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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023): Dir. Ariane Louis-Seize
Feat. Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Marie Brassard…; A delightfully deadpan French–Canadian comedy about a doleful adolescent vampire who is too compassionate to kill for her special dietary…
Bliss (2019): Dir. Joe Begos
Feat. Dora Madison; Brilliant hallucinogenic splatter–fest following a painter hungry for inspiration who begins snorting a stimulant called Bliss and soon spirals…
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016): Dir. Anna Foerster
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Charles Dance…; Fifth installment in the blood–busting franchise sees death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) attempting to stop the eternal war between Lycans…
Dracula Untold (2014): Dir. Gary Shore
Feat. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon…; Another definitely–not–untold Dracula story, revamped in typical Hollywood action–adventure style that may leave you yearning for…
Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A (2014): Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
Feat. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh; A languid and luscious Iranian immigrant take on the vampire myth set in the ghost–town of Bad City (filmed in California), where the remaining…
True Blood - Season 7 (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Final episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Vampire Academy (2014): Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Gabriel Byrne…; A half–human, half–vampire trains to be a guardian at an exclusive academy for the young and undead. Toothy vampire comedy pokes fun at…
What We Do in the Shadows (2014): Dir. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Feat. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh…; Follow the lives of Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles, like being…
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin…; Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new…
Originals, The (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt…; Spin–off of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES branches out the family tree of vamps and werewolves from small town Virginia to New Orleans. Season One: 22…
True Blood - Season 6 (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012): Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper…; The Russian alchemist behind vampiric trilogy NIGHT WATCH directs this spectacular bastardization of the Lincoln legend, here re–imagined as a…
Byzantium (2012): Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley…; Neil Jordan returns to the vampire genre with this stylish horror where the residents of a small coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the…
Kiss of the Damned (2012): Dir. Xan Cassavetes
Feat. Joséphine de La Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida…; A luxurious Gothic romance that puts undead amour ahead of vampiric bloodlust, this sexy, baroque twist on a now ubiquitous genre plays out the…
True Blood - Season 5 (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Underworld: Awakening (2012): Dir. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance; When the human race wages war on both the Vampire and Lycan species, leather–clad warrioress Kate Beckinsale goes to battle in this routine…
Vamps (2012): Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver…; Charming horror comedy from director Amy Heckerling (CLUELESS) re–teaming with actress Alicia Silverstone, who plays a vampire in New York City…
Fright Night (2011): Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant…; Colin Farrell vamps it up in this prosaic remake of the 80's cult horror, with Anton Yelchin the hapless teen convinced his neighbour is a vampire.…
Moth Diaries, The (2011): Dir. Mary Harron
Feat. Sarah Bolger, Lily Cole, Scott Speedman…; Rachel Klein’s vampire–themed young adult novel receives a curious adaptation from the dir. of AMERICAN PSYCHO, touching on the source…
Strigoi (2011): Dir. Faye Jackson
Feat. Constantin Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim, Catalin Paraschiv; Slow–burning horror, laced with dean–pan humour, has residents of a Romanian village contending with an outbreak of communist vampires.
True Blood - Season 4 (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Let Me In (2010): Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins…; Justifiable American remake elevates the style and menace of the Swedish vampire hit with special attention paid to the relationship between a…
Stake Land (2010): Dir. Jim Mickle
Feat. Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis…; An unusually artful post–apocalyptic saga, centred on a handful of human survivors making their way across a desolate, vampire–infested…
True Blood - Season 3 (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Twilight: Eclipse (2010): Dir. David Slade
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner…; Torrid third installment in the saga has Bella forced to choose between Edward and Jacob as a series of mysterious killings grip Seattle.
We Are the Night (Wir sind die Nacht) (2010): Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich; A fraulein vampire flick of sleek, urbane sensibility, centred on an alpha–female vamp (Nina Hoss) who descends on Germany in search of a soul…
Suck (2009): Dir. Rob Stefaniuk
Feat. Rob Stefaniuk, Malcolm McDowell, Jessica Pare…; Heady horror–comedy follows the career highs and lows of a struggling band who find unexpected (but fraught) success when one of their members…
Thirst (Bakjwi) (2009): Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Kim Ok-bin, Ha-kyun Shin; A voracious vampire movie not afraid to explore the corrupting and liberating power of being undead, starring THE HOST’s burly Song Kang–ho…
True Blood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2009): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Twilight: New Moon (2009): Dir. Chris Weitz
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson…; Succulent second helping of the Stephanie Meyer vampire saga finds pasty Edward no longer able to protect his beloved Bella, fleeing the country and…
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009): Dir. Patrick Tatopoulos
Feat. Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra; Latest in the long–suffering Underworld series focuses on the origins of the ancient feud between the vampires and the Lycans. This…
Vampire Diaries, The (TV Series) (2009): Feat. Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder; The TWILIGHT zeitgeist is vamped up as a 90210–style serial in this melodramatic teen soap, about a troubled girl torn between her brooding…
Insanitarium (2008): Dir. Jeff Buhler
Feat. Peter Stormare, Jesse Metcalfe; Jesse Metcalf (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) stars as a man who cons his way into a mental hospital to rescue his institutionalised sister, only to discover…
Let The Right One In (2008): Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar; Sending many critics into raptures as a vampire flick to finally get excited about, this frost–bitten Swedish entry mixes social realism with…
Lost Boys 2: The Tribe (2008): Dir. P.J. Pesce
Feat. Gabrielle Rose, Corey Feldman, Autumn Reeser…; Belated sequel to the 80's blood–letting hit THE LOST BOYS, this time set in a California surf Mecca where a brother and sister get unwittingly…
Quarantine (2008): Dir. John Erick Dowdle
Feat. Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris; American remake of Spanish horror [REC] follows a group of firefighters who discover something sinister lurking within an apartment building and have…
True Blood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…; Acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern society, and the…
Twilight (2008): Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke…; The first installment of the uber–popular book franchise (by Stephanie Meyer) sees lonely teenage girl Bella fall in love with Edward, a…
30 Days of Night (2007): Dir. David Slade
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston…; Stylish vampire movie with a potentially great twist: it pits the citizens of an Arctic Circle town – plunged into darkness one month every…
Rise - Blood Hunter (2007): Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Lucy Liu, James D'Arcy, Michael Chiklis…; Lucy Liu seeks revenge using a trusty silver crossbow against those who transformed her into a bloodlusty creature of the undead in this stylish…
Vampire Diary (2007): Dir. Mark James, Phil O' Shea
Feat. Anna Walton; Lusty, low–budget horror centred on a filmmaker who indulges in an affair with her documentary subject – a bloodthirsty real–life…
Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor, Daywatch) (2006): Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Dima Martinov; The vampiric Muscovite forces of Good and Evil fight it out again in this frenetic, fantastic FX fantasy every bit as good as the first one (NIGHT…
Perfect Creature (2006): Dir. Glenn Standring
Feat. Saffron Burrows, Dougray Scott, Leo Gregory…; Ambitious, well–appointed Gothica set in a retro–alternate Aotearoa, where humans and their highly–evolved vampire colleagues…
Trinity Blood (TV Series) (2005): Centuries ago, Armageddon cast darkness across the world. From that darkness, the vampires emerged. Now humans and vampires tremble on the brink of…
Underworld: Evolution (2005): Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy; The slinky, rubber–clad Kate Beckinsale continues her Vampiric crusade against 'the Lycans' (Werewolves) in this obligatory sequel to the…
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor, aka. Nightwatch) (2004): Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Dima Martinov; A mega–hit in its native Russia, this sci–fi–horror–action cocktail concerns a running battle on the mean streets of…
Underworld (2003): Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen…; A sleek action workout in which cat–suited vampire Beckinsale fights an ongoing war with the other creatures of night, werewolves, but also…
Fiancée of Dracula (2002): Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Cyrille Gaudin, Jacques Orth, Thomas Smith; A late addition in the filmography of cult fantasy director Jean Rollin, who once again turns his attention to vampire mythology in this tale of a…
Hellsing (TV Series) (Herushingu) (2002): Adapated from his own manga comicbook by Kouta Hirano, this concerns the battle of survival of the Hellsing Organisation, a shadowy group which looks…
Kung Fu Vampire Killers (2002): Dir. Phil Davison
Feat. Katherine Beresford; Low–budget genre–bender from Dunedin, takes the vampiric corpse of a 19th century Chinese goldminer and transfuses it with Hong…
Reign in Darkness (2002): Dir. Kel Dolen, David W Allen
Feat. Kel Dolen; A scientist, infected with a new virus, is transformed into an elite vampire who battles with bounty hunters for the fate of the Earth. Modern…
Vampire Hunters (2002): Dir. Wellson Chin
Feat. Ken Chang; Typically enjoyable and overblown Hong Kong mayhem, where five powerful warriors battle the Vampire King and his followers. Written and produced…
Blood - The Last Vampire (2001): Dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo; A half–length feature that packs twice the punch of the average Anime, its astounding combination of CGI and cell–characters raises the…
Dracula 2000 (2001): Dir. Patrick Lussier
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Omar Epps…; Modern–day encounter with Drac, 'presented' by Wes Craven, occurs after the opening of high–security crypt inside Van Hesling’s…
Queen of the Damned (2001): Dir. Michael Rymer
Feat. Stuart Townsend, Lena Olin, Vincent Perez…; Anne Rice’s literary vampire Lestat, last seen as Tom Cruise in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, (here Stuart Townsend) shrugs off a 200 year sleep to…
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust (2001): Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Feat. Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichiro Nagai, Koichi Yamadera; Raising the stakes in both style and story, this reworking of the original 1985 film spins the lone Vampire hunter's adventures in a different…
Drawing Blood (1999): Dir. Sergio Lapel; Semi–original horror from Troma (TOXIC AVENGER) about a gorgeous vampire with a penchant for sketching nude models and then drinking their…
Razor Blade Smile (1998): Dir. Jake West
Feat. Eileen Daly; Brazenly over–the–top, low–budget (12,000 sterling) vampire hokum about a bisexual vamp who moonlights as a mortal assassin.…
Vampires (1998): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Maximilian Schell; Continuing to purvey his dubious abilities, dir. John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) sinks his teeth into another genre staple, with hideous spurts of blood…
Wisdom of Crocodiles, The (1998): Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Kerry Fox…; Suave vampire Jude Law cruises London looking for a cure to his soul–sickness in this slick–looking thriller with literary…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996): Dir. Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar; The TV followup to the 1992 movie, that slays its predecessor in wit and cult–appeal. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high–school teen…
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995): Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen; Another blockbuster spoof, three years too late from the once funny Mel Brooks in which Leslie Nielsen does his NAKED GUN–in–a–cape…
Nadja (1995): Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda; A curious spawn of David Lynch and Hal Hartley, this audacious modern–day vampire pic makes up for its murky narrative with its uneasy…
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995): Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett; Eddie Murphy and the ever–dynamic Angela Bassett team up for horror specialist Wes Craven, who injects a mix of comedy and gothic romance into…
Interview With the Vampire (1994): Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst; Tom Cruise rises to the much–touted role of Vampire Lestat, Brad Pitt invigorates the lifeless Louis, and Kirsten Dunst gives a child…
Innocent Blood (A French Vampire in America) (1993): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia; Director Landis rekindles the AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON formula and almost reaches the heights of his classic predecessor. Scrummy Anne 'NIKITA'…
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves…; Francis Ford Coppola's opulent and erotic update of the gothic legend. Gary Oldman's incarnation of the fanged one is most impressive here, as are…
Sleepwalkers (1992): Dir. Mick Garris
Feat. Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige…; Stephen King's first script conceived for the screen is a morbid indulgence about an incestuous mother/son team who grotesquely transform to suck the…
Fright Night Part 2 (1988): Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind…; William Ragsdale returns as Charley Brewster, now a college freshman who is tormented by the undead sister of the vampire from the first film. While…
Lair of the White Worm (1988): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Sammi Davis…; Dir. Ken Russell's campy masterwork combines many estranged ideas from his previous films for an outlandish horror spoof. As hilarious as it is…
Vampire's Kiss (1988): Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals; Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
Lost Boys, The (1987): Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim…; Keifer Sutherland leads a pack of teen vampires who have a taste for fashion as well as that red liquidy stuff. A dynamic, stylish horror with a…
Near Dark (1987): Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…; The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
Return to Salem's Lot, A (1987): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Andrew Duggan…; Notably weird and disimiliar sequel to SALEM'S LOT is blessed with the talents of writer/director Larry Cohen. Anthropologist Moriarty is lured…
Vamp (1986): Dir. Richard Wenk
Feat. Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron…; Campy, neon–hued sex comedy–horror from the 80's in which two students travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their…
Fright Night (1985): Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall…; Terrific vampire satire in which a boy becomes highly suspicious of his new neighbours, led by a suave Chris Sarandon. The superb make–up…
Lifeforce (1985): Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay…; London descends into chaos following an invasion of space vampires, in this 80's sci–fi box–office bomb from director Tober Hooper and…
Vampire Hunter D (1985): Dir. Toyoo Ashida
Feat. Michael McConnohie, Kaneto Shiozawa; In a barren, distant future where vampires rule what remains of life on earth, a beautiful young girl hires an imposing vampire hunter known as…
Hunger, The (1983): Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon; Ultra–slick sci–fi vampire film featuring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie as a couple of chic bloodsuckers. A sexy, stylish piece,…
Living Dead Girl, The (1982): Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Marina Pierro, Francoise Blanchard, Mike Marshall; Rollin's dream–like visual style dominates this Gallic blood–lusting romp about a sexy vampire whose trail of gore engulfs her in bitter…
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980): Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen; A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
Dracula (1979): Dir. John Badham
Feat. Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence…; Elegant variation on the Bram Stoker classic tones down the horror elements and amps up the eroticism with Langella an exceptional Count.
Nosferatu (1979): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani; Werner Herzog's remake is a surreal and truly sinister experience, embellished with a haunting soundtrack and a terrific Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu.
Thirst (1979): Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Henry Silva, David Hemmings; Stylish, if slight horror–thriller in which a Satanic cult kidnap a woman to convert her into a vampire of royal stock. Eerie atmosphere now…
Count Dracula (TV Mini-series) (1977): Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon…; Faithful 70's adaptation of the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker, this critically–acclaimed BBC version utilises London's Highgate Cemetery…
Martin (1977): Dir. George Romero
Feat. John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest; Bizarre and original film about a young man who claims he is not a vampire, but has psycho–sexual penchants that would pale 'Nosferatu'.…
Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1977): Dir. Albert Band
Feat. Michael Pataki, Jose Ferrer; Strange and not a little camp entry in the 'Dracula' series, has a canine incarnation unleash his fangs on Los Angeles while searching for family…
Chosen Survivors (1974): Dir. Sutton Roley
Feat. Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel…; Sci–fi horror about a group of people who have been flown to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, after being chosen at random to survive…
Vampyres (1974): Dir. Joseph Larraz
Feat. Anulka , Marianne Morris; Riding on a mini–wave of lesbian vampire movies, this English sexploitation pic turns up both the flesh and blood quotient on the ‘Hammer’…
Dracula (1973): Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Jack Palance; Classy 1973 made–for–TV version, starring Jack Palance as a mournful Count.
Body Beneath, The (Vampire's Thirst) (1972): Dir. Andy Milligan
Feat. Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis; Grindhouse dir. Milligan creates his best effort and the English equivalent of PLAN 9 into the bargain with this endearingly inept horror. Set…
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1972): Dir. Brian Clemens
Feat. Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, John Carson; British cult TV writer Brian Clemens (THE AVENGERS) assumes directing duties on this spirited historical vampire romp he wrote for Hammer Studios,…
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972): Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing; Christopher Lee's Count incongruously schmoozes with the youth of the 1970s in his never–ending search for the red stuff. Peter Cushing turns…
Vampire Circus (1972): Dir. Robert Young
Feat. Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins…; An even now brutal late Hammer set in plague–ridden 19th century Europe, where a small village unknowingly admits vampires disguised as a…
Daughters of Darkness (Le Rouge aux Levres) (1971): Dir. Harry Kumel
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau…; Significant, sultry vampire horror, justly celebrated for its blend of understated dread, unusual eroticism and elegant trappings which has been…
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Blood of Frankenstein) (1971): Dir. Al Adamson
Feat. J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney, Anthony Eisley; J. Carrol Naish plays a mad scientist in a wheelchair who conspires with Dracula to resurrect Frankenstein, in this C–grade horror that finds…
Twins of Evil (1971): Dir. John Hough
Feat. Peter Cushing, Dennis Price; Final part of the 'Karnstein trilogy' (after THE VAMPIRE LOVERS and LUST FOR A VAMPIRE), climaxing in perhaps the most sexually–explicit of the…
Scars of Dracula (1970): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Troughton; In search of his missing brother a man discovers the deadly lair of Count Dracula.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970): Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Christopher Lee; Fourth Hammer installment of the black–caped Christopher Lee, this time meeting with a genuinely imaginative end.
Vampyros Lesbos (1970): Dir. Jess Franco; Notorious sexploitation–er from German bad boy dir. Jess Franco, peddles the softcore tale of a real estate agent trapped on an island ruled by…
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968): Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Christopher Lee; Christopher Lee returns in fangs for a third Hammer bite at the vampire story.
Dark Shadows (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett; A camp classic of 'Gothic soap opera', this long–running daytime melodrama centred on 175–year–old vampire Barnabas Collins and a…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965): Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee; Christopher Lee returns from the grave to intimidate a group of tourists in this belated sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA. Misses Peter Cushing, and the…
Last Man on Earth, The (1964): Dir. Sidney Salkow
Feat. Vincent Price; Rough but effective version of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" (also the basis for OMEGA MAN), Price playing the last living survivor of the human…
Kiss of the Vampire (1963): Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Clifford Evans, Noel Willman, Edward de Souza…; An ominous and highly–regarded Hammer horror in which a honeymooning couple are stranded in Bavaria where they become embroiled in the…
Twice Told Tales (1963): Dir. Sidney Salkow
Feat. Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland; Triptych of horrors drawn from the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ham actor extraordinaire Vincent Price is in ripping form here.
Return of Dracula (1958): Dir. Paul Landres
Feat. Francis Lederer; Coinciding with Hammer studios revival of the Transylvanian count, this commendable effort has a long–in–the–tooth Francis Lederer…
Return of the Vampire, The (1943): Dir. Lew Landers
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch…; Serving as an unofficial follow–up to DRACULA (1931), Bela Lugosi plays another vampire called Armand Tesla, who encounters with an…
Son of Dracula (1943): Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton…; The toothsome Count (not the son, despite the title), here played by Lon Chaney Jnr, sinks fangs into a selection of Southern belles and their…
Dracula's Daughter (1936): Dir. Lambert Hillyer
Feat. Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill…; Worthy sequel to the Lugosi classic, substitutes female fangster Holden in the lead. Nice atmospherics.
Cry of the Bewitched / Vampire Bat, The (1933-1956): Dir. Frank Strayer, Alfredo Crevenna
Feat. Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas…; A double feature of low–rent but worthy horrors: The Vampire Bat (1933) Directed by Frank Strayer – An eerie suspenser in which a mad…
Vampyr (1932): Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard; Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
Dracula (1931): Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi; The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
Mondo Lugosi: Feat. Bela Lugosi; A compilation of many great sequences in which Bela Lugosi appeared. The perfect bill for your next vampire masquerade party.

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