Vampire Movies – Worth it Places

Top Vampire Movie Series/Themes (chronological order by first movie in series/theme):

(Movies I have seen are in bold.)

1. Silent Films

- - Georges Méliès’s Le Manoir du Diable/The Haunted Castle (1896) (French film)
  - Rudyard Kipling’s 1897 poem into The Vampire (1913) (American film)
  - The Death of Drakula (1921) (lost Hungarian film)
  - Nosferatu (1922) (German film)

2. Universal Classics

- - Dracula (1931) & Drácula (1931) (Spanish-language version)
  - Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
  - Son of Dracula (1943)
  - House of Frankenstein (1944)
  - House of Dracula (1945)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

3. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) Movies

- - Universal’s Dracula (1931)
  - Count Dracula (1970)
  - Dracula (1979)
  - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

4. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1871) Movies

- - Vampyr (1932)
  - Karnstein Trilogy: The Vampire Lovers (1970)
  - Lust for a Vampire (1971)
  - Twins of Evil (1971)

5. Femme Fatales

- - Le Viol du Vampire (1968) & La Vampire Nue (1970)
  - Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
  - Vampyres (1974)
  - The Hunger (1983)
  - Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
  - Trouble Every Day (2001)
  - Abigail (2024)

6. Countess Elizabeth Bathory Movies

- - Hammer Films’ Countess Dracula (1971)
  - Daughters of Darkness (1971)
  - Thirst (1979)
  - Eternal (2004)

7. Comedy Vampire Movies

- - Universal’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
  - Love At First Bite (1979)
  - Once Bitten (1985)
  - Vamp (1986)
  - The Monster Squad (1987)
  - Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
  - Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
  - The Little Vampire (2000)
  - Vampires Suck (2010)
  - Dark Shadows (2012)

8. Not of This Earth Movies

- - Not of This Earth (1957)
  - Not of This Earth (1988)
  - Not of This Earth (1995)

9. Hammer Vampire Movies

- - Horror of Dracula (1958)
  - The Brides of Dracula (1960)
  - The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
  - Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
  - Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
  - Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
  - Scars of Dracula (1970)
  - Countess Dracula (1971)
  - Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
  - The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
  - Vampire Circus (1973)
  - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
  - Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)

10. I Am Legend Movies

- - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
  - The Omega Man (1971)
  - I Am Legend (2007)

11. Other Sci-Fi Vampire Movies

- - Lifeforce (1985)
  - Daybreakers (2009)
  - Bloodsuckers/Vampire Wars (2005)
  - Ultraviolet (2006)

12. Stephen King’s Vampire Movies

- - Salem’s Lot (1979)
  - A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
  - Sleepwalkers (1992)

13. Anime Vampire Movies

- - Vampire Hunter D (1985) & Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)
  - Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) & Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) (live-action adaptation)
  - Vampire Princess Miyu (1988)
  - Hellsing Ultimate (2006)

14. Fright Night Movies

- - Fright Night (1985)
  - Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
  - Fright Night (2011)
  - Fright Night 2 (2013)

15. The Lost Boys Trilogy

- - The Lost Boys (1987)
  - Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
  - Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)

16. Subspecies Series

- - Subspecies (1991)
  - Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
  - Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
  - Vampire Journals (1997)
  - Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998)

17. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (written by Joss Whedon)

- - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

18. Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles

- - Interview with the Vampire (1994)
  - Queen of the Damned (2002)

19. From Dusk Till Dawn Trilogy

- - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
  - From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
  - From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (2000)

20. Marvel Blade Trilogy

- - Blade (1998)
  - Blade II (2002)
  - Blade: Trinity (2004)

John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) — John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)

21. Vampires Movies

- - John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)
  - Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
  - Vampires: The Turning (2005)

22. Dracula 2000 Trilogy

- - Dracula 2000 (2000)
  - Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
  - Dracula III: Legacy (2005)

23. Shadow of the Vampire

- - Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

24. Action Vampire Movies

- - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
  - Universal’s Van Helsing (2004)
  - Priest (2011)

25. Underworld Saga

- - Underworld (2003)
  - Underworld: Evolution (2006)
  - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
  - Underworld: Awakening (2012)
  - Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

26. Night Watch Trilogy

- - Night Watch (2004)
  - Day Watch (2006)
  - Twilight Watch (2009)

27. BloodRayne Trilogy

- - BloodRayne (2005)
  - BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007)
  - BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011)

28. 30 Days of Night Movies

- - 30 Days of Night (2007)
  - 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)

29. Let the Right One In Movies

- - Let the Right One In (2008)
  - Let Me In (2010)

30. The Twilight Saga

- - Twilight (2008)
  - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
  - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
  - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
  - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)