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After the huge success of Twilight in 2008 (Vampire movie aimed at teenage girls), within 8 months they brought out this movie to try to hook boys on the same type of series. Despite the impressive cast, the film bombed badly. But as an adult, I can say that Cirque du Freak is more watchable than Twilight, but still pretty stupid.

Josh Hutcherson's career was not derailed by this film as three years later he was in the Hunger Games series.

Quote: Pacomartin

Despite the impressive cast, the film bombed badly. But as an adult, I can say that Cirque du Freak is more watchable than Twilight, but still pretty stupid.

Except for Buffy, which was a comedy,
I always thought vampire movies were
stupid. Except for Interview With a Vampire,
that one bothered me so much I've only
seen it once.

Quote: Evenbob

Except for Buffy, which was a comedy,I always thought vampire movies were stupid.

One of the highest rated Vampire films


Dracula films
Drakula or Dracula (original title: Дракула) (1920) – a lost silent Russian film.
Dracula's Death (1921) – Unlicensed Hungarian adaptation. First known film appearance of Dracula. This film has been lost since its release.
Nosferatu (1922) – unlicensed German adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel; featuring "Count Orlok", a thinly veiled allusion to Dracula; starring Max Schreck.
Dracula (1931) – the first Universal Studios Dracula film, starring Bela Lugosi.
Dracula's Daughter (1936) – follow up to the 1931 film, starring Gloria Holden.
Son of Dracula (1943) – further sequel to the 1931 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr..
House of Frankenstein (1944) – John Carradine plays Dracula as part of an ensemble cast in this Universal Studios film.
House of Dracula (1945) – the final serious Universal Studios Dracula film, starring John Carradine.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – Lugosi played Dracula in this comedy-horror hybrid that concluded the Universal Studios series.
Drácula (1931) – Spanish-language version starring Carlos Villarías, made simultaneously with the 1931 Bela Lugosi film, using the same sets on a timeshare basis.
Drakula Istanbul'da (Dracula in Istanbul) (1953) – a rarely seen Turkish film on the subject.
The Return of Dracula (1958) – Dracula is played by Francis Lederer.
Dracula (1958) – a.k.a. Horror of Dracula; the first Hammer Dracula film, starring Christopher Lee as the Count. Followed by the sequels:
The Brides of Dracula (1960) – the first film in the sequence which does not feature Lee in the lead role.
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) – in which Dracula returns from the dead.
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) – Lee refused to return as the Count, so John Forbes-Robertson took his place for the opening in Transylvania.
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) – Billy the Kid must stop Dracula (John Carradine) from taking his fiance and making her his vampire bride.
Dracula (1968) - was a made-for-television version starring Denholm Elliott.
Count Dracula (1970) – was the Jesus Franco-directed adaptation, starring Christopher Lee.
Countess Dracula (1971)
Blacula (1972) – a blaxploitation cult film in which an African prince is turned into a vampire by Dracula.
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Leptirica (1973) (The She-Butterfly) – based on the story Posle devedeset godina written by Milovan Glišić.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973)
Blood for Dracula (1974) – also released as Andy Warhol's Dracula (X-rated).
Count Dracula (1977) – the first BBC production, starring Louis Jourdan.
Dracula's Dog (1978) – a.k.a. Zoltan...Hound of Dracula; a low-budget film in which the descendant of Dracula takes second billing to a vampiric Doberman.
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) – was Werner Herzog's remake of Murnau's silent classic.
Dracula (1979) – a film in the gothic romantic tradition starring Frank Langella and remake of the 1931 film with Bela Lugosi.
Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979) – a strange comedy.
Love At First Bite (1979) – a romantic comedy spoof starring George Hamilton.
The Monster Squad (1987) - Had not only Dracula and the other Universal monsters in it, but his vampire brides also appear.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) – Starring Gary Oldman as Dracula. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) – a parody of Dracula films by Mel Brooks; Leslie Nielsen as Dracula.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) – Oscar-nominated film about the 1922 filming of Nosferatu.
Dracula 2000 (2000) – a modern reworking of the story.
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
Dracula, Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002) – a wordless interpretation of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's take of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) – Mina Harker, vampiric thanks to her encounter with Dracula, is a member of the League.
Van Helsing (2004) – action film only loosely connected to the original Dracula; Richard Roxburgh is Dracula.
Dracula 3000 (2004)
Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006) – a direct to video release from The Asylum and director Leigh Scott with special effects by Almost Human Inc., the company who did creature effects for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Dracula (2006) – the second BBC version, starring Marc Warren as the title character and reworking the plot.
Hellsing Ultimate (2006) – Remake of Hellsing following the original manga series more closely.
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Dracula 3D (2012) – Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento. The film is not a direct adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, but features elements from the novel.
Saint Dracula 3D (2012) – United Arab Emirates indie horror film.
Dracula 2012 (2013)
Dracula Untold (2014)


Other vampires in films
Le Manoir Du Diable (1896) (the first film on vampires to have ever existed, lasts three minutes and was directed by a French filmmaker)
Vampire of the Coast (1909) (one of the very first silent films yet has no link to vampires, apart from the name it is a pirate film)
The Vampire's Trail (1910)
In the Grip of the Vampire (1913)
The Vampire (1913) – directed and co-written by Robert G. Vignola
Vampires of the Night (1914)
The Vampire's Trail (1914)
The Vampire's Tower (1914)
Saved From the Vampire (1914)
The Devil's Daughter (1915 film)
The Vampire's Clutch (1915)
Was She a Vampire? (1915)
Kiss of the Vampire (1915)
Mr. Vampire (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)
A Vampire Out of Work (1916)
A Village Vampire (1916)
The Beloved Vampire (1917)
The Vampire (1920)
The Blond Vampire (1922)
Vampires of Warsaw (1925)
London After Midnight (1927) – a lost silent film.
The Vampire (1928)
Vampyr (1932)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
Mark of the Vampire (1935) – a remake of London After Midnight, this time as a talkie. At the conclusion of the film the vampires are revealed to be fraudulent.
The Return of Doctor X (1939) – In an atypical role, Humphrey Bogart plays a scientist executed for starving an infant to death, who is re-animated with a need to consume blood.
The Return of the Vampire (1944)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) also known as Vampire Over London and stars Bela Lugosi as a character named Von Housen who believes himself a vampire.
My Son, the Vampire (1964) recut American version of Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, featuring an introductory segment with a song by American comedian Allen Sherman.
El Vampiro / English translation The Vampire (1957) – a Mexican cult classic, possibly the first film to actually show a vampire with elongated canines.
Not of This Earth (1957)
Not of This Earth (1988) – a remake with Traci Lords.
Not of This Earth (1995) – another remake with Michael York.
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Curse of the Undead (1959)
Atom Age Vampire (1960)
Blood and Roses (1960) by Roger Vadim – the first of the lesbian vampire genre, based on Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla.
Black Sunday (1960)
L 'amante del vampiro /English title The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
L 'ultime preda del vampiro / English title The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960)
La strange del vampiri English title Slaughter of the Vampires (1960); was later retitled Curse of the Blood Ghouls
Black Sabbath (1963) – a portmanteau Italian horror film, introduced by Boris Karloff, in three segments, the last of which is based on Alexei Tolstoy's vampire story The Family of the Vourdalak (1839) about a father (played by Karloff) who returns to the family home as a vampire.
The Kiss of the Vampire – a Hammer film (1963).
Terror in the Crypt (1964) – an Italian film, starring Christopher Lee, very loosely based on the novella Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
The Last Man on Earth (1964) – based on the novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Blood Bath (1966)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) – a semi-spoof of the genre directed by Roman Polanski.
The Blood Beast Terror (1967) - released in the US as The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood (1968)
Le Viol du Vampire / English title The Rape of the Vampire (1968) – vampire erotica by cult French director Jean Rollin. Followed by several more films of much the same sort, by Rollin, each usually featuring several attractive naked Frenchwomen in vampiric roles such as La Vampire Nue.
Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970) - low-budget Al Adamson film starring John Carradine, with added footage from a Philippines vampire/horror film.
La Vampire Nue/ English title The Nude Vampire (1970)
The Vampire Lovers (1970), based on the story Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu and featuring Ingrid Pitt as Carmilla, alias Countess Mircalla Karnstein, a lesbian vampire. This was the first of Hammer's Karnstein Trilogy and set a trend for lesbian erotica in the genre.
Lust for a Vampire (1971) – the second film in the Karnstein Trilogy.
Twins of Evil (1971) – the third and final film in the Karnstein Trilogy.
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Vampyros Lesbos (1971) a West German entry in the "lesbian erotic vampire" subgenre.
The Omega Man (1971) – also based on the novel I Am Legend.
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Les Frisson des Vampires (1971) - also known as The Shiver of the Vampires.
The Night Stalker (1972)
Grave of the Vampire (1972) starring William Pataki, as Professor Lockwood, formerly Caleb Croft. He was a rapist and murderer resurrected as a vampire.
Ganja and Hess (1972) – Blaxploitation.
Lemora (1973)
Vampire Circus (1973) – a Hammer film.
Leptirica (a.k.a. The She-Butterfly) (1973) – a Yugoslavian classic horror film directed by Djordje Kadijevic.
Vampyres (1974) – an erotic film which features two lesbian vampires who inhabit a Gothic mansion in England: includes much in the way of bloody violence.
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) – a Hammer film.
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Rabid (1977)
Martin (1978) – George A. Romero's film about clinical vampirism ambiguously confused with folkloric vampirism.
Thirst (1979)
The Monster Club (1980) – this British film features horror legend Vincent Price as a vampire for the first and only time in his career.
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Hunger (1983)
The Keep (1983)
Once Bitten (1985)
A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1985) vampire comedy
Lifeforce (1985) from the writer of Aliens and the director of Poltergeist. Also known as Lifeforce: Space Aliens.
Fright Night (1985)
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Fright Night (2011)
Fright Night 2 (2013) - Direct to video and not based on previous films
Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)
Vamp (1986)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
Near Dark (1987)
Outback Vampires (1987)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
Vampire Princess Miyu (1988)
Vampire in Venice (1988)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Rockula (1990)
Red-Blooded American Girl (1990)
Def by Temptation (1990)
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990) – a comedy western about a ghost town populated by vampires.
Blood Ties (1991)
Subspecies (1991)
Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
Vampire Journals (1997)
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Sleepwalkers (1992)
Bloodlust (1992)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Samurai Vampire Bikers From Hell (1992)
Love Bites (1993)
Darkness (a.k.a. Leif Jonker's Darkness) (1993)
Cronos (1993) – by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, features a vampiric parasite encased inside a clockwork beetle, cunningly devised by a medieval alchemist to pierce the skin of those who handle it, turning them into bloodthirsty vampires. Vampirism in the film is also used as a metaphor for the predatory financial exploitation of Mexico by the US.
Interview with the Vampire (1994) – Based on the novel by Anne Rice.
Queen of the Damned (2002) – Based on the novel of the same name by Anne Rice.
Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey (1994)
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
Embrace of the Vampire (2013) Direct to video remake
Nadja (1994)
The Addiction (1995) A philosophical and theological variant on the vampire film that uses vampirism as a metaphor for drug addiction, and which culminates in an extremely violent orgy of blood-sucking.
Blood & Donuts (1995)
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
The Vampire of Budapest (1995) – a gay pornographic film from director Kristen Bjorn.
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Brácula: Condemor II (1997)
Habit (1997)
Les deux orphelines vampires English title The Two Orphan Vampires (1997) – a French film
Razor Blade Smile (1998) – a very low budget independent British film which pays homage to the Hammer lesbian vampire films of the 1970s.
The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998)
Vampires (1998)
Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
Vampires: The Turning (2005)
Modern Vampires (1998)
Hot Vampire Nights (1999) – X-rated.
The Little Vampire (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) – An anime film about a vampire girl named Saya fighting chiropterans for a secret organization.
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) – A live-action adaptation.
Coming Out (2000) – South Korean short film.
Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire (2000) – A Disney Channel original movie.
The Forsaken (2001)
The Breed (2001)
Trouble Every Day (2001) – Artistic, erotic take on the vampire myth by Claire Denis.
The Era of Vampires (English title) (2002) – Hong Kong film by Tsui Hark. Original Title: Vampire Hunters.
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2002)
Strange Things Happen at Sundown (2003)
Vampires Anonymous (2003)
The Twins Effect (2003) – A Chinese martial arts vampire film, with a special guest appearance by Jackie Chan. a.k.a. The Vampire Effect
Moon Child (2003)
Vampire Blvd. (2004)
Dark Town (2004)
Out for Blood (film)|Out for Blood (2004)
Eternal (2004)
Night Watch (2004) – Russian fantasy film partially involving vampires.
Day Watch (2006)
Twilight Watch (2009)
Ultraviolet (2006)
Frostbite (2006) – Sweden's first vampire film.
Perfect Creature (2006) – New Zealand's first vampire film.
The Hamiltons (2006)
Slayer (2006)
Vampire Cop Ricky (2006)
The Thirst (2006)
Stay Alive (2006)
The Insatiable (2007)
The Irish Vampire Goes to Hollywood (2007)
30 Days of Night (2007) – Based on the comic of the same name.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
I Am Legend (2007) – Based on the novel of the same name.
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Let the Right One In (2008) – An acclaimed Swedish romantic horror film based on the novel of the same name.
Vampyrer (2008) – Another Swedish drama film about two vampire sisters.
I Sell the Dead (2008) – Victorian grave robbers awake the undead.
The Vampires of Bloody Island (2008)
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) – A spoof of the lesbian vampire genre.
Thirst (2009) – A South Korean film by award winning director Park Chan-wook
Against the Dark (2009)
Morse (2009)
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Wannabe (2009) – an Independent American Horror film
Feast of the Vampires (2009)
Transylmania (2009)
Vampiro (2009)
Daybreakers (2009)
Vampires Suck (2010) – Parody of Twilight and New Moon.
Suck (2010)
Let Me In (2010) – An American remake of the 2008 acclaimed Swedish film.
We Are the Night (2010) – A German modern-day film about a clique of young, rich and pretty female vampires. Directed by acclaimed director Dennis Gansel.
Stake Land (2010)
Stake Land 2 (2016)
My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010) – A Disney Channel original movie.
Priest (2011) – Based on the Korean comic of the same name.
Sun Shadows: Faithful Kiss (2011) – A Swedish vampire film about a young man from a vampire hunter family falling in love with a vampiress. This leads to a war between vampires and vampire hunters.
Midnight Son (2011)
The Moth Diaries (2011) – directed by Mary Harron and based on the 2002 novel by Rachel Klein
Dark Shadows (2012) – an American supernatural drama comedy film based on the 1966–1971 Gothic soap opera
Vampires: Rise Of The Fallen (2012)
Vampire Dog (2012)
The Caretaker (2012)
True Bloodthirst (2012) – 2 years later this film would be renamed Vampyre Nation
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Byzantium (2012)
Vamps (2012)
Kali the Little Vampire (2012)
AS:VS At Stake: Vampire Solutions (2012)
Kiss of the Damned (2013)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Chastity Bites (2013)
Forever 16 (2013)
Black Water Vampire (2014)
Vampire Academy (2014) – Based on the novels of the same name by Richelle Mead
What We Do in the Shadows (2014) – A New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror film about a group of vampires sharing a flat in Wellington, NZ.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
AS:VS Back In Business (2015)
Koisuru Vampire (2015)
Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)
Liar, Liar, Vampire (2015) – A Nickelodeon original movie.
Shraap 3D (2016) – Bollywood's first ever vampire/horror film.
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
The Carmilla Movie (2017) – A movie based on the webseries Carmilla.

Twilight (2008) – Based on the novel of the same name.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) – Based on the novel New Moon.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) – Based on the novel Eclipse.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1 2011/Part 2 2012) – Based on the novel Breaking Dawn.

BloodRayne Based on the elimination of one type of society.
BloodRayne (2005)
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007)
BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011)

Underworld – battle between vampires and werewolves
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

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

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

I'm finally getting around to watching
The Wire. 5 episodes into season one
and as yet I could care less about any
of the characters. Does it get better?

It seems to be about cops who hate
their jobs and are in bad moods a lot,
and it sympathetically portrays Black
drug dealers as doing the best they
can in a world that totally discriminates
against them.

It better get worthwhile soon or I'm giving
up. I'm getting fed up listening to all the
ghetto talking dealers, the scenes go on and on
with double digit IQ nonsense.. Was this
entertaining in 2002 when this aired?

Season 5 of Arrested Development debuts on May 29th.

I just blue myself.

Quote: Evenbob

I'm finally getting around to watching
The Wire. 5 episodes into season one
and as yet I could care less about any
of the characters. Does it get better?

It seems to be about cops who hate
their jobs and are in bad moods a lot,
and it sympathetically portrays Black
drug dealers as doing the best they
can in a world that totally discriminates
against them.

It better get worthwhile soon or I'm giving
up. I'm getting fed up listening to all the
ghetto talking dealers, the scenes go on and on
with double digit IQ nonsense.. Was this
entertaining in 2002 when this aired?

I enjoyed it. I don't usually root for murdering heroin players, but Mike Williams did a great job of portraying Omar. The scar on his face got him the part.

In 2006 Clive Owen was in a brilliant movie called Children of Men where infertility becomes universal for 18 years.

Part of what makes the film unique is that Clive Owen has never done a film about a dystopian future. Many actors specialize in this genre. Part of what makes it so emotional is that it seems so very close to present day reality, as if it could really happen 18 years in the future.


The Netflix movie "Anon" marks Clive Owens return to the genre of a dystopian future that seems like a logical extension of the present day. It's well crafted with all the obligatory sex scenes and a horror that seems all too possible.

Unfortunately, it is very poor film when compared to the brilliance of "Children of Men". I did watch it all the way through, but it was fairly unsatisfying. People have some sort of ability to scan through computer records and send each other files without the need of monitors, mice or keyboards, or even virtual reality goggles. Unfortunately that creates a lot of scenes of men sitting at tables with no pen or paper or anything else, just staring into space.

I'm increasingly feeling like when I watch a brand new Netflix film, that I am watching things I've seen before in other movies. I feel that HBO is doing a much better job of creating truly innovative video.

Quote: Pacomartin

I'm increasingly feeling like when I watch a brand new Netflix film,

At least you watch them. I don't bother
anymore, there are too many that are
pure unwatchable crap. I don't want to
waste 20 min before I turn it off, which
I have to do 98% of the time.

It's why H-wood churned out so many
B and C movies back in the day, quality
scripts are really hard to come by. There's
a Nflix Ed Harris movie called Kodachrome.
The reviews are either one star or five stars,
how is that possible.

I can guarantee it's crap. It's a remake of
the father/son trip movie we've seen a
dozen times. Yawn.

Saw 'Allied' on Prime. Brad Pitt, WWII. I really
liked it, very well done on every front. Did
not so good at the BO, I don't know why.
I'll watch anything with Marion Cotillard
in it. She's wonderful.

Quote: Evenbob

At least you watch them.

There certainly are a lot of movies and shows in just a few years. I suppose it is my fault, because if I pick the ones they highlight, then I should expect something derivative.
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