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Vampire (2011 film)
Vampire (ヴァンパイア) is a 2011 drama-horror film by Japanese director Shunji Iwai, his first in English, starring Kevin Zegers as a biology teacher who drains the blood of suicidal women met online; premiered at Sundance 2011, released in Japan 2012 and the US 2013.
Vampire Academy (film)
Vampire Academy is a 2014 American fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Waters, based on Richelle Mead's novel, starring Zoey Deutch as guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway.
Vampire Academy (TV series)
Vampire Academy (2022 Peacock series), Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's YA novels; reboot of the 2014 film, 10 episodes, canceled January 2023 after one season.
Vampire film
Vampire film: the cinema genre centered on blood-drinking undead figures, from early works like Loie Fuller (1905) and Nosferatu (1922) through Universal's Dracula (1931), Hammer's color revival, and recent hits such as Sinners (2025).
Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) (1985 film)
Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) is a 1985 Japanese OVA horror anime film directed by Toyoo Ashida, adapted from Hideyuki Kikuchi's first novel, released theatrically by Toho on December 21, 1985, with character designs by Yoshitaka Amano and music by TM NETWORK.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト) is a 2000 Madhouse anime film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri adapting Kikuchi's Demon Deathchase, recorded first in English, with a GKIDS 2027 HD re-release planned.
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) is a Wes Craven horror-comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Caribbean vampire Maximillian seeking half-vampire detective Rita Veder (Angela Bassett). A Paramount flop: Metascore 27, 14% Tomatometer, $20 million gross on a $16 million budget, later a cult item.
Vampire in the Garden (ヴァンパイア・イン・ザ・ガーデン)
Vampire in the Garden (ヴァンパイア・イン・ザ・ガーデン) is a 2022 WIT Studio Netflix original anime, five episodes, directed by Ryotaro Makihara, about human girl Momo and vampire queen Fine seeking a lost paradise.
Vampire Knight (ヴァンパイア騎士)
Vampire Knight (ヴァンパイア騎士) is Matsuri Hino's shojo vampire-romance manga about Cross Academy's Guardians, serialized in LaLa 2005-2013, adapted into a 2008 Studio DEEN anime, with sequel Memories concluding in 2025.
Vampire Zombies... from Space!
Vampire Zombies... from Space! (2024) is a Canadian black-and-white horror-comedy directed by Michael Stasko, written with Jakob Skrzypa and Alex Forman, spoofing 1950s B-movies as Dracula turns the town of Marlow into vampire zombies.
Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss (1988) is a Robert Bierman black comedy-horror starring Nicolas Cage as literary agent Peter Loew, who believes he is becoming a vampire. Written by Joseph Minion, it flopped ($725,131 gross) yet became a cult classic and meme source.
Vampires (1998 film)
Vampires (John Carpenter's Vampires), 1998 action horror film directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods as vampire slayer Jack Crow hunting master vampire Jan Valek; based on John Steakley's novel Vampire$, released October 30, 1998 by Columbia Pictures, Metascore 42.
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge is a 2026 American horror-comedy written and directed by Adam Sherman, starring Mena Suvari as Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose coven hunts dating-app matches from a Savannah absinthe bar; released March 20, 2026 by Strand Releasing.
Vampires Suck
Vampires Suck is a 2010 American comedy film that spoofs the Twilight series, following teenager Becca, torn between a vampire and a werewolf, directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
Vampirina
Vampirina, also Vee, is a Disney Junior animated series (2017, three seasons) based on Anne Marie Pace's Vampirina Ballerina books, about a vampire girl moving from Transylvania to Pennsylvania; a live-action sequel series, Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, debuted in 2025.
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire is an American live-action, music-driven Disney Channel comedy about Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley, a teenage vampire who leaves Transylvania for a performing arts boarding school in 2025.
Vamps (film)
Vamps (吸血女郎) is a 2012 American vampire comedy-horror-romance written and directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as New York vampires; released November 2, 2012, grossing $92,748 with mixed reviews.
Vampyr
Vampyr (Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey) is Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 German-French horror film, loosely based on Le Fanu's "Carmilla", funded by and starring Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg as Julian West, a commercial failure on release now ranked among cinema's greatest horror films.
Vamsha Vriksha (ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ)
Vamsha Vriksha (ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ), also Vamshavruksha, is a 1971 Kannada black-and-white drama co-directed by Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth, produced by G.V. Iyer, adapted from S.L. Bhyrappa's 1965 novel, and a National Award-winning Kannada New Wave film.
Vamshi Paidipally (వంశీ పైడిపల్లి)
Vamshi Paidipally (వంశీ పైడిపల్లి), or Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao, Telugu film director of Munna, Oopiri, National Award-winning Maharshi, and Varisu, now directing his Bollywood debut with Salman Khan's SVC63.
Vamsi (వంశీ) (film)
Vamsi (వంశీ) is a 2000 Telugu action-romance film directed by B. Gopal, starring Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar, Krishna, and Mayuri Kango, produced by G. Adiseshagiri Rao under Padmalaya Studios with music by Mani Sharma; released 4 October 2000, it borrows from DDLJ in its first half.
Van Darkholme
Van Darkholme (VAN-sama), Vietnamese-American born 1972, is a gay adult film performer, Shibari bondage expert, photographer, and director of Kink.com's BoundGods.com, also a Nico Nico Douga meme figure and Twitch streamer.
Van der Valk
Van der Valk is a British detective franchise about Amsterdam commissaris Piet van der Valk, created by novelist Nicolas Freeling. It spans the ITV original (1972–1992, Barry Foster, theme "Eye Level") and the 2020 reboot starring Marc Warren on ITV and PBS Masterpiece.
Van Heflin
Van Heflin (Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.), American character actor (born Walters, Oklahoma, December 13; died July 23, 1971); Oscar Best Supporting Actor for Johnny Eager (1942); known for Shane (1953), The Prowler (1951), and 3:10 to Yuma (1957); last film Airport (1970).
Van Helsing (film)
Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing battles Count Dracula in Transylvania.
Van Helsing (TV series)
Van Helsing (2016–2021) is a Canadian Syfy horror-drama series created by Neil LaBute, unrelated to the 2004 film, in which Kelly Overton's Vanessa Helsing awakens from a coma in a vampire-ruled world and can turn vampires human with her blood; five seasons, 65 episodes, IMDb 6.3.
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 Universal animated direct-to-video prequel to Van Helsing, directed by Sharon Bridgeman, 33 minutes, with Hugh Jackman voicing Van Helsing hunting Mr. Hyde in Victorian London.
Van Johnson
Van Johnson (Charles Van Dell Johnson, 1916-2008) was an American MGM star of 1940s musicals and war films, nicknamed "The Voiceless Sinatra," known for A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, and The Caine Mutiny, later a dinner-theater and TV fixture.
Van Tulleken brothers
Chris and Xand van Tulleken, born 1978, are British identical twin doctors and TV presenters known for Operation Ouch!, twin self-experimentation, Chris's Ultra-Processed People, and Xand's humanitarian medicine work.
Van Vicker
Van Vicker (Joseph van Vicker, born 1977, Accra) is a Ghanaian actor, director, and producer bridging Ghallywood and Nollywood, known for Sun City, Divine Love, Beyoncé: The President's Daughter, Joni Waka, and Sky + Orange Productions.