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30 Days of Night (film)
30 Days of Night is a 2007 American horror film directed by David Slade, in which vampires attack Barrow, Alaska, during its month of polar darkness.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (دختری در شب تنها به خانه میرود)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (دختری در شب تنها به خانه میرود) is Ana Lily Amirpour's 2014 Farsi-language black-and-white debut, the 'first Iranian vampire Western', about a chador-wearing skateboarding vampire in Bad City, shot in California for about $50,000.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American action-horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and produced by Tim Burton, adapting Seth Grahame-Smith's novel about Lincoln's secret life hunting vampires.
An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London is John Landis's 1981 horror-comedy about American tourist David Kessler, bitten by a werewolf on the English moors. Known for Rick Baker's practical transformation, the first Oscar for Best Makeup, and its horror-comedy blend.
An American Werewolf in Paris
An American Werewolf in Paris is a 1997 horror comedy film and a sequel to John Landis's An American Werewolf in London, directed by Anthony Waller.
Blackout (2023 film)
Blackout (2023) is Larry Fessenden's 103-minute werewolf horror film, premiered at Fantasia, released theatrically March 13, 2024 by Dark Sky Films, starring Alex Hurt as a painter who believes he is a werewolf, distinct from other films titled Blackout.
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood (Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood) is a 1996 horror comedy directed by Gilbert Adler, starring Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, and Angie Everhart as the vampire Lilith; a box-office failure that ended the Crypt film series.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror-romance adaptation of Stoker's 1897 novel, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves; three Academy Awards, practical effects, invented Dracula-Mina romance.
Byzantium (film)
Byzantium (2012) is Neil Jordan's vampire drama, adapted by Moira Buffini from her play A Vampire Story, starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as 200-year-old mother-daughter vampires hunted by a male brotherhood; it premiered at TIFF 2012 and earned mixed-to-favorable reviews.
Cat People (1942 film)
Cat People (1942) is Val Lewton's first RKO horror film, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Simone Simon as a Serbian emigre who fears turning into a panther; a $135,000 B picture that became RKO's top 1942 grosser through suggestion-based horror.
Cronos (film)
Cronos (La invención de Cronos) is Guillermo del Toro's 1992 Mexican horror-fantasy feature debut about an alchemist's scarab device granting eternal life with a thirst for blood, starring Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman, a Cannes Critics' Week and nine-Ariel winner.
Cursed (2005 film)
Cursed (2005) is a Wes Craven werewolf horror film written by Kevin Williamson, starring Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, and Joshua Jackson, notorious for scrapped footage, four reshoots, and a PG-13 recut.
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus is Spike Lee's 2014 Kickstarter-funded reinterpretation of Bill Gunn's 1973 cult film Ganja & Hess, starring Stephen Tyrone Williams and Zaraah Abrahams, about an anthropologist addicted to blood.
Dog Soldiers (film)
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British werewolf horror film, Neil Marshall's directorial debut, about a squad of British soldiers besieged by werewolves in a Scottish Highlands farmhouse; made for about $2 million and later a cult classic.
Dracula (1958 film)
Dracula (1958), released in the US as Horror of Dracula, is Hammer Films' Technicolor Gothic horror directed by Terence Fisher, starring Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing; a 1958 BBFC-cut classic restored in 4K with long-lost Japanese-release footage.
Dracula (1979 film)
Dracula (1979) is John Badham's Universal horror film starring Frank Langella as a seductive Count, adapted from his 1977 Broadway role, with Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing; released 13 July 1979, 109 minutes, R.
Flesh of the Gods
Flesh of the Gods is an upcoming Panos Cosmatos vampire thriller set in 1980s Los Angeles, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, starring Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura (who replaced Oscar Isaac), produced by Hyperobject Industries and Augenschein, distributed by A24, expected 2027.
Fright Night
Fright Night (1985) is Tom Holland's directorial debut, a Columbia Pictures vampire horror-comedy starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, and Roddy McDowall; it grossed $24.9 million, won three Saturn Awards, and was remade in 2011.
Fright Night (2011 film)
Fright Night is a 2011 American horror-comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin and Colin Farrell, a remake of Tom Holland's 1985 film of the same name.
Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess (1973) is Bill Gunn's independent Black vampire film starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark, made for $350,000 as a Blaxploitation commission, recut as Blood Couple, and later restored via MoMA as a classic.
Ginger Snaps (film)
Ginger Snaps (2000) is a Canadian werewolf horror film directed by John Fawcett, written by Karen Walton, starring Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle as sisters in Bailey Downs; a puberty-as-lycanthropy cult classic with two sequels.
Hisss
Hisss (Nagin: The Snake Woman) is a 2010 fantasy-horror film directed by Jennifer Lynch, starring Mallika Sherawat as a shape-shifting naagin seeking revenge when an American captures her mate; Lynch disowned the edited release, which flopped.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) is an American International Pictures horror film directed by Gene Fowler Jr., starring Michael Landon as Tony Rivers, a troubled teen regressed into a werewolf by hypnotherapist Whit Bissell; the first teen-wolf movie, tied to 1950s juvenile delinquency panic.
Interview with the Vampire (film)
Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American gothic horror film directed by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise as Lestat and Brad Pitt as Louis.
Late Phases
Late Phases is a 2014 werewolf horror film, Adrián García Bogliano's English-language debut, starring Nick Damici as blind Vietnam veteran Ambrose McKinley hunting a beast in the Crescent Bay retirement community; written by Eric Stolze, released by Dark Sky Films.
Let Me In (film)
Let Me In is a 2010 American-British vampire horror film directed by Matt Reeves, a remake of the acclaimed 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In.
Let the Right One In (film)
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), 2008 Swedish vampire film by Tomas Alfredson from John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel; bullied boy Oskar befriends child vampire Eli in 1982 Blackeberg; spawned Let Me In remake and Showtime series.
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American psychological horror film directed by John Hancock, starring Zohra Lampert as a woman fresh from a psychiatric hospital, made for $180,000 and released by Paramount in August 1971.
Martin (1977 film)
Martin (1977) is George A. Romero's vampire film starring John Amplas as a young man who believes he is a vampire, made in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and revived by a 2023 4K restoration.
Mr. Vampire (僵尸先生)
Mr. Vampire (僵尸先生, Geung si sin sang; Taiwan title 暫時停止呼吸) is a 1985 Ricky Lau Hong Kong horror comedy produced by Sammo Hung, starring Lam Ching-ying as a Taoist priest fighting a hopping jiangshi, which launched the 1980s jiangshi film wave.