Subgenre Sampler
Vampires: 140 Films to Buy & Rent
- Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
- Dir. E. Elias Merhige
Feat. John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Catherine McCormack…
- A fanciful yet elegant take on what might have transpired during the making of silent horror classic, NOSFERATU, centred around a battle of wills…
- Drawing Blood (1999)
- Dir. Sergio Lapel
- Semi–original horror from Troma (TOXIC AVENGER) about a gorgeous vampire with a penchant for sketching nude models and then drinking their…
- Blade (1998)
- Dir. Stephen Norrington
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Udo Kier
- Half–vampire/half–human Wesley Snipes straps on the body–armour and weaponry in this doomsday duel for possession of the Earth,…
- Razor Blade Smile (1998)
- Dir. Jake West
Feat. Eileen Daly
- Brazenly over–the–top, low–budget (12,000 sterling) vampire hokum about a bisexual vamp who moonlights as a mortal assassin.…
- Vampires (1998)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Maximilian Schell
- Continuing to purvey his dubious abilities, dir. John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) sinks his teeth into another genre staple, with hideous spurts of blood…
- Wisdom of Crocodiles, The (1998)
- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Kerry Fox…
- Suave vampire Jude Law cruises London looking for a cure to his soul–sickness in this slick–looking thriller with literary…
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996)
- Dir. Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar
- The TV followup to the 1992 movie, that slays its predecessor in wit and cult–appeal. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high–school teen…
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis…
- Join in the riot with an edgy thriller that loses its head midway through and gets stuck into some gleefully supernatural carnage.
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- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen
- Another blockbuster spoof, three years too late from the once funny Mel Brooks in which Leslie Nielsen does his NAKED GUN–in–a–cape…
- Nadja (1995)
- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda
- A curious spawn of David Lynch and Hal Hartley, this audacious modern–day vampire pic makes up for its murky narrative with its uneasy…