Vampire movies: from best to worst
This list will be continuously increased as I watch more and more vampire movies.
See also a list for my favorite vampires and for the most ridiculous blood suckers.
See also a list for my favorite vampires and for the most ridiculous blood suckers.
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- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.I doubt that any day someone will be able to make a vampire movie better than this one. Much more than a vampire film, it is about bullying, friendship, love... The environment is cold as must be. The vampire is undoubtly a vampire, but not an obvious one, athough we can see all the traits.
- DirectorAlê CamargoA vampire tries to sleep, but a terrible predator approaches.Review: What a brilliant short animated film from Brazil! In an expressionist São Paulo, we may explore the intimate life of a Nosferatu, which uses not to be shown in books or movies about vampires. The monster will have problems when he meets another blood-sucker! Everything is extremely nice in these six minutes that worth more than most of feature length films. Story is extremely clever and make spectator laugh all the time. Animation is very well done, heavily inspired in German Expressionism, as a spoof/tribute comedy. Crazy credits and intertitles are also hilarious - at least for Brazilians, as they make several references to popular culture and foreigners may not understand many of those jokes. The drawing style and action merge old silent movies and modern surrealist cartoon in a very amusing way.
Watch it here: http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/?name=a_noite_do_vampiro - DirectorShimako SatoStarsJulian SandsSuzanna HamiltonKenneth CranhamCondemned to life without end, and to an undying passion for a lost love he can never find, a vampire stalks a beautiful young woman.What a wonderful atmosphere for a vampire movie! A film for those who like vampire tales, not for those only interested in fast thrillers following an obvious formula. That perhaps explains the absolutely unfair bad users' rating in IMDB for this deep psychological British vampire film.
- DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo KierThe filming of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.Very innovative vampire film which tells a story about the shooting of "Nosferatu". Willen Dafoe is astonishing playig Max Schreck!
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsLili TaylorChristopher WalkenAnnabella SciorraA New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.
- DirectorJuan PadrónStarsFrank GonzálezManuel MarínIrela BravoA vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.Very funny and clever animation film from Cuba.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsKaroline HerfurthNina HossJennifer UlrichIn Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena.Probably, the best "vampire action film" I have watched. Good acting, good plot, good characters.
- DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAdam SandlerKevin JamesAndy SambergDracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.Another funny and smart animation movie (off course being Cuban or from the United States makes "Vampiros en la Habana" and "Hotel Transylvania" completely different films).
- DirectorErdal CeylanStarsMeelah AdamsA girl's just taking a selfie for her boyfriend when something really creepy happens.This horror short film has less than 2 minutes but was a viral with amazing success. It is supposedly about a zombie but that may be about a vampire. Watch it hee: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/zombie-only-appears-selfies-viral-6462231
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack MacGowranRoman PolanskiAlfie BassA noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.Very funny and well done parody! Instead of Prof. Van Helsing and Count Dracula, we have Prof. Abronsius (together with his henchman, Polanski's Alfred) and Count von Krolock.
- DirectorRob StefaniukStarsRob StefaniukJessica ParéPaul AnthonyA comedy centered on a rock 'n' roll band that will do anything to become famous.What a funny Canadian dark comedy! Clever and innovative, well filmed and visually stunning. The stop motion trips by car or plane and the craziness of Jen's vampirization or blood abstinence footage are very cool and sophisticated cinematographic solutions. Beautiful Jessica Paré's character Jennifer is one of the most charming vampiresses I have ever seen, perhaps the most. Characters portrayed by music stars, such as Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and punk rock Black Flag's Henry Rollins are very entertaining and captivating. Off course the same may be said about hard rock guitarist Dimitri Coats's master vampire Queeny, who is really creepy. None of the guys from the rock band does a bad job, but after Jessica Paré's Jennifer I would highlight as the second best Chris Ratz's Hugo, a very funny version of Bram Stoker's character Renfield. Seeing Clockwork Orange's Malcolm McDowell as an eyepatch wearing Van Helsing was also great. Soundtrack, as it was supposed to be, is nice. Rob Stefaniuk, who is the film director, the screenplay writer and one of the leading role actors (the leader of the looser band "The Winners"), deserves public appreciation. This is one of the best vampire films I have watched, probably one of my top 10.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.Great atmosphere in this old film. Quite nice fairy filmmaking. Few words (it is a quasi-silent movie), many shadows. Deffinitely, this is not an ordinary film. In my opinion, it is much better than Nosferatu or Dracula.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).A vampire thriller beautifully filmed, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon in a love triangle of life and death.
- DirectorXan CassavetesStarsJoséphine de La BaumeChing Valdes-AranMilo VentimigliaA beautiful, lonely vampire falls in love with a screenwriter and transforms him into one of the undead, but their budding romance is threatened by her vivacious, troublemaking sister.While most of the vampires in the film try to control their nature, it is shown as marked by lust, brutality, power, and some weaknesses, just as they it is supposed to be. It is a very nice vampire movie! The scenes of hunt and of biting are great. There is possibly also the best vampirization scene I've ever seen! Very sensual! Characters are well developed and particularly the three main vampiresses are great. The story starts amazingly, perhaps becomes less interesting after the first turning point, but afterwards goes back to its greatest moments. The strength of the vampires may be their weakness, and all of them may face it anytime.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn AmplasLincoln MaazelChristine ForrestA young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his blood-lust.A very different and psychological vampire movie. Is Martin really a vampire? He and his cousin believe that. And you?
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsBrad PittTom CruiseAntonio BanderasA vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.A contemporary classic. Are vampires able to love?
- DirectorHoward StormStarsLauren HuttonJim CarreyKaren KopinsA vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall.As the movie below, this is an unpretensious and funny teenager movie. Starred by Jim Carrey, the film shows beautiful and mature Lauren Hutton doing a good job in the role of vampiress Countess. It is campy in the precise degree for great laughs.
- DirectorFran Rubel KuzuiStarsKristy SwansonDonald SutherlandPaul ReubensFlighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.Unpretentious and funny high school action movie. Very beautiful young Kristy Swanson does a good job playing charismatic and initially futile Buffy. The same can be said about Donald Sutherland in the role of her tutor, Merrick. The film gets campy sometimes, but it is not a flaw. Seeing Hillary Swank in her very first movie playing one of Buffy's best airhead friends is something to be highlighted. The same can be said about having Rutger Hauer as the comic master vampire.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.A great update for the classic "Nosferatu" from 1922.
- DirectorBob KelljanStarsWilliam MarshallDon MitchellPam GrierThe vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsSaoirse RonanGemma ArtertonSam RileyResidents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJason PatricCorey HaimDianne WiestWhen a recently divorced mother and her two teenage boys move to a coastal town to stay with her father, it doesn't take long for the brothers to realize the area is a haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.A little bit kitsch (well, it's a film by Joel Schumacher...) but still a good movie. The 1980's undisguised stamp is there. Nice end!
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTilda SwintonTom HiddlestonMia WasikowskaA depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.Beautifully filmed, nice historical revisionism and cultural references.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsIlana KaplanAntônio Carlos FalcãoFlavia MoraesA humored sketch from the TV show "Dóris para Maiores" (1991). A fake documentary about the fictional German filmmaker Volker Freunden talking about his fake pioneer horror film shot in the 1920's in the city of Novo Hamburgo in Porto Alegre.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsAnton YelchinColin FarrellDavid Tennant"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?Great remake, perhaps slghly better than the original. Collin Farrell is an excellent Jerry Dandrige.