Genre: Horror
Horror exists to frighten — dread, the monstrous, and the dark corners of what could happen. The best of it lingers, because the fear it names is one you already carried.
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Cronos (1993)
Guillermo del Toro reroutes the vampire myth through a clockwork device in his startling 1993 debut. A tender, melancholy 8/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
Nosferatu (1922)
F.W. Murnau's 1922 Nosferatu invented vampire cinema and still frightens a century later. A 9/10 landmark reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds. -
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement turn four vampire flatmates into one of the best horror comedies ever. A very funny 8.5/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
The Hunger (1983)
Tony Scott's The Hunger is one of the most beautiful and emptiest vampire films ever made. Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in a stylish 6.5/10. -
Martin (1977)
George Romero's Martin asks whether vampires exist at all. A grim, intelligent 8/10 set in dying steel-country Pennsylvania, reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
What if the actor in Nosferatu was a real vampire? Willem Dafoe is extraordinary in this clever 7.5/10 horror film reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
Near Dark (1987)
Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark strips every vampire cliche and builds a Western instead. A feral, frightening 8.5/10 reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds. -
Thirst (2009)
Park Chan-wook turns a devout priest into a vampire in this bold, lurid, morally serious 8/10. Religious tragedy meets erotic horror, reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Ana Lily Amirpour's black-and-white Iranian vampire Western is the genre's most striking recent debut. A stylish 7.5/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds. -
Daybreakers (2009)
The Spierig brothers imagine a world where vampires won and the blood is running out. A smart, uneven 7/10 dystopian vampire film reviewed at Master of Worlds.