Sleepwalkers (USA 1992,Writer.Stephen King, Alice Krige, Brian Krause)
* Son of Dracula (USA 1943)
* Song of the Vampyres (USA 1977 rock musical)
* Sons of Satan (USA 1973 Homosexually oriented film satire of the 1940′s horror films)
* Space Ship Sappy (USA 1957, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser), Doreen Woodbury)
* Spermula (France 1976 Dale Haddon as Spermula, Udo Kier, a pornographic horror film in which female vampires feed on sperm instead of blood)
* The Spider Woman Strikes Back (USA 1946)
* Spooks Run Wild (USA 1941, Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall, Angelo Rossito, aka Ghosts on the Loose, aka The Bowery Boys Meet Dracula)
* Slaughter of the Vampires (Italy 1971 Walter Brandy)
* Subspecies (USA/Romania 1991, Anders Hove, Michael Watson)
* Sumpah Pontianak (Malaya 1958, Maria Menado)
* Sundown, Vampires in Retreat (USA 1989, John Carradine)
* Super-Giant 2(Japan 1956 aka Spacemen Against the the Vampire from Space)
* The Sweetness of Sin (France 1968, based on a work by Alexandre Dumas)
* Tale of a Vampire(Great Britain 1992, Julian Sands, Suzanna Hamilton) Watch it online! (broadband connection recommended)
* Tales of Blood and Terror (USA/England 1969)
* A Taste of Blood (USA 1967)
* Taste the Blood of Dracula (England 1970)
* Teen Vamp (USA 1988)
* Tempi Duri per i Vampiri (Italy 1959, aka Hard Times for Vampires, Christopher Lee)
* Tendre Dracula, Ou Les Confessions D’un Buveur de Sang (France 1973, Peter Cushing, Louis Trintignant)
* Terror of Pontianak (Malaya 1958)
* Terror in the Crypt
* The Thing from Another World (USA 1951)
* Thirst (Australia 1979, Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva)
* The Thirsty Dead (Philippines/USA 1975)
* They Thirst
* Those Cruel and Bloody Vampires (Spain 1973)
* Till Death (USA 1972)
* To Die For (USA 1989)
* To Die For II: Son of Darkness (USA 1991, Rosalind Allen, Steve Bond, Scott Jacoby, Michael Praed, Jay Underwood, Amanda Wyss, Remy O’Neill, Note.The title on the video box and as displayed on the screen are opposite, that is, Son of Darkness: To Die For II is the screen title)
* To Oblige a Vampire (1917, Silent)
* To Sleep With A Vampire (USA 1992, Scott Valentine, Charles Spradling)
* Tore Ng Diyablo (Philippines 1969 aka Tower of the Devil)
* Tracked by a Vampire (1914, Silent)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (USA 1963 Bugs Bunny in Transylvania)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (USA/Yugoslavia 1985)
* Transylvania Twist (USA, 1990, Robert Vaughan, Teri Copley, Steve Altman, Angus Scrimm, Jay Robinson, Howard Morris)
* Tremplin (France 1969 television version of the Dracula stage play)
* A Trip With Dracula (1970)
* Tunnel Under the World (Italy 1970)
* Twins of Evil (England 1972 Peter Cushing, Kathleen Byron, Hammer)
* Ugetsu Monogatari (Japan)
* The Ugly Vampire (Japan 1968)
* The Understudy: The Graveyard Shift II (USA 1988)
* Universal Ike, Jr. and the Vampire (1914)
* Upior(Poland 1968 aka Vampire)
* Un Sonho de Vampiros (Brazil 1970)
* Un Vampiro para Dos (Spain 1966 aka A Vampire for Two)
* Vaarwhel (Holland 1973)
* Vadim’s Dracula (USA 1978)
* Valerie A Tyden Divn (Czechoslavakia 1970)
* Valley of the Zombies (USA 1946)
* Vamp (USA 1986 Grace Jones)
* Vampe di Gelosia (Italy 1912, Silent, aka The Vamp’s Jealousy)
* Vampir (Spain 1971, Christopher Lee)
* Vampira (England 1974, Dir.Clive Donner, David Niven, Teresa Graves, aka Old Dracula)
* Vampira (Philippines 1961)
* Vampirates (USA, 2001 – Tom Savini as Blackbeard (vampire) and Brinke Stevens as one of his brides. Unfortunately, never completed – a fun script though)
* Vampire (1920)
* Vampire (USA 1950)
* Vampire (USA 1967, Harrison Marks,Wendy Luton)
* Vampire (USA 1969)
* Vampire (1970, a horror/sex show)
* Vampire (USA 1979 made for TV)
* The Vampire (France 1914, Silent)
* The Vampire (1911, Silent)
* The Vampire (1912 Silent)
* The Vampire (USA 1913, Silent)
* The Vampire (1915, Silent)
* The Vampire (1920, Silent)
* The Vampire (USA 1928)
* The Vampire (Mexico 1957 first of the Mexican Monster Movies)
* The Vampire (USA 1957 aka The Mark of the Vampire)
* The Vampire (? 1973, based on the novel by John Polidori featuring the vampire, Lord Ruthven)
* The Vampire (USA 1974, ABC TV, Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, part of the “Night Stalker”)
* Vampire 2000 (Italy 1972)
* Vampire a du Mode (France 1928 aka Vampire of the World
* Vampire Ambrose (1916)
* The Vampire and the Ballerina (see L’Amante del Vampiro)
* Vampire at Midnight (USA 1988, Greggor McClatchy)
* Vampire Bat (USA 1933, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Wray)
* Vampire Beat
* Vampire Blues (1999)
* Vampire Carmilla, (1999)
* Vampire Centerfolds (1998)
* Vampire Child (1987)
* Vampire Child (1999)
* Vampire Circus (England 1972)
* Vampire Conspiracy (1995)
* Vampire Cop (USA 1991, soft core porn-action film)
* Vampire de Dusseldorf, Le (1965)
* Vampire Happening (USA 1971 Pia Dagermark, Betty Williams,Thomas Hunter)
* Vampire Holocaust (1997)
* Vampire Hookers (Philippines 1979) aka Cementary Girls, Ladies of the Night, Night of the Bloodsuckers, Sensuous Vampires, Twice Bitten
* Vampire Hunter D. (Japanese Anime)
* Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Japanese Anime 2000)
* Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
* Vampire Journals (1997)
* Vampire Junction (2001)
* Vampire in Brooklyn (USA 1995) Eddie Murphy as a Vampire.
* Vampire Knights (1987)
* Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers (2000)
* Vampire Love (Hong Kong/Thailand 1957)
* Vampire Lovers (England 1970 Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt as Carmilla Karnstein)
* Vampire Lust For Blood (USA 1971, may not have been made)
* Vampire Men of the Lost Planet (USA 1970)
* Vampire Night (2000)
* The Vampire of Dusseldorf (France 1965)
* Vampire on Bikini Beach
* The Vampire of the Coast (USA 1909, Silent)
* The Vampire of the Desert (USA 1913, Silent)
* A Vampire Out of Work (1916, Silent)
* The Vampire People (Philippines 1966 aka.The Blood Drinkers)
* Vampire Playgirls
* The Vampire Princess Miyu (Japan 1988 Japanese animation – TV series)
* Vampire Raiders: Ninja Queen (1989)
* Vampire Seduction (1998) aka Vampire’s Seduction
* Vampire Time Travelers (1998)
* Vampire Trailer Park (1991)
* Vampire Vixens from Venus (1995)
* Vampire Vs. Sorcerer (1990)
* Vampire’s Bite (1972)
* Vampire’s Clutch (1915, Silent)
* Vampire’s Coffin (1957) aka L’Amante del vampiro
* Vampire’s Curse (USA 1969)
* A Vampire’s Dream (Brazil 1970, Ankito, Janet Chermont, Irma Alvarez as the vampire, an attempt to trace the family of Count Dracula to the present day – satire)
* Vampire’s Embrace (1991)
* Vampire’s Ghost (USA 1945, John Abbott, Grant Withers)
* Vampire’s Kiss (USA 1989) Nicholas Cage
* Vampire’s Love (USA 1969)
* A Vampire’s Nostalgia (Yugoslavia 1968)
* The Vampire’s Trail (USA 1910, Silent)
* The Vampire’s Trail (USA 1914, Silent, Alice Joyce)
* Vampirella (England 1974 Barbara Leigh)
* Vampires (USA 1998) aka John Carpenter’s Vampires
* Vampires D’Alfama (France 1963, animated short subject)
* Vampires of the Night (1914, Silent)
* Vampiresas (Spain 1930)
* The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood (England 1967)
* Vampirisme (France 1967)
* Vampyr (Fr/Ger. 1932, based on LeFanu’s “Carmilla” aka Castle of Doom) Watch it online! (broadband connection recommended)
* Vampyrdanserinden (Denmark 1911, Silent)
* Vampyres: The Lost Girls (England 1975 porn)
* Vampyrn (Sweden 1912, Silent,Victor Sjostrom)
* Vampyros Lesbos – Die Erbin Des Dracula (Germany/Spain 1970)
* Varney, The Vampire (USA 1975)
* Vasco, the Vampire (1914, Silent)
* Vault of Horror (England 1973, Dawn Adams, Tom Baker, Anthology of short stories including vampire tale)
* The Velvet Vampire (USA 1971, aka The Cemetary Girls)
* Vengeance of the Wurdalak (England/Spain 1973, Hammer Films, Peter Cushing, Paul Naschy)
* Vierges Et Vampires (France 1972 )
* VII (Soviet Union 1967 aka Vjj, aka Vampires, based on story by Nicolai Gogol)
* A Village Vampire (USA 1916, Silent)
* Virgin Vampire (West Germany 1970)
* Virgins and Vampires (aka Crazed Vampires, aka Caged Virgins)
* Vlad the Impaler (England 1973 Hammer Films)
* Voodoo Heartbeat (USA 1972)
* Vrijeme Vampira (Yugoslavia 1970, nine minute animated film)
* Wanda Does Transylvania (USA 1990 pornography)
* Wampiry Warszawy (Poland 1925, aka Vampires of Poland)
* Was She A Vampire? (USA 1915, Silent)
* Waxwork (USA 1988, Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Patrick Macnee, Michelle Johnson, Miles O’Keefe, David Warner, John Rhys-Davies)
* Waxwork II: Lost in Time (USA 1991 Zach Galligan Alexander Gudonov, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp)
* The Wife and the Vampire (India 1931)
* Wendy Does Transylvania
* Werewolf Vs. the Vampire Woman
* Winter With Dracula (England 1971 Travelogue of Romania with reference to Vlad Tepes)
* World of Dracula
* World of the Vampires (Mexico 1960, see El Mundo de los Vampiros)
* Xi Xuefu (China, aka Vampire World)
* Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (USA 1978, aka Dracula’s Dog)
This has got to be one of the worst assembled lists of vampire films ever created.
Twilight should be on the bottom of the list, alright. But the list doesn’t stretch into thousands and cover every movie ever, from worst to best.
dude seriously they need to update this article what about twilight it has to be at least no. ten or nine or eight or seven or six or five or four or three otwo ONE
I totally agree with all those that says Twilight the movie sucks to the core. It’s so Buffy – Angel relationship only Angel (David Boreanaz) is hotter!
Comparing twins effect and twilight, twins effect is better.
TWILIGHT???? it was number 1!!! : )
Excellent List! And thankyou to everyone else who has added extra ones also! Great to see so many in one place! Also, there’s another great one that I’d like to share with you all called NETHERBEAST INCORPORATED IMDB Link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787495/
This movei’s got Jason Mewes in it (for those of you who have seen the Jay & Silent Bob movies, -all very good) but aside from that, what makes this move good, is that it’s entire concept was exceptionally well done! I don’t want to spoil too much of the movie for you, mut it’s a must see!! Enjoy!!
I’m sorry but that uge list is a f***ing joke without “Let the Right One In”. Every vampiremovie produced from now on will be compared with that genre bender masterpiece. It’s def top 20. For me top 5. And why will it be remade by Hollywood?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lat_den_ratte_komma_in/
http://www.7dollarpopcorn.com/2008/12/best-vampire-movie-in-theatres-right.html
hey everyone there is a new movie comeing out u heard of underworld. the movies called underworld riase of the warewolf
i dont know how to spell the other word for wear wolf
oh and since i did not have internet for 3 days merry christmas
*****TWILIGHT**** But I think it jumped around to much!!! I read the book and their was a lot of it to fit it all nice and neatly into a movie!!!! Lets hope that ****NEW MOON*** Will be more detailed and run more smoothly!!! And I really hope that they do all “FOUR BOOKS” into a movie and not just the first three!!! BREAKING DAWN was the best book of the whole series!!! It would be really interesting to see that book turned into a movie!!!
TWILIGHT the movies did not depict vampires for what the original vision of a common vampire is
i mean come on fangless vampire that “sparkles”? what?
TWILIGHT the movies did not depict vampires for what the original vision of a common vampire is
i mean come on fangless vampire that “sparkles”? what?
TWILIGHT the movie did not depict vampires for what the original vision of a common vampire is
i mean come on fangless vampire that “sparkles”? what?
Omg, I remeber my mother bringing van halsing home when I was in grade 3, I loved the movie than, but didn’t understand it, I watched it again, and it’s the best ever!!!
Thhanks for posting
OH and another really great vampire movie is “The Little Vampire”, it’s with jonathan lipnick or something like that, I love that movie as well….
Thanks again
Films we are – i think – hard to keep track – n that you’d wanna watch if you are a vampire nerd like me:
Daughter of Darkness
Night Cop
The Curse of the 7 golden vampires
Vampire Circus
Countess Dracula
Zoltan hound of Dracula
Vampire the masquerade – Blodlines (TV Series)
True Blood (TV Series)
Last Man on Earth
Martin
The Thirst
Mr Vampire trilogy
The Hamiltons
Nattens Engel
Sweeden’s making some shit hot vampire flicks – yes ‘let the right one in is a must see, n so is frostbiten, but to PEN – no, noone stole from fostbitten, if anything it was the other way around. both great films, but the graphic novel 30 days of night is based on, is older than the film frostbitten.
Great list guys
Happy NY
all this movies are crap…
there the worst movie in the history…
twilight is the best one…
Where is the film Twilight????
twilight sucked balls! (the movie)
TWILIGHT SO DID NOT SUCK BALLS
Twilight was amazing!!!
TWLIGHT WAS SO GOOD
AND EDWARD CULLEN IS SEXY:)
“Let the Right One In”!!! It should be in the top Five!
who ever liked twilight is a heavly ignorant vampire movie enthusist, it is plain and simple they defy far to many vampire laws to be vampire. it is as dark as the undead betsy books. so if ur a teen girl into pale guys fantasy concepts and averted by all things vampire or even gothic this movie is the masterbatory aid for u. go fuck yourself with a crosifix twilight fans.
Bram’s Stoker Dracula is the best vampire movie ever!! With no doubt!
Twilight is also OK, you can not compare the two, but is really a cute movie,not a frightening one…and yeah – Edward Cullen is very sexy
Martina… kings to you for identifying bram stoker’s dracula as it was ment to be; a “real” vampire movie, the best of the best to be specific. But it saddens me that u do not discredit twilight as vampire film. kings to u stillp; kings to you
why isnt twillight here?………….it suppose to get the top spot…………!!..ooh nd also let the right one in…………this is ancient history!!
vampire films are cultest or horror films, there are exceptions but they can barly be called vampire films. underworld, vanhelsing, the legue of exstrodanery gentalmen; these are all action movies with fantasy concepts feturing vampires and made on modest budgets. while entertaining these moovies are not vampire films in the sence of the sub genre of cultest film. by the by twilight dosnt even make the rank of these atempts at film containing vampires; Twilight isnt even an atempt, it is a the film and popcultures idustry mustorbation of a halfbaked book series writen buy some1 who didnt do their reserch on europian foke-law, all twilight the movie was ment to do was make a quick buck in a overly impresionable generation that dosnt have the great sub-cultur movements of the past. twilight is the celluloid crossover to the capitalist based media driven “scr-emo” movement that was ultamatly generated by fat cats in a number of industries trying to create a new consumer audiance for specific subculture insinuated goods. in short fuck emoisim, mordern times anti-anarchy ways, the fat cats and most of all twilight. TWILIGHT ISNT A VAMPIRE MOVIE IT IS FESTERING SHIT JAMED INTO A FILM CANISTER
i haft to edmit there are a lot of good movies among your list but some of the are placed wrong i saw that one call vamp last night number 60 on the list so not worth it it was like so lame like in the end the vampire dies from sunlight and becomes nothing but bones. but her right arm (even tho its a skeleton arm) has just enoghf power to give the heroes the finger before diying completly, thats just so ruening the move even more.
i love your list but there are realy some misplaced ones among it.
since you have a list of vampire movies mabey u should make a list of their oppesits the wearwolfs, that would be cool, i just love wearwolfs.
Sounds great, i haven’t seen a all of them, so I will try to rent some, or seek them on internet. Watching vampires movies to end the vacations, yesss =]
Oh, and about Twilight… The main idea of the story is cute, i admit it BUT, the movie itself is… kinda… Lame, sorry. And yea, I approve what morbius said, Twilight isn’t a vampire movie…at all. And, the principal “vampire” in it doesn’t even have the vampire appearance (at least, not in my definition). Oh, sorry, I meant: none of them did. Well, I think it was a teen movie, for teenies or Robert Pattinson’s groupie (or Edward Cullen if u prefer, ’cause most of them doesn’t even know the actor’s real name).
schreiner
the statmnet of werwolves being the opposit to vampires is a misconception brought on by the films featuring the ravishing kate beckinsale. vampirisom is the stealing of life essance to unnatraly extend ones own life beyound death, it isnt neciserily the whole bat thing (proof being norsvaitue and the wolf vamp in bram stokers dracula). and i would say a human cat would be more oposite to a wolf than a human bat.
by the by thank u nina
Twilight, is and I’m not saying this as an opinion it’s really true I saw it on MSN.com and a bunch of other places, that it was the MOST successful vampire movie of all time. Check wikipedia.com, it even made more than Rush Hour 3!! So all of you out there who say it sucks, just look at the numbers and then talk. It’s still gonna make more, cuz in most places in Europe it hasn’t been released yet.
All right Twilight is number 1
Still not agree. Anyway, media are mostly bullshitting things…. do you really thing that the person who wrote the article saw the hundreds of REAL vampires movies, and then to be able to say it was THE BEST vampire film ever? Their article are based on NUMBERS. They are only saying that the NUMBERS are bigger than the other movies. Take an example on Nosferatu. Do you think a movie in the ’20s would make as much money and fans as today movies… Twilight might be in the tops, comparing to other most known movie of the late years. On MSN.com, c’mon, they don’t know much about each category of films, only on the overalls, and populars thinggy… Go do some research, I still NOT agree about Twilight being #1 vampire movie… geez
I agree with u nina there only showing the # of people to actually but tickets to watch it, and that doesnt make it the best vampire movie ever. But honestly how can anyone say what the Best movie is? you cant because its all a matter of opinion. Someone can say that Twilight is the best vampire movie ever if they want to because its there opinion, and some one else can say that the 2000 dracula movie was the best vampire movie ever. Either way there is no saying what the best movie is because its all based on opinions. so they based it on #’s and in that sence twilight is one of the best vampire movies yet.
UNDERWORLD:RAISE OF THE LYCANS(WEAR WOLF) AND TWILIGHT IS A NEW MOVIE IT WONT BE IN HERE YET
Must say, there were only two people in this debate I could agree with, Matthew and Crystal. Thank you for you two, I thought I was one of the kind.
In my opinion, the best of the best really are Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Coppola and the Interview with a Vampire. Just the few words to describe them and all the other wonderful vampire movies which still are waiting to be done – dark, sensual and delicate.
Twilight sounds interesting, but I’m afraid it’s too teen movie for me
i agree with ashes and nina there are only some of the greatest movies and they are missing a lot of realy good movies
Thanks! This really helped me out. I’m doing a research paper for school and I needed the top ten Vampire movies… Thanks again!!
Definitely a strong list.
I myself am creating a Top 50 all-time Vampire Movie list.
I must, however, say that it is a shame that the rankings were decided solely through the averaged ratings of Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, and lack a kind of personal input.
I just wanted to point out that the Spanish version of Dracula [1931] was missing.
The importance in letting you know this, is that many think that it is simply the same Bela Lugosi version dubbed in Spanish, which is not the case. The Spanish version of Dracula is a completely different film, featuring an entirely Spanish-speaking cast, and a different director. Both, however, were filmed on the very same set, with the English version’s crew and cast filming early in the morning, while that of the Spanish version would shoot in the evening. Many believe it surpasses that of the English version…
I do not think so.. as Bela Lugosi’s performance almost made a mockery to that of Carlos Villarias’… but it is undeniable that it IS better in many ways; the cinematography for example was absolutely beautiful.. especially in the first 20 minutes or so..
I do realize that the addition of this film to your list in its current format would require that it has a rating at both Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb… which it lacks. It WAS rated on IMDb at 7.1/10… but Rotten Tomatoes has failed at doing so.
I am not suggesting that you refine your list entirely, nor asking that you should change anything at all… but simply letting you know of this most important exclusion from your list.
Twilight is sooo gay man! 90210 gay. You want hardcore vampires then Near Dark is the shit, should be in the top ten…#1 on my list anyway. I have to say Queen of the Damned really should not be on any list… well maybe the “All Time Piece of Shit” movie list…Twilight is #1 on that list though.
Dracula: The Dark Prince is also a good movie : )
Heyy…if you guys can help me i be so gratefull.
someone knows were i can find the movie: The Vampire Lovers (1970) ???
i just saw once,but i love that movie
if someone could tell me were i can download or something it will be great.
thank you and sorry for bad english(i’m from Brazil)
ow,and here is my e-mail,if you have an answer: ju.hellsing@hotmail.com
thanks..
omg, what about twilight? that should be number one by now .. *grr*
Omg The lost boys should be closer to #1 than that!!!
I saw a couple of these movies and they are great,
but soon you should add twilight in the list!
I love twilight, lost boys, interview with the vampire,
dracula, and near dark!!!
PS. Eddie twilight is SO not gay! IT ROCKS!!!
And yes Near dark is really awsome!
What moron could possibly say Twilight is a top 70 vampire movie? You a fool for suggesting it oughta be in the top 70, and should be banned from watching vampire movies for saying it oughta be #1. What kind of gay vampire movie is Twilight? Incredibly gay. It’s not exciting whatsoever and is too soppy of a freaking teeny love story. It’s not even like a good late 90s teen movie, but the gay Disney shit of the 2000s. It’s kids shit.
Moonlight the tv show is the best. i want it to come back. i think it was 2007 or 2008 when it was on tv
michael you rock but i think the banning of vampire movies would work against our case; if “they” do not experiance anything more than the festering tween crap of twilight ‘they’ will just continue to be ignorant of what it means to be a real vampire movie. these people are overly impretionable and dont know anything beyond the shit surved on a plater called mainstream media. yes their ignorance is agrovating and one may wish to hold the true pleasure a vampire film from such ignoramie but we are simply perpetuating the ignorance and there for creating more of the cultest film novices( or at least decreasing the stream of new found cultest film fans). in short if u dnt let people ebcome informed there will be more uninformed opintions made by a growing group of ignorance created by you the with holder of information. p.s twilight sucks ass as a vampire movie which is mainly becouse it is based on a trully shity book, and i think u made a good point of the new generation films; by the by i think ur confussing tween(another fucked by product of current times)film-e.g high school musical, and teen film -e.g death proof.
It makes me sad to read people clump Twilight in the same category as Interview with the Vampire and the classics. Ugh, no thank you.
However. For those of you even putting Queen of the Damned into the same league with Interview, please, for the love of God, STOP. Queen of the Damned was written by people who spent -maybe- all of forty minutes skimming through The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, and then deciding their idea of ~goth! vampires who are oh, so lonely was best. It wasn’t. The books tend to get a little boring and harpy at times, but the series didn’t deserve that quick-edited, piece of trash tarnishing it’s good name. (Even if Anne did that later with Blackwood Farm…)
If Twilight is added to this list, I will cry. I won’t deny that it’s going to be number one, for THIS generation, but that doesn’t mean it’s -good-. Quality over quantity, Stephenie Meyer, quality over quantity.
The Lost Boys: The Tribe doesn’t deserve to be on this list, either. If you like the Lost Boys and you’ve yet to see The Tribe, do yourself a favor and just pop The Lost Boys into your DVD, watch it again. I’m a huge Lost Boys (and David, of course) fan and I would have loved to support the film, if it wasn’t so -bad-. Alas, that’s just how things work.
I agree that I can’t understand why Buffy the Vampire Slayer the series wasn’t on this list. As someone else mentioned, the show came up with so much of it’s own lore, and it really helped bring the interest in the supernatural back. It was fantastically written and acted, humorous and witty and frightening all rolled into one. With seven seasons and a spin-off series on it’s list of achievements, all I can ask is how can this show NOT be on this list, or at the very least, the honorable mentions? How disappointing.
Oh, and I’m completely forgetting the season eight of Buffy provided by Dark Horse Comics in the list of achievements, as well as just the comics in general. Ah, well. My bad.
i would have asked you to marry me april; but Buffy… realy, the tv followers i simply thought were sad people with no tast(tv is the lowest form of entertainment) and the comics are the nastiest stories pediled out by dark horse even more so than pigions from hell. but the idea in you articulated in 4.30 post is exactly what i’v been trying 2 say yet it seems very few grasp the concept
Mr Vampire is the best Vamp film ever…. not even on your list… boo!!!!
Twilight is another adaptation of a well written book that doesn’t do the author or story line justice. I can respect the opinion of vampire fans who feel the “traditional” vampire presence is not captured in the over-all look of the Cullen coven. However, I appreciate Stephanie Meyers’ new take on what a modern vampire would evolve to be over the course of the many millenniums they can supposedly live. The reason I’m making this argument is that I am an ardent fan of the tetralogy that is Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. They’re very well written, but Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, failed to impress me. The writing for the film, even the casting in some instances, was not very well thought out. I have higher hopes for New Moon with Chris Weitz as the director. Great list, by the way. I have some shopping to do, it would seem…
Happy Saturday!
P.S. Hate to be a pain in the ass, but… It’s called Spell Check. It’s widely accepted as one of the easiest ways to keep yourself from looking like an imbecile on comment threads and forums across the world. I hear it’s free and easily accessible from any email program. Some of you might be well served to look into such a thing.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO twilight is a wonderful movie and i loved it but i have to agree it shouldn’t be up in the top spot…it was nothing like the books and the acting sucked a little there is better movies then twilight but Edward was sexy…
I was extremely dissapointed to find out that Twilight was not on this list. All of these movies (well, most) portray vampires to be the bad guys when they clearly don’t have to; they can drink animal blood. They are not dark creatures and what makes a vampire story good is when the vampire tries to deny his/her nature and clings to his/her humanity. I also like stories where the female is the vampire, not the male. And also where they sparkle in the sun instead of burning and they can’t sleep at all and they live forever and they can’t eat human food and they have extremely pale skin and are extremely strong and their skin is indestructable and granite-hard, so there is no way a “stake” can kill them….only other vampires, and werewolves and werecats, can kill vampires (by tearing them to shreds and burning the pieces…if the pieces are not burned then the vampire can put him/herself back together again).
All of the movies on here SUCK compared to Twilight. But the vampires in Twilight are the real and true beautiful bloodsuckers! Go vampires! Good guy vampires! Vegetarian vampires!
The person who said “Twilight is sooo gay” posted under the name “Eddie”…HILARIOUS!!! You basically called yourself gay, Eddie. EDWARD CULLEN! Twilight is NOT gay. Twilighbt is not cheesy. Just because Edward falls in love does not make him less of a vampire. It is so deep that Edward hates himself and what he is and is so selfless and tries to deny his nature by drinking animal blood and he has a family and Twilight proves that vampires can still love each other instead of being nomads and also there are werewolves in Twilight; vampires and werewolves are mortal enemies but they work together to save Renesmee from the Volturi…Renesmee is a half Vampire (Bella’s daughter), and Jacob Black, a werewolf who used to be in love with Bella who is in love with Edward, imprinted on Renesmee. Imprinted means he is destined to be with Renesmee. Twilight is the best, most powerful, and most enlightening vampire romance in the world. Eddie, Twilight is NOT gay. Although, you are basically just calling yourself gay, and Edward Cullen is NOT GAY. Ok? Twilight is beautiful. I am Twilight.
Spitwave, Twilight touches issues that most vampire stories fail to address. Most of us, or at least I, like Twilight not because of Edward’s outer cover (i.e. his attractiveness) but because of his moral-based-masochistic-ness and how he thinks that he doesn’t have a soul. One other person commented here dissing twilight…elina or something like tht.
Anyways, Twilight is about mastering self-control; Bella is the ultimate test in Edward’s self-control – being around Bella puts Edward in physical pain but he still chooses to be around her and he doesn’t harm her….in fact, he saves her life multiple times. Against all odds, they fall in love. Bella represents a willingness to do everythinh and sacrifice anything for one you love. She sacrifices her life to save her mother in the first book, and eventually plans to sacrifice her humanity to be with Edward forevermore. Twilight is an important transition in vampire lore. The Cullens – “vegetarian” vampires – are portrayed more like a group of superheroes than a group of “dark creatures” – in Twilight, vampires aren’t night creatures; they don’t burn in the sun…they sparkle (therefore, no one can call Twilight cliche. this is a new development in vampire myth and folklore). Another message in Twilight is that everyone messes up sometimes, loses control, but it will still be okay in the end. True love is about two people being willing to make safrices for each other. Also, “mortal enem ies” – vampires and werewolves – joining forces and accepting each other to combat a common enemy is such an obvious metaphor for World War 2. Also, the Volturi (the vampire government) is a metaphor for corruptive, powerhungry governments.
Don’t say that Twilight vampires are not real vampires or that they are sissy vampires because just because they are morally strong does not mean that they are not physically strong; no, Twilight isn’t the vampires religions were thinking of when they ban people to talk about, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a potential to be just as dark and monstreous….they are; the Cullens and Denali’s are 10% of the vampires in Twilight and are an anomaly among the vampires; most of the vampires give in to their natural predator instincts and hunt humans…Jane, James, Victoria, Aro, Laurent, Demetri, Peter, to name a few. Also, don’t say they aren’t as strong, because Twilight vampires have indestructible granite-like skin that cannot be pierced, much less staked. HAHA, “staking” cannot kill a vampire. yeah right. Sun doesn’t kill vampires either. Only werewolves, werecats, and other vampires can. (=
To Nina: Twilight IS a vampire movie. Just because they don’t look like what you think vampires should look like….i.e., having the “vampire appearance”….doesn’t mean they aren’t vampires. They are pale, extremely attractive, have razor sharp teeth, sparkle in the sun, and are extremely strong. You have no way of knowing whether the old vampire movies are what vampire movies are what vampires are supposed to look like, or if Twilight, the new vampires, is. Who knows, maybe there are more than one species of vampires. You can’t just try to discredit Twilight as a vampire movie. Twilight is a vampire move; it is about vampires; Stephanie Meyers said that they were vampires so they are. And Edward does look like a vampire. And how DARE you say that Alice doesn’t look like a vampire? And Jasper?!?!?!!? Comeon, Nina. Stop it. Twilight is a vampire movie. You can’t just say that its NOT. You are a spawn of the devil.
emilia said, “but twilight is soppy teenage romantic shit. and i’m a teenager. that movie is just one great big epic fail in the books of any true vampire devotee.”
GO TO HELL EMILIA! TWILIGHT IS NOT AN EPIC FAIL TO ME, A TRUE VAMPIRE DEVOTEE.
What, emilia, do you think vampires are real or something? Well, I do to, so don’t insult me by saying Twilight is not a legitimate vampire story. You’re just saying its soppy because I bet you’re gothic and depressed; its not shit just because its romance. It is not cheesy at all…read my two adjacent posts explaining why. It is not just for teenagers, either. It is for all ages.
‘Twilight ‘ makes u fall in love with vampires.you enter a world where good virtues are not only human but some vampire instinct too.Its one of the best fictions I have ever read in my life.Very well detailed all characters come to life,especially Edward cullen, portray as already said , his fight with himself to maintain human instincts being a vampire and be around Bella all the time protecting her really makes one fall in love …….Edward cullen and Bella.
Profound thanks to Stephanie Meyers for giving us ‘Twilight’.
Hey guys! i’m looking for vamp-movies which are similar to twilight or moonlight (series) e.g. movies with a bit of romance and vamps that don’t burst to flames in the sun or are ridiculously afraid of holy water/crucifixes.
can anyone give me some recommendations?
i think that twilight should be number 2 at least because it is a vampire movie!!
TWILIGHT IS TOTALLY #1 OF ALL TIME OUT OF ANY MOVIE ON THE PLANET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT SHOULD BE A TV SHOW INSTEAD OF MOVIE SO WE CAN SEE IT EVERYDAY BUT THE WHOLE SERIES SHOULD IN ONE MOVIE
Hy 2 all i’m from romania…and i want 2 say that twilight suck’s and the best movie of vampire is Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Interview with the Vampire Best actors best story and respects the rullez of the original volum of dracula
P.S. Vampire story gives a bad name to our history.So please don’t say that dracula is a part of our history…Vlad Tepes was a great man and a grea king to our country he fought the turks for cristi……
With all respect twilight comes in number 90 to me….doesn’t respect the book and it’s more of a pussy-movie…. no horror-movie at all!!!!It’s a great romantic story BUT NOT A VAMPIRE MOVIE!!
twilight should now definitly be on this list…
I loved twilight it was the best!!In other movies people say
vampires are bad but to me If they existed they would be good
well except them sucking human blood.I think new moon will
even be beter.
Question? When I was a kid in the 70′s I use to watch this old vampire movie in black and white. About a girls school. I think the girl’s name was Nancy(?). One of the teachers used hypnosis ( I think) on Nancy and she would transform into a vampire. There was some type of amulet involved. I remember the transformation of her face was shown several time during the movie. It was real creepy. Of course I was only 10 at the time. The movie aired on Svengoolie. Anybody have any idea what that movie was? I would love to get my hands on it.
nice list info. Found titles I did not know of. I grew up watching b/w and then also finally color films. My hubby is so into all scifi films. I also have seen the newer films due to my kids as they grew up…such as lost boys, interview with a vampire, etc. There is a film I remember watching in the early to mid- 70′s, but was probably made in the early 60′s, in color, and pretty sure was a europeon made. I can not remember the title, it was something to the effect of,either, house of blood, or hotel of blood, or on the other side, blood hotel, or blood house. I remember the vamp bit a woman, she wound up dead, then a vampiress, and they found here glass top coffin empty one night, so they waited for her to return, and once she was in the coffin they drove a wooden stake into her heart. Then I remember the very end where the original vampire returned to his coffin in the ground very close to dawn and was too late, and the sun hit him and he turned to ash with his right arm and hand up and he had a ring on one finger that was still there after all that was left was his skeleton. does anyone know the movie was I am talking about. I remember that the women dress was bustiea? and huge puffy skirted dresses, and men seemed to always have suits and tye’s or maybe even tux’s. So setting was in the 50′s to early 60′s maybe. anyway’s as far as the list goes, to me it doesn’t really matter who’s on first, or what’s on second, because it’s gonna be different for each person. I’ve been watching vampire, werewolf, mummy, etc. movies for over 45 years, so, number 1, is going to change for me all the time. if any body has any info please share. thx
Oh God…I swear the amount of Twilight fangirls on here…
‘Oh, I only like the kind of vampires that SPARKLE even though Stephenie Meyer never actually gave a reason WHY they would sparkle.’
‘Hell, forget years of widely accepted vampire mythology, research, and uh…stuff you learn in basic History (the banks failing in the Great Depression yet Rosalie gets to live in a nice house because her father works in a bank.)
And it all came to me in a dream! ‘
Those things totally don’t apply to how I want my vampires to be. Oh…and humans should probably all be seen as complete idiots except for my self-insert Beautiful Swan (even though she’s totally not special or beautiful at all. She’s so plain. Seriously. A bunch of human guys (including one of her teachers) just like her because ‘she’s something new to look at’) because I can’t have her acting like normal humans…humans are too boring. That’s why I’m anti-human. And she shouldn’t be the least bit scared of my 107 year old sparkly, controlling, stalker vampire (because ‘stalking is awesome!!’) because he’s hot and she loves him after three weeks of knowing him and then they eventually get married, Bella’s changed (and since she’s no longer human she can finally feel like she’s Edward’s equal,) and has a Mary Sue baby which absolutely works the love triangle because now I can pair Jacob with Bella’s daughter!!!
I hope Cirque Du Freak isn’t made into a crappy movie.
i don’t see twilight!!!
and i totally love that movie !!!
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*gasp*
I’m offended
They forgot Twilight
I must know when this site was made
Obviously before Stephenie (the genius) Meyer invented the new Vampire breed and one person in particular, Mr Edward Anthony Mason Cullen!
Twilight may have gotten horrible reviews as a movie, I being a Twilighter agree, But the book is far superior to the horrific job Catherine Hardewick did.
There has to be a list for best Vampire books ever published, yes yes Bram Stoker would be first, but followed very closly by Twilight in my opinion.
***E***A***M***C***4***E***V***A***
(literally!)
Message for Eddie:
obviously we do not want hardcore vampires, we want Edward Cullen and Jasper Hale! (for the Twilight guyz, we also want Alice and the gorgeous Rosalie!)
You can go on ad have your list Eddie, but we will always have Twilight t the top of ours!
It’s unbelievable that people truly think Twilight should be on this list of TOP vampire movies… and even more so, that it should be number 1??? Get serious, please!! I wouldn’t even put it on the list for the worst vampire movies because it doesn’t even deserve to be considered a vampire movie at all. Go put it on some list right next to “the Notebook” or some shit like that, not on a top vampire movie list… get real.
Twilight is so cool>how could anybody say that it is plain, wunt dare mayte> if u have read the books, you wunt say that!!! but i have to admit>the films are not as good as the books>>>>maybe if they put more of the book in the film, it would be perfect¬¬¬¬ i am like the biggest twilight fan>> 14 yrs old
im surprised blade, underworld, van helsing and interview with a vampire arent higher.
plus twilight does deserve to be up there although it isnt traditional it does make people wish vampires exist which means its a vampire movie
plus the sparkly thing with the sun is a good idea it is a better excuse than “oh i cant go out in the sun because despite the fact im immortal, strong, fast and generally indestructable, the sun kills me in seconds”
2 micheal: if it werent against my religion, id give u a good hard slap across the face thatd leave a bruise! i think ur just jealous of edward cuz hes like way hot and u know ur ugly! so be a good little asshole and SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
2 morbius: BEEP BEEP BEEP, WRONG! im not like that AT ALL. i find tan guys attractive, not pale 1s… robert pattinson just happens 2 be so hot that the paleness doesnt matter… and i dont have a sex drive, tyvm! dont assume that every person on the planet has shit left over from the stone age!
2 Zack: nah, i dont think the dracula from that 1 is good looking. nope, he cant even be called “reasonably cute”.
i find the history of romania fascinating, actually. if ur referring 2 the turkish, then thats not very nice cuz i have a friend and shes turkish and shes like the sweetest, most innocent person ever. shes a great friend and i know i can tell her anything and shell never tell anybody.
i enjoyed twilight. i cant stand horror movies. my friend once told me that she thought i was a cereal (thats how u spell it, right?) killer. i told her that that was impossible, bcuz jason never screamed/and/or passed out from fear at horror movies or got night mares from watching star wars. it just doesnt work that way. and twilight can 2 be a vampire movie. just bcuz it doesnt have romance in it and it doesnt have as much horror as u would like, doesnt mean its a bad vampire movie. it just means that the person who wrote the script knows that there r ppl like me out there; ppl who r obsessed with vampires but hate horror movies. im very greatful 2 that made that movie bcuz i finally found a vampire movie that i can actually watch.
Vampire films are simply halarious – Mamuwalda was trip (Blackula). Dark Shaddow and Barnabus Collins?
Twilight is an embarrassment to more than film, but to existence itself.
twilight sucks watch it and the books are ruined
erm… lost boys so SO be HIGHER! WAY HIGHER!!
if you ask me lost boys should be first oh and what about Twilight, New moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn?? huh? they are AMAZING! and luna the film is WICKED!
thanks x
actully dont “ask” me i am TELLING you it should be first! =] thanks!x vampires ROCK when i was at shool i done a HOLE HUGE project in vampires! if only i had found this site=] xlol
GO YOU CalliopeCullenSylvers u tell them to go to hell LOL
twilight is an AWSOME movie! vampires can look like whatever you want them to look like! jeeze! if you think they are real YOU decide what they look like dont watch films and go along with that! i mean COME ON! by the way this was to whoever says twilight is poo! alright you people probably like rap and poo music! okay?
thanks x
to “Phallucifer” if you dont like the film dont talk about.
if you talk about you must like it okay so just EVERYONE its a comment board not a place to slag off twilight! ALRIGHT???!!??!?!? i mean stick to your hardcore gangsta films if you cant hhandle twilight!
thanks x
Ok people calm down. I am a twilight fan but you dont see *ZOMG EDWARD*. Twilight fans need to calm down. calm. calm. Btw has anyone tasted there blood before? its good! I tasted my friends to (not as good). They were mad at me 4 clawing them until they bleed and then drinking it. (yes im weird)
i am a twilight fan!and i have always been a big fan on mythical cretures. especially vampires they are awesome, and blood actually does taste good.
I am the BIGGEST twilight lover EVER!!!!!! i have read all the books 4 times and seen the movie twice it is THe coolest movie Ever!!!!! And i LLLLOOOVVVEEE Edward culle./ Robert Pattinson… *sigh* i wish i can meet the whole cast.
Vampire = Creature living on human blood.
i love twilight……is the best movie ever soo fuck who say that twilight sucks because you are not right any more……
I must say that EdwardCullen’sSecretLover must not have seen Interview with a Vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt… Pitt trys to live on the blood of animals and does his best to hold onto a trace of humanity…. until Twilight it was one of my favorites.
Interview with the vampire is the best vamp movie out there for me!
To all other vampire and Twilight fans!
Twilight is a damn good movie. It’s a romantic flick about a supernatural human being, like Spider Man or Superman. But it is NOT a movie about vampires. Why? First of all you have to ask yourself why we invented vampires in the first place. Wasn’t it because we wanted thrilling stories about a deadly threat towards humans?
Of course it was. A vampire should bite, infect or kill humans, and drink their blood. It’s the essential idea about them. This is actually the basic problem, maybe the only one, with Twilight. The romance between Bella and Edward can’t exist if he kills people. The author had to make him to a “vegetarian”. To call Twilight a vampire movie is to degrade not only the vampire genre, but most of all, degrade Twilight itself.
I like Twilight as a romantic story including a supernatural human being and a human girl. I hate it as a vampire story. Fans of Twilight: Don’t degrade Twilight to the vampire genre.
Take a real vampire romance as an example. The vampire in “Let the Right One In”, Eli, is a 12 year old vampire child. She is a killing machine, a creature, a deadly threat, a real vampire. She kills five (5) more or less innocent people, including children, sucking their blood, twist their necks or even decapitate them. She is also inderctly responsible for 2 more deaths.
Despite her horrific actions, she is actually our big hero, this films savior. That, my friends, is good storytelling including vampires. When we walk out from the theater we have to ask ourselves what kind of bestial reactions this movie actually generated. That’s horror.
That’s the problem with Twilight, at least the first film in this serie. The author has to explain the new rules to justify her story. In “Twilight”, everything has to be distinctly shown and verbalized. “Let the Right One In” leaves it to the greatest tool you possess – your imaginative mind. That makes it the better film of the two and one of the best vampire movies ever.
Hopefully your imaginative mind will be thrilled in the next Twilight movie. But then it has to leave the vampire genre. For me, it already has. That makes it better. I’m just waiting for all other Twilight-fans.
Be a Twilight fan, it’s ok. But don’t mention that movie as a vampire movie.
That’s all i had to say.
And… I’m not a fan.
Pour les francophones, je dirais que c’t'un film cucul d’amour pour groupies pre-puberts.
hahahah all these vamppire movies suck compaired to twilight
its amazing not scary just plain amazing
Awsome list!!! thanks!
Im going to use this list as a reference to look for vamp movies.
U 4got about Twilight thats mi NO. 1
Good Lord, I was SO SCARED Twilight was going to show up on this list…and as it wasn’t showing up the further I scrolled down, the more terrified I was that it was going to be in the freaking top ten or something.
THANK YOU.
Now I want to check a few of these movies out.
this list needs to be updated with “let the right one in”
Have any of you seen “Let The Right One In”? Its a Swedish independent film, It’s pretty good. It reminded me of my time in Finland. I would have to agree with Buffalo on thier take.
Sigh.
Buffalo, you make some very good points, as did one other Twilight fan among the crowd here, but it seems most of the Twilight fans are too stupid to comprehend that this is not a vampire film and should not be included in the vampire genre. You’ll (as in whoever happens to read this) understand that I am only going by what I’m given, which, for the most part, is a bunch of teenagers with cutesy, Twilight-related usernames, screaming about how Twilight should be number one and resulting to name calling when someone insults their precious fandom. Kids, take debate and enrich yourselves on bettering your arguments.
I think the whole point of the series was lost on them, save for how “hot” the leading actor was in the film. More’s the pity for Twilight fans who have some intelligence. You seem to be outnumbered greatly.
Still, none of this inclines me to see the film, and I’m sorry, but I’m not reading a book that was written in six months. The concept sounds cheesy to me, and like I said: quality over quantity. That’s not to say I didn’t try; I did, and it wasn’t worth it, in my humble opinion.
morbius, buddy — haha, sorry. I can’t help my love for Buffy, it was a show that my mother and I actually agreed on and would make sure to catch every week since it’s premiere. But I do and did understand the point you were trying to convey, and hey, it’ll always go unregistered with most people. The only hear what they want to hear, and they read what they want to read.
Now, I came back for a title, so shh! Such distracting comments.
Cool post! I’m now going to make it a personal mission of mine to watch everyone of thed
30 Days Of Night??? should have been on in the top ten but it got screwed over by some old dude with elf ears..
OK even if you were to totally throw out the definition of “Vampire” and add Twilight to this lis it would rank somewhere in the neighborhood of 45. with a 6.1 IMDB, and a 5.4 RT score leaving you with an average of 5.75 so mediocre at best.
Though seriously Queen of the Damned was that well liked by internet critics anonymous.
You also forgot “El Santo vs Las Mujeres Vampiro”
COME ON .. THIS LIST NEEDS To BE UPDATED… TWILIGHT IS THE NUMBER ONE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE…
Wait I noticed this site was made in 2007.. ok Twilight was not out yet…. but now its time to UPDATE..
Twilight is the BEST vamp movie of all time!!!!!!!!
Edward Cullen is SOOOOOOOOOOO HOT!
Wow, this is an interusting list. I read through it and noticed only 4 movies i had seen, out of them all. Some of the pictures were totally gross, and unneeded. Other than that i liked it, it was pretty cool. Way better than the phony fick Twilight, but hey, im a sucker for old things.
One last thing, because I was considering this (and people have just continued to prove my point, coughsmirk)… you’re asking the editor to place TWILIGHT in front of the FIRST vampire movie EVER?
In other words? Shut up. It’s not going to happen. Nosferatu DESERVES to be first, seeing as it WAS THE FIRST. Twilight, not so much. At all. Ever.
Thank you.
Alright, when I first commented on this board, I have to admit that I hadn’t yet seen Twilight. I hated the concept right from the beginning and that made me not ever want to see it. So, I sat down and watched it. Well I have to say I was wrong to think it was Terrible. Truth is, it was far worse. I couldn’t even get through the first 20 minutes. To consider it a vampire movie really is down right ridiculous. Living off animal blood, walking around during the day, sparkling and having no fangs… thats not a vampire. Bear Grylls from Man vs. Wild has had a couple episodes where he’s drank animal blood for survival (and if you slapped some glitter on him, i’m sure he could pull off the sparkling effect as well ) my point being… thats hes never once called himself a vampire, right?
However, I must say that I do have respect for the people who liked it and agree that it shouldn’t be considered a vampire movie. I just can’t believe how many others say it should be number one among ALL vampire movies. Have any of you ever seen another “vampire movie” besides twilight? Your all probably 10-12 years old, so I doubt it. Well in a couple years, when mommy lets you see a movie with a higher rating than pg-13, maybe you’ll realize the stupidity of your comments. And for the older girls who only want the movie to be #1 because of that douche bag edward…. please! Enough already!
Wow you have obviously spent alot of time getting up on your vampire knowledge… Have you ever been outside????
Anyway I’m 23 “not just some silly little kid” & I thought Twilight was a refreshing break from the usual “blood thirsty” movie… I mean come on, it was getting a bit boring now wasn’t it… It’s about time somebody came up with a new concept, and have you ever read the books??? They are beautifully written. I agree that twilight should be in the list somewhere but not first (not over the first Vamp film) because hello… It’s about Vampires whether you want to believe it or not… It makes me laugh how offended people are getting lol!!! Oh & just for your info, Robert Pattinson is fine… ain’t no denying that
why isnt twilight on here? twilight is definitly the greatest vampyre movie of all time. you all know it. But, we all also know that Breaking Dawn will be better. XD
GO TWILIGHT!!!
i hate vampire movie
“Sexy” teenage actor does not a good vampire movie make.
Twilight is to E.T.
What
30 Days of Night is to Alien
You forgot the best vampire movie of all: Love Bites. It’s so funny and cool.
‘You are too close to the dishwasher. Step away from the dishwasher; or I will crush your cups.’ -quote from the movie
You forgot “The little Vampire”!
“Let the Right One In”…. Best Vampire Movie ever made… easilly the best in the last 30 years.
Um wow, just FYI guys, even if they updated this list… Twilight would be nowhere NEAR it. Get a life.
I was looking for this movie I saw where they had this vampire in a basement chained to this seat/table and the guy was studying the vampire. He found out that vampires love to count things and untie knots and something else, but I don’t remember. These people discovered the vampire in the basement and the guy that was keeping him was explaining to the people about his study. somehow the vampire got free from his bondage and went after the people. I remembered as the vampire was coming, the guy threw some tooth picks or matches at the vampire and he counted them befor they hit the floor. Then the guy laid out this net of rope that was in knots and the vampire stopped to undo the knots before continuing to go after the people. There is more but I don’t remember. It was in the 1990′s I think when I saw this movie and it might have been on HBO. If anyone have an idea or suggestion about the name of this movie,please contact me at yanu_8@msn.com. Thanks!
I knew that when I came across this list, idiot fangirls would glomp all over this page and say “OMG WHERE IZ TWILIGHT!?!?” please. Twilight doesn’t have enough film merit to live up to the likes of the silent era Dracula films or Hammer Horror films, or even to Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Interview With the Vampire (the first to feature the “hot good guy vampire” [Louis] type) it may stand the test of time with the movie flops Van Helsing and Queen of the Damned though. maybe.
and don’t be telling me that something teeney like Twilight can unseat THE first vampire film of modern century, THE classic of all classics, and THE forerunner for all of the vampire films to come, Nosferatu. that’s ridiculous. if anything, or something comparable to Twilight, “Let the Right One In”, both novel and film adaption, should unseat Twilight and should be more deserving of the spotlight than overhyped Twilight.
@ Ookami: if you read carefully, Hellsing didn’t make #1 on this list; Nosferatu did, of course. Hellsing received honorable mention, but I’m so glad it did. currently my favorite Japanese manga/graphic novel series. the anime was horrible, but the Original Video Animation, Hellsing Ultimate, follows the original storyline a lot closer than the anime.
And Vampire Hunter D too, for making it on the list…twice!
i like a lot of these movie and i do think that some should be off the list.but some were just for fun. there are always the classics that no matter how old or young you are you know the movie or if in ten years someone remembers the ones made in the 90s or this decade they might say its a classic. but i still love the lost boys……………….
oh and if anyone else has read the christopher pike series The last vampire i think they should make that into a movie it would beat out some of these other ones. and hate to say it but twilight was an ok movie but this series would be a better movie
I was wondering, I saw these 2 movies when I was a kid growing up in the 80′s and I have no clue the names all I really remember is bits and fragments. The first is this kid and his family move into a new house and weird things start to happen to them they all start turing into monsters. It’s supposed to be a comedy and the scene I remember is his sister kissing a bat. Weird I know. And the other is this guy and girl go to this castle where there are vampires and hisgirlfriend gets suduced by the head vampire and he sends his vampire women after the boyfriend. But he escapes them from help from a vampire hunter, but the vimpire hunter gets bitten. The scene that sticks out is when the vampire hunter gets bitten he is talking to himself in front of a mirror and slowly starts to fade. I know my explanatiosn are vague but to me these are classic moviers and I would love to watch them again lol..that is if I find them.
well… if i wear to pic the #1 vampire movie or show it would have to be TWILIGHT?/show: Tru Blood…thats wat i think and interview with the vampire should had been a least # 7!!!
To all those fans saying Twilight should be on the list;
This is a list of VAMPIRE movies. Meyerpires are NOT VAMPIRES. They are large, carnivorous FAIRIES.
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The two best vampire movies are on here, good job
(Interview with the vampire and Queen of the Damned)
wtf wahat about twilight
THOSE ARE VERY SCARY PICS!!
Honestly, that list doesn’t do it for me, a lot of those movies are crap, only because they’re from the 70′s or 80′s doesn’t necessarily make them good… And on the other hand you left movies like Interview with the Vampire as number 15??? Are you guys crazy???? The same with Lost Boys and other REAL classics… Yeah, Nosferatu was fine as #1 but other choices were left way behind, and other crap got higher rankings, you guys REALLY need to re-make that list… I LOVE Vampires and I wanna see a list that REALLY makes them justice, not just any low budget, bad acted crap on a high ranking.
There is one film that I didn’t see anyone mention. It’s Karmina (1996). It’s MADE IN QUÉBEC, so obviously french, but they translated it
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Sorry but I hated John Carpenter’s Vampire… so typical, boring and not enough of the vampire. Too much slayer. Plus the dialog, bleeeeh! That’s all I have to say.
My faves are Interview with a Vampire, and well I’m a sucker for the romance, Twilight I loved! But not just the movie, the books as well, they are awsome! The myth is a little different from all the other ones, which I really liked…
There is one film that I didn’t see anyone mention. It’s Karmina (1996). It’s MADE IN QUÉBEC, so obviously french, but they translated it
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Sorry but I hated John Carpenter’s Vampire… so typical, boring and not enough of the vampire. Too much slayer. Plus the dialog, bleeeeh! That’s all I have to say.
My faves are Interview with the Vampire(LOVED LOVED LOVED), Dusk Til Dawn, Underwolrd, and well I’m a sucker for the romance; Twilight I loved! But not just the movie, the books as well, they are awsome! The myth is a little different from all the other ones, which I really liked… But uhm, all those tweens that keep posting to update the list and put Twilight in there, it’ll probably just end up somewhere in the 30s or something. So get over it!
oh and there was one with Jude Law, a strange vampire movie, but I foget the name. Anyone seen this?
And another Quebec vampire movie, actually pretty good is Eternel (2004)
oh just found it, I saw the movie with Jude Law under the title Immortality and I guess it was renamed The Wisdome of Crocodiles… Weird…
If one more retard says that Twilight should be #1
I will go on a rampage.
It is the shittiest Vampire movie I have ever seen.
It does not even -deserve- to be called a Vampire movie.
Edward is a f*cking FAIRY.
twilight,interview with the vampire, and queen of the damned are my favorite vampire movies.edward cullen and lestat are so HOT!!!!!i think robert was a good choice for edward.And tom cruise was good for lestat he’s very sexy in the interview with the vampire but even though i love twilight i think interview with the vampire is a #1 classic movie
sorry but the vampire chronicles kicks ass
i wish all the books in the vampire chronicles series were made into movies.i wish vampires were real .then my life would never be miserable
“Let the Right One In” needs to be added.
I haven’t seen the vast majority of these movies, but “Queen of the Damned” should probably be taken off, and “Twilight” is a joke.
Man,you guys suck!
Twilight is the BEST!!! I watch it all the time and i’ve read all of Stephanie’s books, She is like genius to write something like that!
It is so not gay!!!
to eric – post on March 20th – the vampire movie you are looking for is Dracula II: Ascension.
A researcher with a crippling disease captions a vampire and performs tests on him, trying to use the vampire blood as a cure. Keeps the vampire in place /busy by tying him with a bunch of knots, etc. The girl the vampire hooks up with is Diane Neal (?) who played the Casey, the red-haird DA on Law & Order.
eric – post 3-20
the vampire movie you are looking for is Dracula II: Ascension.
HEY HEY! DO NOT FOR GET TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It`s not a joke just because it didn`t have as much action doesn`t mean it`s a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It`s still a good movie and the books are awesome!!
i am so glad to see that Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter made the list. I didn’t think many people knew about it. And they forgot to mention that the vampires that Jesus Christ must eliminate happen to be lesbian biker chicks… perfect.
i believe twilight is the best runnin vampire movie out right now
What about twilight?
oh man u didnt do twilight
lol your probably doin the more older vamp movies huh? lol i love twilight if yall havent seen the movie yet then u need to cuz i think its the best movie ever!lol but yea i like those others good job.i’m like a twilight freak lol iv read all the books and i have 5 posters and i have the movie and when it was in theaters i seen it 6 times lol
thats my opinion that twilight is the best vampire movie ever
Twilight is a good movie but it is NOT a Vampire movie.
Vampire = Creature living on human blood.
oh my god i watched “let the right one in” and i didnt like it at all and i love vampire films but that one was really bad:(
Let the right one in…. was an exceptional vampire romance. It was innocent, yet with a touch of gore… More realistic than most… In my opinion it really captured “human” emotions for the viewer… I know i was moved by a few significant moments… it was movingly beautiful… Where has love like that gone? or does it even exsist at all. Moreover, check out the book. I found it equally impressive, yet invitingly different. If anyone has any comments or other films or books. Please email me at Donavan28@hotmail.com.
“I must be gone and live or stay and die – Yours Eli”
wow… i must say this is quite the collection. i found this site looking to expand my vampire movie collection. i actually took the time to read all of the comments… they start out as knowledable vampire fans discussing classics. then the twi-fans learn about vampires, and it turns into a generational debate.
there are too many of the movies listed that i haven’t seen yet. i love classics and plan to indulge myself. some of my obsessions began with the series Buffy. but i must say that i will forever be a fan of the books written by Anne Rice. I feel that her description will always be closest to the vampires in my fantasy. i have mostly seen 90′s movies so i am speaking from limited experience.
one thing that must not be forgotten is that all legends, myths, stories, and movies must change over time. the classics will ALWAYS remain classics. they were meant to be horrors. they were supposed to be dark, grotesque creatures. i have always felt that vampires should be intoxicatingly beautiful on the outside, so as to seduce the unsuspecting victim. but on the inside they are meant to be dark and brooding and evil. all evil pretends to be innocent to draw in its victim.
i have never read the twilight books. but i did watch the movie on youtube (thank you i didn’t pay for it!)
my opinion, although some of the previous comments state it better, is that it is a movie for the younger generation. one fight scene?????? comeon. it could have been waaaaay better. and only 2 people died?? maybe the book is better, maybe the second one will have more action… or maybe thats all there is to it. but i couldn’t categorize it as a vampire movie. yes he is called a vampire. yes all legends change over time. but it saddens me to see so many twi-fans calling it the #1 vampire movie. go watch every vampire movie ever made, then read every book ever written. then you can say it’s YOUR favorite book and movie. but never call it the best vampire story.
everybody is entitled to their own fantasy, but at least do your research. i prefer real horror movies, no chic flicks. bloody, sexy, gorey, hellish good time!
NishiAnila (dark child of the wind)
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There is a vampire movie I saw years ago in which the main vampire character lived in a castle with his mom. He talked with a hiss to his voice and he talked slowly …at the end he put his mother in a cage because she was going to hurt the woman he loved. He had long blonde hair or white hair. Please e-mail me if you know which one I am talking about. ggregory_nby@yahoo.com
okay anyone who actually read the twilight book series knows that even though Meyer help direct it it wasn’t accurate the scence’s were off and the actors did a horrible job except the actors with the least amount of screen time. Bella Swan suddered to much and didn’t look at him as if there was no one else and the scene where he smelled her i must admit it was funny but it shouldn’t be at that moment he was thinking about killing everyone just so he could eat her! Look if you actually read the book and not get lost in your head you’d know that heck i’m 14 and i love the books but the movie sucked and not in the good way. D:
okay anyone who actually read the twilight book series knows that even though Meyer help direct it it wasn’t accurate the scence’s were off and the actors did a horrible job except the actors with the least amount of screen time. Bella Swan suddered to much and didn’t look at him as if there was no one else and the scene where he smelled her i must admit it was funny but it shouldn’t be at that moment he was thinking about killing everyone just so he could eat her! Look if you actually read the book and not get lost in your head you’d know that heck i’m 14 and i love the books but the movie sucked and not in the good way. D:
twilight is not good. thats why it is not on this list. sorry girlies
Ok, lemme put out this fire before it gets any worse: this list was made two years ago, before Twilight even came out.
Besides, if you came to this site expecting to find Twilight on the top 70 Vampire Movie listing of all time, then you should kill yourself. Watch the first five minutes of the movie “Idiocracy” and you’ll understand where I’m coming from.
White hot rage blinds me. TWILIGHT appears on this page 262 times (as of 4/11/09). I really, truly, with every ounce of me hope that you all die horrible deaths – boring, cliché, unimaginative deaths. You are everything that is wrong with this world.
what about “Let the Right One In”? i know it’s in Swedish and all but it is a hell of a good movie if your into such movies
The “Twilight” movie IS a joke. Period. As for the books, I really don’t think there’s much point in defending them. I read most of one (I got it for Christmas, and I really, really did want to give it a chance), and it was a painful experience of bad writing, whiny, shallow characters, and a real bore of a storyline. In fact, the books MAY be more insufferable than the movie. But it’s hard to say. It’s all teeny bopper bullshit. And if you’re into that, fine, just stop insisting that it should be number one on the list, or on it at all. So, yeah.. I’m really sorry, and it’s been said, but fuck you. Truly.
I still love “Let the Right One In”. It’s probably the best movie I’ve seen recently. If it hadn’t been so close to bedtime when I first finished watching it, I might have even watched it again. : )
ive never heard of let the right one in i guess i better watch it and as for twilight i didnt know that this list was made 2 years ago but ive read all the books and i do think that the movie was kinda off from the the book but i really want to see breakingdawn lol the book was interesting but it will probably be made differently from the book but as for the rest of the vampire movies i havent seen all of them but the ones that i have saw there good and i have to go see let the right one in.
There’s a reason “Twilight” is not on the list and that is because as far as vampire movies go, that one was possibly the worst ever made. For everyone saying that we should read the books, you should read the header for the page. “Vampire MOVIES” every movie on this list is better than Twilight from Nosferatu, to Blade. Twilight barely had any substance and any alluring factors besides a teenage girl fantasy dream diary type script. It offers nothing to fans of vampire films. Anyway I’m glad Nosferatu, was on the list as well as From Dusk till Dawn. Maybe the list can be redone to see how well newer movies fare, like 30 Days of Night.
kewl movies half of em i havent even heard nor seen of before but i want to see let the right one in because everyone said that it was very great and very few said it was lame so I dont know i guess i’ll see for myself.
Hi guys, just like the most of you i am a vampire lover…..i mean……well you know what i mean. I’ve read many comments on this page and finding the best vampire movie according to this 70 list or the comments is impossible. So… I would like to ask you what ingredients would make it the ultimate vampire movie. Maybe (hopefully) some producer will read your or our opinion and decide to give it a go.
No really,
as was quoted earlier,
“Meyerpires are NOT VAMPIRES. They are large, carnivorous FAIRIES.”
The gay, pale, emo people in the Twilight Series (books and movie) are not Vampires. They are in fact gay, pale, emo fairies who happen to be carnivorous and sparkle in the sunlight.
Stephanie Meyer is not a good author, she’s a retard with no talent. In fact she’s illiterate. If you want a good Vampire novel go read the fucking Vampire Chronicles. Despite that they come off as gay romance novels every now and then, at least there’s some fucking blood and gore as there should be in a vampire story. These vampires EXPLODE and burn in the sunlight, they’re filled with rage and bloodlust and they’ll fucking tear you apart.
So if you’d rather see some pre-teen kissy romance between an adolescent teenage girl with a case of nausea and a gay, pale, sparkly, emo Fairy who likes steak… THEN PLEASE shut the fuck up and stop sticking your nose in the business of REAL VAMPIRES. Because Twilight’s got NOTHING to do with Vampires. It is not a Vampire story. It’s a pathetic high school story about GAY PEOPLE WHO SPARKLE.
well,
i carnt beleave there is no “twilight”! twilight is only a new movie and haz already stolen the hearts of many teenages.(me)
the books made my cry n i am realy dissapointed that twilight is not there n while im at it u should add new moon scince its already on the way!
now i hav to fly to forks now goodbye.
p.s. also i think them should make the vampire beach 2 books into a movie
NOW IM JUST ANGRY!
THE VAMPIRES IN THE TWILIGHT SAGE, THERE MORE OF A REALISTIC TYPE OF VAMPIRES AND THE “TWILIGHT EXTERMINATER” U SHOULD SHUT THE HELL UP!!!! MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY READING THE BOOKS FIRST BEFORE TRYING TO PAY THEM OUT!!!!!!!!
hi
it is good list but without the movie “twilight” it seems incomplete. pls add twilight , its really awesome.
thx
bye
Nice list… but 30 days of Night HAS to be in top 10!!!
Where the hell is Ravenous and 30 Days of Night….incomplete without them included!
Let The Right One In should be here to…a lot of these movies..especially the first few are pretty bad…..lets replace some of those or expand the list…..Twilight sucks but could be near the bottom of a top 100.
ok this is my opinion….30 days of night isnt that great twilight is 100 % better its alright tho i just got done watching it yesterday cuz i havent watched in a long time and after i got done watching it it seemed sooooo boring
o and by the way is let the right one in swedish??i watched the trailer and it looks stupid but i’m gonna watch it and say what i think.
This is a good list but where is TWILIGHT
Twilight is a MUST in this list
Pleas add idd
Silent Films:
Vampire of the Coast (1909)
The Vampire’s Trail (1910)
The Vampire (1913)–Kalem film directed by Robert Vignola.
In the Grip of the Vampire (1913)
Vampires of the Night (1914)–Greene’s Feature Photo Plays.
The Vampire’s Trail (1914)–directed by Robert Vignola.
Vampires of Warsaw (1914)
The Vampire’s Tower (1914)–Ambrosia film.
Saved From the Vampire (1914)
The Devil’s Daughter (1915)
A Fool There Was (1915)–Theda Bara as predatory “Vamp.”
The Vampire’s Clutch (1915)–Knight film.
Was She A Vampire? (1915)–Universal film.
Kiss of the Vampire (1915)
Mr. Vampire (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)–German film directed by Arthur Robison.
A Vampire Out of Work (1916)–Vitagraph film.
A Village Vampire (1916)
The Beloved Vampire (1917)
The Vampire (1920)–Metro film.
Drakula (1921)
The Blond Vampire (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)–German Max Schreck as Count Orlock; dir. F.W. Murnau.
London After Midnight (1927)–Lon Chaney as vampire in human disguise.
The Vampire (1928)–seducer, not undead.
1930s:
Dracula (1931)–Bela Lugosi and balletic style of movement.
Vampyr (1932)–loose “Carmilla” adaptation by Danish director Dreyer.
The Vampire Bat (1933)–Lionel Atwill as mad doctor.
Mark of the Vampire (1935)–remake of 1927′s London After Midnight.
Condemned to Live (1935)–baby of bitten woman becomes vampire/werewolf.
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)–adaptation of Stoker’s “Dracula’s Guest.”
1940s:
The Devil Bat (1940)–Lugosi raises bats for revenge.
Spooks Run Wild (1941)–Lugosi as magician suspected of being vampire.
The Return of the Vampire (1943)–Bela Lugosi with different vampire name.
Son of Dracula (1943)–Lon Chaney, Jr. emigrates to the States.
Dead Men Walk (1943)–George Zucco as vampire.
Return of the Vampire (1943)–Lugosi as vampire in WWII England.
House of Frankenstein (1944)–John Carradine as the Count.
House of Dracula (1945)–John Carradine again.
Isle of the Dead (1945)–Karloff accuses girl.
The Vampire’s Ghost (1945)–in a small African village.
The Devil Bat’s Daughter (1946)–Daddy visits in sleep.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)–Lugosi as Dracula too.
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1948)–Lugosi in British comedy.
1950s:
The Thing From Another World (1951)–outer space blooddrinker on Earth.
The Devil’s Commandment (1956)
The Vampire (1957)–accidental pill-taking leads to vampirism.
Blood of Dracula (1957)–a.k.a. Blood is My Heritage, Blood of the Demon.
Not of This Earth (1957)–Roger Corman combines sci-fi and vampirism.
The Return of Dracula (1957)–low-quality, a.k.a. The Curse of Dracula.
Horror of Dracula (1958)–Christopher Lee; Hammer Films.
Blood of the Vampire (1958)–anemic doctor victimizes patients.
Curse of the Undead (1959)–cowboy theme.
The Vampire’s Coffin (1958)–sequel to 1957′s The Vampire.
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)–Italian satire with Christopher Lee.
1960s:
World of the Vampires (1960)–pipe-organ made with human bones.
Brides of Dracula (1960)–Oedipal Hammer film set in girls’ boarding school.
Blood and Roses (1961)–Roger Vadim’s adaptation of “Carmilla.”
Black Sunday (1961)–Barbara Steele as vampire/witch in Italian film.
Sampson vs. the Vampire Women (1961)–Mexican wrestling hero Santo.
Bring Me the Vampire (1961)–Mexican inheritance comedy.
House on Bare Mountain (1962)–sexploitation with Frankenstein and Wolfman.
Kiss of the Vampire (1963)–honeymooners in Bavaria encounter cult.
The Last Man on Earth (1964)–Vincent Price after atomic holocaust.
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1964)–Peter Cushing is Death.
The Vampires (1964)–a.k.a. Goliath and the Vampires; Italian gladiator.
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1965)–Christopher Lee; Hammer Films.
Planet of the Vampires (1965)–Italian sci-fi; crew turn into space vampires.
Devils of Darkness (1965)–modern-day victims from Brittany.
Blood Fiend (1966)–Christopher Lee as suspect.
The Vampire People (1966)–Filipino film with bald heart-thief.
Track of the Vampire (1966)–Roger Corman production of artist and wax death.
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)–outlaw-turned-hero terrorized.
Blood Bath (1966)–a.k.a. Track of the Vampire.
The Devil’s Mistress (1966)
Planet of Blood (1966)–a.k.a. Queen of Blood; Corman, Basil Rathbone.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)–Roman Polanski spoof with Sharon Tate.
A Taste of Blood (1967)–Dracula’s descendant’s revenge on descendants.
Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horror (1967)
Dracula’s Wedding Day (1967)
Dracula Meets the Outer Space Chicks (1967)
Draculita (1967)
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)–Christopher Lee’s third outing.
Mad Monster Party (1968)–stop-motion monsterfest.
The Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969)–”a poor film.”
The Blood Beast Terror (1969)–British.
The Nude Vampire (1969)–French film with suicide cult in old castle.
Space Vampires (1969)–John Carradine; a.k.a. Astro-Zombies.
1970s:
House of Dark Shadows (1970)–Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins.
Count Dracula (1970)–Christopher Lee and Klaus Kinski; a shoddy production.
The Scars of Dracula (1970)–Christopher Lee stalking and drinking.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)–Christopher Lee and hypocritical Victorians.
Count Yorga, The Vampire (1970)–East European in California.
The Devil’s Skin (1970)
Dracula’s Vampire Lust (1970)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)–Hammer with a “Carmilla” adaptation.
Blood of Frankenstein (1970)–Zandor Vorkov as the Count.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1970)–American version.
Lust For a Vampire (1970)–Hammer and “Carmilla” echoes.
Countess Dracula (1970)–Hammer with Ingrid Pitt as sadist.
Guess What Happened to Count Dracula (1970)–sexploitation.
The Return of Count Yorga (1971)–sequel to the 1970 film.
Vampire Men of the Lost Planet (1971)–astronauts sent to planet.
Nosferatu in Brazil (1971)–Portuguese 8mm spoof.
The Bloodsuckers (1971)–Greek devil-worship with Patrick MacNee.
The Vampire Happening (1971)–Transylvania inheritance spoof.
The Velvet Vampire (1971)–couple stranded in desert invited into home.
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Lake of Dracula (1971)–a.k.a. Bloodthirsty Eyes, Japanese.
Blacula (1972)–Caribbean Count.
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)–Christopher Lee.
Saga of the Draculas (1972)–aging Count’s interest in pregnant niece.
The Night Stalker (1972)
The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman (1972)–a.k.a. Shadow of the Werewolf.
Dracula in Brianza (1972)
Dracula’s Great Love (1972)
The Deathmaster (1972)
The Legend of Blood Castle (1972)–17th-century Hungarian nobleman.
Grave of the Vampire (1972)–baby drinks mom’s blood from bottle.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1973)–Jack Palance as Dracula; Dan Curtis Productions.
Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973)–Pam Grier’s voodoo must send him back.
Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)–Christopher Lee as CEO and germ warfare.
Andy Warhol’s Dracula (1973)–Italian/French with aging Dracula.
The Daughter of Dracula (1973)
Dead People (1973)
Lemora: A Vampire’s Tale (1973)–odyssey of teenager in the 1930s.
The Devil’s Plaything (1973)
The Devil’s Wedding Night (1973)
Old Dracula (1974)–David Niven.
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974)–victims robbed of youth.
The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula (1974)–martial arts and Peter Cushing.
Evil of Dracula (1974)–Japanese sequel to 1971′s Lake of Dracula.
Vampyres (1974)–two female hitchhikers.
Deafula (1975)
Dead of Night (1976)
Rabid (1977)–Marilyn Chambers has bloodsucking organ under arm.
Doctor Dracula (1977)
Dracula and Son (1977)–Christopher Lee’s son wants to be a florist.
Dracula’s Dog (1977)–a.k.a. Zoltan: Hound of Dracula.
Martin (1977)–George A. Romero directs film regarding guilt and morality.
Count Dracula (1978)–British tv with Louis Jourdan.
Dracula (1979)–Frank Langella and Laurence Olivier.
Vampire (1979)–San Francisco millionaire; produced by Bochco.
Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)
Nosferatu: The Vampire (1979)–Klaus Kinski in slow remake of 1922 film.
Thirst (1979)–descendant of Countess Bathory and secret society.
Love at First Bite (1979)–George Hamilton spoof with Susan Saint James.
Vampire Hookers (1979)–a.k.a. Night of the Bloodsuckers, with John Carradine.
Dracula Sucks (1979)–Jamie Gillis.
Salem’s Lot: The Movie (1979)–originally 4-hour tv movie.
1980s:
Dracula’s Last Rites (1980)–vampire mortician.
Mama Dracula (1980)–Baroness Bathory spoof.
Deadline (1980)
Dr. Dracula (1981)
Dracula Rises From His Coffin (1982)
The Hunger (1983)–Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon.
A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1984)–nerd vampire spoof.
Fright Night (1985)–kid and Roddy McDowall vs. neighbor.
Once Bitten (1985)–Lauren Hutton comedy.
The Seven Vampires (1985)–botanical chaos.
Dragon Against Vampire (1985)
Lifeforce (1985)–space expedition brings back trouble to London.
Vampire Hunter D (1985) — Japanese anime novel.
Dracula, the Great Undead (1985) — Documentary
Demon Queen (1986) — Female vampire on bloody rampage.
Vamp (1986)–Grace Jones vs. college students.
The Devil Vendetta (1986)
Mr. Vampire (1986)–Hong Kong martial arts and slapstick.
The Lost Boys (1987)–bad influence of the gang.
The Monster Squad (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
I Married a Vampire (1987)–comedy with Brendan Hickey, Rachel Golden.
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)–after last date, he likes rare hamburgers.
Love Bites (1988)–gay spoof.
Teen Vamp (1988)–high school nerd transformed.
Beverly Hills Vamp (1988)–California girls stay out of the sun.
Dance of the Damned (1988)
Dinner With the Vampire (1988)
Dracula’s Widow (1988)
Vampire at Midnight (1988)–L.A. cop vs. vampire.
Because the Dawn (1988)–Lesbian vampires.
Nightlife (1989)
To Die For (1989)–Dracula in L.A.
Daughter of Darkness (1989)–she discovers in Romania dad was vampire.
Vampire’s Kiss (1989)–Nicholas Cage paranoid about Jennifer Beals.
Rockula (1989)–300-year-old teen vampire in a musical spoof.
Fright Night: Part II (1989)–Roddy McDowall vs. female vampire.
1990s:
Dawn (1990)
Sundown: Vampire in Retreat (1990)
Rockula (1990) — A young vampire is cursed to stay a virgin.
Doctor Vampire (1991)
Blood Ties (1991)–made for tv.
Subspecies (1991)
Kingdom of the Vampire (1991)–Jeff vs. witchy mother.
Pale Blood (1991)–kinky L.A. tale of vampire looking for love.
Vampire Cop (1991)–night shift and tv reporter.
The Reflecting Skin (1991)–a Midwest boy’s paranoia about widow next door.
Bram Stroker’s Dracula (1992)–Gary Oldman; Francis Ford Coppola.
Innocent Blood (1992)
Children of the Night (1992)–Mother and daughter vampires emprisoned by priest.
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Tale of a Vampire (1992)
Dracula’s Hair (1992)
Sleepwalkers (1992) — Stephen King and Egyptology.
To Sleep With a Vampire (1992)–vampire with stripper seeking son.
My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)–Al Lewis from “The Munsters.”
Darkness (1993)
Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1993)–vampire Radu, his mummy, and subspecies.
Love Bites (1993)–vampire hunter in love with prey.
Blood Ties (1993)
Dracula Rising (1993)
Tale of a Vampire (1993)–London library scholar searching for lost love.
To Sleep with a Vampire (1993)
Project Vampire (1993)–world domination (would end the food supply?).
Blood in the Night (1993)
City of the Vampires (1993)
Cronos (1993)–mechanized scarab inflicts vampirism.
Vampire Vixens From Venus (1994)–three alien drug smugglers.
Vampires and Other Stereotypes (1994)–detectives and chaos from Hell.
Demonsoul (1994)
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)–Alyssa Milano as tempted college student.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Addicted to Murder (1995)–Midwest boy meets vampire in the woods.
From Dusk ‘Til Dawn (1996)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Dead of Night (1996)
The Vampire Journals (1996)–Vengeful Vamp out to destroy line who turned him.
An American Vampire Story (1997)–New friends turn out to be bad vampires.
Def By Temptation (1997)–Samuel L. Jackson in erotic thriller.
Addicted to Murder: Tainted Blood (1998)–A rebel vampire converts unworthy victims.
Blade (1998)
John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)
Teenage Space Vampires (1998)–Aliens turn out to be a strange vampire species.
Addicted to Murder 3: Blood Lust (1999) — Someone is feeding on vampire flesh.
Cold Hearts (1999) — Two young women must kill to live.
The Vampire Carmilla (1999) — Vampire stalks friends of her great-great-granddaughter.
Vampire Blues (1999) — New Jersey teen vacations in Spain.
2000s:
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Dracula 2000 (2000) — Count Dracula is once again unleashed upon the world.
Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire (2000) — Made for TV.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) — The 1922 Nosferatu Schreck as a real vampire.
Blood (2000) — Vampire’s blood made genetically narcotic.
Vampires: Los Muertos (2001) — Jon Bon, vampire hunter.
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001) — Jesus is called back to a harassed Ottawa.
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2001) — Japanese anime novel.
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula (2001) — Female vampire rock star in the ’60s.
The Forsaken (2001)
Blade II (2002)
Queen of the Damned (2002) — Vaguely Anne Ricey.
Vampire Clan (2002) — Those crazy homicidal teens.
An Erotic Vampire in Paris (2002) — Lesbian Parisian adventure.
Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires (2003) — Camilla courts Lilith.
Dracula II: Ascension (2003) — Med students offered cash for ancient plasma.
Vampires Anonymous (2003) — Vic the Vampire in a 12-step program.
Vlad (2003) — Three American students in the Carpathian mountains.
Underworld (2003)
Vampires: Out for Blood (2004) — Rave scene as feeding grounds.
Blood Angels (2004) — Older sister is vampiric seductress.
Vampires vs. Zombies (2004) — Infected girl and father encounter both.
Lust for Dracula (2004) — Housewife and updated Stoker character names.
Vampire Sisters (2004) — Adult entertainment web site by vampire prostitutes.
Dracula 3000 (2004) — Transport vessel has been missing for a century.
Van Helsing (2004)
Vampires: The Turning (2005) — Martial arts and Thai vampire hunters.
Bram Stoker’s Way of the Vampire (2005)
TWILIGHT:
rottentomatoes 49%
1 win
1 nomination
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN:
rottentomatoes 98%
43 wins
9 nominations
twilightluver100%, I’m SOOOO excited about YOUR thoughts.
(Twilight is OK but it isn’t a vampire movie)
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twilight is awesome!!!!! i
sorry but notice the only people that like twilight are young girls? its a love story that merely has a vampire in it. i would find it hard to put it in the genre of “Vampire Films”
this list should be fixed! Van helsing is the best,,, i love u baby
I think, the best film about vampires is “Intrerviev with the Vampire” and the best vampire is Louis de Pointe du Lac and Jasper Hale from Twilight .
…and there should be Twilight , because that is so good film
Let the Right One In should be on here. That was a GREAT vampire movie. TWATlight needs to gtfo..
Where’s Twilight?!!!
id say Twilight is the most romantic film i really love that film it will be big like Titanic was and Edward is the most gorgouse vampire iv seen he can bite me anyday
Let the right one in is just awesome…totally made an impression on me.
twilight isnt a vampire film as it simply dosent have vampires in it; carniveros fairys yes but vampires definatly not.
twilight should absolutely be #1!!!
but maybe this list came out before twilight came to cinemas.
And I apologize, but maybe there are a few mistakes in these sentences because I’m from The Netherlands. So my English is not that good.
By the way:
I love Robert Pattinson!!!!!!!
Okay, let’s start off first with the subject Twilight. No. Just no. It is not a Vampire movie,allow me to explain WHY… In any myth you look at that stories about Vampire originate from, it all says they drink the blood of, and prey on, HUMANS. I liked the movie, it was alright, but not as a vampire movie. On to the person with the big fucking list, again, no. It is Best Vamp Movies of All Time, not, List of Every Fucking Vamp Movie Ever Made. Allow me to reiterate! Twilight, I like the movie somewhat, it’s okay, but NOT AS A VAMPIRE MOVIE!
fright night pic made me jump
Agree Zack.
Twilight is a good movie but personally I don’t think it’s a vampire movie. I still think it should be on this list, though.
But this list is plain mathematics. Nothing to argue about. This list has NOTHING to do with some sort of judgement from us here or the Snarkerati staff. As I said, it’s plain mathematics from reviewers etc:
New movie on place #53 is: TWILIGHT (average 5.5)
New movie on place #1 is: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (average 9.0)
VAMPIRE ACADEMY SHOULD BE A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!
Twilight can suck a fat dick
Why was Dusk till Dawn on here, TERRIBLE vampire movie!
10 out of 10 for the movies on the list except for RABID which was not a vampire movie (take the writers word on that).
I cannot figure out what your ruler is for ranking them. It appears you have none or maybe your still under 20. Try again after actually seeing them all.
i think vampires exist because how we now know that their r such things called vampires we also have another case like vampires they r mermaids . mermaids may also exist just like vampires as i personally think about not because i lov vampires and wana b 1 ok i think that twilight is a good movie but it is totaly not a vampire movie it is a romantic other words its a love story my opinion on the best vampires movies is queen of the demand
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i still think they need better movies more like real looking vamps
Charles McGhee, look up the average point for each movie and you’ll get the answer. Plain mathematics.
Twilight is just a slushy chick flick. Edward is only cast as a vampire to give him a bit of ‘reformed bad boy with tortured soul’ sex appeal to young girls. The books are even more slushy!
I’m sick to death with saintly do-good-er vampires, Angel, Blade, and the Cullens family can f**k right off. And what’s with all the gay and sensitive demons in TV land (e.g. Angel & Reaper)! God help us.
A few big budget adaptations of the Anne Rice books would be much appreciated. OK her vampires have nice sides, but at least they have the decency to look upon mortals as lunch.
‘Interview with the Vampire’ was excellent, and I quite enjoyed ‘Queen of the Dammed’ whatever its faults.
‘Let the right one in’ is a very satisfying watch, although anyone who suggests it for the #1 slot is getting a bit carried away. Ultimately, it’s still low budget and dubbed.
I’m supprised that ‘I am legend’ didn’t make the list. Admittedly the story is a bit weak, which is a particular shame since all they had to do for a strong story was follow the book. But the special effects were proper big budget jobs.
The Underworld films are good in every department, and probably the best vampire franchise going at the moment. Definately worth a look.
For the record, the worst vampire film, in fact just plain the worst film of any type, I’ve ever watched was Dracula 3000. I don’t know how it ended, because I couldn’t be bothered to watch it taht far. It was that lame!
omg……
queen of the damned,
and both underworlds are
the best vampire movies
ever created and twilight
is a good book, but a cheesy ass
movie.
Clive,
What movie you or I think is good or bad is without interest here. This list rank the movies only concidering the average between rotten and IMDb. If you want to discuss how You think vampire movies should be ranked you’ll have to find another list.
(I didn’t see LTROI dubbed)
“Let the Right One In”
OMG!!!
Instantly put on my list for favorite movies of all time.
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I have to disagree. I really enjoyed the Vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. Although the “Interview with the Vampire” is in fifteenth, I have to say it should AT THE LEAST be in the top 10.
I have red most of the reactions.
and most af them were about the movie TWILIGHT
I saw the movie
and for all of those who thought it wasn’t a vampire movie.
It defenetly is! (see wickeypedia)
some say Stephenie meyer must explain the sparkeling and stuf.
but she doesn’t they don’t say anything about the burning in sunlight.
and for those who think that it’s about Edward Cullen there not right
Sure i’m mean you can’t deny he’s sexy. But you can’t blame his fan’s. (the film is only populair because of his teen Fan’s)
this was said in one of the comments. I remember Intervieuw with the vampire. sure it is a great movie but don’t you think the movie became populair because of his actors. i’m mean Brat pitt and Tom cruise. let’s be real
I have red most of the reactions.
and most af them were about the movie TWILIGHT
I saw the movie
and for all of those who thought it wasn’t a vampire movie.
It defenetly is! (see wickeypedia)
some say Stephenie meyer must explain the sparkeling and stuf.
but she doesn’t they don’t say anything about the burning in sunlight.
and for those who think that it’s about Edward Cullen there not right
Sure i’m mean you can’t deny he’s sexy. But you can’t blame his fan’s. (the film is only populair because of his teen Fan’s)
this was said in one of the comments. I remember Intervieuw with the vampire. sure it is a great movie but don’t you think the movie became populair because of his actors. i’m mean Brat pitt and Tom cruise. let’s be real
so i think that twilight shoud be definitly on the list.
because it is a Vampire movie
i can tell i’m not a Twilight super Teen fan.
but peopele may not say such things about a movie if they don’t understand anything of it. SO NOT A NUMER 1* BUT THINK MORE IN NUMER FROM 20 to 30 OKAY
Great list! I grew up watching all of these old films. I remember Lost Boys the best. My mom always made me watch the scarier ones like fright night! Theres a good amount of vampire movies at vampires.be too
Well, I’m going to thank you for not adding Twilight. I’m not going to get into the whole, “does Twilight suck” or not argument, but I do agree that the movies on this list are a heck of a lot better than Twilight was. If you enjoyed the movie, fine. Bully for you. But it’s not a classic- it doesn’t have any depth. I have to admit that. It may be enjoyable to some now, but it’s just a passing phase. Not good enough to be considered for an ‘all-time’ list.
This list should be titled best reviewed vampire movie. Rating a movie as the “best vampire movie” is always going to be subjective. It probably should be left to the people that have seen scores of vamp flicks. I am not that person.
That said, I’ve seen both Twilight and Let the Right One In. Both are slow moving. Twilight’s romance is predicated on physical attraction reinforced by the oftentimes bull shit notion that, “There’s just something different about him/her”. It’s a common device we’ve all used at one point or another to validate our superficial feelings so that we don’t feel shallow…
In Let the Right One In, the relationship actually develops. The vampire kills, but she helps the boy grow up. She helps him become liberated on some level. The movie doesn’t take the easy way out and make the vampire a vegan (a good vampire) so that viewer will like her. The movie doesn’t rely on gorgeous actors so that you care about the characters.
I hate having to read movies (subtitles). But the soundtrack, the layered story, and subtle acting made it worth it. It’s not just one of the best vampire flicks I’ve seen. Let the Right One In is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
This seems like a quick google compilation. Hellsing is great, but it’s an anime series, not a movie. Some of the films posted her are just plain crap.
“Let the Right One In” is absolutely brilliant. But has anybody mentioned “Vampire Ecstasy” from the ’70′s? It was also known as “The Devil’s Plaything”…..
well…
TWILIGHT story is not really about the “vampire” thing, it’s more about their love-and-life-complications-and-survival…
and for me TWILIGHT is one of the best book and movie i’ve known..
UGH!!!! WHERE IS TWILIGHT DAT IS THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER!!!! PUT IT THERE!!!
I havent seen twilight, but from everything Ive read…It sounds nothing like a *real* vampire movie. Look up the definition of vampire and see if that even fits what you’re putting it to. I might end up watching the garbage just to make an actual concrete comment based off having seen it.
Vampires are not supposed to *sparkle*, not supposed to live off of animal blood, blah blah blah. Just because you want to think a word means something does NOT mean thats what it is.
Actually research what a vampire is, or at least see where the legend started from.
Like I said though, for Twilight, I’m just going off what Ive read for comments for how the “vampire” is.
omg!!i love most of the movies that are listed.but the need twilight.and my favrite one thats up there is INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE!!!I LOVE THAT MOVIE
omg!!i love most of the movies that are listed.but the need twilight.and my favrite one thats up there is INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE!!!I LOVE THAT MOVIE
omg!!i love most of the movies that are listed.but the need twilight.and my favrite one thats up there is INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE!!!I LOVE THAT MOVIE..I HOPE THEY MAKE MORE BETTER VAMPIRE MOVIES!!!and SOON~!!!!!
Where the hell is Twilight! I love that movie! It should be like…#1! ahhhh…
TWILIGHT SHOULD BE UP THERE! THAT MOVIE IS LIKE THE BEST! (so stoked for new moon!) PUT IT UP THERE!!!
How dare you insult the movie Twilight and Stephanie Meyer! Of course it’s about vampires! what do you think it’s about?! Unicorns?!!! It should definitly be on the list, mabey not #1, but somewhere on the fricken list!!
i thought it was about carniveros fairies. they arent fucking vampires, there not even pyhsco vampric; Meyer-pires are as vampire as mosquetos
you havent got twilight !!
its much better than most of these!!~:L
twilight isent a real vampire movie. its just for little girls that arent able to take the real vampire movies. i mean wat the hell. its the worth movie ever made the guy that plays edward is a total flake.and doesnt know how to act. this is got REAL vampire movies not some little fagette of a movie(( btw i would like to add im sorry for insulting the word fagette for puting it with twilight…that is all)) the losers that like twilight. its not a vampire movie its a romance that suposedly has vampires.
Well, good list, but Twilight IS a vampire movie, sure it’s not a killer movie, but they ARE still vampires.
It’d be ,at least, in the top 10.
Ok, one quick thing…or not so quick.
Twilight was entertaing, and technically it was a movie with vampires in it.
However
1) If you had read the comments you would realize that this list was made before Twilight came out and the author is under no need to update it.
2)While Twilight has vampires, it is completely different from what is considered the ‘Vampire Movie’ category. Mel Brooks’ ‘Dracula Dead and Loving It’ was better and didn’t make the list.
3) Remember fangirls: you’re newcomers. Many of us have appreciated the genre for a long time and have a wealth of experience to draw upon. We have seen what the legend can become in the hands of Stoker and Rice: haunting and dangerous beings who are the darkest parts of our own humanity. So please forgive the rest us if we are unimpressed by a book series designed specifically for a certain age group (tween girls).
4) Twilight was as entertaining as it was because it was SO BAD IT WAS GOOD!!! It was the ‘Snakes on a Plane’ of romance movies. I couldn’t stop laughing!
Kudos for mentioning Hellsing. Though it’s not a movie it is one of the most kickass horror series in the world.
I do wish that Underworld had been ranked higher. It was always a bit of a cult favorite, but it took the legends and managed to effectively transport it to a world of urban fantasy.
I do wonder what would happen if the list was made not by math, but my a panel of experts.
Ok, one quick thing…or not so quick.
Twilight was entertaing, and technically it was a movie with vampires in it.
However
1) If you had read the comments you would realize that this list was made before Twilight came out and the author is under no need to update it.
2)While Twilight has vampires, it is completely different from what is considered the ‘Vampire Movie’ category. Mel Brooks’ ‘Dracula Dead and Loving It’ was better and didn’t make the list.
3) Remember fangirls: you’re newcomers. Many of us have appreciated the genre for a long time and have a wealth of experience to draw upon. We have seen what the legend can become in the hands of Stoker and Rice: haunting and dangerous beings who are the darkest parts of our own humanity. So please forgive the rest us if we are unimpressed by a book series designed specifically for a certain age group (tween girls).
4) Twilight was as entertaining as it was because it was SO BAD IT WAS GOOD!!! It was the ‘Snakes on a Plane’ of romance movies. I couldn’t stop laughing!
Kudos for mentioning Hellsing. Though it’s not a movie it is one of the most kickass horror series in the world.
I do wish that Underworld had been ranked higher. It was always a bit of a cult favorite, but it took the legends and managed to effectively transport it to a world of urban fantasy.
I do wonder what would happen if the list was made not by math, but by a panel of experts.
I dont see House of Dark Shadows, or the series mention that still has a cult following. I do not understand why the remake was cancelled. I actually believe that Angel, the vampire with a soul is a copycat of Barnabas, becuase Barnabas was an evil ruthless vampire and became a force for good, fighting bad vampires, witches, warlocks, warewolves, mr Hyde, Ghosts, Leviathins, and more. The time travel and parellel universes were a first to TV.
the mainstream media has evolved (or refutably devolved becouse of corupt greed and capitalisim) and wished to plunge the depth of its differnt genres and now we vamp film fanatics are at war; consumer tween culture has tried to cross the rubickon( assuming main stream media is seisor that has now become ugly and corput) and it wishes to invaide its long left home land of folk lore and fantastic righting becouse their land of hanamontana and tragic moscaters is turning to an infertil desert. in short FUCK TWILIGHT. p.s. psyhco vampire film rocks beyound all, the vampire cult or the vampire dairy are beutiful for their un-sureal canibilism and brain damage insinuated murders
You don’t have Twilight on there. Put it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Indeed, I’m with the people who believes that Let The Right One In should be on this list!
And sure, I might be a Twilight fan but it does NOT deserve a spot on this list.
STUPID TOP OF MOVIES OF VAMPIRES , surelly this was made by gaybo as ever ussurpin the public’s decicions , this is a total fraud !!! , much trash on this list , you only brainwash the idiot brain of the people without criteria you can know you are only losing the public’s credence on your businesses
Seem to have mised off some of the best, such as The Hunger and more recently Let The Right One In.
where is TWILIGHT?
twighlight is to new and more importantly not a vampire film hence it isnt on the list
. go stake yourselves twighlight fans
Not that bad a list. I think that a few should be rearranged though, I thought Queen of the Damned was a much better movie than Blade and both of them have beaten it… no doubt I expected either Bram Stoker or Nosferatu to top the list. But I still think it needs some rearranging.
…and who are the idiots saying that Twilight be added to the list?… gosh go away with that friggin movie
Did they put the movie “Dracula is dead and he’s loving it”? Well, anyway, it was very funny. I really enjoyed the movie.
Oh yeah:
underworld #1 #2, day watch, night watch, and blade #1 #2, shouldn’t be all the way in the back. They should be in the front like between 20 and 10. Excellent movies.
That was a decent list, but with certain movies in the wrong top slots. And one of the great vampire movies, Once Bitten, with a young jim carrey. Great. Some of those movies don’t deserve to be on there though. Underworld was good but was less of a vampire movie and more of an epic battle of immortals. Van Helsing was just a large CGI monster flick. Like adding computer animation to the Monster Squad. C’mon. Dracula 1972A.D. was a pretty decent flick.. much better than the several anime cartoon ones put in there. Are you serious, cartoons. Grow up. As if making this massive list and then all of us commenting with our “Expert Opinions” isn’t childish enough….. Vampire cartoons…LOL
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I’d make some changes on the list (like anime stuff)
but i’m soooo glad twilight wasn’t here!!
The Hamiltons, i just watched it and it was brilliant, at first everyone feels like a bad guy, but at the end… Nobody really seems evil (well, there are two complete sickos, ok… But they look after their family).
I think it should be considered, maybe it is not traditional vampire flick, no severe sunburns, no fatal allergy to garlic or deadly case of atheism.
Vampyr (1932) on Criterion. Great list otherwise!
there was this movie with these two best friends, and they go to pennsylvania to stay in this castle. One of the girls slipped her hand through the castle door, and the bad vampire bit her. So later on in the movie she becomes sick. So he best friend tries to figure out why she’s sick. and then this guy who is also a vampire but a good one, tries to help the girl and her friend. He then falls in love with her and in the end makes her his wife. there was also a part in the scene where there’s a festival and they wear masks in the town, and the girl and the good vampire were together….. ugh!! what is that movie called??? it was in the 90′s i believe… and those are the only parts i remember.. please help me.
Great choices but you forgot Twilight.
wow i like all most all of these movies but some i have not even heard of. but anyway i will be watching most of these movies-dallas
this is not the same person… booooo vampire movies suck especially twilight-treco
i am so glad they didnt show twilight
This would make an awesome collection someday.
i implore of you generation Z please do not post your redundent comments
TO THE PEOPLE who are upset that “Let the Right One In” isn’t on the list. This list was made in 2007, and Let the Right One In was made in 2008. Do the math.
I’m sure if they updated this list they would include it in the top 10.
Hey, and where’s Twilight? It is at the tops of all movies, it has to be in the TOP 70 of vampire movies!!!
WISH VAMPIRES WERE REAL…..
WISH I COULD BE ONE…
I agree with all of the Twilight lovers. Twilight needs to be on here. But I also think that there needs to be more modern vampire movies on here. There are some, but there needs to be more. That’s just my personal opinion.
My choices for atleast the top 7 would be,
1) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2) Underworld
3) Underworld Evolution
4) Twilight
5) Van Helsing
6) Interview with a Vampire
7) Ultra Violet
List written October 16th, 2007….”Where’s Twilight? Where’s Twilight?”….fuck Twilight. I’m sorry, but anyone who has a drop of respect for vampire lore shouldn’t write crap that has vampires looking “beautiful” in sunlight.
You want some real vampire drama, read Rice. Nuff said.
A Swedish film that came out in 2008 called “Let the Right One In” is a great vampire flick. If you don’t mind reading subtitles, I recommend it. You can watch it instantly now if you have a Netflix account.
TwilightBorn
your pallet of vampire film must be restricted to the mainstream as nothing in ur short list of favorits isnt a conformist watered down peace of shit with capital intention
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up meutents that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise the audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
ur forgivness i implore trully for my regula myriad of spelling errors
Um… ya, whatever happened to the latest vamp movies?
Like Twilight for example? Please, an update would be nice.
i love these movies:
1.twilight
2.interview with a vampire
3.dracula (i dont know which one i think it wasa newer one)
Even though Vampires are a theme that provoque fear, shivers, excitmente & sensuality. . . besides anime movies or series. . . there´s also other options for youngsters, maybe a lil bit younger than we thought. . . like these movies
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112896/
The Little Vampire (2000)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192255/ perhaps it can fit in the extras list but it must be listed. . .
Ciao!
Thought this might be a good place to ask this question. At the end of ‘from dusk till dawn’ the vampires are killed by rays of light coming through the walls of the club. There is another vampire film where a very similar thing happens… the vampires are trapped in a house and police outside are shooting in making holes in the walls, the vampires are killed by the rays of light. In this film the vampires are the heroes (or anti-heroes). It’s fairly obvious that Tarantino was influenced by this scene, but I can’t find any reference to it. I watched it years ago and I think it might have been made in the late 70s early 80s.
Does anybody know the name of this film?
Thanks
possably near dark
hey everyone guess what. Twilight sucked and doesn’t deserve to be on this list. Vampires don’t sparkle. Get over it
And before you go all OH, YOU HAVE TO READ/SEE IT FIRST..
Yeah, been there, done that, It blows.
“Let The Right One In” is the best vampire movie in years. Should be at the top of the list.
Ok, first of all Vlad 2000 and Kat. Yous are Effing awesome.
Secondly, As someone who has read all the Anne Rice books, I have to say I was VERY disappointed with QotD by comparison to Interview with the Vampire. HOWEVER, if you read the books, you would know that Queen of the damned was probably the worst in the series. So the movie followed suit. The story in the book wasn’t bad overall, just the way in which it was written. If I had to make that movie, I would have deviated from the book as much as possible. Haha. However, it had a lot off potential, but what can you do. I honestly hated the choice of actors and the cinematography, and hell, a lot of the damn movie.
Third of all, if you can’t appreciate a movie because it is in black and white, or because the effects aren’t new… you shouldn’t even be watching movies. It’s one thing if the effects were bad for it’s TIME… But then, I often hate a lot of new movies because they are OVERDONE with effects to the point of being fake and obvious and it ruins it. But there are many GREAT movies that are black and white, or dated as far as effects. It just needs to have great acting, great directing and appropriate effects such as lighting, etc.
Lastly… I understand that all you Twilight fans are likely 12 year old girls, so I don’t expect you to know what a good movie is, or read often enough to distinguish a good book… So I am going to give you your first lesson right hear: As someone who enjoys all forms of art and expression, reads as often as possible, appreciates movies, and most importantly loves the vampire genre… Twilight makes me want to vomit the blood of my last victim, collect all my vampire related belongings and burn them, just before I retire to Antarctica (or where ever the sun shines the most) stark naked, until I am charred onyx black and die.
It is the most vile thing to ever have been written and produced in movie form, blatantly degenerating the standards for both forms of media, potentially beginning the collapse of humanity.
Please find another book after you rip out and individually shred each page, and refuse to watch any movie even remotely comparable.
PS. Clive – I am legend is good, but not a vampire movie. I thought it was clearly zombie.
Also, to whoever says that Interview with the Vampire is only thought to be good because of Brad and Tom… You are completely wrong. The book was excellent, and at the time of the movie, they weren’t the “megastars” that they came to be. You are simply using a cop out. A good movie requires SO much more then a recognizable cast. Plenty of great movies have no-names and plenty or TERRIBLE movies have stars. That movie would have been great even without them, so long as the actors could play the part as well. Or that movie could have been a disaster with the same actors, if it wasn’t directed as well.
you missed twilight
I can’t beleive “Modern Vampires” starring Casper Van Dien didn’t make it to the list.
I cant believe little kids are allowed online. It seems like all the people who like twilight and try to defend twilight are doing a poor job. You sound like 4 year old monkeys who were allowed online and express your “thoughts” with poor grammar and annoying txt talk. Just go away, keep your opinions to yourself OR talk like you have some sense.
lol if you think twilight is #1 watch angel and cry about how wrong you were
“Not cool” i concure. we must shock these space monkeys into submition. n.a.s.a dosnt need emotional articulation in the form of feces throwing, it needs expendable drones. tweens do not deserve an opinion of vampire film as their opinion is redundent.
lol at vampire fetish
True Blood is an amazing Vampire (plus other things) show. Great characters and dialog and very interesting take on urban vampires.
TWILIGHT…….IS THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE………..WHO EVER SAYS THAT TWILIGHT LOVERS ARE 4 YEAR KIDS………PLZ THNK B4 U SPEAK.
Not a bad list but seriously…..Queen of the Damned should not be on any list what so ever.The special effects sucked big time and the story was not even close to what the book was.All the did was try and combine both “the Vampire Lestat” and “The Queen of the Damned” into one movie.
How about White Wolf’s adaptation “Kindred: The Embraced”, even though the series didn’t last, due to the death of the actor who played Prince Julien, the main actor?
Okay, the list wasn’t perfect and I can see a lot that should have been omitted and there are quite a few that were overlooked.
But I have to say how impressed IMPRESSED I am that you have two of my favorite movies on there, and both are not very well known:
Blood and Donuts
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Two of the most awesomest vampire movies eva!
I’m so happy to see Near Dark at 7! But where’s Vampyr?
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
Twilight.
Is.
SHITE.
Get the fuck over it and the sparkly vampire already.
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
coll
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise they audiance demiographic and to do that the must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
coll
[edit] History
The earliest cinematic vampires in such films as The Vampire (1913), directed by Robert G. Vignola, were in reality ‘vamps’ or femme fatales deriving inspiration from a poem by Rudyard Kipling called “The Vampire”, composed in 1897. This poem was written as kind of commentary on a painting of a female vampire by Philip Burne-Jones exhibited in the same year. Lyrics from Kipling’s poem: A fool there was . . . , describing a seduced man, were used as the title of the film A Fool There Was (1915) starring Theda Bara as the ‘vamp’ in question and the poem was used in the publicity for the film.[1]
A genuine supernatural vampire features in the landmark Nosferatu (1922 Germany, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau). This was an unlicensed version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, based so closely on the novel that the estate sued and won, with all copies ordered to be destroyed. It would be painstakingly restored in 1994 by a team of European scholars from the five surviving prints that had escaped destruction.
The next classic treatment of the vampire legend was in Universal’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Five years after the release of the film, Universal released Dracula’s Daughter (1936), a direct sequel that starts immediately after the end of the first film. A second sequel, Son of Dracula, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. followed in 1943. Despite his apparent death in the 1931 film, the Count returned to life in three more Universal films of the mid-1940s: House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945) both starring John Carradine and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). While Lugosi had played a vampire in two other movies during the 1930s and 1940s, it was only in this final film that he played Count Dracula onscreen for the second (and last) time.
A link between the Universal tradition and the later Hammer style is the 1957 Mexican movie El Vampiro that actually showed the vampire fangs (Lugosi did not) and introduced other now common cliches.
Dracula was reincarnated for a new generation in the celebrated Hammer Horror series of films, starring Christopher Lee as the Count. The first of these films Dracula (1958) was followed by seven sequels. Lee returned as Dracula in all but two of these. A more faithful adaptation of Stoker’s novel appeared as Dracula (1993) directed by Francis Ford Coppola though also identifying Count Dracula with the notorious medieval Balkan ruler Vlad the Impaler[2].
A distinct sub-genre of vampire films, ultimately inspired by Le Fanu’s Carmilla explored the topic of the lesbian vampire. The first of these was Blood and Roses (1960) by Roger Vadim. More explicit lesbian content was provided in Hammer Studios Karnstein Trilogy. The first of these, The Vampire Lovers, (1970), starring Ingrid Pitt and Madeleine Smith, was a relatively straightforward re-telling of LeFanu’s novella, but with more overt violence and sexuality. Later films in this sub-genre such as Vampyres (1974) became even more explicit in their depiction of sex, nudity and violence.
Beginning with the absurd Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) the vampire film has often been the subject of comedy. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) by Academy Award winner Roman Polanski was a notable parody of the genre. Other comedic treatments, of variable quality, include Old Dracula (1974) featuring David Niven as a lovelorn Dracula, Love at First Bite (1979 USA) featuring George Hamilton and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995 USA, directed by Mel Brooks) with Canadian Leslie Nielsen giving it a comic twist.
Another development in some vampire films has been a change from supernatural horror to science fictional explanations of vampirism. The Last Man on Earth (Italy 1964, directed by Ubaldo Ragona) and The Omega Man (1971 USA, directed by Boris Sagal), both based on Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, are two examples. Vampirism is explained as a kind of virus in David Cronenberg’s Rabid (1976 Canada) and Red-Blooded American Girl (1990 Canada, directed by David Blyth).
Race has been another theme, as exemplified by the blaxploitation picture Blacula (1972) and several sequels.
Since the time of Bela Lugosi’s Dracula (1931) the vampire, male or female, has usually been portrayed as an alluring sex symbol. Christopher Lee, Delphine Seyrig, Frank Langella, and Lauren Hutton are just a few examples of actors who brought great sex-appeal into their portrayal of the vampire. Latterly the implicit sexual themes of vampire film have become much more overt, culminating in such films as Gayracula (1983) and The Vampire of Budapest, (1995), two pornographic all-male vampire movies, and Lust For Dracula (2005), a pornographic all-lesbian adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic.
There is, however, a very small sub-genre, pioneered in Murnau’s seminal Nosferatu (1922) in which the portrayal of the vampire is similar to the hideous creature of European folklore. Max Schrek’s disturbing portrayal of this role in Murnau’s film was copied by Klaus Kinski in Werner Herzog’s remake Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). In Shadow of the Vampire (2000, directed by E. Elias Merhige), Willem Dafoe plays Max Schrek, himself, though portrayed here as an actual vampire. Dafoe’s character is the ugly, disgusting creature of the original Nosferatu. Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot (1979), notably depicts vampires as terrifying, simple-minded creatures, without erotism, and with the only desire to feed on the blood of others. This type of vampire is also featured in the film 30 Days of Night.
A major character in most vampire films is the vampire hunter, of which Stoker’s Abraham Van Helsing is a prototype. However, killing vampires has changed. Where Van Helsing relied on a stake through the heart, in Vampires 1998 USA, directed by John Carpenter, Jack Crow (James Woods) has a heavily-armed squad of vampire hunters, and in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 USA, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui), writer Joss Whedon (who created TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spinoff Angel) attached The Slayer, Buffy Summers (Kristy Swanson in the film, Sarah Michelle Gellar in the TV series), to a network of Watchers and mystically endowed her with superhuman powers.
how could u not put twilight on this list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks not cool for posting my message 4 the third time i would have myself if u hadnt. to all that read my bitching; ur forgivness i implore trully for my typos. and not cool ur link is brocken
thanks not cool for posting my message 4 the third time i would have myself if u hadnt. to all that read my bitching; ur forgivness i implore trully for my typos. and not cool ur link dosnt work. ps fucking fantastic history lession
Got to see “Let the Right One In” so cool!
But what about tv shows like Angel,Buffy the Vampire Slayer,True Blood,and the Vampire Diaries?
plus moon light
yea its a nazi zombie flick not vampire but i just saw it at the internaational film festivil fucking awsome. dead snow.
I haven’t read this whole list cause its way too freakin long, but “Lesbian Vampire Killers” is amazing and has been described as “shaun of the dead with tits” its awesome, along with “Once Bitten” starring Jim Carrey, and “Vampires Anonymous” is also an awesome film.
Sooo yea
and shaun of the dead should be shot in the head so it never comes back becouse its a peace of shit along with lesbian vampire killers
Considering the simple large number of the films, I am willing to forgive Queen of the damned being on the list, since its so high up.
However, I cannot begin to imagine what possesed you to put Nosferatu as number 1. Yes, its good. Yes, it likely delayed Twhylight for a while. But it still started the ‘vampire killed by sunlight’ thing, which spawned dozens of vampire movies and books in which the ancient and powerful vampire is destroyed because he forgot to look at his watch.
I’m sorry, but such a Deus Ex Machina is a big hit to the movie. That said, 5 to 10 would have been a better choice.
WTF are some of you talking about twilight? It is a stupid romantic movie
i hate vampires i would give any thing to be a vampire hunter. I read so much on them and i dont see why they are so popular they are EVIL!!!!!
i hate vampires i would give so much to be a vampire hunter!!! THEY ARE EVIL!!!!
whats with all the stupid tween twilight comments?
this list was made in 2007. before the film existed.
not too bright are ya kiddies…
edward cullen and his toxic trainwreck generation z consumer zombie tween slaves should have their eyelids cut off and tied down infront of a monitor playing the bella lagosi dracula in a loop so the little fuckers knw what a vampire is b4 they die of starvation
What, you’ve never seen the Dan Curtis version of Dracula with Jack Palance as the Count?
The vampires in Twilight are fucking gay. Its a pity to even consider them vampires. They feed off animal blood. REAL vampires feed off human blood. And these vampire fag twilight fucks sparkle in the sunlight. VAMPIRES DONT SPARKLE IN THE SUN. and the whole movie has to do with Edward and Bella. Nothing else. The whole “omg if edward dies I die!” or “OMG if bella died I die” Shut up. The cast isn’t even good looking. And Stephanie Meyer is a crappy writer who ripped off the “Sookie Stackhouse chronicles” Twilight, if anything, ruined vampires. Made vampires seem normal. Now, thanks to twilight, vampires are never going to be the same. -_-
Hé, the list is nothing without TWILIGHT, the movie made according to the books by Stephenie Meyer, or the other movie(s) being made according to the saga Twilight
Excuse me….. but does this list has tv shows of vampires?Plus is the series Vampire Kiss series going to be a movie ?Btw the twilight movie is not what i call a beautiful gothic vampire movie.It’s a movie about glittering gay people who think they are hotter then others.I hope when the vampire diaries comes out on cw 11 i hope alot of girls give up on the twilight couples bella and edward and love the vampire diaries couples elena and stefan more.To those who love twilight(which is very gay cause edward is a fag and bella looks like a man)i prefer u watch the 2 best movies interview with the vampire and queen of the damned.for tv show the vampire diaries then you fans will realize that they are much better then gay twilight
fuck me
Significant absence:
Dance Of The Vampires (Polanski, 1967) – IMDB = 7.1;
Hey! the list is not full with out TWILIGHT!!!Twilight is the best they have to be a fault in this list!!!!! (Twilight.2008)
maggie read the fucking comments of the last fucking two years. twilight is too new to be in the list and real vampire film fans will spew fucking chunks if that carniverous fairy meyer tween shit was smeared on the list
Twilight the movie was garbage…..women are so fucking pathetic!
It’s rude to claim this list suck just because there isn’t Twilight. Well, it can be a good love story for teenagers but it’s not very good at being a vampire movie. The reason is you feel nothing scary, mystery, palpitate, excited, spiritual what shold be brought to a vampire movie. Edward is a goodboy, to good to made me feel he is a vampire. Do you think it’s a vampire movie if there is not bloodlust, killing scene like zombies without killing, virus and gun. Making something new is good but if you go too far from the origins, it will be something very diffrent. Twilight the novel is good for everyone, not bad for the true fan of vampires but the movie is nothing but a romantic movie, it’s famous just because the novel is famous and the actors and actress a good looking to most of people.
It’s rude to claim this list suck just because there isn’t Twilight. Well, it can be a good love story for teenagers but it’s not very good at being a vampire movie. The reason is you feel nothing scary, mystery, palpitate, excited, spiritual what shold be brought to a vampire movie. Edward is a goodboy, to good to made me feel he is a vampire. Do you think it’s a vampire movie if there is not bloodlust, killing scene like zombies without killing, virus and gun. Making something new is good but if you go too far from the origins, it will be something very diffrent. Twilight the novel is good for everyone, not bad for the true fan of vampires but the movie is nothing but a romantic movie, it’s famous just because the novel is famous and the actors and actress a good looking to most of people. …
It’s rude to claim this list suck just because there isn’t Twilight. Well, it can be a good love story for teenagers but it’s not very good at being a vampire movie. The reason is you feel nothing scary, mystery, palpitate, excited, spiritual what shold be brought to a vampire movie. Edward is a goodboy, to good to made me feel he is a vampire. Do you think it’s a vampire movie if there is not bloodlust, killing scene like zombies without killing, virus and gun. Making something new is good but if you go too far from the origins, it will be something very diffrent. Twilight the novel is good for everyone, not bad for the true fan of vampires but the movie is nothing but a romantic movie, it’s famous just because the novel is famous and the actors and actress a good looking to most of people. ……..
Well i gotta say i have not seen half of these films i have seen a few they a wkd tahh i jst wonna say have u seen the little vampire it is so cool
It’s quite amazing how stupid the people championing twilight sound. I thought the movie was aimed at teenagers in general, but it seems to have attracted a very high proportion of retards. They can’t even string a simple sentence together.
Anyway, Twilight is a pretty average popcorn flick. ‘Let the right one in’ is the only movie that has been released since this list was made that deserves consideration.
I love that Interview with the Vampire is there,defenitely one of my favorites.I really did enjoy Queen of the Damned as well.I was SO glad Nosferatu is number one.That movie was amazing.Scared the hell out of me.I also love Shadow of the Vampire, The Lost Boys,Underworld,Blade,and Horror of Dracula.
I recommend Let The Right One In. It’s like the Anti-Twilight.
So far my favorites are Interview With The Vampire, Let The Right One In, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust.
I’m not really a fan of Underworld to be honest. I find it good, but for some reason I’m not that big on that movie like everyone else is. And Queen Of The Damned isn’t really that great. It’s alright, but I don’t feel like it deserves to be on the list.
TWILIGHT
P.S – Twilight can go suck a dick and fucking burn. Bad actors and horrible story. TWILIGHT is so BAD that if a real vampire watches this it would die. It’s only meaningful to teenage girls and little girls who don’t know nothing about vampires. Watch Let The Right One In. It’s way better.
You can say what you will about the quality of the Twilight films. I didn’t like them, but I wasn’t the target audience. The target audience (prebubescent girls) does. Nothing wrong with that. Twilight, however, did not have vampires. They used the word incorrectly. What they had was some entirely new abomination which sullied the image of the vampire irreparably and possibly out of some misplaced spite. No vampires. Not a vampire movie. That fucking simple.
I am here to correct the truth of the last posted msg. In twilight, the cullens are referred to as “vampires”, I agree that there was no real vampyres in the movie because if you people new more about vampyres you would know that the term “Vampyre” refers to the cold skinned, blood feeding creature of the night. The term “Vampire” refers to people that live in a Vampyre style of life.. This includes goths, emo’s, vampires, ect. Do I make myself clear.. You pathetic people shouldn’t be going around looking up vampyre stuff if you have no idea what you mean.. Stephanie meyer made a spelling mistake.. Or was it an intelectual mistake becuase she didn’t read up on her basis informations before she started doodling on her laptop. People, if you are so interested in information on vampires.. Go to proper sites.. Oh hang on, vampires don’t have the internet.. So just stop!
edward cullen and his toxic trainwreck generation z consumer zombie tween slaves should have their eyelids cut off and tied down infront of a monitor playing the bella lagosi dracula in a loop so the little fuckers knw what a vampire is b4 they die of starvation
i conceed that the vampire subgenre must evolve to survive but twighlight isnt this evolution, its just one of the many fucked up mutants that occured along the way.
i dare say the future in vampire film (a cultest HORROR subgenre) will follow the direction of the low budget UK goth film “vampire diary” (not to be confused with the sadly popular, posably becouse of its twighlightish qualities book and tv series ‘the vampire dairies’).
the majority of big name big budget vampire films are made to make money; to maximise profit they maximise the audiance demiographic and to do that they must make it easy to watch which ultamatly strips away what makes the sub-genre what it is ,its simple shit people. if u want good vampire film dig around indie film. theres a reason why “citizen kane” is considerd the best peace of cinima of all time; orsen wells didnt conform to what “the money” wanted, he told the story the way he wanted and now 50 years later it is still considerd the greatest film of all time.
seriosly poeple “vampire diary” look into it; Mark James,
Phil O’Shea “vampire diary”
vampire diary
Look idiots this list was made b4 twilight came out for all those twilight fans , its not a proper vamyre film and its deffo not gotic the only reason anyone watches it is coz of Robert Pattinson but get some sesnse and read a better vampire book and watch a better vampire film (broaden your horizens )
A quick note to all of you obsessed Twilighters out there…
Twilight is a watered down version of borderline vampire lore mixed with the sex appeal of “dangerous” guys geared towards young girls…furthermore, it is a Mary Sue, where Meyer plays out her younger years the way she wanted it to happen, Ed Cullen representing the “popular kid” or whatever…probably a jock of some sort…
First off, Vampires do not sparkle in the sun. They do get a bit glow-y, but usually because most lore has them bursting into flame…Vampires are dark beings who are so dark, that their polar opposite, sunlight, kills them. They are representatives of what goes bump in the night…Vampires are your first real nightmare…the first monster under your bed ((I think I may be paraphrasing Robin McKinley here…at least her Vampires are dangerous, gory, somewhat evil beings, whose only motivation to team up with humans is to kill off a common Vampire enemy and whose only motivation to not frighten their prey is because even though frightened blood tastes better, it weakens you…but I digress))
I think that Twilight, if anything, should be considered more towards the low end of superhero movies…or somewhere in with Disney movies like Hannah Montana Banana Fontana or The Jonas Brothers or whatever…
Twilight, however, was an OKAY movie…I think that for not being really thrilled with the job, Robert Pattinson played through it like a real trooper and did well…his female counterpart…well…she was boring…along with the rest of the movie…
However, since Twilight is more shallow and superficial than say…anything Anne Rice could come up with…and FAR less amazing and brilliant than Bram Stroker, and since the only thing remotely vampiric about Meyer-pires is that they drink blood, are immortal, and move fast, it really can’t be considered a TRUE Vampire movie. True vampires don’t sparkle, and they sure as hell don’t reproduce WITH humans…they reproduce by TURNING humans. Perhaps you should try to dominate another genre that you actually belong in.
Furthermore…
If I see another OMG WTF WHAR IS TWILIGHT LIEK SRSLY ITS THE BEST MOVIE EVRRRRR FO SHO, I will lose all faith in humanity as it exists. if it’s really THAT important, start your OWN site with your own list and invite all your little Twilighter fangirl friends who will actually care about your opinion. But that’s what it is…an opinion. It’s not a consensus.
It’s SO funny, but that fantastic Swedish girl actress who played Eli in “Let the Right One In”, do you know which movie she considers be one of her favorites right now?
Well, it’s Twilight!
It’s so WTF funny. And maybe a little sad but on the other hand, I’ve heard that a lot of the actors in Twilight really liked LTROI.
Hey didn’t see it in the list but you should really read “Let The Right One In” by John Lindqvist and then check out the movie of the same name…it’s really good
OMFG, if you thought Twilight was a good movie, then you really need to be shot in the fucking head.
Books fine, movie was just another teenie-pop full of ugly fuckers acting badly to half a story line. it was naff!
I love all vampire movies (good or bad) especially Twilight, for all u fuckers who will not leave that movie alone, shut the fuck up cause u bitches obviously dont kno shit! 4 all of you peoples 4 Twilight I respect u. However i will say read the books first cause they are better. Books always beat the movies.
i love all vampire movies (good or bad) espcially Twilight. For those people who love and respect twilight i’m all 4 what you people gotta say. Everyone else needs to shut the fuck up cause u bitches obviously dont kno shit and are just jealous cause you cant look as good as Bella, Jacob, or Edward. So do your family and the world a big favor and kill yourselves now. However 4 everyone out there read the books first cause the books, in my opinion, are always better than the movie. If you didnt like the movies fine. Try the books cause you’ll probably like them better. But geez dont go putting up a bunch of messages on the internet saying it sucked. That’s what’s commonly known as a “DICK MOVE” and we dont have time for your bullshit.
OK I can’t remember the name of this vampire movie, and cant find it. All I can remember is they capture a vampire and put him in like a school or hospital and surround him with ultraviolet lights to weaken him and have a mound of grains so that he wont be able to count them all. can’t remember anything else, except I want to watch it again! I’d appreciate if someone knew what it was called.
the movie your looking for is the sequile to dracula 2000, it is ‘dracula 2 assention’ i think it was way better than the first one despite the obvious plot holes
i think 30 days of night deserve to be part of this list. that movie totally scared the s*$%&^&t out of me.
You should have put Interview With the Vampire further up the list. It deserves no. 1 !!!!!!
Sonia, dude are you joking? Twilight is not #1. Its a very tame version of a vampire. It doesn’t even need to be on the list of the best. maybe Second best.
Dracula20XX and Antonio. Hello! Queen of the Damned was a good movie and should be on this list. I totally disagree with you.
I think Bram Stolkers Dracula should be number 1.!
TWILIGHT
P.S – Twilight can go suck a dick and fucking burn. Bad actors and horrible story. TWILIGHT is so BAD that if a real vampire watches this it would die. It’s only meaningful to teenage girls and little girls who don’t know nothing about vampires. Watch Let The Right One In. It’s way better.
I’ll agree!:) dude who ever wrote that is the best… beside Twilight is ain’t that good… and the werewolf looks like a bear…? hey do u have guys any info about Shadow land by Alison Noel or Night World? these are the best books EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
helooo whoever made the last comment on twilight needs to shut up i mean i admit it the movie wasnt as good as the book but it was very good i loved it and again y isnt it up here heloooooo r u like an idiot or something great movie
queen of the damned …underworld 1,2 i 3 …van helsing…trqbwa da sa 4elnata troika a queen of the damned da e na 1-wo mqsto…
Erm, sorry but your wrong **Bump “Let the right one in” from your 71 to #1 thankyou have a nice day, and if you are thinking ive never heared of this movie, then get it, sit your ass down and watch it, it will be the best movie you ever seen let alone the best vampire movie. Thankyou hope to see the list change by tomorrow!
Also if all you other people havent seen it get netflix and instant stream it on your computer or something you need to see it, its fin awesome, plus the fact that they thought it was so good they are coming out with an american version but us americans like to put to much of one thing in a movie, we overdue everything, if you havent noticed that already ( 1 dollar burgers, upgrade meal to large 79cents ect ect… )
Movie is “Let the right one in”
You will love it
Then you will love me for telling you that you will love it
This has been a highly educational thread for someone who thought they knew a fair bit about vampire movies. There’s a lot for me to check out – yay! Thanks to everyone who’s preceded me.
In that spirit, can I suggest people check out a UK made TV show (BBC3) called “Being Human” – it’s not exclusively a vampire show, but vampires play a big part. Contains adult themes and situations, as the disclaimer guy says…
Also the South Park episode where old-school goths become increasingly infuriated at the rise of the Twilight fans, and Butters becomes convinced he’s a vampire, is like a cartoon version of much of the debate above, but even funnier.
For what it’s worth, I liked the Twilight books and movie. They’re not in the same league artistically as Let The Right One In or Cronos or 30 Days… (for example) but they were entertaining and I thought they tapped into some of the interesting aspects of the vampire myth in an fairly novel way (morality, desire & control, outsider status, the cost of outliving people).
Why rip your knitting over varying depictions of fictional creatures?
does any one know the name of the vampire movie where zack saves sarah from nash. she goes to the club musie for a concert.
All of those people who are so stupid- saying all those rude comments about the vampire movies…just SHUT THE HELL UP!!! God! There’s nothing you can do about it. Shut up.
If you don’t like the movie, well, so hate it all you want. But it’s wrong to say bad stuff about movies.
well if anybody wants to say bad and rude things about this comment, well….
FUCK YOU!
SCREW YOURSELF!
YOU FAGGOT!
YOU DUMBSHIT!
thank you for wasting your time reading this comment…
I strongly suggest the list be revised. “Let the Right One In” is a freggin masterpiece of the vampire genre….. the shear power of the story communicates at the deepest level…..it put it before most of those other films.
people who call for changes to the list.
this list is fantastic for one and secoundly i would consider it a list based on a specific sample, the sample being when it was made.
if the list was regulerly updated then its point would be lost; the flavour of the week would sit in the place of classic master peaces.
I am not sure if this qualifies, but I would really appreciate help,
I remember watching an anime where there is a vampire in a casket in one of the opening scenes. However there is a group hunting him, and one of the guys is hooked up to a life support machine and can go into spirit form to fend of various evil entities. He ends up dying in a last ditch effort to save his party after he goes into spirit form. If anyone knows what movie this is, plz email belowrail@yahoo.com Thank you very much!
Well, thank the stars, there’s ‘True Blood’!
Wow, amazing.
Good list, for everyone who wants *Their Movie* to be number one, just go to IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, do some simple math and see where it would rank. I actually think the rating system is great, although I have to wonder why they chose to put Anime on here, oh well.
What never ceases to amaze me is the majority of Twilight fans. I did see the movie, I did read the books, I enjoyed both. When I did the math it was a 5.75 landing it around #45. Thats cool. The math for Let the Right One In was like 8.12 or something, making it #2.
Now, what I want to know is how all these millions of girls that are saying they read the books and that the books were better, by the way they write and their grammer I am kind of curious if they even -could- read the books. Becuase though the books can get kind of Emo, they are well written, with vocabulary for adults or at the very least someone who is literate in the English language.
Ok, I went off on my tangent now, I am done. Thank You.
Ultra*Violet
4 starters twilight was good but could have been better.
What the hell! Nosferatu wasn’t that good. Nor were half of these movies. Why is Underworld even one there? Both were just terrible. And Vampire in Brooklyn? ugh. Rethink your list.
You forgot
Dracula 2: Asscension
and Hellsing is quite excellent,even though i only saw the first 3 episodes.
I was looking for a vampire movie to watch and settled on Fright Night.So,Thanks.
Hey, since you all seem to know a lot about vampire movies, I wonder if you could help me. I saw this one movie years ago and I thought it was pretty cool. I would like to see it again, but I don’t know the title or anything about it really. The storyline is that a girl goes to live with her older sister that owns I think it was a bar or a dance club. The younger sister doesn’t know that the other one is a vampire, but soon finds out. Oh, the older one runs the place with a few other vampire friends. Really the only scene I remember is that at the begining of the movie the girls are all chained to one pole and they chew off one of the girls legs to escape, or something like that. I think they were being ruled by some powerful vampire or something like that. Anyway, if anyone can help I’d really appreciate it. I’ve tried looking for it, but come up with so many different pointless things. Btw, I don’t know if it is a regular movie or a TV made movie. Thanks!
This is basically a list of every vampire movie ever made except for Twilight.
dude this isnt even close to every vampire movie ever made, its a dent in a giant sub-genre, these are just the mainstreamish vampire films
Leave the tweens alone. Yes Twilight is a load of crap but the people watching it are children. They will grow up and cringe about it later
On that long list, they forgot about, a Director who created the Black Mask (Played By Jet Li)
Tsui Hark’s: Vampire Hunters (2002)
it’s orinally in Cantonese by can be changed to English. Great movie in my opinion and has a very unique theory about Chinese vampires.
How in the hell could you put that piece of crap sequel to Vampire Hunter D before the original–not to mention that it is within the top 10 in your list, and it is one of the most horrible sell-outs of a sequel (besides Fright Night 2) that I have ever seen?! Fright Night and the original Vampire Hunter D (which was a significant part of the inspiration for the whole Castelvania series) should definitely be making the top ten.
i hate this website it doesn’t have twilight and that is the best vampire movie
Great list, but the order is terror! I think underworld and Van Helsing should be way closer to the first.
I’m writing a vampire story, it’s action-packed, funny, and romantic. Maybe I’ll sell it or get it published someday, I still don’t know what to name it, if you have any suggustions just name them and I’ll think about it
you also forgot Twilight, Underworld 2, Underworld 3 rise of the lycans, and The Little Vampire!
The girl from Vampire Diaries is who I’m playing and she is not a vampire but the characters playing my best friend and her boyfriend [in the story not real life] are.
hello!!!what about twilight??
uhhhhh…some flicks on here are VERY SUCKY!!! Queen of the Damned?Give me a break.
BEFORE POSTING RETARDED COMMENTS LIKE OMG NO TWILIGHT? THAT’S BECAUSE TWILIGHT SUCKS FUCK AND THIS LIST WAS MADE BEFORE TWILIGHT AND STOP BELIEVING IN VAMPS THEY AREN’T FUCKING REAL
omg, the guy above me, twilight sucks, is a fucker [stop saying bad words you asshole] vampires totally exist if you know how to look for them, same with werewolves.
???????????????????(*^__^*) ??……
the list really sucks…no offense! i see that you must really love the classics but really….nosferatu??? if your ever gonna make a new list, you know, updated, make twilight at number 2 then new moon at number 1. there are also some movies on the list that are pretty cool too. like bram stoker’s dracula with wynona ryder and ect. GO NEW MOON!!! GO TEAM SWITZERLAND!!!!!!!!!-well actually i like team edward but i feel sorry for team jacob…GO TWILIGHT SAGA(now that we all can agree on-except for some who say it sucks….>:(
gosh!!!! give me a break! if u hate twilight so much then dont watch it it really pisses me off! i respect those who dont like it but those who say that it “f*cking sucks”….that’s just wrong…by the way….go team switzerland!!!!!i like team edward more but i really feel sorry for jacob, but a better solution would be…go twilight saga!!! i also like bram stoker’s dracula but it’s a bit old and the pretty wynona ryder is old already….sad
I can’t believe they didn’t put Twilight in the top 70.
Twilight i think is a great vampire movie
they forgot about twilight
>.
you twilight was awesome i loved it but then you get boring of it you have no idea how many times i see n the word twilight while i was scrolling down it’s crazy that they didn’t but twilight on as the top 70 that is so not cool but anyways i’m just saying for the people who dont love twilight thats your opinion so just get over it if teens like it does is bother you
well anyways im just saying i love it and sometimes i get boring of it but i would still love it and read the books some poeple just dont understand…
OMG Twilight is a good Vamp movie but it’s not really scary which I think this list is kinda devoted to. Why are some peoples names in red though?
5. Martin (1977)
that one is just plain F***** up i mean come on you don’t even have to look that close to notice that guy is wearing “FAKE” fangs,you know the cheap kind you get at any store for holloween? If you don’t see it look closely at the fangs and you’ll notice just a little on the top part you see the guys real teeth! Now if that isn’t the cheapest,poor excuse for a vampyre movie of ALL time then i don’t know what is. *sigh* it’s so damn sad it pisses me off to know end. But hell i guess that was the general idea…damn elders blah >.
“True blood” rules!!! that’s the best vampire movie! I love it!!!!
and “Moonlight”!!!!!
some of these pictures are scary !!!!!!!
Where’s Twilight? Twilight should be number one.
Has anybody seen the movie “the vampires assistant” it is written by anne rice .It is literally the best movie I have ever seen in my whole life!
okay so first of all Twilight sucked and im not just saying that Bcuz there were vampires. dude… van helsing was awesome and it sooooooooo totally bled out rocked (okay that was Bcuz of the vampires). Vampires are awesome! If you love vamps u need 2 watch Van Helsing or read The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod! 1, 2, and like u so wanna read 3! you dont need 2 like reading just need 2 like easy-&-fun-2-read books. Im a teenage girl mother fucker so stop bagging on us and stop the shitty Twiglight your all fuckin craz and u need 2 go suck dick assholes! Twilight sucks and u kno it! ur all lunies with no imagination! Vampires r cool and possibly real, and THEY DONT GLOW LIKE FUCKIN DIAONDS!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the list, full of classics. I was amazed that Nosferatu is number one. And also that I’ve watched most of these, hehe…
I just had to leave a comment because it annoys me so f*n much that after Twilight came out vampires became a matter of interest for pubescent shiny pink girls who love it because of the so called good looking kid playing the “predator’s” role in the movie. I have watched it and read it as I teach (therefore study) language and enjoyed it as a book/movie with a totally different view on vampires. I just absolutely hate the outcome.
(though I am forced to agree that while movies like Bordello of Blood and Dracula 2000 make the list, Twilight might as well just be listed there somewhere)
personally i think u all need to get out more.
ravenous
my favorite
you missed it
for me Buffy is the best
fantastic movie!
how does twilight suck your a fag “twilight sucks” if u wathchd it mayb ud see y loads of people love it and who r u,realy who r u 2 say vampires arent real people believe in god even though they havnt seen him u dnt need 2 see it 2 believe it…asshole get a life…
Twilight would be too new to be put on the list. Most of these movies have been out for a time to seen how the trends go about .
besides…. twilight isnt a vampire movie but it would defintly go as number 1 as a suck ass high school drama movie ^_^
Left The Right One In was great film too. Definitely better than most on that list. Left too many unanswered questions though.
Let The Right One In. A must see film. Definitely better than most on the list. My only problem with it is that t left too many unasnswered questions.
UPDATED LIST:
This is the new updated list. Exactly as the original list, the ranking is only based on votes at IMDb and reviews at Rottentomatoes, nothing else. No personal thoughts, just plain mathematics. New movies on this list are Twilight, Thirst, Let the Right One In and of course Roman Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers (forgotten before?)
70. The Forsaken (2001) 4.20
69. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 4.70
68. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) 4.70
67. Blacula (1972) 4.80
66. Van Helsing (2004) 4.80
65. Fright Night Part 2 (1988) 4.95
64. Vamp (1986) 5.05
63. Blade: Trinity (2004) 5.05
62. Underworld: Evolution (2006) 5.15
61. Lifeforce (1985) 5.35
60. The Night Flier (1997) 5.35
59. John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) 5.40
58. Vampyros Lesbos (1970) 5.40
57. NEW: Twilight (2008) 5.45
56. Innocent Blood (1992) 5.50
55. Ganja & Hess (1973) 5.5
54. Subspecies (1991) 5.55
53. Underworld (2003) 5.65
52. The Vampire Lovers (1970) 5.65
51. The Hunger (1983) 5.65
50. The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998) 5.75
49. Blood for Dracula (1974) AKA Andy Warhol’s Dracula 5.75
48. The Return of the Vampire (1944) 5.75
47. Son of Dracula (1943) 5.80
46. Frostbitten (2006) 5.80
45. BioHunter (1995) 5.80
44. Vampire’s Kiss (1989) 5.80
43. Rabid (1977) 5.85
42. Love at First Bite (1979) 5.85
41. Nadja (1994) 5.85
40. Blood and Donuts (1995) 5.90
39. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) 5.95
38. Vampire Effect (2003) AKA The Twins Effect 5.95
37. The Addiction (1995) 6.05
36. John Badham’s Dracula (1979) 6.05
35. Night Watch (2004) AKA Nochnoy Dozor 6.15
34. Blade II (2002) 6.20
33. Blade (1998) 6.25
32. Vampire Hunter D (1985) 6.25
31. Brides of Dracula (1960) 6.25
30. Dracula’s Daughter (1936) 6.25
29. Vampyres (1974) 6.25
28. House of Dracula (1945) 6.30
27. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) 6.35
26. The Monster Squad (1987) 6.45
25. Salem’s Lot (1979) 6.45
24. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) 6.50
23. The Last Man on Earth (1964) 6.50
22. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 6.50
21. The Lost Boys (1987) 6.55
20. Day Watch (2006) AKA Dnevnoy Dozor 6.60
19. Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat (1991) 6.70
18. NEW: The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) 6.80
17. Interview with the Vampire (1994) 6.90
16. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 6.90
15. Fright Night (1985) 6.90
14. The Night Stalker (1972) 6.95
13. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) 6.95
12. Cronos (1993) 7.00
11. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) 7.05
10. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002) 7.20
9. Near Dark (1987) 7.25
8. Horror of Dracula (1958) 7.35
7. Martin (1977) 7.40
6. Black Sunday (1960) 7.50
5. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) 7.55
4. Dracula (1931) 7.75
3. NEW: Thirst (2008) 7.90
2. Nosferatu (1922) 8.55
1. NEW: Let the Right One In (2008) 8.95
Sorry, Polanski’s movie was on the list, just not with todays average point.
Twilight is terrible, and shouldn’t even be considered a vampire film in my opinion.
But I think the one thing this list is really missing is 30 Days Of Night, since that film/graphic novel is AMAZING. It’s probably the only vampire film that has genuinely frightened me.
thank god twilight isn’t up there that is a disgrace to good movies…hell good books…Yea you twilight faggots I went there
Forgot a few more for future reference:
Theres The Vampire’s Assistant (cirque Du Freak) comming out later this month. I’m not sure if you’re including anime series as well, but I did notice some up there. If your including anime series don’t forget about Vampire Knight, and Nightwalker. For TV series don’t forget about Blood Ties, Moonlight, and True Blood.
Movies:
Moon Child, it’s a japanese film but it was really really good!
The Vampire Clan
A Perfect Creature (BRILLIANT FILM)
Underworld 3?
ok, “cronos” isn’t even about vampires! and old vampire movies arn’t the only good vampire movies!! there are a ton a vampire movies WAY better than these. this site DEFINITELY didn’t help me!!!
Hello. I like a lot of these movies, but there are one specific I’m looking for i have NO clue what it is called, and i dont find it anywhere. It was about a normal city were vampires werent dangerious, they were sophisticated and just curious of human life(im not sure at all, because i only saw half of it and the end, so im sorry if i havent gotten all the data right) but there was a virus that made the vampire blood thirsty and crazy. There was a detective, female, human who was working on this case, and a vampire working with her, whom, i think, loved her. This one infected vampire took hostages, and therefore they blocked up that part of the city the vampire lived in.. i dont remember much, its a really long time since i saw it, but it would be really helpful if someone knew which im talking of and would care to tell me!:)
Wow. A lot of Twilight Weaboos. ‘Oh look at me, I don’t have fangs! I sparkle in the light and I can read your thoughts! Oh, how wonderful! And my sister, oh she’s a pixie! She can have visions about when you’re going to die because she was tortured! Oh, wow!’
What about 30 Days of Night or the Little Vampire? They’re quite good.
(Coming from a twelve-year-old -sigh-)
Following movies didn’t make it:
• The Vampire Assistant (to new, no votes yet at IMDb)
• Moon Child (no reviews at rotten)
• Vampire Clan (no reviews at rotten)
• Perfect Creature (no reviews at rotten)
These made it:
# 68 Underworld – Rise of the Lycans (average 4.85)
# 63 Little Vampire (average 5.20)
# 44 30 days of Night (average 5.80)
# 5 Cronos (average 7.75)
No Twilight should NOT be included as those aren’t vampires they’re faeries. ^_~
Secondly, Great list bad order. Thanks so much for including some classic Christopher Lee (best Dracula ever) and the personal favorite Subspecies. You should have mentioned that they filmed in Romania though. Beautiful castles, and classic special effects.
no one said that vampires must have fangs, can fly etc. so putting twilight in is not a felony either.
Love Bram Stoker’s Dracula…but my favorite vampire of all time is Tom Cruise,Interview With A Vampire was amazing
This list was not about good vampires or bad vampires It was about Vampires in movies plan and simple and those of you who thing that Twilight should be on the list. Sure why not it had vampires in it. They might not be typical vampires, that were use to. But things change…..Get use to it.
FYI: Twilight has had more of a fallowing then any of these movies!!!!
ITS JUST A LIST GET OVER IT!! GROW UP
Peace~
wao,its ao interteiment to me to watch vampires movies but the vampiers movies which i aprishiet is underworld creation$revolution and all blade
very interesting list of films. The most curious thing it was about mexican titles: nostradamus? or rock and roll wrestling women?, h a hhaa. So cool!
i hope to find and watch some of them
thank you .
Funny how the people that say a list isn’t important are the first ones to yell. These are the same people that think that anything in black and white or in 35MM film must have been aweful.
This list is about quality vampire movies so twilight (being a shallow romance plot) doesn’t fit. These are mostly cult movies fit for showing to a classics based audience. Trying to put Twilight with these would be like throwing Cemetary Man in with Sean of the Dead simply because they both have zombies.
BTW watched Blood and Donuts for the first time the other day. Loved it! completely a cult film though.
The list is obsolete!
#1: Let The Right One In
Please update.
i have seen this movies but they forgot to put it the erotic vampire movies…it is so funny to see that types of movies….i don t know if i wrote ok because i m from spain but i hope you undestand me…….i love movies with vampires
I definitely agree that Nosferatu should be number one. It still gives me chills to this day.
Twilight sucked so bad, I got a charlie horse halfway through the movie. Three chapters into the book, I had to put it down because I felt my manhood slipping away and I started growing a vagina.
Let The Right One In indeed deserves a place in the top 10, top 20 at least. It was a modern-day masterpiece and one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, period.
Van Helsing should be stricken from the history of cinema. That was one of the worst pieces of crap that I think has ever been made.
SenorChad – As the list got shorter and shorter I was half expecting ‘Let the right one in’ to be either #1 or #2 (pretty much knowing Nosferatu would be top though), so when I saw it wasn’t on the list I knew either the creator of said countdown was either a moron or the list was made before it’s creation. It was the latter (thankfully).
‘Let the right one in’ is spectacular.
One of my 4 favourite films of all time.
“Let the Right One In” is definitely & deservedly @ the top of this list….a tasteful film done with superb nuance…
I think you guys are right twilight is nothing but a piece of shit (this goes to those of you who think that). Also what its doing is ruining the reputation of all awesome vampire. What twilight needs to do is GO SUCK A DICK!!!!!!
Elle – I’m glad someone around here thinks so. It seems like the majority of people on here think it deserves a spot, so this list definitely needs to be revised.
BloodLust – Twilight’s already doing that, my friend. It’s sucking the hormonal dicks of every pre-pubescent Twitard out there.
How about “House of Dark Shadows”? This movie was based on the television soap opera … and Barnabas Collins was one mean dude in it! Good for it’s time period … I’d love to see a “re-telling” of the story, complete with present day make-up and effects!
4 me twilight is the best vampire movie but its quite romantic vampire movie
twilight is the best vampire movie but its quite romantic vampire movie
I agree with ScytheNoire. Who are these so called professional movie critics? lol They placed most of the greatest vampire movies at the bottom of the list. Old movies are not the best. Classics , but not the best. I think that a good vampire movie should scare the hell outta you. Thanks for the list though, i’ve spotted a few that I haven’t heard of. My favorites are the remake of salem’s lot and john carpenter’s vampires.
Thank you for not putting Twilight in the list.
i luvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv!u jacob black/taylor lautner.
Vampires are NOT sparkly.
This list was written 2 years ago. It definitely wouldn’t have “Twilight” up there. I hope the author updates the list.
“Twilight” is a movie about vampires, but it isn’t a vampire movie. Just like “Once Bitten” with Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey, it is a movie with vampires, or “Little Vampire”. They have vampires in them, but they’re NOT truly vampire movies.
I am, over all, very happy with this list.
And I’m so happy Twilight isn’t a part of it. That teen-boppy-twidie cult needs to come to an abrupt end…
and i’m pretty sure that anyone who mentions Twilight as a good reference has never read, or watched a good vampire book or movie. Mostly just ditsy teen girls who feel accomplished for finally reading a book longer than 100 pages, and lonely middle aged women. vampires don’t sparkle, they drink blood, and should hate sunlight….
great list!
-Thank God For No Glitter
I am completely sad that Twilight is not number 1….
Why not? It should make the list atleast near number one, and New Moon to follow, I love Blade just as much as the next fan, but you have to give Twilight the credit it deserves, it won best film @ the MTV Movie awards! C-mon add it already!!!
and yes its “Vampires and Werewolves”! (=
Just a message to all you Vampire movie lovers out there who have not yet seen “Let the Right One In”, get off this page RIGHT NOW! Go to your Netflix site, or your local video store and GET THIS MOVIE! You will not be disappointed whether you are in the “Twilight fan” group or the “anti-Twilight” group. It is the most original vampire movie in decades yet it does not massacre the vampire mythos as most of its “romantic vampire” movie predecessors have done. It’s popularity has suffered greatly due to it being in Swedish. After a time you forget you are reading the dialogue anyway. My advice though is see it now before Hollywood puts out the inevitable (and dreaded) American version and everyon says “oh, I’ll just see the English version instead”. The movie is perfect as it is and the story, I feel, will lose it’s luster when it is Americanized. Also, if you are a bookworm as I am, AFTER seeing the movie, read the book. It adds a ton of background info and answers some of the questions that the movie doesn’t spell out for you.
On a side note, I also think 30 Days of Night deserves a spot on this list. Up until the final 20 mins it was an incredible story perfectly adapted to film. I didn’t buy the way it ended but it was still a really good vampire movie.
Can somebody please tell me the name of this vampire movie or at least an actor or actress who played in it? My sister and I seen this film only once in 1962 and it was never broadcasted on TV again. The film begins with a young married couple traveling in their (car-pickup truck?) up a narrow winding country road on a stormy rainy night. All of a sudden, the road is blocked just ahead of them by a group of vampires. The vampires force the couple to a pillared cellar and each of the couple is tied with their backs pressed to the pillars. Then the group of vampires bite the (screaming) couple to death.
ok i know all you perpubescent teens love twighlight but i would like you to consider a few things
a) this list was made before twighlight
b) twighlight the movie was terrible (book okay but seemed to be just the wet dream of the author)
c) even if you liked the books (i did read them and they were okay) VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE!
d) finally how many of you came to this site before twighlight came out, most (not all) of twightlight fans are teens following a fad. for both side of the twighlight arguement ask any english teacher and they would agree that twighlight is not a great work of art but is probably better than most people can write.
TO All OF THE FANS OF VAMPIRE MOVIES: correct me if i`m wrong..but i think there is ONE other movie you all forgotten(since you all put twilight, and other not so much vampire movies in the line…what about: SKINWALKERS…hmmm i thought that was good enough to make the list,what say you?i know its a mixed movie,but scary enough if you compare w all those other comic movies(even this is NOT a comic)..it atleast deserves to be rememered,though it`s not a direct vampire cut movie…
!!! Vampire Love,from Norway:)
i liked twilight,but i also liked Vamp(grace jones), Near Dark, Van helsing,let the right one in,frostbite,The Lost Boys,Blade,UnderWorld,Fright Night,Interwiew w…,and some more…AND even this tv serie:Moonlight is worth 2 be mentioned,I even liked :Buffy…the movie from the 80`s…i\ve seen most the movies of vampires,and i think it must be mentioned that here we have a generation gap of wich we should remember,therefor the taste of liking in this genre is most likely to be separated..this is why we have thwilight or not twilight side..the NOT side remember these older,more scary,darker movies wich shares the other side on a much darker level….the YES for Twi,is the younger generation,wich sees this as the more gothic-romantic side,wich may come of this social liking of the gotich music/style/movies with more romantic entanglement..I must say…i liked Twilight,but i also like the REAL scary ones..I\m glad i have the choice to choose both sides in this matter:)
hmm
where is twilight i don’t see it ?
i should be number 1 ,throught….
great list, some films I need to go see that I was not aware of. It should be updated: perhaps add 30 Days of Night and Let the Right One In and see how they tally up?
and please, do not add Twilight, not even as an honorable mention.
Twilight can go die in a fire, along with all the Twi-tards.
Are you joking me?
15. Interview with the Vampire
50. Underworld
58. Underworld: Evolution
Only these three movies should have been in the top 10. And yet in top 10 are even some flicks at best.
Next time when making a list make a research on the domain. The ratings from IMDB have no realistic meaning, few people are bothered to vote and people who are passionated on the domain do not hang around that site.
wow, this is some thread!!,
The Lost Boys was my fave movie for a long time, put the cool in vamp.
Liked Fright Night aswell – these two are probably up there for me on account of being an 80′s kid
Enjoyed Bram Stokers, largely due to the immesurable talent that is Gary Oldman
The Underworlds were shiny, helped by the Beckensale siren
To April – mostly in agreement, you sound,dareisay …delicious, however, quote “Nosferatu DESERVES to be first, seeing as it WAS THE FIRST” – not sure about this?? where whould we draw the line…worried about your wardrobe!?!
To Morbius – you clearly know your stuff chap, some great points and recom’s but hey, chill on the twilight teenies man!!
Surely we have to conceed there is at least a place for it – sour though it tastes. Can’t hurt the indie scene cannit? if the subculture grows. p.s. i happily forgive your typo’s
To Buffalo – thanks for your updated list. Nice to have the purely mathematical version, from the top 2 sources, and i think it truly puts Twilight where it belongs…. on the list, but low on it. I agree with whoever said “it’s a romance movie with vamps in it”
Also, and much more importantly,
it has introduced me to “Let the right one in”
wow, what a movie. It’s truly beautiful, and oh so sad. I was moved. A deserved No.1 and straight into my alltime top 2 movies of any genre. Quite atmospheric I thought and the girl’s performance is absolutely 1st rate. I downloaded the dubbed version by mistake but still watched it twice, now i’m d/l the subbed vers. and ordering the book.
wow, this is some thread!!,
The Lost Boys was my fave movie for a long time, put the cool in vamp.
Liked Fright Night aswell – these two are probably up there for me on account of being an 80′s kid
Enjoyed Bram Stokers, largely due to the immesurable talent that is Gary Oldman
The Underworlds were shiny, helped by the Beckensale siren
To April – mostly in agreement, you sound,dareisay …delicious, however, quote “Nosferatu DESERVES to be first, seeing as it WAS THE FIRST” – not sure about this?? where whould we draw the line…worried about your wardrobe!?!
To Morbius – you clearly know your stuff chap, some great points and recom’s but hey, chill on the twilight teenies man!!
Surely we have to conceed there is at least a place for it – sour though it tastes. Can’t hurt the indie scene cannit? if the subculture grows. p.s. i happily forgive your typo’s
To Buffalo – thanks for your updated list. Nice to have the purely mathematical version, from the top 2 sources, and i think it truly puts Twilight where it belongs…. on the list, but low on it.
Also, and much more importantly,
it has introduced me to “Let the right one in”
wow, what a movie. It’s truly beautiful, and oh so sad. I was moved. A deserved No.1 and straight into my alltime top 2 movies of any genre. Quite atmospheric I thought and the girl’s performance is absolutely 1st rate. I downloaded the dubbed version by mistake but still watched it twice, now i’m d/l the subbed vers. and ordering the book.
I remember back in the early seventies watching a B&W vampire movie on tv (saturday late night circuit) that started out with the characters taking a horse drawn sleigh ride to the counts castle in the mountains. Besides Dracula, there was an older man, a young man and of course a pretty young lady. The movie was probably from the 40′s. Any one have an idea or two or three or four which one this was? Thanks
What about I am Legend? those creatures do resemble vampires a lot.
I found it to be a very good movie too.
isn’;t blackula a bit no scrach that a lot rastest
mmmmmVAMPIRE ADCADEMEY ROX
I am really waiting for “Tim Burton’s Dracula”
because he is the one who can really bring out the spirit of this great character. Most of the films are making fun of Dracula, sorry but I really hate what directors have done so far except Christopher Lee’s “Horror of Dracula”
Good Luck Tim Burton! I want it in your way!
to all u twilight lovers, vampires DON’T sparkle in sunlight the burst into flames and DIE!!! werewolf don’t look like wolfs there creatures that stand on two lags and they would rip your head off no love you. I am glad they didn’t make this list they don’t derive to be on it. f**k twilight
this is stoupid, haff the stuff you think is true well your rong. And the movies are way beyod stoupid.And trust me I know wellll, because i amONE I am 13 year OLD i’ve been one for 3000 years and thats a long time i know. You tell eny one i,ll kill you chunks by chunks got to go dinners calling biy :]
Twilight is NOT the best fucking vampire of all time, that’s why it’s not on the list. There where a few good ones, knew Nosferatu would be number 1. Most of you can’t even spell, so reading your stupidity is seriously HYSTERICAL. It’s called right click spell check. Thanks. Goodbye.
what abouuuuuuut TWILIGH SAGA
Deathtotwilight and Are you joking me i agree with you guys 100%!!!
Underworld, Interview with the Vampire, and Queen of the damned should have been in the top 10….
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Some nice movies but really Crappy ranking.
The 1987 Lost Boys, in my opinoin, is by far the best vampire film out there. I recommend it to everyone who is a fan of vampires.
i was so glad to see ‘Alucard’ mentioned. And also other movies in anime … it’s not that usual. Made me happy to see they were not forgotten
I think “Nosferatu” looks (haven’t seen it) very good. Planed to see it in my class
Underworld is very goooooood!!!
I think “Underworld Evolution” should have gotten a better place.
On my list it’s #1\2#
Underworld owes!!!!
TWILIGHT SUCKS, U KNOW WHY?
1. those so-called vampires can stand sun light and they do cast a reflection ina a mirror, they don’t even have vampire fangs.
2. the werewolfs are not following the rules either, werewolfs are supposed to become werewolfs only at full moon, how come they are out in daylight as well? as any other time they wish it seemed like.
3.those vampires shows mercy,
4. when bella got bitten by that james, and edwards sucked the venom out of her, how come he could bite her without infecting her with venom and james could? makes sense ? nope. so unrealistic it can get. there u got yr twilight fag wannabe vampire movies. they stink and they only ppl who think they’re good are those who don’t know what vampires are and how they work.
TWILIGHT SUCKS, U KNOW WHY?!
1. those so-called vampires can stand sun light and they do cast a reflection ina a mirror, they don’t even have vampire fangs.
2. the werewolfs are not following the rules either, werewolfs are supposed to become werewolfs only at full moon, how come they are out in daylight as well? as any other time they wish it seemed like.
3.those vampires shows mercy,
4. when bella got bitten by that james, and edwards sucked the venom out of her, how come he could bite her without infecting her with venom and james could? makes sense ? nope. so unrealistic it can get. there u got yr twilight fag wannabe vampire movies. they stink and they only ppl who think they’re good are those who don’t know what vampires are and how they work.
TWILIGHT SUCKS, U KNOW WHY
1. those so-called vampires can stand sun light and they do cast a reflection ina a mirror, they don’t even have vampire fangs.
2. the werewolfs are not following the rules either, werewolfs are supposed to become werewolfs only at full moon, how come they are out in daylight as well? as any other time they wish it seemed like.
3.those vampires shows mercy,
4. when bella got bitten by that james, and edwards sucked the venom out of her, how come he could bite her without infecting her with venom and james could? makes sense ? nope. so unrealistic it can get. there u got yr twilight fag wannabe vampire movies. they stink and they only ppl who think they’re good are those who don’t know what vampires are and how they work.
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Dude, your talking about what realistic and not with vampires, which doesn’t even exist… since their made up from the beginning it’s not more then fair that some people choose to make them appear different.
I’m not a fan of twilight either, but if you ain’t got anything thats of value for other’s to hear then shut your piehole.
who the stupid prepared the list….??????????
he must not be allowed to use the net also……../
Twilight-new moon turned out a Romantica… Sigh..
@Fuk Twilight… y should twilight makers follow the rules when othrs created them… y not give flexibility to vampires n wolves of new age…lol
@Tris
Lost Boys is surely a great vampire movie but Interview With the Vampire is by far the greatest vampire movie
I have seen alot of Dracula and Vampires movie of my time. I had “I desire or “Desire the Vampire” from HBO it got tape over and Vampire 1979 made for TV and 1977 Dracula (BBC). Does any body have these movies? I found Lemora the lady Dracula on VHF few years ago. My number one Movie is 1979 Dracula.
okay, i’ve read enough.
I am glad that TWILIGHT is not on the list. This movie sucks. Every aspect of this movie, I consider a shit.
For those who try to convince the REAL vampire fans like me, that TWILIGHT VAMPIRES are the real deal, like they are the CLOSEST vampire characters created, GIVE ME A BREAK. TWILIGHT FANS, I suggest to you go on an extensive research about vampires because a normal person would understand a simple research about vampires and will tell me that TWILIGHT VAMPIRES are not even close.
Don’t effin try to tell me to go read the books first, because I already did, and I really, really regret ever laying a hand on it. Sure, it gave me the teeny feel about romance but, you wouldn’t be able to see the conflict about the human-vampire romance. They all just do snogging and kissing and stuff.
Shut the hell up.
P.S. Seeing this list, I still have a long way to go. I have to sse all these vampire movies.
Interview with the Vampire, o goodness I’m thankful that it is on the top 20.
okay, i’ve read enough.
I am glad that TWILIGHT is not on the list. This movie sucks. Every aspect of this movie, I consider a shit.
For those who try to convince the REAL vampire fans like me, that TWILIGHT VAMPIRES are the real deal, like they are the CLOSEST vampire characters created, GIVE ME A BREAK. TWILIGHT FANS, I suggest to you go on an extensive research about vampires because a normal person would understand a simple research about vampires and will tell me that TWILIGHT VAMPIRES are not even close. Yes, I am open to the fact that anyone can create their own vampire creature, with their own “special features” but the vampires we’re talking about just don’t make any sense. I’m sorry
Don’t effin try to tell me to go read the books first, because I already did, and I really, really regret ever laying a hand on it. Sure, it gave me the teeny feel about romance but, you wouldn’t be able to see the conflict about the human-vampire romance. They all just do snogging and kissing and stuff.
Shut the hell up.
P.S. Seeing this list, I still have a long way to go. I have to sse all these vampire movies.
Interview with the Vampire, o goodness I’m thankful that it is on the top 20.
twilight??
must add twilight
why is underworld not first its like the best
With regards to the person titled “TWILIGHT SUCKS, U KNOW WHY”
I’m sure you’ll never see this post… but thought i’d have a rant at ya anyway!!
To answer your first point, vampires are a myth… the rules of whether vampires can withstand sunlight or not can be twisted, which is what Stephanie Meyer did… the Myth is that they can’t come out in sunlight… well the vampires in Twilight can’t come out in sunlight otherwise it would be obviuos, what with the sparkling diamondish appearance of their skin. This topic could have much debate… but simply, it’s all MYTH, legends created over centuries… who’s to say what is right or wrong at this stage!
The second point, if you’d bothered to read the books, it is pointed out by Edward in “Breaking Dawn” that they aren’t actually Werewolves (spelled correctly by the way), but shape shifters. They’re shape just happens to be of a wolf, most likely due to their ancestory, and American Indians/Native Americans history/link to wolves… Night Wolf in Mortal Kombat can also shift shapes at any time!!
Point number three… It’s not exactly merciful to devour a bear/mountain lion/deer now is it, they just choose not to kill humans… that aside, Vampires have to live on blood, a lot of the legends say that vampires feed on the blood of goats, and other living beings including babies alone. The legend is fresh blood, not human blood exactly. Again, mythological things aren’t precise… just speculation/”chinese whispers”. Also, Angel and Spike in Buffy had remorse for their prey also! Anything can be twited, this is why we call it FICTION.
Finally, Edward didn’t bite Bella… he sucked the venom out. He can also kiss her without infecting her, why didn’t you question that?? The venom is not in the saliva, but on the teeth… when they have contact directly with blood. Also, fangs are hollywood… the majority of vampire legends say nothing about fangs. In fact, they state that the being is not slim, ripped, beautiful, and luring, but monstrous, robust and purple skinned! Another myth nearly all Sci-Fi creations have neglected… and SO WHAT!
I’m sure i’m wasting my breath here, but nobody said that fiction, especially when it comes to mythology/legend, has to be so clichee and can’t be twisted, or even changed entirely. It’s not as though i’m a huge fan of the Twilight Saga, or Stephanie Meyer’s writing for that matter, but to pick on such miniature details and not be open to exploration, derivation or an imagination is just rediculous. Next time you watch a Sci-Fi/Horror, try to be open minded, otherwise you’ll ruin it for yourself, and when you lash out, other people around you. The black guy, or the blonde haired and big boobed girl doesn’t always have to die first in a Serial Killer movie… let the author write whatever the hell he/she wants to write!
Wow uh… no offense to you twilight lovers, but twilight has no place on this list. You guys are looking for teen romances, go plague their lists, not this one. For the most part there is a rather definite line between a fan of vampire fiction and a twilight fan.
And SM’s vampires are not true vampires. It’s not a matter of being ‘open minded’, and don’t try to persuade me with the whole ‘they’re not real, they can be whatever the writer wants them to be’ bit. She could have called them anything and the fans would have gobbled it up because ‘Edward Cullen is so smexy!’. It’s just our luck she took something badass and warped it into … whatever the hell these glittery weirdo’s are.
I read the first book back when they were still newish because a friend of mine loves them. Honestly, I’m not opposed to romance where vampires are concerned (…and when it’s not totally lame) so I read it. When I finished all I could think was ‘wtf? Well ok, whatever makes you happy.’ I can’t believe the bull this series has managed to stir up…
Ok first off. wtf . twilight should not be on here. and if it does it should be at the end. i mean seriously. twilight isnt even about the vampire part its more about the relationship between bella and edward. its basically a love story. not just about vampires like this list is about. so whateverrr =p
Ok Ok vampire may not be real. but as those legends about vampires like from across the sea. as far as i know. they did “Not” sparkle =D so twilight is a total bust to what people know to be as vampires. and as far as i know. people only sparkle with glitter. and guys with glitter are usually gay =D
HELP!!! I am trying to find a vampire move I remember loving maybe 10 years ago or so. It was about this female scholar who was for some reason hunting down a vampire. There was something about a special vampire scholarly society. She searched for him in this special vampire only club… eventually she finds him, they fall in love, and in the end her turns her. In the final scene they walk off hand in hand into eternity. Anyone see it???
Twilight
I think that movie is Queen of the damned but I’m not sure.
Ok first off wtf
who the f##k
people have no tast in films
this are the film wich are good …..
1 Lost Boys
2 Interview with the Vampire
3Underworld
4all Blade’s
5Van Helsing
6From Dusk Till Dawn
p.s ok to u twilight lovers and twilight hateres i think twilight was ok i think if u do not like it not have to right about it fuck me and to u lovers fuck me all the time :0′i love twilight ‘ all the time god shut up ok xx
well thx for reading by xxxx
…mmm
what about “twilight” ??
i say that the best vampires movie ever done is queen of the damned
the best vampires movie is queen of the damned
I think new moon and twilight deserve a spot on the list. Instead of fright night and fright night part 2.Lost boys 2 should also be on there. Lost boys should be number 1. Who picked these movies,and why did they pick them and not TWILIGHT!
I think new moon and twilight deserve a spot on the list. Instead of fright night and fright night part 2.Lost boys 2 should also be on there. Lost boys should be number 1. Who picked these movies,and why did they pick them and not TWILIGHT!Also Dracula: Dead and loving it should have been on there too
i think some of these movie have really bad bad all everywhere i rather watch one vampire movie with the perfect fangs possibly like in dracula 2000.
twilight is much better then any of these!!!!!! and of course twilight has Robert Pattinson and taylor launter. AKA: edward and jacob…..
Ok, seriously, Twilight is stupid. What kind of vampire sparkles in the light, dates a human and has a kid with the same human, and only drinks from animal blood?? Only the sparklepires thats who.
Vampires do not, let me repeat, DO NOT go out into the sun light because once they do step foot outside, they will burn up and die.
Secondly, vampires MUST drink human blood in order to survive.
Thirdly, vampires do not date humans. They do, how ever, seduce them in order to lure their victim for blood.
And I do agree that vampires do not reproduce with humans. They make humans become vampires. Vampire and human anatomy are different in some ways.
Vampires do have powers such as runnning faster than any human eye can see, great strenght that they can lift up a whole house if they needed to, and the ability to see in the night with their supervisions.
So to all of those fucking gay and retarted fan girls who have nothing to do but dream about Edward because he is “hot”, which he isn’t, by the way, READ/WATCH BETTER BOOKS/MOVIES!
I tried to read Twilight and I was about to rip out my fucking eyeballs because it was all soo fucking retarded.
I agree to Meyer just making the books because her teenage years were fucked up and so she wants to put her dumb imagination in book form, well get this, teenage life is FUCKED UP. There is no dating the most popular guy in the school whenever you are on the bottom of the social ranking. No, you date whoever is with you.
By the way, I love the way you rank them.
Twilight is a chick flick. So is the vampire diaries series. I rest my case
i love all vampires…..but twilight hater is wright…”sparkly vampires” that is stupid….
As a kid, I enjoyed many of the movies on this list and there are even some that I haven’t seen and many I have that aren’t on the list.
A couple things I’d like to add. Book to movie adaptions are 95% disappointment, 4% wrong actors, and 1% accurate. That being said, not all movies based from books are horrible, even if they do not follow the book to a T. I read the ‘Vampire Chronicles’ by Anne Rice and many of her other books. Oddly, Interview With a Vampire is one of THE best book to movie adaptions I’ve seen. Queen of the Damned, however, flopped and it did so for good reason. Anyone who read the books I am sure cried a little on the inside when Stewart Townsend was cast as lestat (a far cry from Tom Cruise and even more from Lestat). The only character that seemed cast well was Aaliyah as Akasha. The whole story was hideous, didn’t follow the book AT ALL, and the stupid romance between Lestat and Jessica threw the point off. To me the only reason anyone gives the movie a second glance is because they are 1. a Stewart Townsend stalker 2. an Aaliyah fan or 3. watch it filling in the horrid story with their imagination.
This horrible cinema fad coming to vampire movies has removed much of the imagination, horror, and genuine lore surrounding vampires. I think I agree with most of the people commenting about the poor taste in movies on this list. Yes, many of them are awesome, but a few really horrid ones. If you can’t make a list of OUTSTANDING quality, just reduce the number until you have a great list of movies.
Everybody wants to turn vampires into romantic, sorrowful, loving, hopelessly needy creatures preying on love instead of blood. And, I am not here to bash Twilight, yes I’ve watched both films so far and they aren’t THAT bad, but I wouldn’t put it on a list of ‘All time GREATEST vampire movies.’ Just because it sells well to tweens all over the country doesn’t mean it’s an all time great.
Take your knuckles out from between your teeth and sink them into some variety. If you can’t step outside of your box, if you can’t get ‘into’ older vampire movies, just say to youself ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ and pass this list up.
Lastly, great list other than the 10-15 movies that don’t quite fit in the list, but all the rest are awesome regardless of cheesey, poor acting, horrid FX, etc. Vampires need to suck more blood! =):””
What no Twilight?
Embrace Of The Vampire.
WTF! Where the heck is twilight and other movies like Vampire Diaries, Thirst da,da,da.! Yes i know these ar also great movies but still their are alot people that would be annoid because twilights not on the list….. You should add some more newly released movies! Thats my opinion, but if you dont want to thats kind of kk. Stil…..
fucking twighlight fans
i like vampires ,especially draculas……….
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Ok wtf??? To everyone thats fighting weather the Twilight movies should be on here or not needs to get a life! The people who made the list are resposable for it so talk to them! I dont need to see you bad mouthing good movies be it stupied bad acting onse or the new Twilight movies or the onse in between where the good directors new how to keep people wanting more! Twilight has its own vampire twist on it and so whatif its a romance vamoiremovie sometime they are better then”I find my self wantting you so Im going do rip you to shreeds and drink your blood” Everyon has their own taste in vampire movies so just leave it to that!
Oh and by the way this list was made before the Twilight movies were even out so stip this fucking bullshit and get a major fucking life!
Not so much of a wastof time reading this one now was it!
Well Hello there to all.
Forgive my mistakes , because I am Portuguese…
So…
Yep , Indeed this is an old list…But I am really thankfull that twilight isn t here…
It is not just because , vampires in this movie are fags , ****sparkling****, they don t burn in the sun, they don t feed of human blood , the *vampire* is ….I don t know how much time studing in that school because he has nothing else to do…
Well…Ok these were my reasons… But also , because , I just can t consider a Vampire movie…if we see some of these old movies or even some recents like Underworld…We can perfectly see that they all can t walk into the daylight , they don t sparkle…It is like …Natural and decent in vampire movies…
Yes of corse S.Meyer (or whats-her-name) in this right moment she is swimming in money…I still don t know how did she made so many people to love that crapy movie..
But to all twilighters I have to say this:
I do respect your tastes , but to say that this movie is ORIGINAL? HAHAHA don t make me laugh!..Come on…Twilight is not original! I could create a movie were werewolfs transform into rats at midnight and i would sell a lot, but it s not original…
Yes, I do hate twilight , because it is the proof that in nowadays good movies are very rare , and people don t have imagination…
Do not kill me i am just saying what I think….
LONG LIVE TO NOSFERATU!!!!
(and die twilight , just die please)**sparkle**haha
BELLA AIN’T LUGOSI!!!
TWILGHT IS AN OPEN WOUND THAT WILL KILL THIS SUBGENRE OF FILM; BE THAT BY BLOOD LOSE OR INFECTION.
CUT THE EYELIDS OF TWEEEN TOXIC TRAIN WRECK TWIGHLIGHT FANS AND TIE THEM INFRONT OF A MONITOR PLAYING DRACULA
I am a die-hard vampire movie fan, and I tend to generally love all things relating to vampires, but I am so tired of people gripping about “Twilight this, New Moon that”…First of all these movies werent out when this list was first compiled, and secondary, if they were, they wouldnt have a place on this list because of the type of vampire movie they are….Vampires, as a genre, have a certain list of rules assiocated with they, which frankly the Twilight series trapples all over, to try to romanticize them, and dont get me wrong, I like both movies, but they really don’t fit the mold of classic vampire movies enough to be considered as classics….to do so based on ticket sales or popularity, would be basically the same thing as saying that a Honda Civic is a better automobile than a Ferrari, just because more Hondas have been sold. Be serious with yourselves for a minute, if certain movies on this list were to have come out now as opposed to when they did, THEY would have been as popular now, as the Twilight series. But to sum it all up I will say this, Lost Boys came out in what the 80′s, and is popular still, because it was a GOOD vampire movie CLASSIC….will the same be said about Twilight, in say 2020, I DOUBT IT…because it doesnt have that element of timelessness needed for a true cult classic, its just a period piece, that all the lil sappy teen girls that are so opposed with Edward Cullen are gonna eventually grow out of once they grow up, meet someone REAL and have a life….
And by the way, here are my fav vampire flicks:
The Lost Boys (because of it timelessness)
Interview with The Vampire (for its reality)
Blade 1 and 2 (more for the action)
Once Bitten (more for the comedy)
Queen of The Damned (because of idea of a vampire defying the rules and being known, i liked that concept)
To Die For 1 and 2 (I don’t really know why, but I just do)
The Breed
The Addiction
Bram Stokers Dracula (for the overall concept)
Dracula 2000 (for the Judas Iscarot tie in, it was refreshing, somewhat believable, and gave me something new to think about)
John Carpenter’s Vampire (for the concept)
Vampire in Brooklyn (b/c it was different)
Innocent Blood (for comedy, although mostly pathetic at times)
Lost Boys: The Tribe (bc I always like the idea of a Lost Boys sequel, but to me, the original is better, and this one needed more of the original cast as well)
Underworld Series (bc of the war between the vampires and werewolves tie-in)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and series (it was just that entertaining)
Forever Knight Series (bc I grew up watching it)
Moonlight Series (its entertaining and bc I like Shannyn Sossaman)
Modern Vampire (it was suprising good in my opinion, for a low budget movie, and funny at times)
Blade the Series (hey, 1. Im a black guy, and 2. Sticky Fingaz (Kirk Jones) at times was more believable as Blade than Wesley Snipes, in my opinion)
note: not in any specific order
I would have loved to see more of the Anne Rice novels as movies, like The Vampire Armand, Tale of the Body Thief, Pandora or Nemnock the Devil, etc
I would definitely like to see another modern vampire movie that explores the concept of a black vampire….
And before people start bashing my list, please bear in mind, that I’m NOT saying all of these movies are true vampire movie CLASSICS, ONLY that they are among my PERSONAL favorites….to each his/her own in that respect….but I like what I like, and to say again what I said earlier, I actually like the more recent romanticized vampire works like the Twilight Series (but is the “sparkling, daywalking, animal blood drinking, lovey-dovey” vampire, REALLY that believable, Hellz no, just fun to watch mostly, much like comparing the shiny suit Puff Daddy/Mase image to say, NWA for people who follow rap), I definitely like The Trueblood series, and I can say the same about about The Vampire Diaries, BUT… do these qualify as CLASSICS? I dont really think so, but they are entertaining to watch, at least for right now
hi – me back again,
Whilst I try to respect everyone’s choice of personal fave’s – to all you true vamp movie fan’s……. I can’t help feeling that if “let the right one in” isn’t top of your list, then you haven’t seen it yet!!!
yep – you heard it here – watch it, and then tell me it’s not better than these so called classics
(i appreciate it’s newer than the list)
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can anyone tell me the name of the movie in which Lucy after becoming a Vampire speaks actual Dutch who her father Van Helsing?
I saw this movie as a kid and being from The Netherlands watching an English spoken movie and then all of a sudden the ‘monster’ speaks in your own language scared the sh*t out of me
it is an older movie like 70ies or older might have peter Cushing in it but I am not sure
To Team L.T.R.O.I.
I just got finished downloading Let The Right One In, so once I finish watching it, i will post something back, but so far its pretty interesting, although I dont have the subtitled version, so all I can do is just watch it, without knowing the dialogue, but if its all you say it is I shouldnt need it. right? holla back….
Hey there V3RT!Go 2.0,
Good move dude, I think you’ll be fine with dubbed version.
I understand that they dubbed over the girl’s voice with an older woman in swedish anyway, and the screenplay is so very atmospheric, so nothing really lost.
hope you enjoy, let me know what’ya think…
Hey there V3RT!Go 2.0,
Good move dude, I think you’ll be fine with dubbed version.
I understand that they dubbed over the girl’s voice with an older woman in swedish anyway, and the screenplay is so very atmospheric, so nothing really lost.
hope you enjoy, let me know what’ya think…
(sorry used wrong name above)
It was good….daaaaahhhh, it was gooood (Bill Cosby Voice) even without the subtitles it was easy to follow, and it definitely kept me watching, it even had its lil comedic moment (when the cats attacked ole’ girl) but the one thing that I wish I had the subtitle so I could know for fact: was Oskar simply gonna take the old man’s place as far as caring for Eli, or was she intending on turning him eventually?
I’ve seen several of these movies, but by far the two best vampire movies of all time in my opinion are:
1. Interview With the Vampire
2. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Van Helsing (2004) deserves a much higher rank! (from 1-10)
It isn’t too scary, it has a little humor in it, it has great action scenes.
And let’s not forget that for once the girl dies instead of the guy!
Van helsing in my opinion is really good, I watched Interview with a Vampire that was fantastic, All the underworld’s are also amazing! TWILIGHT is about vampires, but is more of a teen flick/ romance. It is not horror what so ever and although it’s ok, does not deserve to be on the list!
Btw, true blood is also a good vamp series, but this list is for movies only soo
yep me again,
Hey there V3RT!Go 2.0, glad you enjoyed the movie.
The cat scene was amusing – I understand it worked better – and was more sinister in the book (which I have’nt read yet)
I’m not sure about her intentions with regards their relationship, but again – i understand it’s clearer in the book (in which incidentally Eli is a boy).
The general consensus online is that she cared for him very much as well as needing a new link to the modern world??
I think it is a love story, just without the sparkling….
Anyone seen the “True Blood” Episodes
Or “The vampire diaries”
A must to watch
I must say that True blood is very very good and i recommend it
Im addicted!
I’ve probably seen a dozen or so of the movies posted above. I’ve also seen twilight and new moon, which were in fact good movies but apparently targeted more towards teenagers. However, the story was nice and the scenic parts of the movie were well shot…I would probably put them on the list but not in the top 20. On the other hand, I was dissapointed to see that “Dracula: Dead and Loving it” wasn’t posted as it was my fav. vampire movie of all time, although it was a comedy. Even though it was a comedy, some parts of the movie still provided the ambience that a real vampire thriller usually contains..that’s what I think lacks in the Twilight series to be embedded in this classification.
I love Vampire and Dracula so much, I wish I can meet one of them and turn me… it’s very awesome being a vampire… “Twilight” isn’t real vampire movie, it’s just for little girls that aren’t able to take the real vampire movie. because a real vampire not supposed to* sparkle*… and I think dracula bram’s stokkers, interview with a vampire, and tv series true blood are the best…. BTW, thank’s for the list I really needed so much…
hi the most beautiful movie i ever watch is the ” interview w/ the vAmpire” its awesome and that’s the kind of vampire movie i wanted….. So please watch it and other vampire movie…………………………………………..
, xP
Some movies on this list I applaud, others I cannot believe made the list. But I guess it is all subjective. Thank god neither Twilight nor New Moon made it, otherwise I would have to find the author and tear his heart out myself!
P.S. two of the most realistic Vampire movies are:
1) Let The Right One in
2) The Addiction.
Trust me I know…The Vampire Lizzy Christ
wheres twilight??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i mean that movies awesome!!!!!!!!
This Statement About Dracula 2000 Is Completely False: “In this update of the vampire classic, the fate of the world is in jeopardy when a group of immortality seekers steal the corpse of Dracula and only the last of the Van Helsing line can stop them.” They were Not Immortality Seekers – they were thieves – they had no clue what was in the casket. Also, the Van Helsing was the ORIGINAL Van Helsing, kept alive by filtering the blood of Dracula via Leeches.
NO Vampire Movie is Realistic because they are all FLAT OUT FICTION – FANTASY – It’s all for fun, and besides, everyone knows that sunlight has no effect on Vampire’s – Thank Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau for inventing that part of the fiction, circa 1922
This list needs to be re-written. Some new movies are not there. I’d be happy to do it but i haven’t watched all of them; some too difficult to find.
reply to comment above: Twilight shouldn’t be in this list that movie sucked bad! I mean, feelings? Vampires are undead they DON’T have feelings
ya most of these movies i never even heard of. i totally agree twilight sucked BAD! so did new moon, but Babis is right this seriously needs to be re-written. # 15 Interview with a vampire is my fav.
A unusual Scotish vampire movie, that I have watched many times and recommend is: “The Lair of the White Worm”.
It has an interesting plot premise.
Ok, maybe I’m completely alone in thinking this way, but I would classify a good vampire film as one that kept close to at least one of the original vampire legends. I like a film where, A) Vampires are a damned species(no matter how they got that way), B) They are undead, C) They feed on the blood of humans (It comes with the ‘being damned’ territory) although I can see the argument for animal-feeding vamps, D) They cannot live in the light, E) They make more vampires (either just through biting, or by choice, I’m indifferent on that part.)
Also, although it isn’t exactly necessary, I think that the majority of vampire legends that I have come across give the vamp a type of allure to reel in their victims. *Note: This doesn’t mean that the vamp has to be physically attractive (I mean, what 100+ year old would be) but that they have a more subtle allure, be it sexual, charismatic, hallucinagenic, or otherwise.
To me, that should be the principle deciding factor of a good vampire film… secondary should be the acting, cinematography, etc. And wether it is gory, action filled, erotic, scary, or whatever is a matter of personal taste.
That being said… Although I adore the Twilight series as a love story, the very fact that they can go out during the day makes it a bad vampire film in my humble opinion.
Also, I personally enjoy films where the writer has taken the basics of the legends, like not being able to go out in the sun, and given new meaning or reasoning to it, like the allergy to UV radiation in Underworld. But, yet again, that is a matter of personal taste.
Everyone who is freaking out about “OMG you put such and such above so and so!?! That’s Lame!” Get over yourself. This list, if anyone bothered to read the introduction, is based on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings, not on the personal views of the lister. (And PLEASE for the love of everything good and holy, at least ATTEMPT to use good grammar and spelling!)
any list of classic Vampire movies that doesn’t include Daughters Of Darkness is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
I see you included Ultraviolet from the TV, but I don’t see Forever Knight which was a creepy and gritty crime/horror show and Kindred: The Embraced, which was based of Vampire: The Masquerade game. :S
I might have missed them from the list…
i havent watched too many vampire movies but i love them and moonlight is a real good show to watch too bad they only made 1 season
Jean-Claude Van Pire should be in one of the 37,398,098
ridiculous blood drinking movies. C’mon let’s do cannibal movies. Or what else is sexy let me think. OH. Having Sex WITH ROAD KILL. Go and Shoosh.
Claude, I think it’s time to consider the possibility that you may have issues!!
lol
My favourite is Let the right one in for sure, which is missing from the list somehow… Probably the list was created before Let the right one came out in 2008.
where is let the right one in?
I think Twilight was an okay movie. I love the books, but the movie’s not as nice as the books. Too many things changed, etc. etc. That being said, it does not belong on this list, not only because the list was made prior to the movie but also because it’s just not the best vamp movie out there.
Other than that, the list seems to be pretty good and I will certainly check some of the movies out. The underworld movies deserved a better ranking though. It is by far one of the best movies out there. I’m not saying it’s number one, I’m just saying it’s ONE of the best.
There are many vampire movies missing though. They should really update the list and add some more while taking out some bad choices.
I think Twilight was an okay movie. I love the books, but the movie’s not as nice as the books. Too many things changed, etc. etc. That being said, it does not belong on this list, not only because the list was made prior to the movie but also because it’s just not the best vamp movie out there.
Other than that, the list seems to be pretty good and I will certainly check some of the movies out. The underworld movies deserved a better ranking though. It is by far one of the best movies out there. I’m not saying it’s number one, I’m just saying it’s ONE of the best.
this was a good list but i’d change some of the line up.
twilight sucks, rubbish movie i wasted over a hour waiting for it to get going then it did for about 2 seconds. total crud. pure bubble gum chick flick for girls under 13
interview with a vampire is a proper movie number 1 for me
saw underworld 3 the other day, wasnt impressed, silly movie
Well you should be adding daybreakers also to the list, one of the best vampire movies i saw in last years.
Thx not adding the twilight series and such scrap to your list,
Shining bodied vampires in sunlight?
The sunlight illness of a vampire is a must in my opinion.
By the way the best vampire movie for me was in order:
1) Interview with The Vampire ( Great Acting Minimal Effects )
2) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
3) Nosferatu
4)Blood: The Last Vampire
Do you guys know a movie about slaying vampires? its not anime and its not old fashion. i watched it a LOOONNGG time ago so i forgot most of it… all i remember is when they are trying to runaway from the vampire the shoved pills and medicine in their mouth and they start doing this dance thing……… and at the end the girl has this vampire power thing (it looks like a circle.. it glows ah hovers on her hands) then she kills the vampire (which is for some reasons a westerner) PLEASE help me
Twilight is an excellent book, but the movie was a disappointment. There was too much emotion that the movie could not capture. Regarding Twilight as an ‘all time best vampire movie’, I could definitely see why vampire lovers are in disagreement. Twilight is not the standard vampire thriller. As far as a love story, it is amazing, the vampire aspect is also great. If you have not read the book, you will not appreciate the craze going on about the Twilight saga; the movie just does not do it justice. Twilight Saga, the books, are something that come around once in a very deep blue moon. If the proper emotion, dialog, and overall wonder of the Twilight saga could be captured in a movie than there would be little question of Twilight being in the top ten of the all time best vampire movies ever made. Reading Twilight is an experience you never forget. I did not get into the first book until I reached the second chapter; since then, I read all four books when ever I want to enter a world that my mind could never have dreamed of, it is truly amazing.
Twilight certainly deserves to be on that list. Wether you like it or not is not the point. Plenty of movies on the list that aren’t even close to being good. I enjoyed the movie twilight, although I found the books to be of mediocre quality. Twilight treats the vampire the way Victorian literature treats them. Not like the corny zombie-with-a-personality version you get in most of these films. The fact that you chose to omit such an influential)for good or bad) film shows that this is just a list of someone’s favorite vampire movies with no bearing on their place in film culture. I was hoping to see a film that I might like to watch, but most of this is far too campy for me. I also can’t believe that “Bram Stokers Dracula” is so far down. Its a very well regarded film, and a very good one. All in all, this list stinks.
BTW….”30 Days of Night” and “Twilight ” weren’t good enough, but “Blacula” was? Seriously? “Monster Squad” is cute, but barely qualifies as a vampire film. “Bufyy the Vampire slayer” was a wonderful tv show, but one of the worst movies ever made. Joss Whedon visibly pales when people mention it. You know nothing about vampire movies, sir.
hey,,, please, someone may tell me what is the exact title of a vampire who leave her home because she did want to marry the count, then she went to her auntie house who has a potion that could control her thirst in blood, then fall in love to a nice guy!!! its a vampire romantic comedy movie!!! uhm i was 10 when I first saw it!!!
i really love vampire movies wish i could see more…
Dracula 2000 is a great movie, it’s about Judas…
well i just have to say the comments on here are pretty stupid, the few that were worth reading made some recommendations on new flick thank you ill have to check them out. as for the list it is old but still puts some titles out for people to check.
enjoy the genera and have fun with it.
I know you can only list 70 but two of my favorites that aren’t listed are The Librarian 3: Curse of the Judas Chalice and Embrace of the vampire. The Librarian movies are really great adventure movies with good clean humor thrown in. I’d watch any of them any day. Embrace of the vampire was really good because its based of a totally separate storyline form of the Bram stoker, which is what seems to be the basis of most vampire movies, ie Vampireic behavior, strengths and weaknesses, etc.
Plus you get to see Alyssa Milano nude for most of the movie. That in itself makes it worth watching for me
holy cow theres alot of coments
I happen to be 42 years old and as much as I love vampire movies I also enjoy Twilight. With that said Lost Boys, Nosferatu, Salem’s Lot, 30 Days of Night and Blade are the ultimate vampire movies, but I won’t count out Twilight or New Moon as they are entertaining and give a fresh spin on something I have loved for a majority of my life; Vampires.
For all the people complaining about Twilight or thanking about the absence of Twilight…
THIS LIST WAS MADE IN 2007, TWILIGHT MOVIES DIDN’T EXIST THEN!!
Althou it would be nice if the author makes an update and gets “Let the Right One In” in the list, it should definitevily make it into the top 5
Queen of the Damned is one of the best vampire movies EVER, but thats just my opinion…
half deze moviez iz whack
You should make good an omission… Cirque du freak & Twilight
but nice… I read this and I started to watch these films 
Any best vampire movie with from Dusk Till Dawn included implies it’s just a list of vampire movies, not top vampire movies.
From Dusk Till Dawn is an abomination.
and I am sorry, the bella lugosi dracula is outdated and silly.
Nosferatu is good however.
so far, the only really good vampire film I have seen is the shadow of the vampire. as far as I am concerned, vampire films generally suck…zombie films, however….
ok, 1st of all u twilight hatters caint say u dont like it unless u have read the books, 2nd of all u havent read twilight?! u fail at life! and 3rd im with the vampires of course, not bein rude 2 u twilight hatters, but think be 4 u speak and wtf, how r we 4 yrs old if we can read and apparently u caint??
I’m a Twilight hater! *waves* And i’ve read all the books and seen the movies *sighs* I’m sorry but they do not in any way shape or form belong on this is list. Now I don’t know all these movies but the ones I do are pretty damn good. But I would of liked to see Let the right one in, on there. So some of you think Twilight should be on there, we get the point already!
Very good list and number 1 is freaking scary! But awesome…
TWILIGHT SERIES THE BOOKS ARE AWESOME, BUT BOTH MOVIES TWILIGHT AND NEW MOON ARE NOT MADE WELL , INSTEAD A DAILY SOAP ON T.V. SHOULD BE MADE FOR US TO SEE THEIR ROMANCE – EDWARD BELLA AND JACOB.
I think twilight is the best, I only just watched though but i love and so do all my friends at school and my family! Ill give Twilight 5 stars!
i love all vampire stories and movies, i havent yet but i have been dieing 2 read interview with a vampire, the movie was great, and long, lol, i am litterally the biggest twilight fan in my little town waller tx, but the movies could hve been better, the books are just always 100 times better than the movies, if u r a twilight hatter and have read the books than maybe u just need somthing stronger to push u, i am a fantasy freak and i just love stories like these, so… BITE ME!!
Back again from Aug 2008
Absolutely hate good vampires, comedy with horror & cheese, exceptions? Vampire Hunter D (both), the girl in Near Dark, Blade & 30 days of Night, good movies but could never really happen with true vampirism. (Vampirism is possession of a corpse by a demon (demon offspring of Lilith)) & demons are never good.
30 days of Night is probably the most accurate to date. Until Hollywood gets it right, O-well. For the youth out there, try these: Near Dark, Life Force, Habit, Christopher Lee & Cronos. Don’t get me wrong, allot of these others are very entertaining. Underworld, Ultraviolet, Blood, even Fright Night had its charm. But Twilight, Vampire in Brooklyn, Queen of the Damned, please give me a break (yes Twilight sucks butt). There are allot of bad ones out there for pity sake. Looking forward to a historical account of Lilith, Vampires have been around since Adam, even before there was Eve. Even Marvel comics (Blade & Other Characters) embrace Lilith as the mother of all Vampires. But if done right, I’ll take a little Si-fi with my Bloodsuckers. Looking forward to Brian Lumley’s Necrescope series. Check it out, the myth of Cazmotz is pretty cool too
Peace
that is a good list… I thought it would go on forever because of the size of the page, it was all comments.
thank you for being smart and not including “it” (not an actuall movie i just will not mention the name because “it” is nothing close to a vampire movie
YAY, if u r refuring “it” to twilight, then stop an learn how to spell TWILIGH, bc all the other twilight hatters sure know how to spell it.
hahahaha i like the big eared guy that is balled
I like Twilight, but for me there is no way it belongs at the top of this list, maybe around the number 30 mark but not in the top 10 or 20 so Twihards please stop bitching it’s not the best vampire movie ever it’s not even close. Interview With The Vampire should be number 1, Blade 2nd, Lost Boys 3rd, John Carpenters Vampires 4th, 30 days of night 5th, I could go on forever I’m just giving you my top 5. And again let me re-iterate I like The Twilight Saga, but it’s not the best vampire story out there. F.Y.I, Twilight is just a basic rip off of the Vampire Diaries which were written a long time before Stephanie Meyer even thought of writing a novel. And I’m glad the TV series is getting it’s own fan base coz it’s better and sticks to the basic vampire folk law. Also twihards one more thing, try reading the vampire lestat by anne rice, thats a real vampire novel.
my personal top 5 vampire movies list is
1. Bram Stockers Dracula (1992)
2. Bakjwi (2009)
3. Let the right one in (2008)
4. The Hunger (1983)
5. The Addiction (1995)
may be there are better vampire movies out there but only these are effected me most, up to now. Also Anne Rice rules and Twilight sucks
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HELLSING ,but not with the rest of this.
matrix + the lost boys 2 special fetures + blade 2 + any american action movie along the lines of planet terrors “machetei” = day breakers… a good movie dotted with disappointments
POOP this list is POOP
You Know Nothing!!!
Only few people from the world could actually do a good and realistic vampire movie and all of those live in Romania as i do!
All this are nothing but your perceptions about what it means to be a vampire (vampir) and they are all wrong.
Your own life as humans must be feed with life so you can live and just because you buy your food from stores does not mean that it was not alive once as even plants are alive at a primitive level.
So how can you claim you know what a vampire since you never saw one and actually live to tell the story!?
You are nothing but other life forms that i feed from!
And i feed from your blood and fear!
this is a sweet websit i l0ve vampires 2 death:)
I think Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Interview with the Vampire should have been Number One and Two…:S and thank you very much for not including Gaylight, I mean, Twilight, it once again proves that those…things…are not Vampires ^^ But yeah, great list, but I don’t really necessarily agree with the top 5
DAYBREAKERS – Just finished watching it and it was great. Different take on things, Ethan Hawke, Sam Neil and Willam Defoe all well within their comfort zones. New movie so obviously not on the list but should make the future top 10′s.
The list is good for when it was created. Twilight…. I guess has it’s place but everyone’s opinion is different.
There was a movie that i seen which feels so much like a historical start to the vampire. Vlad the Impaler. Anyway, I didn’t see it up there but I can’t for the life of me remember the name. Bram’s Dracula was definitely, the closest I could see to “realistic”.
yes twilight dose have its place… in an incinorator. the cast crew and writer should be raped with cricket bats and then set on fire
So in short, ANY vampire you fall across is apparently good. Queen of the Damned…my god…what an utter pile of crap. I did enjoy Hellsing (anime) and Vampire Hunter D
HighLord…you need to get off the crack
‘Let the Right One Come In’, by Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, should be featured with a very low number on this list. Without it, the list is really halting, sorry to say.
Cheers!
my favourites, not in any particular order after the first one \=^)
1) Let The Right One In
Vampire Hunter D (anime)
2) The Breed (2001)
3) Interview with a Vampire
4) Blood: The Last Vampire (anime)
5) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
6) Blade
7) Underworld
Stephenie Meyer cannot relate to teenagers, you know why? She’s a Mormon fanatic who probably never had sex out side of marriage, never drank, never smoked, never got into trouble. She doesn’t know the “troubles” of teenagers. She probably thinks a pregnant teen has no one to blame but herself. The greater population of teenagers out there want to be cool and popular. And any girl who wants to be the top Heather would never admit to being a church goer. So you girls who love Edward and want to do nasty things to him are missing the HEAVY Cristian overtones of the books and movies, and they are not nearly as cool as you think. It’s like watching a generation of teenagers get excited over vegetales because of the talking vegetables, no matter how obviously lame it is. Wouldn’t that be weird?
So go back to the book store, exchange it for True Blood, or Interview with a Vampire, anything where the vampires don’t god damn sparkle and shit all over mythology. Edwards not a vampire, vampires don’t like sun, it makes them all explody.
Btw I love vegetails!!! and yes im a teenager!!! The true blood series sucks but ive not read the books. I read twilight but wouldnt recomend it to anyone. But i am an author myself and i write vampire books, i did before everyone was into vamps. So suck on that!!!
Team Dean your view on reality is so distorted. Since when was it a bad thing to NOT have sex before marriage, drink, smoke, get in “trouble”?? It is refreshing for that garbage not to be included in everything for once. And wow, be thankful for the few books and movies with Christian overtones. Seriously, wake up. : )
ok well i am done here, i agree that twilight does not need to be the top but i think it is a good movie, i caint wait for eclips on june 30th!! an i think this site was stupid to put this comment page on it bc its just a stupid reason for twilight haters and twilight lovers to go back and forth, but its watev, so byee
wow just love vampires and those i would like to have and wach them all one after each other OMG bye lov ljball
some of the twillight fans are obsessed!get a life!the cullen guys don’t look good…even bella is sooooo borring…bella should have been megan fox or hayden panettiere …i almost fell asleep during the movie…
i live in romania so i’m familliar with the vampir mith…it’s started with the prince of valachia vlad tepes(pronounce tsepesh-vlad the impaler) in the 15th century..,the turks and the hungarians were affraid of him so they put a rumor that he drinks blood…europeans should realise that if it weren’t for the valachians,nowadays there wouldn’t be europe or christianity…
Why isnt “DayBreakers” on this list that movie is awesome!!!!
I am such a romantic when it comes to a good vampire film. I like my vampires real sexy… with a touch of devil in him. A little sexual tension between a vamp and his human love is always a winner story.
Here’s my top 5 of drop dead gorgeous vamps
1. Stephen Moyer – Bill Compton – True Blood
2. Ian Somerhalder – (Damon Salvatore) – Vampire Diaries
3. Paul Wesley – (Stefan Salvatore) – Vampire Diaries
4. Kyle Schmid – (Henry Fitzroy) – Blood Ties
5. Alexander Scarsgard – (Eric Northman) – True Blood
any one of those could come nibble on my neck
sorry Robert Pattinson- (Edward Cullen)-Twilight- doesnt rate in my top 5, but I loved the film.
Also a mention to Alex O’Loughlin-(Mick St John) -Moonlight- as i also love that series too
I also agree that Vampire Academy will make a great series whenever someone gets around to making it.
But what about Dracula, Dead And Loving It?!!!?!!!!! That was and still is an epicly funny vampire movie, should be at least, AT LEAST in the top 20!!!!!!!
HAHAHA!! I am so glad Twilight’s not on the list! It must be rated as the 1000000th movie
HAHAHA!! I am so glad Twilight’s not on the list! It must be rated as the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000th movie
This is a cool list and btw thank you Kat for the list of movies that seems more complete. Gotta say Im so glad Twilight isnt on the list that movie destroys all vampire lore and honestly makes me loathe the thought that its popular.
Somoene should remake this list it seems to be a bit out dated though
Because Daybreakers came out since the list was made…..
Nice list! Definintely quite a few I will check out.
I’m happy this came out pre-Twilights. Doesn’t seem like it stopped the debate though… Personally, I don’t even consider them vampire movies.
Twilight? A vamp movie? and in the top 70? not a chance. its not that good of a film, and well, it is a vamp flick, but not top 70, maybeee top 150, but then again im being nice, great list, im not a fan of b&w films, but i still respect the classics
Thanks for the list .. I was looking for vamp movies for soo long but I didn’t know where to find them.. and here they are =) though you forgot Twilight :\ It IS a vampire movie no matter how different the vampires are there..
This list definately needs to be updated.
Twlight needs to be at least in the top 10!
Just because the cullens arnt your average human bloodsuckers. It still has a good story line, and needs to get the credit it deserves!
some of these are really out of order
thanks for the list of vamp movies, i needed one
I totally love Queen of the Damned it’s been my fav. movie ever since I saw it thank the lord it’s on the list.
amar to mone hoi dracula dead or loving it most commedy movie.(1995) .
1.nosferatu
2. an interview with the vampiere
3.fright night
blood & underworld series horror movie er cheye action movie besi.
So glad twilight isn’t on here, would have totally invalidated the entire list.
Great list but where’s ( Let the right one in ) & ( Vampyr 1931 )
THE 70 BULLSHIT MOVIES!!!!!!SO MANY GARBAGE!!!!
team dean you’re a finished one asshole!you’re level approaching hardly a worm!the true blood is the largest molluscs there!!!!!cheap,kitch cast a hideous trash stupid people with no education!!!
the only movies deserved here are underworld,van helsing and blade!
the most boring movie:interview with a vampire!
the twilight saga makes a seperate class by itself in the world we live in violence,in cheapness and lack of true feelings.
contrary to the rules for this phenomenon is and say what you want!you know so many,so many want it!
would be an isult to the twilight saga to be on this list!
thank god!does not exist!
Once Bitten…best vamp movie ever!
Twilight should be on the top 70 its great an its still a good vampire movie,so it should get the right to be added on the list,even if its more of a romantic movie
Twilight saga should be at the top of the list!
i saw queen of the damned and interview with the vampire..but what about the other anne rice The Vampire Lestat
not a bad list, even better is all the twilight turds complaining about its absence even tho this list was created way before its existence. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 2007 YOU FUCKING IDIOTS
I thought this list should almost be reversed from 1-70.
I think the Twilight saga’s should be in the top 10 atleast.
Låt den rätte komma in or Let The Right One In should definitely be on this list, if not in the top 10
Everyone who left a comment on how great this list is, is a jackass. I mean shit, are you serious, you should atleast watch some of these movies before putting them on the list and giving the kudos. One of the worst damn top lists i’ve ever seen, i mean first off never and i mean never ever…. ever take in to consideration any review given by rotten tomatoes, thier a bunch of ( i use the term “JACKASSES” agian) who can’t given a decent review if thier life depended on it. And secondly come on since when does being old, have horrible graphics, and shitting acting make a movie good. Buncha damn duech bags, don’t ever make another top list agian, i implore u not too. and to all you who don’t agree you’re a Jackass.
Can you really say ‘everyone who left a comment on how great this list is, is a jackass.’ as the first line of your leaving a comment on how great this list is……. without calling yourself a jackass??? …….. hey??…….. JACKASS!!
cool and blood is cool
“Let the Right One In” is by far one of my favorite vampire movies ever. Its a Sweedish film so be prepaired for subtitles. If anyone knows of similar films please recommend.
I’m not very comfortable with dozens of anime in there. Those slots deserve others. I’m Asian but I guess I am a minority when I say I am among people not so entranced by it.
Interview with the Vampire at #15? That’s too low it’s disturbing.
And since you added 2 TV programs. For me, Forever Knight deserves special mention rather than Hellsing.
I’m not very comfortable with dozens of anime in there. Those slots deserve others. I’m Asian but I guess I am a minority when I say I am among people not so entranced by it.
Interview with the Vampire at #15? That’s too low it’s disturbing.
And since you added 2 TV programs. For me, Forever Knight deserves special mention.
Being interested in and wanting to learn more about the vampire, I would watch whatever documentary would come on the television and read anything I could find. I have to agree that the whole Twilight thing has gotten way out of hand. This film is for youngsters who definitely have an issue with watching a real vampire/ horror flick. I’ve been watching them since I was quite young and have gone through stages of loving the vampire and hating the vampire. However, I can say that I have loved the vampire moreso over the past 20+ years than any other creature of the night. My favourite films, and not necessarily in this order: Bram Stokers Dracula, Interview With The Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Vlad the Impaler, all of the Underworld flicks, I am Legend, Van Helsing, and of course all of the Blade films. I am definitely looking into a more lengthy study of the famous Count Dracula, and his origins. To get a better understanding of who this man really was, about his family and what really happened to his wife while he was away at war (so the story goes). I have also seen many of the older films (not that I can remember many of the film titles) when I was much younger. Funny thing is, I never had any nightmares about vampires, only witches or a closet-monster. LOL! But never the vampire. Over most of my years for Halloween I’ve dressed as a vampire bride/ vampiress and I have to say that it’s my favourite of all costumes and characters. Sometimes my best-friends look at me and swear that I have a very near complexion (being awfully pale) of a vamp. Personally, I think I have much more colour to my face than a walking, talking corpse!!!!! Anyway, Twilight really should have been better written and thought through before casting and acting. Sorry guys!
lol
Some of these movies I’ll admit to never hearing of, and though I don’t agree with the placement of the Lost Boys, Interview and the 1992 version of Dracula, (I think they should have placed better) and i think some others, (names I wont say) should have been placed much farther back…
but!
I’m very happy that Twilight is not in sight! I smiled when I couldn’t find it.
shouldn’t even be counted as a vampire movie, but maybe a faerie movie. wouldn’t even be popular if all those little fan-girls weren’t deprived of some of these undeniably awesome and classic movies.
On aside note: the placement of anime surprised me a little; I have seen those movie and I liked them a great deal, but I agree with one of the earlier comments I read that some of them shouldn’t be in there and are in the places where different movies deserve to be.
Man,
The greatest vampire movie of all time is Let The Right One In. Not even close.
Oh yes, and the best Dracula adaptation is the late 70s BBC Dracula starring Louis Jordan as the Count. The only drawback in the cheesey bat special effects they had to use back then. But just pretend that it looks real, lol. A terrific piece of vampire film.
You can get Let The Right One In and the BBC Dracula on Amazon. They are remaking Let The Right One In in America. One can only hope they don’t ruin this classic or try to turn it into another peice of B teen brooding babble like Twighlight.
what?! how can The Lost Boys be at 18?!…well it’s still better than being 20,but i think it could have been a little further down(mabe at least 5?) i remember when that came out, im sure it brings back memories for a lot of people…LOST BOYS 4EVER
this is some cool stuff so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the list is pretty long and the name listed is not worth watching besides 2-3 of them….
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It’s curious to make a list with 70 items.
For me, The Wisdom of Crocodiles deserve a better place and Rabbits a worse one.
Still, I’m happy to see Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary with 8 rank. I love it!
This is a great list… But i think that dracula shuld be the firs… its the best vampire movie eveer…..
“Let the Right One In” is the best vampire movie and one of the best movies overall that I’ve seen.
There are so many stupid people requesting Twilight to be on this list. What has civilization come to? x_x
i always thought the lost boys was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! i loved it
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) deserves to be higher on the list.
Shit , cannot believe that chinese movie Vampire Effect (2003) AKA The Twins Effect in list, is the writer eating shit or full of shit in his mind, that kind of crapy movie make me throw up .Never ever make it on any top list, just sick to my stomach to hear that. sucks sucks
All you that say that twilight shouldn’t be number one are just pissed cause you know the movie is great and your probably not as cute as robert patterson or nikki reed. k.. mkay. so yeah twilight is number one(:
they shouldnt let kids have comments on here… twilight isnt really a vampire movie its more romance than the actual point of vampires so no it shouldnt be on the list
WTF!!!i think that u all forgot about the best vampire movie ever!!!!!! TWILIGHT!!! duh!!!! how good that not b number one. grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
Vampires are supposed to b SUPER sexy, right. so thats why Twilight should b number one. becaus Edward Cullen is the hottest guy, and vampire in the world!!!
“Let The Right One In” is one of the top 5 vampire films ever, if not the very best… IMHO.
I get tired of seeing Nosferatu on everyone’s list. I think it’s on everyone’s list because it’s on everyone else’s list (so we better put it on our list too!) The herd mentality of movie critics is legendary. Maybe they are afraid of being criticized by their fellow critics?
Let’s get real: Nosferatu may be interesting as a historical artifact, but it’s a grainy, black-and-white, SILENT movie. It’s dreadfully boring by today’s standards. I’ve tried watching it. I find observing houseflies to be more exciting. The scariest vampire movie ever? Haha. GMAFB.
@maysen & @Sarah: Twilight was not included just because the page was written in 1997. I agree that obviously that’s the best vampire movie, EVER ^___^
I am soooooooo glad you didn’t have Twilight or any of the Twilight movies on the list. Finallym, somebody that can list vampire movies without having to mention something that sparkles. VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE!!!!!
This are the best vampire movies the old one :3 im sorry but vampire are not sapost to giltter in the sun >.
OMG i cant believe some of you want Twighlight on there!!! it has to be one of the worst most offensive vampire movies of all time!!! regardless of what some people say i quite enjoyed queen of the damned although it kinda screws the story of the character lestat as he was in interview with a vampire (which in my books is a good movie). But i do like most the movies on there that i’ve seen. 1 question; why in vampire movies there’s always hetrosexual or lesbian? not sayin i like seein gay vampires but why is it always lesbian?? but good choices, although i’ve never seen no.1 the silent movie even though its like the fist vamp movie.
If you like Twilight, fine, but it’s loosely based traditional vampire folklore. Throughout history, vampires were beasts from hell that struck fear in the hearts of people. A sparkling Edward? Not so much..
Twilight doesn’t follow ANY set historical idea of what vampires are. And saying that, I don’t think it qualifies as a *real* vampire movie.
If you like the series, than good for you, but don’t expect the already set vampire fan base to except it. It’s just never going to happen.
I’d like to quote a comment left by Team Dean and the response made by Really Team Dean??.
Team Dean
May 26th, 2010 at 2:56 am
“Stephenie Meyer cannot relate to teenagers, you know why? She’s a Mormon fanatic who probably never had sex out side of marriage, never drank, never smoked, never got into trouble. She doesn’t know the “troubles” of teenagers. She probably thinks a pregnant teen has no one to blame but herself. The greater population of teenagers out there want to be cool and popular. And any girl who wants to be the top Heather would never admit to being a church goer. So you girls who love Edward and want to do nasty things to him are missing the HEAVY Cristian overtones of the books and movies, and they are not nearly as cool as you think. It’s like watching a generation of teenagers get excited over vegetales because of the talking vegetables, no matter how obviously lame it is. Wouldn’t that be weird?
So go back to the book store, exchange it for True Blood, or Interview with a Vampire, anything where the vampires don’t god damn sparkle and shit all over mythology. Edwards not a vampire, vampires don’t like sun, it makes them all explody.”
Really Team Dean??
May 27th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
“Team Dean your view on reality is so distorted. Since when was it a bad thing to NOT have sex before marriage, drink, smoke, get in “trouble”?? It is refreshing for that garbage not to be included in everything for once. And wow, be thankful for the few books and movies with Christian overtones. Seriously, wake up. : )”
@Really Team Dean?? I’d like to address your referring to the Twilight Saga as “books and movies with Christian overtones” that we should “be thankful for.” I can’t see how, despite the Twilight books being written by a woman belonging to a Christian sect, Twilight is in ANY way “Christian” writing (I refuse to sully the word ‘literature’ by using it to refer to Twilight).
The Twilight books make it clear to young girls that, to get the man of their dreams, they must give up everything they care about, they must risk their lives and lose their identity and sense of self simply to worship at the feet of the man they do not feel worthy of. That’s obviously healthy. Edward cannot sleep and so he sneaks into Bella’s room at night and watches her sleep. That’s not romantic, that is stalking. I think one could safely call the Twilight Saga the most voraciously devoured work of ant-feminist fiction of the last decade (though “work” may be too strong a word – having read some, it certainly doesn’t sound like it took much effort or depth of thought).
Twilight (and Stephenie Meyer) tells us paedophilia is ok, just as long as you both love each other, even if he is an undead creature of the night or a werewolf. Edward Cullen is over 100 years old and STILL hangs around a high school WILLINGLY. That is creepy. Add that to the fact he is dating a 17 year old girl and it’s plain to see ol’ Ed’s a paedophile. There is no disputing that fact. But before Team Jacob gets too cocky, let’s have a look at our other ‘hero.’ Jacob, upon laying eyes on the infant that has just exited the birthing canal of the woman he loves, but cannot have, ‘imprints’ on the the baby. For those of you who don’t (fortunately) know anything about Twilight, I’ll quote Jacob’s explanation to Bella on the subject of ‘imprinting’: “It’s not like love at first sight, really. It’s more like… gravity moves… suddenly. It’s not the earth holding you here anymore, she does… You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that’s a protector, or a lover, or a friend.”
Now remember he’s talking about an INFANT to the child’s MOTHER. Yes, he just told his “soulmate’s” mother he will be there if she needs a lover. She’s not even a month (or even a few days) old.
I therefore can conclude, Really Team Dean??, that by “Christian overtones” you a referring to a heroine who gives up her identity and risks her life for a man she worships and who can apparently do no wrong because he has the physical attributes of a god (as we are constantly reminded in the books). I had thought Christians were against the worship of false idols, but apparently both you and Stephenie Meyer missed section of scripture. I also take it “Christian” overtones extend to the promotion or at least condoning of paedophilia and sleeping with the previously mentioned member of the undead. But I suppose it’s fine that she sleeps with an undead creature with no soul, as long as they are married. The rest of us heathens obviously need a serious wakeup call as we thought paedophilia, stalking and the oppression of women’s rights were bad things.
Now, as a “Christian” I realise you probably don’t believe in natural selection, but I have to wonder what festering gene pool you crawled out of. I wish the owner had used more chlorine.
sarah
August 27th, 2010 at 11:52 am
“OMG i cant believe some of you want Twighlight on there!!! it has to be one of the worst most offensive vampire movies of all time!!! regardless of what some people say i quite enjoyed queen of the damned although it kinda screws the story of the character lestat as he was in interview with a vampire (which in my books is a good movie). But i do like most the movies on there that i’ve seen. 1 question; why in vampire movies there’s always hetrosexual or lesbian? not sayin i like seein gay vampires but why is it always lesbian?? but good choices, although i’ve never seen no.1 the silent movie even though its like the fist vamp movie.”
Sarah, watch the Swedish film “Let The Right One In” which is mentioned over and over in the comments here. It’s a superb and deftly handled piece of cinema, not just an excellent vampire film. You mention a lack of gay male relationships, so I thought (without giving out spoilers) I’d suggest that to you. I think you’ll love the movie. It’s beautifully handled and the script was written by the author of the book that the film was based on (which is worth a read).
1st off i really like this list & personally agree with some (not all) of it
hi was wondering if anyone can help? i remember watching a vampire film years ago and i’m trying to find out what it was called. don’t remember much except the end but i think peter cushing was in it (could be wrong) but at the end 2 men had escaped draculas castle with 1 of the 2 girls, in a horse&buggy thing, the other was dead and i think 1 of the men was saying summat like its ok, we’re safe etc. then it did a closeup of the girls face and she sorta smiles and u see she has fangs. if anyone can remember this please post i know its a old 1 but its really bugging me ta.
sweet heart there’s nothing such as fear full creature such as Vampires. so all Suck’s good day!
where is twilight
Twilight sucks the vampires are weak and i’m sure any of the older vampires would rip them apart, i don’t care how sexy they are!!!!!!!
TWILIGHT IS THE BEST!!!!!
JACOB IS COOLLL YEAHH
haha it wuld be so fucken funny if they put the movie vampires suck…even tho it aint out yet haha
……….nd i gotta say twilight is pretty gay haha i lyk eclipse more haha 
haha it wuld be so fucken funny if they put the movie vampires suck…even tho it aint out yet haha
……….nd i gotta say twilight is pretty gay haha i lyk eclipse more haha 
oh nd another thing edward nd jacob suck JASPER IS DA FUCKEN BEST HAHA 
haha it wuld be so fucken funny if they put the movie vampires suck……even tho its not out yet haha
nd i gotta say twilight is pretty gay haha i lyk eclipse more haha 
oh nd another thing edward nd jacob suck ITS ALL ABOUT JASPER HE IS DA FUCKEN BEST HAHA 
TWILIGHT AINT A TRUE VAMPIRE MOVIE.
those so called vampires breaks almost all the rules of a vampire.
they dont work anything like em at all. except they drink blood which u never even get to see really so that makes it a complete kids story for 5 yrs olds.
vampires view humans as a meal nothing else.
edward whatever is a gay dude. vampires dont act like that, they’re vicious and brutal and kills without mercy.
WTF?? how the hell r u supposed 2 no how a real vamp acts lyk…..not all of us are evil human blood drinkers!
This list was made before Twilight, and although I don’t really like Twilight, I think an updated version of this list should have it, simply because it is so popular. Also, to those who say vampires aren’t real, there are actually real ones out there; they just don’t turn to ash in the sunlight, and they don’t have supernatural abilities. They’re hard to find, and they usually are underground communities, which is to be expected. You might as well call a person who drinks the blood of another a vampire, it’s just not quite what Anne Rice would call one. There are also what people call “energy vampires”. Do a Google search and quit being so ignorant.
Oh thank god. A list that will never have Twilight as a good vampire movie. It should NEVER be on this list. I dont even like 10 of the movies on here but still consider them better than Twilight. Glad to see classics like Nosferatu and Dracula (1933) are on top like they always should be. I see Blade and Underworld are also on the list. Both of which I think are great vampire movies.
Now if the vampires in Twilight had a lot more angst, didn’t sparkle like a kindergartners glitter project that exploded, the girl character had more common sense, and they drank from the occasional human then it might make the top 200 in my book. And the shapeshifters need to take other forms besides a wolf. Bring in some real werewolfs and that would make it a C rated vampire movie that’s much more watchable.
Thank you, to the almighty internet lord!
I’m SOOoo happy that Twilight didn’t get added to this list. That series sucks… and not in a good way.
Thanks for the great list!
All of the Twilight haters on this comment list are retarded. Look at the fucking publication date of this list you morons. Of course Twilight wouldn’t be on here, it wasn’t out yet. I think you guys just enjoy being “different”. You’re too desperate to separate yourself from the masses. Yes, yes we all see you trying to be your hot shot anti-conforming bad ass selves. Bravo to you. Besides, regardless of the quality of Twilight, Robert Pattinson is one sexy bitch. He’d make anything look good.
No more pouting Anti-Twilighters……..
Let’s not forget Chan Park Wook’s “Thirst,” an interesting take on how vampires’ attitudes towards their human fodder are shaped by their success (or lack thereof) fitting in and developing a sense of social loyalty to a community of humans before transformation weakens their sense of sympathy towards their (former) fellow humans.
I realize the publication date of this top 70 list may not include Chan Park Wook’s “Thirst,” but I felt it was worth mentioning for its lush cinematography, slightly excessive grossness here and there (which is to my mind a good thing when dealing with the overtly physical aspect of vampirism), and a good mix of seriousness together with seriously funny moments to give the film good balance as far as mood goes. The drowning victim’s facial expressions during the “guilty conscience” scenes were just so funny that the sense of guilt the audience might feel (in sympathy for the main character’s feelings) is lightened and almost twisted into a feeling that maybe that “guilt-ghost” is actually a real vampire mocking the hell out of Mr. vampire and his maniacal lover girl.
Fuk them thry canny good but there is better one thanx 4 posting
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I,v seen new moon
I know this is list is old, but I have been enjoying discovering lots of new vampire movies because of it. Some really excellent ones (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Night Watch, Black Sunday, and Cronos, just being a few) and some that were not so great, or at least, greatly overestimated (Horror of Dracula as #6? Really? Sorry, I just can’t get past the unbelievability of the first 15 minutes, let alone the obvious sets, better in the second half of the film, but the first half is ridiculous. Only for those who like their vampires with some MST3K spoofing going on, IMO).
That being said, I for one would really love to see this list updated. Any chance of a revision? I mean, it has been 3 years and a lot has happened to vampire cinema since then. There is greatly renewed interest in the genre, as well as some truly fantastic films to be added. Certainly, Let the Right One In, Thirst, Let Me In, The Twilight films, 30 Days of Night, and Daybreakers deserve a chance to be listed. They could all easily replace some of the less than stellar other choices on this list. (ie – Vamp or Vampire’s Kiss, the latter of which I would argue is not really even a vampire movie.) Anyhow, for my money, I’d love to see a revision.
Oh and just to throw a few out there that I enjoyed that weren’t included, but might have been mentioned or not in the comments, these are a few that I have seen that stuck with me for one reason or another over the last 20 years (not including those just noted and in no particular order):
The Breed (2001)
Tale of a Vampire (1992)
To Die For (aka Bram Stoker’s: To Die For) (1989)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) (This is the live action version, which I preferred over the anime)
For those who are looking for more ideas, those were all pretty good!
On second thought, I just watched “To Die For” again, since I first saw it 15 years ago and yeah, it is a major B movie, but all the same, the story is not terrible, but not as good as a lot of others. If you like vampire romance stories and B movies check it out, Otherwise, skip it.
okay, so I am looking for a vampire movie I saw a couple of years ago on TV… I don’t know the name, but I know the storyline….
This Vampire wakes up after having been asleep for years to find out that the world is different, and he is now residing in this woman’s house… He decides to give up blood for her, and somehow they get married and she gets pregnant.
It has been years’ so I think that I might have gotten some of the facts wrong, but this is what I think I remember, can anyone help with the title?
I also have to mention another movie that no one else has mentioned yet. “Demon Under Glass” is a great and horrible movie… Made in the early 2000′s and still manages to come off like a 70′s porno…..
i thank you for posting all these movies i will not be bored on Halloween anymore lol. um does anybody have a link to site with even more vampire movies listed thanks.
Bobbie – Just watched that movie a couple days ago. It is called, “Love Bites” and it stars Adam Ant. It’s a pretty cute funny movie.
Very interesting indeed…
I am looking for an old vampire movie that was done in black and white except the blood was red, anyone have any idea what the name of this is? Saw it years ago on satellite, never got the title and have never seen it since.
Sam – Not sure, but it might be Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary. The movie is silent and black and white except for a few bits of color, one of which is the blood in it. It’s not that old, but it might be what you are thinking of.
I cannot believe that Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust ranked higher than Vampire Hunter D. The first one was so much better IMO.
Dracula Count Dracula is the best Vampire in the world and Vampires like Edward Cullen he is not a vampire Count Dracula would easy destroy Edward Cullen Edward is gay Dracula is the best.
Where is Dreyer’ Vampyr?
I’m glad to see nosferatun as number 1. the best. I also agree that “Dracula, dead and loving it” is the funniest of them all.
I’m glad to see nosferatu as number 1., the best. I also agree that “Dracula, dead and loving it” is the funniest of them all.
for everyone that suggested that twilight was ‘forgotten,’ i think that it was left out for a reason… maybe because they are awful awful movies and books ??
I’m a HUGE fan of twilight.. ive read the books and watched the movies.. i think it’s AWSOME!!! but sadly, not really what a “true” vampire movie should be like.. my apologies to other twilight fans. sorry! but i do love twilight though. p.s. interview with a vampire is the bomb!
Theres a new vampire movie coming out called “Let me in” in 2010 its a recreation of a foreign movie called “Let the right one in” 2009 witch is one of the best vampire movies ive ever seen. Id say it was almost my fav but “Interview with the Vampire” is always gana be my fav. If u get a chance to see either move foreign or not its still well worth watching!!!
I love vampire movies.. but not all of them..
about vampires; i really love the so weird episode: vampire
though it is from disney, i really love that serie and i think it is a really good episode.
IF YOU PEOPLE EVEN MENTION TWILIGHT AGAIN ILL MURDER YOU ALL!!!
Twilight gives vampire and werewolves a bad name. Seriously ruines the vampire/werewolf rep.
I mean really, twilight is just a bunch of sparkling pixies who cant get laid and constant lip biting. It saddens me to know that the new generation of vampires turned into gay pixies……
But anywho…
There has been a few good vampire movies that I’ve seen.
Bitten – Let The Right One In – Blood:The Last Vampire – Vampires Suck (just because it makes fun of Twilight!!) – Frostbitten…
I’ve seen many, many, many…….many vampire movies and shows…and i dont really feel like naming them all. BUT– hopefully there will be non-pixie vampires soon!!!
Ahem….For your consideration people. An updated slightly altered version of this list. Have fun.
Forgot the link…here it is
http://www.imdb.com/list/F1w6m2-kN9k/
To see the list, click on my name in this or the previous post, it connects to my updated version of this list.
For every one both pro twilight and Con Twilight I have a few things to say.
pro Twilight people Do not go around saying Twilight in any form is good till you read the classics and Amila atwater rodes Shattered Mirror.
Con Twilight people come up with something other then Vampires dont sparkle to say. Talk about the plot hole or that she never tells us why her vampires sprakel. Just somehting more then ‘vampires dont sparkle”
Also Nosferatu is not a vampire he is a demon that in the organil text can not even become close to human form.
I think people need to read the orgilan text to thing before making their own. Do research Find out what your are writting about before you write about it please.
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- Willow
Vampiric Literature Theologists
what is up wit the randomly freaky photos here???
why isn’t twilight a top vampire movie?
What is up with the headless girl?
Honestly. Seriously. Really? Really?
I LOVE HORROR MOVIE LIKE DRACULA AND IAM A MAD OF DRACULA MOVIE
Let the right one in is the best vampire movie. Although the American remake looks like pure trash. Why do we have to ruin good movies?
Twilight series deserves a place here. How can you simply discount the most popular vampire film of al time? Thats just plain snobby.
Twilight does not present vampires as cuddly boy toys. That is a lie. In Twilight the vampires are all very dangerous(even Edward to Bella) and most of them cruel, except one family. They suffer the blood thirst, they are immortal, and secretive and everything a vampire should be, so please, no more comments about them not being “real” vampires, whatever that could even mean. They are typical enough. If you think Blacula deserves this(which it doesn’t), then please add Twilight. Frankly it is delightful to have a drama with vampire characters instead of horror or camp.
U FORGOT UNDERWOLRD 3!!!
the reason the twilight isn’t on here…is simply because if you will look at the date that this list was created….that would be 2007……the movie didn’t come out until 2008..
This list has nothing to do with personal thought. It’s IMDb rank + Rotten Reviews.
This is the TOP 3 if some new films were on the list:
No 1 with 8.95 is:
* LET THE RIGHT ONE IN *
No 2 with 8.55 is:
* NOSFERATO *
No 3 with 8.20 is:
* LET ME IN *
(remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN)
No 57 with 5,45 is
TWILIGHT
No 63 with 4,95 is
ECLIPSE
(NEW MOON with 3,60 didn’t make it)
This list has nothing to do with personal thoughts. It’s IMDb rank + Rotten Reviews.
This is the TOP 3 if some new films were on the list:
No 1 with 8.95 is:
* LET THE RIGHT ONE IN *
No 2 with 8.55 is:
* NOSFERATO *
No 3 with 8.20 is:
* LET ME IN *
(remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN)
No 57 with 5,45 is
TWILIGHT
No 63 with 4,95 is
ECLIPSE
(NEW MOON with 3,60 didn’t make it)
I really love this. Thank you!
Whoever made this list is an idiot! Have you even seen half these movies?
The photo for “Horror of Dracula” is actually from “Dracula, A.D. 1972,” I believe. Definitely not from “Horror of Dracula.” “Vampire’s Night Orgy” is also a good vampire film.
YES!!! I DON’T SEE TWILIGHT!!!!
WHAT THE HELL???? why is underworld UNDER 50? are you mentaly challenged? and interveiw with a vampire and bram stokers dracula NEED TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE!!!
Hi Guys,
I am absolute vampire freak….
Have anyone of you guys ever seen :
Dracula-To Die For ,Dracula Love story 1989, its not bad and hard to get. I recently have downloaded Subspiecies1,2,3 and 4.I find part 1 the best. I love low budget movise ’cause they have great story line who compensate special effects….
I miss the 80′s i think that that was the best period for the best and the most memorizable movies and actors ever.
Today whe have to much shit going on…..Untalented actors and to many SFX.
Did you noticed that we keep on comming back to the old movies wich we never get bored of, when a new ones you see once and that’s it.
My top six would be:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Subspecies (1991)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
To die for 1989 aka Dracula Love story
There was also a TV film I’ve seen good few years ago , which I can’t get anywhere. It was called The House of Frankenstein 1997(Detective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a suspect. But when his girlfriend turns into a werewolf and gets kidnapped by a vampire)…I wish I could see this one again.
very good
Lestat is the ultimate vampire, he’s the reason why I adore vampires. LOL. Anyway, Lestat is a character written by Anne Rice and he appears in books such as Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire, Lestat and Queen of the Damned. Edward Cullen is a vampire created by Stephenie Meyer who is a “vegetarian” and is in love with a human. lol I love it.
Twilight wasn’t made when the list was created everyone so stop asking where it is!!
And besides, it sucked balls!!!
Martin at number 5???????????
You gotta be joking
Put Interview with a Vampire in top 5, together with Fearless Vampire Killers and in #2 Bram Stoker’s Dracula, after #1 Nosferatu
Man you have very weird tastes lol….. or lack of it
I personally prefer old vampire and werewolf movies. But my favourite period is 80′ and 90′. In them days movies maybe lacking SFX,but instead they had a brilliant script which I guess makes me come back to watch them again and again.
I don’t like that everything is so much stuffed with special effects and computer animation. I like simplicity and talented actors.
The films in these days you can watch once , maybe twice and that’s it. But ask yourself a question why no matter what we do keep on coming back to the 80′ movies.Me myself I have quite powerful horror collection which took me a long tim to collect. I am totally in love with vampire and werewolf movies and I always will be……Take Care:)
You must have been high!!
Hi George thanks for your comment,
Sorry , I think my slow reflex came back to me, but why are you accusing me for being on drugs?
Is there something in my post that you did not understood ?Or maybe it’s my spelling errors?-If so I will find and kill my teacher……(only messing here).
I like simplicity-That was the point of my post.
hey, martin shouldn’t be on there because u can clearly see that his teath are fake and u can c his reall teeth anyways i think vampire diaries is a good tv show by the way this is me real name and dont think i got it from it
I like how the Twilight saga is NOT in this list.
How about “Let the right one in”? the Korean “Thirst” is nice too.
I Think That Bram stokers dacula should be first then interview with a vampire and 3rd The Queen Of the damned thats so stupid that they in the top three thats @!#*@!
And the People who dont like twilght Whooo Whoooo it shouldint be on this list it sould be on the fruit loop page with all the rest of the fruit loops who like the stupid movie whos with me ?!?!?!?!
Just wanted to say like one of the first commentators that its amazing how snobs that think they are artistic believe that because a movie is black and white, or it came before the others, that makes it better. Also lets keep in mind people that some people just dont like old Dracula and are more into things like Blade or Twilight. I really liked Date with a Vampire.
Also Bram Stokers Dracula with keanu I found boring and i had to fast forward through a lot of it and I love keanu. Maybe better in its time. Is the list for its time or its today value also?
Last thing… Nosferatu germany 1922 aka Nazi time?
George, Snobs like us, call it a taste. Everyone has different.
Do you know what taste is? or you need to check Wikipedia?
The reason why I like old films is that they are not stuffed with special effects(like your mouth)but brilliant script!
Think about all the films that were made in the 80′s,Aliens, terminator, Omen, Amitiville, Star Wars ets. Any time in these days when directors are trying to do the remake or continuation of previous parts, it comes out a big talentless Bullshit. So if you can’t respect others opinion you shouldn’t get involved in blogs and forums!
the reasoning behind twilight and the other rediculous movies in that god awful trilogy not being on this list is because real vampires do not sparkle in the sun. so maybe if you educated yourself about the real vampires you could appreciate twilight for what it really is… a peice of crap sappy emo teen drama that deserves no recognition from true vampire devotees.
they are all boring and not modern.
I am so surprised at the number of people who are hating on Twilight. Twilight has made me become a Vampire movie fan overall! Now I have seen Underworld and LOVE it as well and am hunting for more good vampire movies and see all this hating on Twilight
Interview and Queen of the Damned are horrible! These movies stray so far from the books, they should be titled something else. None of the characters even remotely looked as described (except Claudia). Everyone’s back history was changed. Marius DID NOT make Lestat! As an avid Anne Rice fan, these movies were insulting.
This is sh!t
Underworld, Underworld:Evolution, Blade, Blade II and Blade III are what i rekon the best vampire movies in the world!
Not all this old stuff thats absolutely terrible!
This list illustrates how pointless modern reviewing is. The movies are ordered in the way a fairly dim American ‘hipster’ would rank them – some ill-defined thought of what is ‘cool’. The actual quality of the filmsis irrelevant to the list.
The 1931 Dracula’s ranking is due to it’s influence not to being a good movie.
Coppola’s version is really quiet pretty but destroyed by plenty of poor acting and a narrative that is -far- more influenced by other film portrayals of Dracula than Stoker’s novel.
Hertzog’s Nosferatu remake has great gothic footage and performances but it goes on too long. Kiniski’s vampire is wonderful but occasionally verge’s into such autistic awkwardness that unless you share Hertzog’s love of him it get painful.
Maddin’s Dracula is sleep inducing, same with Horror of Dracula. I wanted to like both of them, and there are other good Maddin and Hammer films, but Maddin’s film sounds better in theory than practice and you might as well just skip to the end of Horror for the final fight.
‘Interview’ is a interesting take on gay adoption and a chance to watch Cruise play a campy queen – but if Kirsten Dunst’s child vampire han’t been so amazing the whole film would dissolve into a mess.
The original Vampire Hunter D is better than the remake.
Where is Daughters of Darkness or the Mr.Vampire series? Hell – where is Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein? It has Lugosi’s best Dracula performance, has some good laughs and is strangely creepy.
If anything this list proves how deeply the vampire archetype has latched onto Western culture’s psyche – and it just keeps sucking away.
Thanks for the list.
This list illustrates how pointless modern reviewing is. The movies are ordered in the way a fairly dim American ‘hipster’ would rank them – some ill-defined thought of what is ‘cool’. The actual quality of the films is irrelevant to the list.
The 1931 Dracula’s ranking is due to it’s influence not to being a good movie.
Coppola’s version is really quiet pretty but destroyed by plenty of poor acting and a narrative that is -far- more influenced by other film portrayals of Dracula than Stoker’s novel.
Hertzog’s Nosferatu remake has great gothic footage and performances but it goes on too long. Kiniski’s vampire is wonderful but occasionally verge’s into such autistic awkwardness that unless you share Hertzog’s love of him it get painful.
Maddin’s Dracula is sleep inducing, same with Horror of Dracula. I wanted to like both of them, and there are other good Maddin and Hammer films, but Maddin’s film sounds better in theory than practice and you might as well just skip to the end of Horror for the final fight.
‘Interview’ is a interesting take on gay adoption and a chance to watch Cruise play a campy queen – but if Kirsten Dunst’s child vampire han’t been so amazing the whole film would dissolve into a mess.
The original Vampire Hunter D is better than the remake.
Where is Daughters of Darkness or the Mr.Vampire series? Hell – where is Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein? It has Lugosi’s best Dracula performance, has some good laughs and is strangely creepy.
If anything this list proves how deeply the vampire archetype has latched onto Western culture’s psyche – and it just keeps sucking away.
Thanks for the list.
where is twilight?
You’ll need to revise this list, I think, to include ‘Let Me In’. Great vampire movie.
BTW, thank you for not including Twilight.
i think ” Interview with the Vampire ” is THE best movie ever with vampires
all these movies are better than twilight.
you twithards need to have a damn sit! you really think TWILIGHT IS A LEGITIMATE VAMPIRE MOVIE??? Hell no! Even if you have twilight as apart of your Top-5, 10, 15,etc you definetly need to rethink and understand and read the history and fictions of what vampires are. The movies you see on this list caters to what “TRUE” Vampires should be, not BASTARDIZED Vampires like the Edward Cullen that fucking sparkle in the damn daylight and don’t bite their pray.
where’s twilight guys???this is truely not fair at all……..>_
No “Let The Right One IN”?!? This is some kind of joke? Definitely should be in first 3. In my opinion on first place.
Someone has to update this list…because the “Let Me In” or “Let the Right One in” (they’re basically the same except one is english and the other is another language) should be on the very top of this list. Look old movies…they kind of suck…and it’s not always about story. The editing, the acting, the film cuts do no justice to the stories. I can’t stand to watch a lot of them since sound and picture quality tend to be so horrible that combined with preset acting or sometimes just plain horrible acting they just horrifically suck.
But out of all the movies…don’t even put Twilight on here. It is a complete bastardization and the author’s sexual fantasy into which she has admittedly hinted at in her own website. The vampires are no longer vampires so it can’t even be considered a twist. And if there is any show about vampires…well, one can sort of consider Being Human…although that show contains werewolves and ghosts as well.
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My favorite film is “Vampires-Suke”….
Because its very funny!!!:D:D:D
and “Nosperatu”is cool too.
“Twilight”the best film ever!!!!!….:D
ohh … i dont get my failm :s i dont rammber name but it in tv :s
No twilight. Yay! =]
You have compiled a great list of movies, lol. Since you are a fan of vampire movies I was wondering if you could help me out. I was really young when I saw this film. The only thing I remember about it was there was a male vampire..I THINK his name was Max…can’t really remember though. He falls in love with a woman who is a nurse…she comes across this baby who keeps crying and crying until she gives the baby to the male vampire. Then he “takes care of it” which is just giving the baby blood, because the baby is a vampire too. But the scene I remember is where the baby is crying a lot and she doesn’t know what to do..so she brings the baby to him and he yells at her about her “killing” the baby because the baby is hungry.
I don’t think you will know what this movie is, but I thought it was from the 90′s or even 80′s movies, but I just don’t know. Can you help me??
Dracula is the best vampire story.Twilight is not at all like a vampire story.Also something like queen of damened.
I tried to get through all of these comments because I thought there would be some good insights into other vampire movies as well, I admit there was but after going through literally hundreds of comments about how amazing twilight is I couldn’t read any more. I will admit that twilight is an ok movie but as a top vampire movie?? NEVER!!! Twilight doesn’t come close to being as good as any vampire movie I have seen, mix romeo and juliet with vampires and werewolves and you get Twilight. Something anybody could think up and not even worth a mention on any list of top movies of any type except bad ones. I can’t believe I am actually writing about it, and for any die hard twilight ffans that want to have a go at me because they have no taste go ahead, I will probably never be on this site again therefore won’t have to read your teenage insults and bad spelling.
jeg er en vampyr selv og jeg blir gal nor jeg ser blod!! jeg biter den første og beste jeg ser i halsen!!!!
i just want to say thank god there people out there who feel the same about twilight.
im sorry guys but the whole ‘if i stand in the light i’ll turn into a 1960′s disco ball’ thing is… original but rather pants.
becides if people were being compleatly honest the films are only any good because the world is full of school girl crushes… not that there is a problem but thats how it seems.
i have to admit though i have a rather huge crush on Alexander Skarsgård who plays Eric northman in true blood. my current vampire series obsession. but then again i do like a vamp who’s not afraid of drink human blood lol
Ewwwww, whats with all the animated movies and the really old B-movies/Dracula knockoffs? My favorite vampire movie (In order): Underworld(The whole seiries is a Favorite by far, so sexy, LOL!!), Interview with a Vampire, Twilght saga(Yes, Twilight), Lost boys, Van helsing.
So there you go,
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i love scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Hunger Is the Best should have been #1
i love vampire movies & edward is the good vampire among the other vampires
Hello all, sorry for not posting in over a year (I just had to see how many more youngsters who know nothing about vampires and vampire myths and rules were gonna keep griping about Twilight first) but anyway, let me say what needs to be said to them first before I go any further…THIS LIST WAS CREATED BEFORE THAT MOVIE CAME OUT, THATS WHY IT ISNT ON IT, UNDERSTAND!?!?….Now that thats outta the way….someone asked about a movie that came out when they were young about a movie with a vampire doctor named Max who was helping the lady with the baby who wouldnt stop crying (its because the baby is 1/2 vampire, and Max is his father) that movie is called TO DIE FOR 2: SON OF DARKNESS and is the sequel to TO DIE FOR…which are both personal favs of mine…Next, I also have to say that although I like Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse…they don’t classify as classic vampire movies, so please get over it…I also like True Blood and The Vampire Diaries…but they aren’t movies, and this is a movie list, so do the math!! And I’m not griping about them being included, so why should you? I love Angel and the Buffy series…but they are series not movies…If you wanna talk movies, I love alot of vampire movies, I’ve seen over 1/2 the ones on the list…and I agree with the list for the most part…some of the newer movies lacked good storylines but were good bc of the special effects, and some of the older ones are brilliant based on sheer acting. Some of them SUCK, but hey, they SUCK in MY opinion…There is a reason, they were ranked based on votes…and not personal opinions…stop knocking it and RESPECT IT…so until next year, a GOOD vampire movie comes out, or someone posts something meaningful, have a nice night…
Almost forgot to use my normal metaphor to solidify my point… just look at Twilight as a brand new Honda Civic fora minute and say….the Lost Boys as a 85 say….Mercedes S Class…sure that Civic is hot shit right now, especially if its been kitted, and had a Turbo added w/ NOS, right….now fast forward 10 years, and that Civic is now considered a POS, because it has low appreciation value, bc Civics, although they get you from point A to B, aren’t really that Top of the Line, are they??? But on the other hand, that Mercedes, which was already considered a classic, is still increasing in value because it was worth something off the assembly line….get it…If you don’t its simple, Twilight, although it serves its purpose well, is just a decent vampire film/real great love story…but The Lost Boys is a real great vampire film…and this whole list is about what? REAL GREAT VAMPIRE FILMS not REAL GREAT LOVE STORIES….
i am looking for a particular vampire movie i seen when i was 7-8 so it was 1989-1990 i seen it but it could have been slighly older all i remember near the end the vampire came up behind the girl in the shower and bit her and there was blood dripping down her boobs then they showed blood on the sliding doors. i hate remembering bits of movies from the past n not know what they were. if anyoe can please help that be great. email me at bnspoiledizbk@hotmail.com n just type vampire movie in caps
bnspoiledizbk
Hard to believe that many people rate “fright night” as better than “fright night 2″. I think it’s perhaps the best exception ever to the common tendency of sequels being bad or not as good as the originals. FN1 is just like what would be a reasonably cool “twilight zone” episode, but expanded to full-movie length. The characters barely act like real persons in their dialogues. In contrast, FN2 plot has many more twists and the characters are surprisingly better. Not only they were comparably better, but it also managed to avoid the “damsel in distress” cliche, making the girlfriend quite able to help and even to deal with things by herself at times. I thought it was surprisingly better when I first saw it back when I was a kid, and perhaps today, having raised quite a bit my standards, I find it even better, I could say it manages to be “brilliant” compared with the first one.
I’m hopeful that they’ll manage to rewrite the first movie into a more interesting story with this remake, because I wonder also how a remake of the second one would look, even though the SFX were quite good at that one (far better than the first one, but far from flawless as it could be nowadays), and it won’t happen unless they manage to “fix” the first movie somehow, otherwise it will blow for almost anyone who isn’t a rabid fan, but it would be attacked even by some of these, who will prefer the original, because it’s the original, of course. Perhaps that’s the main reason why some people prefer the first one to begin with.
I wonder if they even considered compressing it into a short introduction for a remake of the second movie, skipping the first one as a movie of its own. Even though the second one would work quite well as a standalone (and it works already; recommend people who have never watched to watch them in the reverse order and you’ll see, not only that it works, but you’ll find more people saying how the first almost completely sucks in comparison, “why did you recommend the first one?”, people will ask), I think it’s really strengthened by the existence of a preceding one, however inferior it was.
OK, rant ends now.
RESPONSE
sith
January 24th, 2011 at 6:01 am
Interview and Queen of the Damned are horrible! These movies stray so far from the books, they should be titled something else. None of the characters even remotely looked as described (except Claudia). Everyone’s back history was changed. Marius DID NOT make Lestat! As an avid Anne Rice fan, these movies were insulting.
I quite disagree I feel the movies were very good so
-quit hateing- at least they are not as chesey as twilight i mean VAMPIRES absolutley DONT SPARKEL
I think they’d should put Twilight as the best movie. It’s way better than all of them…. Though Underworld is good too. Why did they put it so low on the list? And why is Twilight NOT on this list?!
NASFERATU SHOULD NOT BE NO. 1. BUT JUST BECAUSE IT’S A CLASSIC DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO LIKE IT.
nasferatu sucks. lost boys is by far the best vampire movie ever.also vanhellsing should be at the top of the list.
nasferatu should be number 60 or something. lost boys is by far the best vampire movie ever. also vanhellsing should be at the top of the list.for nasfuratu just cause a movie is a great classic dont mean you shoukld put it at the top of the list. besides the movie sucks
Did you forget Queen of the Damned? or was it left out for purpose? Just asking.
I think “Let Me In” is one of the best vampire movies of all time. It’s a lot different than other movies, it doesn’t feel rushed (if you don’t know what I mean, watch the end of “Picture This”), it has another story within the movie; instead of it just being about Abby or Owen, it’s about both of them-Abby is having her old lover tend to her feeding; he is getting to the point where he can’t move as fast as he used to, he’s not as skillful and he is messing up; Abby is also trying to stay away from Owen to save him, while he wants to get to know her. Owen is dealing with his divorced mother and father, a group of ruthless bullies, and the fear and awe of knowing what and who Abby is. The book is different, but it is similar in ways. I am really fond of the movie.
My number 1 is INTERVIEW with the VAMPIRE
That is truly a great film. Brad pitt is unbelivably amazing in this as is tom cruise and banderas.
Bram stokers DRACULA would be number 2.
Lost boys a close 3rd.
I also thought van helsing was underrated by most. BLADE is also underrated!
I’m glad twilight is not on there, since it’s not a vampire movie.
If they’d make a movie about superman and suddenly kryptonite wouldn’t make him weak but made him sparkle I mean, what’s the use of the kryptonite then? seriously twilight fans who think it deserves a place on a top vampire movies list, you are retarded I’m sorry but you are. Watch real vampire movies! you gotta be on acid to think twilight is a vampire movie. It’s a fantasy/romance, nothing more, nothing less. People hate it because that’s not what vampires are like! get it through your tiny little 12 yr old heads. THANK U!
We are the night / Best new German vampire flick
Well, I didnt decide to wait the year, just until I saw another GOOD vampire movie…just downloaded both Fright Night movies and watch them (had to see what all the hype was about) and I must admit they are both good movies, and now I’m ready to see the remake to see if it does them justice…I also was finally able to get my hands on a copy of “Near Dark” I liked it somewhat, it was so so (in my opinion) but I am definitely ready for the new installment of Underworld, and speaking of Underworld, why do those movies make more sense if you watch them in the other of second one first, third one second and finally the first one last? I mean thats how the timeline for those movies are set up…and by the way I can’t wait for new season of TVD to start (although i would never vote it on this list, but i do like the show) True Blood is interesting enough so far this season to tide me over til then…because at least they both follow the script of what vampire are suppose to be….”No Sparkily, No Doubt”
i just watched interview with a vampire (again) lol and have just finished watching (again & AGAIN) LOST BOYS ANDS BRAM STOKERS dracula, came across your site , browsing , good stuff! :0)
The guy who made this list seems like a pervert.
You also have bad taste.
” nasferatu should be number 60 or something. lost boys is by far the best vampire movie ever. also vanhellsing should be at the top of the list.for nasfuratu just cause a movie is a great classic dont mean you shoukld put it at the top of the list. besides the movie sucks ”
Without NOSFERATU there wouldn’t be no Lost Boys. And the movie sucks? Really? It’s the first vampire movie ever created. What do you expect?
Where the hell is 30 Days of Night?
Dracula “Vlad” is still lives
van helsing
hey, i justreally love to watch the vampires movie…among all vampires movies QUEEN OF THE DAMNED best. its amazing…lestat…woe. i am very much fond of twilight saga and underworld also. vampires…they r gorgious.
This is a great list of horror movies. I love Van Helsing.
Thanks for this great share, i will go back and view Van Helsing.
This is a great list of horror movies. I love Van Helsing.
Thanks for this great share, i will go back and view Van Helsing.
this was maded in the early 60′s or 70′s and there was a wrecstler name Samson made in mexico . Can you help me find it thank you T. Forrest
So glad to see ‘Black Sunday’ at number four. Saw this when I was 10 years old and it has always been my favorite vampire movie. I can still see the vampire coming back to life after the blood dripped into the iron maiden. Back then, my sisters and I used to go downtown to the movies nearly every weekend. I especially remember the day we saw ‘Black Sunday’ because it was playing at The Strand, the one theater our mom wouldn’t allow us to go to. We had to get our dad to drive us that day. Great times!
So glad to see ‘Black Sunday’ at number four. I first saw it when I was 10 years old and it has always been my favorite vampire movie. I can still see the vampire coming back to life after the blood dripped into the iron maiden. Back then my sisters and I used to go downtown (Phoenix) to the movies nearly every weekend. I especially remember the day we saw ‘Black Sunday’ because it was playing at The Strand – the one theater where our mom would not allow us to go. We had to get our dad to drive us that day. Great times!
Totally agree about ‘Ultraviolet’
I am looking for the Vampire movie in which the hero identifies the vampires through gogles and kills bad vampires and try to save thier victims by transfusion of fresh blood into thier bodies.
great list!!!!
Could all the twilight fans please once and for all understand that this crap is not a vampire movie. it’s a chick-flick. there happen to be some ‘vampires’ in it, but there are also books and cars. and trees lots of trees. why don’t we call it a tree movie?
if some one was looking for all. English spoken vampire movies to have the collection. how would i go about finding them. i mean any and all vampire movies. i only have about 9 but wont them all. dose any one have a list i may copy to start buying them. as some of you don’t like the twilight movies i understand you. to me its for kids to start liking them but not fall in love, to be in love with a vampire is the most amazing thing and that show is just that a show not the belief from witch we all truly love.
i like vampire movies.
Get more porn flicks of vampires and DUCKS!!! Greetings from norway Trond kristian haukås Vedavågen karmøy
Gente ta faltando crepusculo nessa lista! Todos esses filmes sao bons mais sem crepusculo nao da! Incluan crepusculo ai gente!
Twilight (Crepusculo) is the worst thing in the vampire world, so, any serious list wouldn’t rank that nonsense.
Great list, especially:
Near Dark and Martin.
I suggest “Wir Sind Die Nacht” a German movie, which has a good depiction of a vampire transformation and how works the sharp senses and it’s an interesting movie.
The original Swedish movie “Let The Right One In” is the greatest, Let Me In is just an American remake.
Hellsing, Vampire the Masquerade as a whole and its other products; VTM Redemption and VTM Bloodlines deserves to be mentioned, a great vampire universe.
‘let me in’ is also a good female vampire movie
Ok, all of you Twilight fans out there need to take a look at some of the old Vampire tales. Firstly, vampires throughout all (good) literature and cultures have been voracious creatures that feast upon the living if not the flesh itself. They do not creep on depressed teenagers. Secondly, from the novel that most vampire stories are based off of, Dracula, vampires are not supposed to be sexy. They are described as handsome(beautiful if a woman) inciting carnal feeling in their victims. Yet, all who encounter vampires are repulsed by their stone-cold eyes, superior strength, haunting aura, and aquiline features. They are not described as muscular or sexy. In fact Count Dracula was quite tall and thin. Thirdly, vampires don’t read minds, or see the future, or any of those stupid abilities. They can transform into any creature they wish or gain access to any home they have been given freedom to enter once. Also they can summon storms or fierce beasts, such as wolves. Therefore a conflict between werewolves and vampires wouldn’t last that long because werewolves are only powerful under the full moon and vampires can summon any form of natural power to their aid. Lastly, prior to the 1922 Nosferatu few vampire stories claimed that vampires died or combusted or even sparkled. In real vampire stories they lost their powers or had to sleep in the day light.
Are you kidding me with all of these Twilight references, it’s a chic flick, not a gruesome “scary” Vampire bloodsucking, sex craved awesome movie. I fell asleep when I went to see it with my girlfriend (who likes it some but even she said that 14 year old girls are the main audience it should appeal to). So yeah, keep the gore and violence, blood-sucking infectious creatures rolling and stop with the PG rated BS. At least Underworld had a hot chic in it.
WHERE THE F*CK IS THE TWILLIGHT SAGA??!!! IT SHOULD BE AT NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!
is good!!!!!
LOL Twilight is NOT!!!! a vampire movie, its a about a little love triangle between some girl a werewolf (that actually looked kinda cool) and a FAIRY!!! U GOT THAT HE IS NOT A FUKKIN vampire he is A FAIRY!!!
now that thats cleared up breaking dawn part1 was my favorite cus i wanted to see the kid eat its way out like a demon or sumthin, but the b!tch didnt die and the kid got to live which sucks @ss!!
ok and now 4 my vote
1.Blade – kick @ss movie every time i watch
2.Underworld 1, and 2 – Kate Beckinsale is HOT!! and the movie is amazing
3.Queen of the Damned – come on even if u didnt like the movie the music KICKED @ss
4.Monster Squad – that movie was amazing when i was a kid and still is!!
Terrific List.
Would like to have seen mention of one of my long time faves: “Valerie and her Week of Wonders”. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066516/
Sorry, you lost all credibility by having Coppola’s, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)” at #11. Truly, one of the worst movies of all time, and a total waste of Gary Oldman’s talent. Awful.
Does anyone remember the series Kindred?? Maybe done in the late 90′s? Didn’t last long but I loved it. Also I think it’s and 80′s movie but the mother and son vampire with all the cats? Pretty creepy vamp movie. Also to update the list I thought day breakers made in the last couple years I think was an awesome take on the what if side of life between humans and vampires.
A movie in which a boy have to become vampire ,because of a spider bit’s his friend,his girlfriend have a tail like monkey.
u dint put in lost boys 2 and 3
I LOVE HORROR MOVIE LIKE DRACULA AND ALL DRACULA MOVIE