Vampires sure are having a comeback, aren’t they?
Since their inescapable zenith in pop culture in the late aughts, vampire movies have been lurking in the shadows, ceding the spotlight to other monsters as they bided their time, waiting for the right moment to rise again. A little over a decade later, and the vampire is clearly, quantifiably back. Smash hit original films like Sinners and remakes like Nosferatu are taking over cinemas.
Meanwhile, television shows like AMC’s Interview with the Vampire and the currently-filming sequel to Buffy the Vampire Slayer have become some of the hottest topics in online nerd spaces. You can run, but you can’t hide: the vampire is definitely in style.
This Halloween, why not invite them into your home? Whether hot blooded with fierce and fearsome action, or thirsty for more than just blood, these 31 films have been carefully organized to offer you some of the best vampiric cinema around, all from the convenience of your preferred streaming device.
Here are the vampire films you have to watch during October:
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
This wickedly funny mockumentary follows a group of vampires trying (and failing) to adjust to modern life in New Zealand, turning centuries-old lore into sharp, awkward comedy. If you like horror tropes turned inside out, it’s one of the cleverest takes you’ll ever see.
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Dracula (1931)
Bela Lugosi’s hypnotic performance as the titular Count defined how audiences would imagine Dracula for decades. His aristocratic charm and uncanny stillness cast a spell that still lingers today. More than just a piece of film history, it’s a chilling and atmospheric classic that helped cement the entire vampire genre.
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Let the Right One In (2008)
Set against a bleak Swedish winter, this story of a lonely boy who befriends a mysterious vampire child is equal parts tender love story and unflinching horror. Its stark beauty and quiet brutality create a haunting, unforgettable meditation on innocence and monstrosity that has inspired numerous adaptations, but you just can’t beat the original film.
Where to Watch: Tubi, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
Sinners (2025)
This inescapable cultural juggernaut from Ryan Coogler is one of the best vampire films of the 21st century so far. A hybrid of Southern Gothic and traditional supernatural horror, with a dash of incredible music, the piece is a love letter to everything that makes life worth living, and the communities that keep us alive.
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Francis Ford Coppola’s opulent adaptation is dripping with gothic grandeur, from elaborate set pieces to Gary Oldman’s shapeshifting, tragic interpretation of the Count. It’s as much a dark romance as it is a horror film, lush with operatic emotions and unforgettable visuals.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Fright Night (1985)
When a suburban teen discovers his next door neighbor is a vampire in this cult classic, he enlists a TV show host who once acted as a vampire hunter to stop the killing spree. Blending campy humor with genuine suspense, this supernatural romp remains one of the most beloved vampire films of the 1980s, kicking off a media franchise.
Where to Watch: Tubi
Love at First Bite (1979)
This zany 1970s horror-comedy drops Count Dracula into disco-era Manhattan, where his pursuit of love collides with fish-out-of-water absurdity. It’s campy, kitschy, and filled with nostalgic charm, a playful reminder that vampires can be silly and sinister.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Before the acclaimed television series took over the airwaves in 1997, there was this quirky high school comedy about a cheerleader turned reluctant vampire slayer. With its tongue firmly planted in its cheek, this film delivers campy fun while laying the groundwork for Buffy’s larger cultural legacy. And it offers Paul Reubens a delicious role as Amilyn, the vampire minion who just won’t die.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Lavishly produced and steeped in melancholy, Neil Jordan’s adaptation of the first novel in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles explores the endless hunger, guilt, and loneliness of eternal life through the tortured relationship of two immortal companions. With sumptuous visuals and powerhouse performances by Tom Cruise and a young Kirsten Dunst, it redefined the genre for all that followed.
What to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
Jess Franco’s Vampyros Lesbos is a psychedelic, dreamlike cult classic that blends eroticism, surrealism, and hypnotic atmosphere. With its unforgettable soundtrack and visuals, it’s a vampire film that feels more like a fever dream than straightforward horror.
Where to Watch: Plex TV and YouTube
Dracula (1979)
Frank Langella’s Dracula is both a heartthrob and a predator, sweeping his victims into a romantic haze while hiding an irrepressible darkness. This film reimagines the Count as an unrelentingly tragic yet seductive figure, creating one of the most distinctive portrayals of the character on screen. Added bonus: the legendary Laurence Olivier as Professor Van Helsing!
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Queen of the Damned (2002)
This glossy early-2000s Interview with the Vampire sequel leans hard into goth-rock aesthetics, with Aaliyah delivering a magnetic, otherworldly performance as the ancient vampire queen. Though divisive, it has become a cult artifact, beloved for its stylish excess and nu-metal energy.
Where to Watch: Tubi
Blade (1998)
Wesley Snipes is the epitome of cool as the half-vampire, half-human hunter who slices through enemies with martial arts precision and comic book flair. Stylish, bloody, and unapologetically slick, it helped pave the way for the modern superhero blockbuster.
Where to Watch: Paramount+
Twilight (2008)
Love it or hate it, this cultural behemoth brought vampires back into the mainstream in the 2000s with its swooning tale of forbidden teenage love. Twilight set off a phenomenon that still resonates decades after the first novel debuted in 2005. With an animated Netflix series on the horizon, now is the time to catch up on this cultural touchstone.
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Byzantium (2012)
Neil Jordan’s second entry on this list, Byzantium, is a brooding, lyrical story of a mother-daughter pair of vampires hiding in plain sight, blending a gothic atmosphere with intimate family drama. Lush and emotionally resonant, it offers a hauntingly fresh perspective on immortality and survival.
Where to Watch: Tubi and Pluto TV
Nosferatu (1922)
It’s time to review the many faces of silent cinema’s most enduring nightmare. This unauthorized adaptation of Dracula remains a masterpiece of atmosphere and dread. Max Schreck’s inhuman Orlok is a vision of pure horror, his shadow stretching across film history itself. Now in the public domain, the original Nosferatu is widely available for free online.
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzog’s hypnotic retelling turns the vampire into a figure of unbearable loneliness, doomed by his own curse. Klaus Kinski’s haunting performance makes this version both tragic and terrifying.
Where to Watch: Tubi, Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
Nosferatu (2024)
Perhaps Willem Dafoe’s Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz puts it best when he exclaims in this Robert Eggers reimagining of the classic that “I have seen things in this world that would make Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother’s womb!”
Enticing, off-putting, and unrelenting, Eggers’ version delivers meticulous detail with suffocating gothic terror, combining to form what very well may be the most beautiful nightmare ever put on screen.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
The Hunger (1983)
With Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie as immortal lovers, and Susan Sarandon completing the otherworldly trio, this sleek, erotic thriller is drenched in style and atmosphere. Equal parts art film and horror, it explores aging, desire, and decay with hypnotic beauty.
Where to Watch: Tubi, Prime Video, YouTube
Renfield (2023)
This gory, gleeful horror-comedy shifts the focus from Dracula to his long-suffering servant, played with neurotic charm by Nicholas Hoult. Nicolas Cage delivers a gloriously unhinged Dracula, making the film both wildly entertaining and surprisingly heartfelt.
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Carmilla (2019)
This lush period piece reimagines the classic lesbian vampire novella with dreamy visuals and tender sensuality. It’s an atmospheric and intimate take on forbidden desire, steeped in gothic unease.
Where to Watch: Tubi and The Roku Channel
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
A wickedly clever “what if,” this film imagines that the star of Nosferatu was an actual vampire hired for authenticity. With Willem Dafoe at his eerie best, it’s a darkly funny meditation on art, obsession, and monstrosity.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
The Lost Boys (1987)
A neon-soaked snapshot of 1980s rebellion, this cult favorite makes vampires both dangerous and impossibly cool. With its killer soundtrack and punk energy, it’s the kind of film that never loses its bite.
Where to Watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
This unusual French Canadian gem tells the story of a vampire who cannot bear to kill, finding companionship in someone willing to die. Quirky, romantic, and moving, it’s a completely fresh take on the genre.
Where to Watch: AMC+
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
A cult favorite of the 1990s erotic thriller boom, this film blends sensuality and supernatural dread. Alyssa Milano’s performance anchors the story, which remains a guilty pleasure for fans of steamy gothic horror.
Where to Watch: Tubi
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Ok, stick with me. The line between vampire and demon flicks is never more porous than it is in this feminist cult classic. The horror-comedy sees Megan Fox devour the role of a possessed cheerleader who feasts on the flesh of those who underestimate her, drawing upon themes established in the 1970s lesbian vampire boom. Balancing razor-sharp humor with genuine menace, it’s biting, brilliant, and endlessly rewatchable.
Where to Watch: Hulu and Disney+
The Invitation (2022)
This modern gothic tale follows a young woman lured into a seemingly idyllic family gathering, only to discover sinister truths. It blends romance and suspense with a creeping dread that pays homage to classic tropes.
Where to Watch: Hulu and Disney+
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Jim Jarmusch’s dreamy meditation on immortality stars Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as centuries-old lovers drifting through art, music, and memory. It’s less about blood than about the melancholy beauty of eternity, making it one of the most poetic vampire films ever made.
Where to Watch: Tubi and The Roku Channel
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Nicolas Cage delivers one of his most eccentric and unhinged performances in this bizarre black comedy movie about a man who may—or may not—be turning into a vampire. Equal parts disturbing and hilarious, it’s an unforgettable descent into madness.
Where to Watch: Tubi, The Roku Channel, Prime Video, Pluto TV
Vamp (1986)
This stylish 1980s horror-comedy plunges a group of college students into a nightmarish strip club run by vampire queen Grace Jones. What more could you possibly want?
Where to Watch: Tubi
Cronos (1993)
Guillermo del Toro’s first feature is a lyrical, horrifying, and strangely tender tale that grants eternal life at a terrible cost. Mixing body horror with fairy-tale melancholy, it marked the visionary storyteller’s debut, sparking a career of exploring similar themes.
Where to Watch: HBO Max
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