Summary
- Sinners reimagines the vampire genre with a Southern 1920s twist and a focus on culture and style.
- Only Lovers Left Alive offers a stylish Gothic look at immortal beings grappling with existence and modernity.
- Day Shift features Jamie Foxx hunting vampires with a unique twist on combat and vampire union rules.
Just when audiences thought every drop of blood had been squeezed from the vampire genre, Sinners launched with a fountain of gore to prove them wrong. Vampires and their lore make for great on-screen drama, combining danger, terror, sex, and above all, a distinctive and alluring style.
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Sinners isn't just about a gang of gluttonous monsters hunting and killing humans. It uses the unique aesthetic of the American South of the 1920s, which includes the music, stories, and cultures that defined the place and time. For those who like vampire movies with the same kind of tone and style as Sinners, there are plenty of other great optons to check out.
7 Only Lovers Left Alive
The Story Of Adam And Eve
Only Lovers Left Alive
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- December 25, 2013
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Tom Hiddleston -
Tilda Swinton
- Runtime
- 123minutes
Of course it's going to be cool and stylish if it stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton. Only Lovers Left Alive is a Gothic fantasy that takes a subversive look at an old genre. The main characters, Adam and Eve, embody the concept of immortal beings that have seen it all and just can't anymore, and their efforts to find some meaning to their mundane and repetitive existence are both comic and tragic.
The couple surrounds themselves with vintage clothing, antique furniture, musical instruments, old books, and, most importantly, pure "designer" blood, guaranteed to be free of modern toxins. Adam is a famous musician, and most of the settings include pop and fan culture. It's this hunger for blood that unravels their well-laid plans eventually, and nobody is surprised or disappointed when they resort to their baser instincts.
6 Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Badass With A Silver Axe And Father Of The USA
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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- June 22, 2012
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- Runtime
- 105 minutes
For viewers who prefer a more historic aesthetic, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter begins on a humble Indiana farm in 1818. One day, Jack Barts, a local slaver by day and vampire by night, attacks Abe's mother as a way to collect on a debt her husband owes him.
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Nancy wastes away and dies from these attacks, and despite his father's advice to the contrary, the boy swears to take revenge. However, he learns the hard way that killing a vampire is just as difficult as everyone says, and he's rescued by Henry Sturges, a vampire with a complicated past, just in time.
After being trained by Henry in the art of fighting the undead, Abe begins his secret double life of politics by day and killing vampires by night. The rest is history, as they say, with the slave trade taking an even more insidious turn when it's discovered that the vampires instead import and collect slaves as a constant blood supply. Abe Lincoln isn't just fighting the Confederacy; he's fighting a whole undead army with only a few allies and a silver-tipped axe to back him up.
5 Day Shift
Monsters In The Suburbs
Day Shift
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- Release Date
- August 12, 2022
- Runtime
- 114minutes
Jamie Foxx plays Bud Jablonski, a simple pool cleaner with an interesting past. Bud used to hunt vampires, but when he has to pay some expenses related to his daughter's tuition and braces, he returns to the vampire hunting union. He's paired with a supervisor, Seth, and is restricted to working the less profitable day shift until he can prove himself.
Seth, played by Snoop Dogg, is supposed to report Bud for any "code violations" that he commits, and he commits many. However Seth sympathizes with Bud's motives to help his family and keeps his mouth shut. A few clever twists when it comes to both combat and the vampire union rules ensure that Bud emerges victorious, but he's not the only one who survives, and a sequel might be on the dark horizon.
4 Near Dark
A Gritty, Gory Classic
Near Dark
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- October 2, 1987
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- Runtime
- 94 minutes
The Neo-Western is a niche genre, but it's a popular one with a distinctive style that suits a gritty, modern vampire story. Near Dark begins when Caleb Colton is attacked and turned by a vampire named Mae and is then recruited into her roving gang of equally vicious undead. They then roam the dusty backroads of the American west, destroying, attacking, and feeding.
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Caleb's family, specifically his father and sister, come looking for him and manage to separate him from the gang and give him a blood transfusion, which reverses his transformation. More visceral action later, along with plenty of fire and blood, leads this movie to a happier conclusion than most vampires get.
3 Interview With The Vampire
Adapted From The Popular Novel
Interview with the Vampire
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- November 11, 1994
- Runtime
- 123 minutes
- Director
- Neil Jordan
People say all kinds of ridiculous things, so when journalist Daniel Molloy interviews mystery man Louis de Pointe du Lac, he doubts his claims that he is a vampire. The movie is told in a series of flashbacks that Louis has during the interview, and his story begins in the orchards and plantations of 1791 Louisiana.
As his story unfolds, Louis reveals that he is hundreds of years old, and the movie goes through various historic periods and settings as the protagonist travels the globe, motivated by curiosity, loneliness, and grief. The movie ends on a harrowing cliffhanger that includes the return of Lestat, but their story only continues in novel form. Queen of the Damned is one other film adapted from the Anne Rice franchise, which is also a worthy choice, and it includes Lestat but not Louis or Molloy.
2 From Dusk Till Dawn
Horror, Crime, And Karma From Quentin Tarantino
From Dusk Till Dawn
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- January 19, 1996
- Runtime
- 108 minutes
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino made a movie about vampires, and it's everything a fan of both the notorious director and vampires would expect. It's another example of Neo-Western cinema combined with horror, but what sets this movie apart is the star-studded cast and the director's own unique signature.
The movie starts with a brutal robbery and continues to go downhill from there for everyone involved, but it's satisfying to see the bad guys get what they deserve. As the credits roll, it's revealed that this vampire society was only the tip of the pyramid, so to speak.
1 Shadow Of The Vampire
An Undead Metadrama
Shadow of the Vampire
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- May 15, 2000
- Runtime
- 92 Minutes
- Director
- E. Elias Merhige
This is a movie about a movie, which is why certain clips look eerily familiar. Shadow of the Vampire is a fictional retelling of how the movie Nosferatu was made, and it's a drama and horror film that's about both human and undead monstrosities.
The story begins in the free-wheeling and often drug-fueled haze of Berlin in the 1930s, and this ethereal setting gives way to Transylvania of the same period. When the film crew moves their divas and party people into the countryside, the drama and horror intensify. Then, when the true nature of their star is revealed, it becomes more apparent that few will escape the true villain, and it's not who everyone thinks it is.
- Release Date
- April 18, 2025
- Runtime
- 138 minutes
- Director
- Ryan Coogler
- Writers
- Ryan Coogler
- Producers
- Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Ryan Coogler
Cast
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Michael B. JordanSmoke / Stack -
Hailee SteinfeldMary