Vampire movies part 3
There have been a lot of vampires movies made over the past 100 years. Here is a summary of just some of the vampire films worth watching (though many still need to be included in this list).
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Perfect Creature
Released: 2006
Directed by: Glenn Standring
Starring: Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Leo Gregory, Scott Wills
88 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Nuovo Zelandia is a land where humans and immortals live side by side in harmony, the immortals representing the next phase in human evolution. When a virulent influenza virus begins infecting the mortals and a renegade vampire named Edgar resorts to feeding on their blood, the church dispatches Silas (Scott) on a mission to capture the murdering vampire and restore the delicate balance that once held their community together. Aided in his mission by a human police captain (Burrows) who isn’t willing to let any more of his fellow men fall, Silas soon discovers that his mysterious target harbors some deeply disturbing secrets.
Queen of the Damned
Released: 2002
Directed by: Michael Rymer
Starring: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez
101 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence he has now become this generations new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He want’s immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen want’s him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?
Rise: Blood Hunter
They didn’t leave her alive. They left her UNDEAD
Released: 2007
Directed by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, James D’Arcy, Marilyn Manson, Robert Forster, Samaire Armstrong, Cameron Richardson, Allan Rich, Holt McCallany, Mako
97 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
A young reporter (Lucy Liu) wakes up and realises that she is not alive anymore. She goes on a personal vendetta for a group a cultists that are responsible for her death.
Rufus
Released: 2012
Directed by: Dave Schultz
Starring: Rory J. Saper, Merritt Patterson, Richard Harmon
No length yet
GMV rating: n/a
Waiting for DVD / digital release
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It’s not like he’s addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
Stake Land
The Most Dangerous Thing Is To Be Alive
Released: 2010
Directed by: Jim Mickle
Starring: Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Gregory Jones, Traci Hovel, Marianne Hagan, James Godwin, Tim House, Michael Cerveris, Sean Nelson, Adam Scarimbolo
98 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.
Subspecies
Released: 1991
Directed by: Ted Nicolaou
Starring: Anders Hove, Angus Scrimm, Laura Mae Tate, Irina Movila, Michelle McBride, Ivan J. Rado, Mara Grigore, Michael Watson, Lili Dumitrescu, Ion Besoiu
90 minutes
GMV rating: 4/5
The evil vampire villain Radu returns to his hometown of Prejnar, after spending years in exile. He steals the precious blood stone which is said to be bleeding from all saints, from his father and kills him. Meanwhile two American schoolgirls teams up with a local girl for a work on Roumanian culture. Radu becomes attracted to them but runs into trouble when his brother Stephan helps the girls.
Suck
Released: 2009
Directed by: Rob Stefaniuk
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Alice Cooper, Mike Lobell, Jessica Paré, Dave Foley, Moby
91 minutes
GMV rating: 4/5
The film follows a petty rock band called the Winners, consisting of vocalist Joey Winner, bassist Jennifer, guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam, and French-Canadian roadie Hugo, along with their sleazy manager Jeff, as they tour across Canada and the USA after Jennifer is turned into a vampire by Queeny. Meanwhile, a vampire hunter who is afraid of the dark named Eddie Van Helsing quickly chases them down.
Sunset Vampires
Released: 2009
Directed by: Ron Carlson
Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Patrick Renna, Danny Woodburn, Sophie Monk
82 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Forty years ago a supernatural force vanquished Brooke and Rhea, a sexy lipstick lesbian couple, after they committed an inconceivable murder. Now, on New Year’s Eve, they’ll rise from the dead. Still hot and still a couple, they’re back as vampires. Enamored with their newfound power, it’s no longer a question of whether they will kill again, but of how.
Tale of a Vampire
Released: 1992
Directed by:
Starring: Julian Sands, Kenneth Cranham, Mark Kempner
93 minutes
GMV rating: 1/5
Alex (Julian Sands) is a lonely, centuries old vampire wandering the streets of London. The only woman he ever loved was lost to him centuries ago…but there’s a new woman in his life, a woman named Ann who bears an extraordinary resemblance to Virginia, the young girl Alex once loved. Ann has recently lost a love of her own to a fiery car crash, and lives deep in her own gray depression. After an anonymous letter leads her to a new job in an occult library, Ann begins a slow, hesitant courtship with Alex, whom she finds both attractive and a little spooky. Alex, confused and jaded (and also unable to refrain from imagining himself feeding on Ann) holds her at arms length. But the fears and emotions of Alex and Ann are not the only complications in their relationship. There’s another man stalking them both…a man named Edgar, who was once married to Virginia and has been looking for Alex for a very long time.
Teenage Space Vampires
Released: 1999
Directed by: Martin Wood
Starring: Robin Dunne, Mak Fyfe, James Kee and Lindy Booth
90 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Bill, a high school student and avid horror movie fan, witnesses a UFO flying over his town. When the ship lands the next day, Bill and a team from SETI discover that the alien is a strange vampire creature who wants to cast the Earth into darkness so that he and his people can colonize it for themselves. Will Bill and the others be able to keep the Sun shining?
Temptation
A vampire’s heart beats forever
Released: 2010
Directed by: Catherine Taylor
Starring: Caroline Haines, Laura Evans, Rachel Waters, Damian Morter
98 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
Catherine Taylor’s seductive and tantalizing vampire tale unleashes an onslaught of bloody killings, sexual excess and vampric desire set against a lush, colorful London night life of swinging singles and nocturnal predators. Beautiful, young professional Isabel (Caroline Haines) is out on the town with friends. One too many is the least of her problems when she is saved from the clutches of a serial rapist by a centuries-old, ruthless but gorgeous vampire, Aurelie (Rachel Waters), but at what cost.
Now under Aurelie’s spell and with an intensifying taste for blood, Isabel has just 48 hours to decide whether to give in to her lustful cravings for blood or end it all before it’s too late. Temptation brings a fresh and new look to the vampire genre with atmosphere, sensuality and filmmaking bravado. Featuring an all female main cast, Temptation is not your typical Twilight style vampire movie with no positive roles for male characters, yet the film approaches the lesbian tension subtly, unlike many 1970s vampire films.
The Blood Beast Terror
Released: 1969
Directed by: Vernon Sewell
Starring: Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham
88 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
Peter Cushing (Star Wars) and Robert Flemyng (Battle of Britain) star in this classic horror film. A crazed etymologist is dabbling in gruesome experiments that are turning his beautiful daughter into a vampire-beast with an insatiable lust for blood! From Cushing’s investigations of the opening atrocities to the fieryfinale–this gory thriller from legendary director Vernon Sewell (Ghost Ship) is definitely not for the squeamish!
The Brotherhood
Released: 2001
Directed by: David DeCoteau
Starring: Sam Page, Josh Hammond, Bradley Stryker, Elizabeth Bruderman
85 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
The fraternity “Doma (House of) Tau Omega” has found a key to eternal youth without being your stereotypical fanged, night-dwelling vampires. But to continue their existence, their leader (Stryker) must find the perfect body to inhabit. Will they be able to recruit Chris, an innocent and perfect newcomer? The Brotherhood was the first in a series of films by serial director David DeCoteau, though the only one featuring vampires. He also produced two more vampire films, The Sisterhood and 1313: Boy Crazies.
The Hamiltons
Every Family Has Its Secrets
Released: 2006
Directed by: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores
Starring: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Mackenzie Firgens, Rebekah Hoyle, Brittany Daniel, Al Liner, Jena Hunt, Nicholas Fanella, Larry Laverty
86 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
The Hamilton’s seem to be an ordinary American family, living in a small town in Northern California and dealing with the problems of everyday life. They’ve also been recently adjusting to the untimely death of their parents, but since have moved on.
The Hunger
Nothing Human Loves Forever
Released: 1983
Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Catherine Deneuve
97 minutes
GMV rating: 4/5
Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts. Miriam is immediately drawn to Sarah, desiring her as her next immortal companion…
The Moth Diaries
Released: 2011
Directed by: Mary Harron
Starring: Scott Speedman, Sarah Bolger, Lily Cole, Anne Day-Jones, Sarah Gadon, Judy Parfitt, Valerie Tian, Melissa Farman, Deena Aziz, Zina Anaplioti
85 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Acclaimed director Mary Harron (American Psycho) returns with the chilling story of Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, Rebecca’s friendship with the popular Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa (Lily Cole). Lucy falls under Ernessa’s spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her glamorous new friend. Rebecca, whose overtures of concern are rejected by Lucy, finds herself lost and confused. She begins to develop a crush on her handsome English teacher, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman) and immerses herself in the Gothic vampire novel Carilla for his class. Rebecca starts to suspect that Ernessa is a vampire, but, despite the suspicious deaths that begin to occur, her fears are treated as simple girlish jealousy. As the bodies of young girls pile up and the line between reality and the supernatural starts to blur, Rebecca decides to take matters into her own hands and get rid of Ernessa. Who can say what is real and what is unreal to the heart consumed by passion and a mind afire with loss? Based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Klein, The Moth Diaries is a harrowing story of the anxieties, lusts and fears of adolescence.
The Moth Diaries is one of those films often slotted into the vampire genre when it shouldn’t be. While it has elements of vampirism — immortality, sucking the life out of other people — there are no vampires. Most articles about the film spend many words on the subject, never able to settle the debate. The same debate raged on when the original novel was released. There are many well written books featuring vampires that would translate well on screen, so it seems unfortunate those are not made but this was.
The Thirst
Released: 2007
Directed by: Jeremy Kasten
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Matt Keeslar, Clare Kramer, Jeremy Sisto, Serena Scott Thomas, Neil Jackson, Ave Rose Rodil, Alicia Morton, Charlotte Ayanna, Erik Palladino
88 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Maxx and his girlfriend Lisa are a pair of recovering drug addicts whom are recruited by a clan of sex & violence crazed vampires led by the egotistical and charismatic Darius. But to become members, Maxx and Lisa have to give up their humanity and become vampires themselves. As Maxx and Lisa adopt to their new lifestyle of immortality with all the advantages and disadvantages, their addiction to drugs now turns to addiction to human blood and each new ‘fix’ leads them deeper into debauchery. Will these two rookie vampires find salvation, or be damned to all eternity of their latest thirst for blood?
The Thompsons
You never really know who your neighbors are
Released: 2012
Directed by: The Butcher Brothers
Starring: Mackenzie Firgens, Elizabeth Henstridge, Cory Knauf, Ryan Hartwig, Samuel Child, Sean Browne, Tom Holloway, Joseph McKelheer, Daniel O’Meara, Selina Giles
84 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
On the run with the law on their trail, America’s most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.
The Vampire
Released: 1957
Directed by: Paul Landres
Starring: John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Lydia Reed
75 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
In this 1957 classic horror film a small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
The Vampire Conspiracy
Released: 1995
Directed by: Geoffrey de Valois
Starring: Floyd Irons, Michaela Stoicov, Joan A. Teeter, Megan Crawford, Liddy Roley, Barbara Savage, Jean Jasmine, Heather Lemire, Tarlton Gaun, Kim Blair, Tonya Qualls, Elaine Williamson, Dave Larsen, Aline Kassman, Robin Sheridan, Anastasia Alexander, Julie Covarrubias, Doria Rone, Carrie Janisse
86 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
Five strangers are abducted by a maniacal vampire and put into a deadly maze of wits and endurance. Should they make it through alive, the Vampire s fortune shall be bestowed upon them. But if they fail, the group will fall prey to his hunger and placed back in the game, this time as blood-thirsty slaves pursuing the next round of victims in The Vampire Conspiracy.
The Vampire Lovers
Released: 1970
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O’Mara, Ferdy Mayne, Douglas Wilmer, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams
91 minutes
GMV rating: n/a
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family’s decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
To Sleep with a Vampire
He’ll seduce you till dawn, Then have you forever
Released: 1993
Directed by: Adam Friedman
Starring: Scott Valentine, Charlie Spradling, Richard Zobel
81 minutes
GMV rating: 2/5
Scott Valentine is a vampire who is torn between his need to feed and his desire to learn about the world of humans. But when he kidnaps Nina, a beautiful but troubled stripper, his world is turned upside down. For after she discovers that he cannot be hurt physically, Nina tries a new tactic seduction.
Twilight
When you can live forever, what do you live for?
Released: 2008
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre
122 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live with her father, she starts school and meets the reclusive Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward’s repeated cautions, Bella can’t help but fall in love with him, a fatal move that endangers her own life when a coven of bloodsuckers try to challenge the Cullen clan.
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Forever is just the beginning
Released: 2011
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre
117 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
The newfound married bliss of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world. After their wedding, Bella and Edward travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon, where they finally give in to their passions. Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth, Edward finally fulfills her wish to become immortal. But the arrival of their remarkable daughter, Renesmee, sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies against the Volturi, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all-out battle.
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
When you can live forever, is there anything worth dying for?
Released: 2012
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre
115 minutes
GMV rating: 3/5
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
It all begins … With a choice.
Released: 2010
Directed by: David Slade
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Xavier Samuel, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Nikki Reed, Cainan Wiebe, Bryce Dallas Howard
124 minutes
GMV rating: 4/5
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Next Chapter Begins.
Released: 2009
Directed by: Chris Weitz
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre
130 minutes
GMV rating: 4/5
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she’s thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
