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Near Dark
Near Dark (1987) is Kathryn Bigelow's vampire western, written with Eric Red, about farm boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), bitten by Mae (Jenny Wright) and forced to ride with a nomadic vampire family including Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton; a box-office failure that became a cult classic.
Night Teeth
Night Teeth is a 2021 Netflix vampire thriller directed by Adam Randall, written by Brent Dillon, starring Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Raúl Castillo, and Alfie Allen; released October 20, 2021, it topped Netflix's weekly chart with 31.9 million hours viewed but scored 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) is Werner Herzog's 1979 West German-French horror remake of Murnau's 1922 Nosferatu, starring Klaus Kinski as Dracula, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz; it won Cannes' FIPRESCI Prize.
Once Bitten (1985 film)
Once Bitten is a 1985 American vampire comedy directed by Howard Storm, starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey (his first major film role), Karen Kopins, and Cleavon Little; released November 15, 1985 by The Samuel Goldwyn Company, grossing $10 million domestically.
Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive is Jim Jarmusch's 2013 vampire romance, 123 minutes, starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as centuries-old lovers Adam and Eve in Detroit and Tangier; it competed at Cannes 2013 and earned an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Out Come the Wolves
Out Come the Wolves (2024) is a Canadian survival thriller directed by Adam MacDonald, starring Missy Peregrym, Joris Jarsky, and Damon Runyan; a cabin hunting trip turns deadly when wolves attack, released by IFC Films August 30, 2024.
Rigor Mortis (僵尸) (2013 film)
Rigor Mortis (殭屍, Geung si, 七日重生) is a 2013 Hong Kong horror film, Juno Mak's directorial debut, co-produced by Takashi Shimizu, an homage to the jiangshi genre and Mr. Vampire (1985) starring Chin Siu-ho, Kara Wai, Nina Paw, and Anthony Chan.
Salem's Lot (film)
Salem's Lot (2024 film), also called 'Salem's Lot, is a New Line Cinema horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1975 novel, written and directed by Gary Dauberman, starring Lewis Pullman, produced by James Wan and Roy Lee, and released on Max October 3, 2024, the third screen adaptation after the 1979 and 2004 miniseries.
Santo contra las Mujeres Vampiro
Santo contra las Mujeres Vampiro (Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro) is a 1962 Mexican horror film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake starring luchador El Santo protecting Diana Orlof from vampire women reviving queen Zorina; premiered October 11, 1962, shown at San Sebastián 1964.
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire (2000), E. Elias Merhige's metafictional horror film written by Steven Katz, fictionalizes the making of Nosferatu (1922) with John Malkovich as Murnau and Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck, a real vampire.
Silver Bullet (film)
Silver Bullet, also known as Stephen King's Silver Bullet, is a 1985 American werewolf horror film directed by Daniel Attias and written by Stephen King.
Sinners (2025 film)
Sinners is a 2025 American horror film set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi. It follows twin brothers who open a juke joint and confront a vampire threat.
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film directed by Mick Garris and written by Stephen King. It follows a mother and son who are the last survivors of a vampiric species.
Stake Land
Stake Land (2010) is a Jim Mickle post-apocalyptic vampire horror film, co-written with and starring Nick Damici, with Connor Paolo; it won the Midnight Madness Award at TIFF 2010 and earned a 2011 limited US release.
The Beast Within (2024 film)
The Beast Within (2024 film) is a British horror drama directed by Alexander J. Farrell. It explores domestic abuse through a ten-year-old girl witnessing her father's werewolf transformation.
The Blood Countess (film)
The Blood Countess (Die Blutgräfin) is a 2026 Austrian-Luxembourg-German vampire black comedy by Ulrike Ottinger, written with Elfriede Jelinek, starring Isabelle Huppert as Erzsébet Báthory; premiered at Berlinale 2026, released 29 October 2026.
The Cursed (2021 film)
The Cursed (2021), also released as Eight for Silver, is Sean Ellis's 35mm period werewolf horror starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, and Alistair Petrie, set in 1880s France; Sundance premiere, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Era of Vampires (Jiang shi da shi dai)
The Era of Vampires (殭屍大時代, Jiang shi da shi dai; Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters) is a 2002 Hong Kong action-horror film directed by Wellson Chin, written and produced by Tsui Hark, about Taoist disciples battling a Vampire King and wax-preserved jiangshi in Qing-era China.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fearless Vampire Killers, aka Dance of the Vampires, is Roman Polanski's 1967 horror-comedy parody of Hammer vampire films, starring Jack MacGowran, Polanski, and Sharon Tate, cut and retitled for its failed US release.
The Ghouls (Вурдалаки) (2015 film)
The Ghouls (Вурдалаки) is a 2015 Russian fantasy horror film directed by Sergei Ginzburg, loosely based on Aleksey Tolstoy's 1839 novella and released in 2017.
The Howling (film)
The Howling (1981) is a Joe Dante werewolf horror film starring Dee Wallace, adapted from Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, famous for Rob Bottin's practical transformation effects and spawning seven sequels.
The Hunger (1983 film)
The Hunger (1983) is Tony Scott's directorial debut, a stylish horror film adapted from Whitley Strieber's 1981 vampire novel, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon; it flopped on release but became a queer cult classic.
The Invitation (2022 film)
The Invitation is a 2022 American horror thriller directed by Jessica M. Thompson, starring Nathalie Emmanuel as a young woman whose new British family harbors a dark secret.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a 2023 Universal horror film directed by André Øvredal, adapting the Captain's Log chapter of Dracula; crew of a ship carrying fifty crates from Carpathia to London is stalked by Dracula, played by Javier Botet.
The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror-comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, in which teenage brothers move to a California beach town and find a local biker gang are vampires.
The Mad Monster
The Mad Monster is a 1942 PRC Poverty Row werewolf horror film directed by Sam Newfield, starring George Zucco, Johnny Downs, Anne Nagel, and Glenn Strange; banned in Britain until 1952 and later mocked on MST3K.
The Twins Effect (千机变)
The Twins Effect (千机变), aka The Vampire Effect, is a 2003 Hong Kong vampire action-comedy directed by Dante Lam with action by Donnie Yen, starring pop duo Twins, Ekin Cheng, and Edison Chen; it was 2003's top Hong Kong film and won six Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Wolf Man (1941 film)
The Wolf Man (1941) is Universal's classic werewolf horror film directed by George Waggner, written by Curt Siodmak, starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, with Jack Pierce's makeup and the silver weakness it introduced to werewolf lore.
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a 2020 horror-comedy written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings as a Utah deputy investigating full-moon murders; Robert Forster's final film, released by Orion Classics.
The Wolfman
The Wolfman is a 2010 American gothic horror film directed by Joe Johnston, a remake of Universal's 1941 classic, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt.