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.
Movies
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.
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.
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.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Jim Jarmusch asks what eternity feels like after centuries of it. A gorgeous, melancholy 8/10 vampire mood piece 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.
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.
Vampyr (1932)
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Vampyr abandons plot for pure dream logic and remains the eeriest vampire film ever made. A singular 8/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
Dracula (1958)
Hammer’s 1958 Dracula made the vampire physical, sexual, and bloody. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in a landmark 8/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Roman Polanski’s affectionate Hammer parody is more gorgeous gothic fairy tale than laugh-out-loud comedy. A charming, uneven 6.5/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.