The 23 Best Vampire Movies of All Time
30.03.2022 - 20:21
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“Morbius” is finally coming to theaters, and it may very well introduce a whole new generation to vampire movies. At least, one would hope. The vampire subgenre has been at the forefront of horror for over 100 years, and the myths of undead creatures living off of human blood go back countless years further.
The best vampire movies ever made are, mostly, incredibly varied. There’s a whole of lot great “Dracula” movies out there, sure, but also art-house nightmares, mainstream action movies, silly comedies, Neo-westerns, heartwarming romances and more. And if you ask us, these are the very, very best.F.W.
Murnau’s eerie silent classic is 100 years old, and it still has the power to shock and horrify. Telling an extremely plagiarized version of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” – Stoker’s estate successfully sued, and nearly had every single copy of “Nosferatu” destroyed – the film stars Max Schreck as the verminous Count Orlok, who moves from his haunted castle to Germany, and brings a supernatural plague along with him. Almost every vampire film that followed lives in “Nosferatu’s” shadow.Tod Browning’s official adaptation of “Dracula” stars Bela Lugosi in one of the most iconic performances in cinema history, lithe and alluring and predatory, with a sensual voice that lures young women to their willing deaths.
The rest of Browning’s movie is a little stodgy, but George Melford’s Spanish-language version – filmed on the same sets, after Browning’s crew went home – flows elegantly. Carlos Villarías’s Dracula doesn’t have the same magnetism as Bela Lugosi’s. If he did, Melford’s “Drácula” would surely be considered the superior version.Carl Theodor Dreyer’s dreamy vampire classic tells the story of sensitive young Allan Gray
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