Top 10 Vampire Movies

With True Blood on cable and the Twilight phenomenon, vampires have received an invigorating transfusion of new blood. But vampires have always been popular. There's never been a decade without a Dracula or some cinematic incarnation of the bloodsucking breed.

Since there are so many films featuring Dracula (beginning with Bela Lugosi and continuing with Christopher Lee in the British Hammer films, Frank Langella in a romantic 70s version, and George Hamilton and Leslie Nielsen in goofy comedies), any film with Bram Stoker's famous Count has been omitted from this list - just so you can get a taste of other vampires.

Wesley Snipes plays the Marvel Comics superhero who's part human and part vampire. Referred to as a Day Walker, Blade makes it his mission to rid the world of vampires. This muscular, action-packed film also features Udo Kier as an aristocratic vampire; Kier also played the title character in Andy Warhol's Dracula decades earlier. A worthy sequel, Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro followed. But stay far, far away from Blade Trinity. More

"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire." That says it all! This one is just plain fun. The cast features Kiefer Sutherland as a punky teen vampire, Jason Patric as the newest reluctant convert, and the two Coreys (Haim and Feldman). Feldman plays one of two wacky brothers (Edgar and Allen) who insist the town is crawling with vampires. They made the phrase "vamp out" famous. More

And finally, Roman Polanski's film takes top honors for its additional title: Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are In My Neck. The lovely Sharon Tate (who would be murdered by Charles Manson's Family shortly after the film came out) plays a woman seduced by the local vampire. Polanski and a hilarious Jack MacGowran play the somewhat inept vampire hunters. Comic bits include a Jewish vampire on whom crosses don't work and a peasant vampire who doesn't like his pine coffin and would prefer the Count's elegant one.

Honorable Mentions: Hellsing (anime); Vampire Hunter D (anime); Rabid; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; From Dusk Til Dawn; Bloody Mallory (the French Buffy) More

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Top 10 Vampire Movies

Reviewed and Recommended by Erik Baquero