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Favorite Vampire Films

Movie list created by kathy

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346

6.4

6.5

Byzantium (2013)

Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Tom Hollander, Thure Lindhardt, Uri Gavriel, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Daniel Mays and Caleb Landry Jones

Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort; Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret: they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deadly consequences.

kathy's rating:

437

7.4

7.3

Horror of Dracula (1958)

[also known as 'Horror of Dracula']
Director: Terence Fisher
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough and Melissa Stribling

Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, ostensibly to catalog his vast library. In fact, he is on a mission to kill the Count, a vampire. Before he can do so however, the Count gains the upper hand and Harker soon finds himself as one of the walking dead.

Dracula has taken an interest in Harker's fiancée, Lucy Holmwood and it is left to Harker's colleague, Dr. Van Helsing to protect her. He has difficulty convincing Lucy's brother, Arthur Holmwood, of the dangers or even the existence of vampires. Soon, however, Arthur's wife Mina is targeted by Count Dracula and he and Van Helsing race to find his lair before she is lost to them forever.

kathy's rating:

6.1

6.2

Dracula (1974)

Director: Dan Curtis
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Starring: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport and Pamela Brown

After he attacks Lucy Westenra, the centuries-old existence of the immortal vampire, Count Dracula, is threatened when Lucy’s fiance calls in Dr. Van Helsing to investigate and a spine-tingling hunt for the vampire follows.

kathy's rating:

2727

7.2

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Harvey Keitel, Ernest Liu, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Tom Savini, Fred Williamson, Michael Parks, John Saxon, Marc Lawrence, Kelly Preston and Robert Rodriguez

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

kathy's rating:

465

6.7

The Hunger (1983)

Director: Tony Scott
Based on the novel by Whitley Strieber
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Dan Hedaya, James Aubrey, Willem Dafoe and Sophie Ward

Miriam, a centuries-old vampire, preys on urban clubgoers with her vampire lover John. When John suddenly ages and wastes away, Miriam casts her spell upon Sarah, a doctor who researches premature ageing.

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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

4413

7.4

7.5

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles... (1994)

Director: Neil Jordan
Based on the novel by Anne Rice
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness and hunger.

kathy's rating:

2227

7.8

7.9

Let the Right One In (2008)

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar and Henrik Dahl

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

kathy's rating:

1698

6.9

7.3

The Lost Boys (1987)

Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter and Jamison Newlander

Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying the head vampire.

kathy's rating:

813

7.6

7.5

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Director: Werner Herzog
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz and Roland Topor

Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Varna, where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Varna, bringing with him death and plague.

kathy's rating:

289

6.9

6.8

Salem's Lot (1979)

Director: Tobe Hooper
Based on the novel by Stephen King
Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Elisha Cook Jr., Ed Flanders, Geoffrey Lewis and Kenneth McMillan

Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it.

kathy's rating:

7.5

6.6

Twins of Evil (1971)

Director: John Hough
Starring: Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson and Damien Thomas

In nineteenth century middle-Europe, orphaned teenage twins Maria and Frieda go to live with their uncle Gustav Weil, who heads the Brotherhood, a vigilante group trying to stamp out vampirism. But their methods are random and misplaced and the only result is a terrorised populace.

The real threat lies with Count Karnstein and, although the twins seem outwardly to be identical, Frieda finds herself much more drawn than her sister to the Count's castle dominating the skyline.

kathy's rating:

3577

6.1

Van Helsing (2004)

Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh and Shuler Hensley

Vampire hunter extraordinaire Dr. Van Helsing travels to Translyvania on a quest to vanquish the big three: Count Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster. On hand is Van Helsing's intrepid assistant, Anna, the heir to a family committed to hunting down and destroying the Count.

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