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In every generation, vampire fans are born. From the original folklore that existed to explain illnesses like consumption to literature such as the 1819 short story The Vampyre, vamps have been at the forefront of our morbid fascination for centuries.
The series was so successful during its 8-season run that it garnered two spinoffs. The New Orleans-based show, The Originals, centers around the Mikaelsons, the original vampire family. Meanwhile, Legacies features a new generation of paranormal teens attending a supernatural boarding school. Because what could go wrong there?
Rather than repeating the OG characters, the 2019 series by the same name features a new ensemble of vampires living in a dilapidated Staten Island mansion instead of Wellington, New Zealand. Clement serves as the showrunner and producer while Waititi produces the show along with their directing and writing credits.
While we're waiting for the Blade reboot to bring him into the MCU, you can still enjoy this classic from the 90s starring Wesley Snipes as the titular antihero, a "daywalking" half vampire, half-human who spends his nights killing vampires. There's a lot of great hacking and slashing as Blade separates his enemies from their heads, and uncovers a secret plot to start a war between vampires and humans. Really, the plot is somewhat incidental to just watching Snipes do his thing in darkened alleys and subterranean lairs. Blade was successful enough to spawn two sequels, but by the third, most of the blood had been sucked out of the franchise.
Xandra is an entertainment journalist with clips in outlets like Salon, Insider, The Daily Dot, and Regal. In her 6+ years of writing, she's covered red carpets, premieres, and events like New York Comic Con. Xandra has conducted around 200 interviews with celebrities like Henry Cavill, Sylvester Stallone, and Adam Driver. She received her B.A. in English\/Creative Writing from Randolph College, where she chilled with the campus ghosts and read Edgar Allan Poe at 3 am. "}), " -0-11/js/authorBio.js"); } else console.error('%c FTE ','background: #9306F9; color: #ffffff','no lazy slice hydration function available'); Xandra HarbetSocial Links NavigationWriterXandra is an entertainment journalist with clips in outlets like Salon, Insider, The Daily Dot, and Regal. In her 6+ years of writing, she's covered red carpets, premieres, and events like New York Comic Con. Xandra has conducted around 200 interviews with celebrities like Henry Cavill, Sylvester Stallone, and Adam Driver. She received her B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Randolph College, where she chilled with the campus ghosts and read Edgar Allan Poe at 3 am.
I went into Blood Red Sky thinking we were going to have a Snakes on the Plane situation but with vampires. And I knew that there was going to be some heart there when it came to the mother and son. But still, Snakes on a Plane kept popping up in my head. Combine that with a look reminiscent of The Strain, and I thought we were just going to get a blood path based on protecting a child from terrorists who want to kill him and take down the plane.
I just watched Blood Red Sky, I found it to be a great movie! It was very compelling as to the love, strength, and determination of Nadia to her son, and him to his mom! I would love to see a sequel to this story.
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Vampires are dangerous, sexy, and inherently cinematic creatures, so vampire movies are legion, and some of the best vampire movies are on Netflix. And why wouldn't they be? Netflix is a titan in the streaming space, and vampires are undead live-wires capable of spicing up any kind of film, so of course these two great tastes taste great together.
And if you're wary of horror films, don't worry, Netflix has plenty of vampire movies that don't lean into scariness. The squeamish can still enjoy Dracula struggling to connect with his grandson in a vampire comedy or the socially conscious hijinks of a vampire gentrification story.
Of course, the vampire movies on this list aren't short on thrills either. Ever see a movie in which a vampire happens to be on an airplane when it's hijacked? Or seen a master of horror put some truly scary vampires into a dusty, no-frills Western? Those are the kinds of vampire films you can find on this list, and on Netflix, so grab your garlic and get voting.
Hotel Transylvania 2, directed by animated legend Genndy Tartakovsky, once again follows Dracula, voiced by Adam Sandler, who worries his grandson may not develop vampire powers, prompting a series of comedic misadventures meant to vamp the child up. Other returning cast members include Selena Gomez as Mavis and Andy Samberg as Johnny, the parents of Drac's grandchild, and the likes of Steve Buscemi and Kevin James as Invisible Man and Frankenstein, respectively, bringing comedic flair to familiar monsters.
John Carpenter's Vampires, based on the novel Vampire$ by John Steakel,y follows leather jacket-wearing Jack Crow, played by James Woods. This cigar-chomping homophobe leads a team of vampire hunters that's wiped out by the most ancient and powerful vampire, who happens to be on a bloody quest to obtain a crucifix that would allow him to walk in sunlight. This stripped-down thriller throws in elements of Westerns and a more brutal, splattery approach to violence and vampire-slaying.
Day Shift, directed by J.J. Perry, stars Jamie Foxx as Bud Jablonski, a pool cleaner with a secret life as a vampire hunter, struggling to financially support his family while navigating the bureaucracy of his vampire-hunting union. When Bud crosses paths with a powerful vampire planning to establish a new world order, he raises the stakes in a battle to protect his family, with a little help from his hapless union rep played by Dave Franco.
Directed by Peter Thorwarth, Blood Red Sky stars Peri Baumeister as Nadja, an overprotective mother on a transatlantic flight with her son. When terrorists hijack their plane, they inadvertently force her to reveal her dark secret: a mysterious illness is turning her into a vampire. As the whole hijacking situation onboard escalates, Nadja takes on the bad guys to protect her son and the other passengers.
Vampires vs the Bronx is a comedic horror film directed by Osmany Rodriguez. It's about a group of young friends from the Bronx (obviously) who discover that their neighborhood is under threat of gentrification by vampires. This socio-politically charged adventure follows the kids as they band together against the nocturnal gentrifiers and their human allies, including character actor extraordinaire Shea Whigham as a real Renfield type.
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Fortunately, a wave of new-school horror movies have been taking the vampire subgenre in different directions, from inclusive movies building out new mythologies full of bloodsuckers, to tense thrillers with vamps on planes and submarines.
The latest of these is the Netflix action comedy "Day Shift," starring Jamie Foxx as a guy named Bud who hunts vampires in Southern California under the guise of a seemingly ordinary pool-cleaning business.
He does what he can to make ends meet and care for his daughter, but the situation gets dicey when Bud kills the wrong fanged lady and is targeted for death by a group of vamps looking to take over the San Fernando Valley.
"Day Shift" adds some fresh bits to the vampire legend with a villainous hierarchy and freaky fight skills. Here are nine other recent films you can stream right now that switch things up with this toothy crowd. (And no, we're not including the superhero film "Morbius," because that just sucks.)
In the horror comedy, a transgender teen girl (Nicole Maines) moves from Oregon to Los Angeles and starts running with an empowered coven of queer vampires who live it up at night, fend off hunters and punish assorted fiends (plus vowing never to turn men).
Produced by horror guru Jason Blum, the chiller digs into the darker aspects of Black American history with the tale of a New Orleans teen (Asjha Cooper) who spends her summer hunting the vamps creating an army out of the disenfranchised.
A mom (Peri Baumeister) is traveling on a transatlantic overnight flight to America to meet doctors about her rare blood disease, a group of terrorists hijack the plane, and she goes full-on monster vamp to protect her son.
Not just an awesome title, but a cool premise: In the 1945-set thriller, survivors from a destroyed hospital ship ditch their lifeboat when they discover an abandoned Nazi minesweeper. One guess as to what they find aboard, but mayhem obviously ensues.
Fan-favorite scream queen Barbara Crampton rules the relationship drama with absurdist bite as the disenchanted spouse of a small-town minister who has a run-in with a vampire and embraces a new sense of power and ownership after being turned.
LA is ground zero for a secret war between rival vampire tribes and human protectors in this stylish thriller. And thrown in the middle is a chauffeur (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) tasked with driving two deadly women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) around for the night.
Director Ana Lily Amirpour's instant classic brings together noir style and #MeToo themes, with Sheila Vand as a music-loving, skateboarding vamp who metes out justice on men who prey on women in her Iranian town.
Before you dip into the popular FX TV spinoff, check out the original mockumentary about a bunch of vampire buds (including Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi) living together and dealing with daily issues like roommate tiffs and nightclub hopping.
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