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.
Movies
30 Days of Night (2007)
Vampires descend on an Alaskan town facing a month without sunrise. A lean, brutal 7/10 with one of horror’s best premises, reviewed at Master of Worlds.
Let Me In (2010)
Matt Reeves remakes Let the Right One In with care and conviction. A haunting 8/10 about two lonely children, reviewed at Master of Worlds.
Stake Land (2010)
Jim Mickle’s Stake Land uses vampires as backdrop for a melancholy survival drama. A sincere, atmospheric 7/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
Byzantium (2012)
Neil Jordan returns to vampires with a feminist story of a mother and daughter surviving two centuries. A thoughtful 7.5/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s crime film detonates into a vampire splatter comedy at the halfway mark. A fun, shallow 7/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzog remakes Murnau as a tragedy, and Klaus Kinski’s Dracula is the genre’s saddest monster. A haunting 8.5/10 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.
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.
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.