Top vampire films
You won't find any post-Ann Rice sympathetic vampire films on my list. Vampires should be SCARY creatures, trying to get US!
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- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.The first feaature-length vampire film is still hard to top. Schreck's Count Orlock is a much different type than the suave vampires of other films.
- DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.It's hard to top Lugosi. Although Browning's directing left a little to be desired, Bela picked up the slack.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsCarlos VillaríasLupita TovarBarry NortonCenturies-old vampire Dracula preys upon the innocent Eva and her friends.While Villarias is no Lugosi, the Spanish version (filmed on the same set by night) is in many ways superior to the 1931 English version. Pablo Rubio is one of the best Renfields ever.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJason PatricCorey HaimDianne WiestAfter moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.Although there are a few tongue-in-cheek moments, this one has everything a great vampire flick needs.
- DirectorDaniel TaplitzStarsBen CrossMaryam d'AboKeith SzarabajkaAt a museum in Mexico City arrives a perfectly preserved mummy. It is a vampire that died years ago and who returns to life in search of his lost love Angelique. Unfortunately for him, the young woman has met and fallen in love with a doctor who supplies her with the blood she needs to resist the vampire attacks.This little-known made-for-TV gem has a Mexican flavor to it & adds a most intriguing element to the vampire lexicon: the fear-caused adrenalin in the victim's blood is what the vampire REALLY feeds on!
- DirectorFernando MéndezStarsAbel SalazarAriadne WelterCarmen MontejoA pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next door neighbor may be involved.This cool black & white Spanish flick came out about the time of the first Hammer Dracula. in many ways I like it better than the gaudy color of the Hammer films. The shadows, spider webs & general eeriness are great! The only downfall is over-the-top music.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingChristopher LeeMichael GoughWhen Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.Christopher Lee was among the best vampires on film & the Hammer films were all enjoyable.
- DirectorJack Nixon-BrowneStarsNorman WelshNehemiah PersoffBlair BrownThe vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.Jack Palance was a tremendous Dracula. This made-for-TV film holds up as one of the better Dracula versions.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.A little humor doesn't diminish this film's bite -- pun intended!
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGary OldmanWinona RyderAnthony HopkinsThe centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.Coppola did a nice job in recrafting the Dracula story.