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8 Vampire Movies for Vlad’s Coronation

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To celebrate the day that Vlad the Impaler became the ruler of Wallachia we give you a little list of eight of the best depictions of vampires in movies.

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30 Days of Night gives us vampires taking advantage of some science: Alaska has extended periods of dark.

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Probably the most horrifying movie on this list, Twilight, features a centuries old vampire that finds love with a teenage mortal. Which isn’t creepy at all.

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Gary Oldman wowed audiences with his depiction of the literary vampire in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers features a very young Roman Polanski as he attempts to kill vampires, uh, fearlessly.

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The original Fright Night focuses on the (surprisingly obvious) vampire next door.

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Nosferatu jumpstarted the genre when it came out. Now we can thank it for an entire group of successful movies. Including Twilight. Maybe we can’t thank it.

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From Dusk Till Dawn, the Rodriguez-Tarantino take on vampires, is about a group of bandits that are fighting their way to dawn through a horde of vampires.

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Let the Right One In is about a little girl that has been a vampire for centuries. It is also a heartwarming story of childhood friendship.


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