30 Vampire Movies to You'll Want To Take a Bite Out Of This Halloween
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Vampires have long fascinated us as a culture. Their mysterious qualities, only coming out at night, and that thirst for human blood can send chills up anyone's spine and yet makes us endlessly curious to know more and more about them. So much so that in recent years, quite a number of popular vampire tv shows and book series have catapulted into the cultural zeitgeist. The movies collected here are only a small number of the vast amount of film that has been dedicated to the fictional portrayal of those seductive undead we like to call vampires.
All of this cinematic exploration of these pesky bloodsuckers is just the surface of our deeper fascination with whether vampires or real or not. You'll find that these movies run the gamut from satirical comedy in Dracula, Dead and Loving It to gory slasher films like 30 Days of Night, you'll definitely want to keep the lights on when watching. This Halloween, challenge your friends to a Halloween movie marathon of vampire movies—or better yet, throw in a few werewolf and ghost movies in for good measure and have a monster mash of a good time with some of your favorite Halloween treats.
A teenage boy falls for a girl at his new high school who happens to be the girlfriend of the leader of a gang of vampires. His younger brother and his geeky friends are called upon to rescue him from danger.
Post-Apocalyptic tale involving a worldwide plague that turns people into vampires, a scientist trying to find a substitute for blood, and two rogue humans trying to survive.
This remake, from the pen of James Franco, tells the tale of a mother who suspects her daughters new girlfriend is more that she bargained for and could put their family in danger.
A satirical comedic horror film by Mel Brooks (Airplane and Young Frankenstein) and starring comedian Leslie Neilson as Count Dracula, who leaves his home for fresh blood in London, only to come face to face with famed vampire hunter Van Helsing. And because it's a Mel Brooks film, hijinks and laughs are around every corner.
Horror movie fanatic Charley Brewster tries to convince his townsfolk that the new neighbor is a vampire after strange things start happening.
Action-meets-fantasy in the Wesley Snipes-starred film about a superhuman who’s on a quest to save the world from vampires.
If you need a break from the usual sinister fang flick, then you’ll die (metaphorically speaking, of course) for this “documentary” about vampires trying to make it in the modern age.
An adaptation of the popular graphic novel, 30 Days of Night chronicles the struggles between a group of terrifying vampires that have invaded an Alaskan town, and the humans trying to survive them.
This fun Disney film about kids suspecting their mom is going out with a vampire should top the list of your Halloween-themed picks for family movie night.
Aaliyah played the queen of all vampires, who’s hell-bent on making undead rockstar Lestat (Stuart Townsend) her king.
A bullied young boy finds solace in his new next-door neighbor. But everything changes when the peculiar girl reveals her dark secret.
Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Gill-Man, the Mummy, and Frankenstein attempt to overtake a small town, while a group of brave kids tries to stop them.
Based on the fantasy book by Seth Grahame-Smith, this thrilling Tim Burton movie takes an imaginative look at Honest Abe’s secret life as a vampire hunter.
In this futuristic film, a scientist, played by Ethan Hawke, aims to give vampires an artificial blood source so they'll stop preying on humans before they go extinct.
Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett star in this comedy about a vampire looking for another one of his kind to save the race from extinction.
When Barnabas, a cursed vampire, is finally released from his coffin in the 1970s, he finds a new home with a new family. Starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer, this zany Tim Burton film will have you laughing out loud.
If you loved the iconic television series that aired in the ‘90s, you need to watch the teenage flick about a cheerleader-turned-vampire slayer that started it all.
After Ethan, a geeky teen with paranormal gifts, discovers his babysitter is a vampire, they team up to protect their hometown from evil creatures nearby.
Rose may seem like a normal teen, but after swearing to protect a race of ancient vampires—including her best friend, Lissa—her life at Vampire Academy becomes full of dangerous adventures.
Catch Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, and a young Kirsten Dunst in this star-studded movie about a man who is lured into becoming an immortal vampire after he loses everything.
Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
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