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- Vampyr (1932) - 98% Back to Europe we go, for the ranking topper of a vampire film, Vampyr. This Carl Theodor Dreyer-directed movie starring Julian West did not land with European audiences when it was first released, receiving mixed to negative reviews.
- Let the Right One In (2008) - 98% Let the Right One In at its core, is a coming-of-age film wrapped inside the blood-soaked packaging of a vampire movie.
- Nosferatu (1922) - 97% Some of the earliest vampire movies came from Germany, including the iconic silent film Nosferatu from acclaimed German director F.W.
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 96% Most horror movie parodies do not receive the same kind of praise as some of their more serious counterparts. However, 2014's What We Do in the Shadows bucks that trend in every way, as Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement wrote, directed, and starred in one of the best vampire movies ever made.
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- The best vampire movies of all time. Since 1897, when Bram Stoker published Drac ula, the archetypal tale of a Transylvanian count cursed to subsist on human blood in order to be blessed with immortality (and a bunch of nifty party tricks), the Western world has craved stories about the creatures of the night that had long appeared in folklore around the globe.
- The Lost Boys. Released: 1987. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “You’re a creature of the night Michael, just like out of a comic book…. Oh, you wait till Mom finds out, buddy!”
- Near Dark. Released: 1987. Rated: R. Director: Kathryn Bigelow. Like The Lost Boys, which debuted the same year, Near Dark begins when Caleb, a naive young looker (Adrian Pasdar), crosses paths with Mae, a girl he can’t resist despite her problematic circle of friends.
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Released: 1992. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I have crossed oceans of time to find you.” It may be yet another book-to-movie adaptation of the seminal vampire novel, but Francis Ford Coppola’s rendition is far from run-of-the-mill or repetitive.
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- Let the Right One In (2008) The quintessentially Swedish horror-drama Let the Right One In tells the tale of bullied young Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) who is befriended by Eli (Lina Leandersson), a mysterious new neighbor who harbors a centuries-old secret.
- The Lost Boys (1987) The myth of the modern teenage vampire took root with Joel Shumacher's stylish yet droll teenspolitation flick, without which there would be no Twilight and certainly no Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (2012) Bill Condon infuses the finale to this mostly tepid franchise with something the previous four films lacked: a true holy-s–- factor.
- John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) Vampires is one of John Carpenter's better late-era efforts. (Even Gene Siskel, a notorious opponent of violent horror pictures, loved the film.)
- The Lost Boys (1987) 35 years old and a cultural touchstone for the generations that have grown up with it: what else could top Empire’s vampire list but The Lost Boys?
- Nosferatu (1922) Denied the rights to Bram Stoker’s novel, F.W. Murnau turned Dracula into Count Orlok. Played by theatre actor Max Schreck (which seems to have been his real name, even though it means "fright" in German) in astonishing make-up, the character conveys an almost indescribable malevolence.
- Dracula (1958) Quatermass and Frankenstein preceded it, but to a great extent, Hammer Horror begins here. Directed by the incomparable Terence Fisher, written by Jimmy Sangster, pairing Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (with Lee getting actual lines for the first time), and going all-out with colour, glamour, sex and blood, Hammer’s Dracula aligns the elements and distils the formula that powered the studio for the next two decades.
- Near Dark (1987) A vampire romance from a time before that phrase became horrifying, Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark centres on star cross’d lovers Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright.
Jan 29, 2024 · From Bela Lugosi's Dracula movie to more recent picks like Twilight and What We Do In Shadows, check out where to watch the best vampire movies.
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Sep 28, 2021 · From "Near Dark" to "Nosferatu," "Cronos" to "Ganja and Hess" and lots of Dracula, these are the Rotten Tomatoes-ranked best vampire films of all time.
