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 (192–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 (194–Lugosi as Dracula too.

Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (194–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 (195–Christopher Lee; Hammer Films.

Blood of the Vampire (195–anemic doctor victimizes patients.

Curse of the Undead (1959)–cowboy theme.

The Vampire’s Coffin (195–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 (196–Christopher Lee’s third outing.

Mad Monster Party (196–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 (197–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 (198–after last date, he likes rare hamburgers.

Love Bites (198–gay spoof.

Teen Vamp (198–high school nerd transformed.

Beverly Hills Vamp (198–California girls stay out of the sun.

Dance of the Damned (198

Dinner With the Vampire (198

Dracula’s Widow (198

Vampire at Midnight (198–L.A. cop vs. vampire.

Because the Dawn (198–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 (199–A rebel vampire converts unworthy victims.

Blade (199

John Carpenter’s Vampires (199

Teenage Space Vampires (199–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)

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.
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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 (198

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 (199

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 (199

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 (199

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 | Tags: dracula, vampire, werewolf,