For the Twilight Haters: 20 Fangtastic Vampire Movies You Can Watch Instead of New Moon

by Chad Savage on Nov.20, 2009, under Vampire Movies

For every excited teenage girl (and her won’t-admit-that-she’s-also-excited mom) that’s going to see Twilight: New Moon this weekend, there are a dozen horror/vampire fans who would rather die a slow, painful death than be sparkly. For that latter group, here are 20 vampire movies that really deliver the goods. The vampires are rarely the Good Guys here, but even when they are, they’re still really, really dangerous:

Near Dark
Fright Night
Let the Right One In
Vamp
30 Days of Night
Perfect Creature
From Dusk ’til Dawn
Innocent Blood
Shadow of the Vampire
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
John Carpenter’s Vampires
The Hunger
The Lost Boys
Thirst
Blade
Vampire Hunter D
Blood, The Last Vampire (Anime)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Cronos
…oh, go ahead and pop in your favorite version(s) of Dracula while you’re at it!

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3 comments for this entry:

Chad Savage
November 20th, 2009 on 12:49 pm
There are some great vampire TV shows available on DVD, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Moonlight, Forever Knight and True Blood!
hellsop
November 20th, 2009 on 1:04 pm
There’s a live action /Blood: The Last Vampire/ as well, which is a little more action-y than the anime story.
Angela Rylander
December 28th, 2009 on 1:53 am
Dont forget Queen of the Damned!