Vampires
The ultimate in movie monsters, vampires have been in film since cameras first started rolling. From the 1922 classic 'Nosferatu' (pictured) to the modern-day Russian take, 'Nightwatch', these blood-suckers have never gone out of style. Below is Alice's collection of the undead, from the camp ('Dracula A.D. 1972'), to the erotic ('Fascination'), the humourous, ('Vampire's Kiss'), to the downright weird ('Blacula'), you're sure to find something to, er, sink your teeth into...
Moonlight: The Complete Series (2007)
7.4/10
Starring: Sophia Myles, Shannyn Sossamon, Jason Dohring, Alex O'Loughlin
L.A. private eye Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin) has a dark secret of his own - he's a vampire whose life is complicated by friendship with an undead... Read more
Mr Vampire (1985)
7.6/10
Director: Ricky Lau
Starring: Ching-Ying Lam, Ricky Hui, Siu-hou Chin, Li Choi Fung
The first of a popular comedy/horror series featuring the Chinese version of a movie vampire, a more corpse-like creature than his Western counterpart... Read more
Nadja (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda, Suzy Amis, Martin Donovan, Jared Harris
In this stylish, supernatural thriller a pair of twin brother and sister vampires haunt contemporary New York. Full of dead-pan black humour and execu... Read more
Near Dark (1987)
7/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton
A young man, after being bitten, becomes a travelling companion with a nomadic group of vampires, and all the while his father and sister search relen... Read more
Night Watch (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshin
In 14th Century Russia two warring factions of vampires called a delicate truce. Overshadowing this peace is an ancient prophecy, one that foretells o... Read more
Night Watch ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshin
In 14th Century Russia two warring factions of vampires called a delicate truce. Overshadowing this peace is an ancient prophecy, one that foretells o... Read more
Nosferatu (1922)
8/10
Director: F W Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Greta Schroeder
Aka 'Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror'. The first and the greatest (not to mention scariest) Dracula movie ever made starring Max Schreck as Nosferatu,... Read more
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
7.6/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Adjani, Klaus Kinski
A reverential remake of Murnau's classic by the perversely talented Herzog. Klaus Kinski's Count cannot match Schreck's original for sheer terrifying... Read more
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Anton Yelchin, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Was...
Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" tells the tale of two fragile and sensitive vampires, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), who have... Read more
Only Lovers Left Alive ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Anton Yelchin, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Was...
Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" tells the tale of two fragile and sensitive vampires, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), who have... Read more