It’s normal for film subgenres to come and go out of fashion, yet vampire movies have remained consistently popular over the decades. Recently, Ryan Coogler’sSinnershas proved that the demand for stories about human-like creatures with fangs is still high, with the movie grossing $352 million at the box office. These are impressive for ahorrormovie. In 2024,Nosferatualso proved that the audience’s appetite for blood hadn’t waned. The movie grossed $181 million.
Make time for these great vampire movies on Netflix if you can. Just make sure to protect your neck.
10’Night Teeth' (2021)
Night Teeth
InNight Teeth, college student Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.)works as a chauffeur in Los Angeles, filling in for his brother. One night, hepicks up two women, Blaire (Debby Ryan) and Zoe (Lucy Fry), for a club-hopping spree around the city. Unknown to him, they are vampires. How will the night unfold?
These Passengers ‘Suck’
The Adam Randall film isa masterpiece of tone, blending satire, horror, thrills, and social commentary. Beyond that, the uniformly excellent cast, featuring Sydney Sweeney and Megan Fox, masters a tightrope of changing moods, fun dialogue, and sub-genre subversions. And, apart from the main twist, the movie has a few little ones that will leave you slapping your forehead for never seeing it coming.
9’Dracula Untold' (2014)
Dracula Untold
Dracula Untoldexpertly melds elements of Bram Stoker’sDraculawith real-world history. Here,Prince Vlad III of Transylvania (Luke Evans) is eager to protect his familyand kingdom from the Ottoman Empire’s unreasonable demand for 1,000 boys, including his son. He thusmakes a deal with the feared Master Vampire (Charles Dance), who helps him gain powers for three days. But there will be consequences.
Fans ofperiod horror moviesshould line up in numbers for this scabrous flick. Its wealth and intelligence demand repeat viewings.Luke Evans excels in a familiar tough guy role, while Charles Dance has it easy in an authority-type role that he has played several times in his career.The real Vlad III’s patronymic inspired the name of Bram Stoker’s literary vampire, Count Dracula, so director Gary Shore and his team do well by making him an actual vampire.
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8’Vampires' (1998)
Jack Crow (James Woods) fromVampireshasbeen on a revenge mission ever since blood suckers killed his parents. He has a crew and the help of the Catholic Church, but he soonmeets his match at a roadside motel. How will Jack the Vampire Slayer deal with his new powerful enemies?
Carpenter Shapes ‘Vampires’ to Near Perfection
Smart, gory and fast-paced,Vampireswill suck you in. Admittedly,John Carpenter has made better moviesthan this. However,the ’90s moviethoroughly entertains, thanks to its incredible action sequences. Beyond the fighting, the director andhis dedicated cast make us care about these tough characters. Woods won Best Actor at the Saturn Awards, while the movie, as a whole, received several other nominations.
7’Day Shift' (2022)
Day Shift’s Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx)spends his days masquerading as a pool cleaner while secretly working as a vampire hunterto support his family. Soon, heuncovers a sinister plot to enable vampires to walk in daylight and annihilate humanity. What will he do about it?
Just Trying to Make a Living
This entrancing featurefeels very of the moment, delving into experiences many people are likely to relate to. Even though he is a vampire hunter, Bud faces normal problems such as financial struggles and the threat of losing his family because of his failure to properly provide for them. Such is the bewildering urban landscape where contentment is always elusive. And when it’s time for action,Day Shifttruly delivers.
6’Blood Red Sky' (2021)
Blood Red Sky
It seems like in for another standard hijacking whenterrorists take over a transatlantic flightto New York inBlood Red Sky. Unknown to the villains and the audience,one of the passengers is a vampire traveling to get treatment for her son’s illness. Soon, she is forced to use her fangs in self-defense, but more complications arise when one of the terrorists injects himself with her blood.
Terror in the Skies
Warning:Blood Red Skyshould only be watched by hardcore genre fans.The terror grows to disturbing levelsseveral times in the film, but there’s probably nothing you haven’t seen before if you like this kind of treat. Still,the choreography is neat enough to make you care. And the leukemia plot makes the film even more emotional. The good news is that a sequel is on the way.
5’Hotel Transylvania' (2012)
Hotel Transylvania
Count Dracula (Adam Sandler)runs a lavish resortinHotel Transylvania, where monsters go to unwind, far away from “those pesky humans.” The latest party becomes a lot more interesting whena human gate-crashes and then falls in love with Dracula’s daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez).
Biting Food, not Necks
You’ve got to love an animated film that packs in world-class actors as varied as Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, and David Spade, andgives them each a little fascinating character to work their magic on in the most colorful of canvases. With all these talents on board, a few inevitably come off better than others, but the cumulative effort still makes you want to watch again and again.No scares here. Just laughter and good times. No complaints whenHotel Transylvaniawas nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
4’He Never Died' (2015)
He Never Died
InHe Never Died, vampire Jack (Henry Rollins)lives in isolation to suppress his barbaric instincts. His peace is disrupted whenmobsters come for a hospital intern who supplies him with blood. Even worse,his daughter gets kidnapped by criminalslooking to get at him for old sins. Left with no choice, Jack springs into action.
Interesting Biblical Connections
This impressive debut feature from director Jason Krawczyk serves upan affecting meditation on parental love, survival, and fate, elevated by winning performances from the leads: Rollins, Booboo Stewart, and Steven Ogg. Even wilder are the twists. For example, it’s eventually revealed that Jack is actually the biblical figure Cain, cursed with eternal life and a thirst for blood for murdering his brother Abel. You have to see it to believe it.
3’Twilight' (2008)
InTwilight,seventeen-year-old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart)moves from Phoenix to Forks to live with her father, who happens to be the town’s police chief. There, shefalls for the handsome Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), whose teen appearance masks the fact that he is a 108-year-old vampire. Will love really blossom?
No French Kissing
Twilightmaintains the thrills that author Stephenie Meyer established in her books.But franchise fans will admit thatfollowing the story on the screen is way more fun, partly because they got some of the most beautiful actors to play these amazing characters. Pattinson became a proper star after this, with his costars also getting significant career boosts.
2’Vampires vs. the Bronx' (2020)
Vampires vs. The Bronx
A trio of Bronx teens fromVampires vs. the Bronxfeels that something is off with the real estate developers spearheading the gentrification process of their neighborhood. Their instincts are right.The businessmen are actually vampires buying up more houses so that they’ll have plenty of room to feedwithout getting noticed. Somebody stop them.
Sucking the Life Out of a Neighborhood
Looking forvampire movies with an element of gangsterism?Vampires vs. the Bronxcomes highly recommended. Unsurprisingly, some greedy criminals choose to work with the gangsters, but worry not, the protagonists will take care of anything.The dialogue is golden, and so is the social commentary. You’ll be left smiling, rather than scared.
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1’El Conde' (2023)
Augusto Pinochet will forever be remembered as one of history’s nastiest dictators.El Condeis his semi-biopic, sort of… exceptthe infamous Chilean ruler is a vampire. After living for 250 years, he grows tired of constantly being haunted by memories of his bad deeds. He seeks death by abstaining from blood, but he won’t get out of this as easily as he thinks he will.
Pablo Larraín and Guillermo Calderón’screative screenplay unravels like a poem, with unhurried pacing and intentional allegories. In the lead role,Jaime Vadell is understated and brooding, his performance balanced by an almost mystical force of energy. And everything looks stunning. No wonder the Oscars recognizedEl Condefor Best Cinematography.
