Awesome Vampires

The last time we saw Nicolas Cage play a vampire was in 1988’s Vampire’s Kiss. He portrays a much more famous creature of the night this time, Dracula. Nicholas Hoult plays his loyal servant tasked with bringing him humans to drain and might finally break the cycle of codependency with his narcissistic boss.

In the new season of the hilarious What We Do in the Shadows, Baby Colin Robinson learns to ride a tricycle, Laszlo gets a gun, and Nandor continues his awkward quest for a new bride. Plus, Nadja and her vampire pals open up a nightclub designed to lure in unsuspecting humans. Premieres 7.12.22 on FX and Hulu.

While on a flight from Germany to New York, a woman and her son find themselves the victims of a hijacking. But the terrorists are unaware that the woman possesses a dark secret – she’s a vampire. Bloody hell breaks loose in the skies over the Atlantic in this horror-thriller headed to Netflix on 7.23.2021.

HypieLab’s second of a 2-deck series of cards inspired by vampires. This deck focuses on vampires from Western culture – the first was all Eastern vampires. The manga-style characters are based on those in pop culture, myths, and legends. The cards will come in four editions: Blood, Darkness, Secret, and Torpor.

The night is dark and full of terrors. Show them you’re someone to be feared with this goofy vampire tee from LookHUMAN. We think it looks best in black, but it also comes in heather grey. The terrifying image also comes on mugs, pillows, totes, hoodies, tank tops, sweatshirts. Save 30% for a limited time with code SPLASH.

The hilarious vampire mockumentary series is coming back for a second season, and it looks like the setups are hysterical as ever, from a Super Bowl party to an open mic night. Plus, it looks like everyone’s favorite energy vampire has gained some new powers after getting a promotion. Drops 4/15/20 on FX.

A new series about a very old vampire. Developed by Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, Dracula is expected to both pay tribute to Bram Stoker’s original and change things up with new tales of horror and new insights into the character. Stars the imposing Claes Bang as Dracula. Premieres 1/4/20 on Netflix and BBC One.

Dale Hayward and Sylvie Trouvé’s incredibly inventive animated short film tells the story of a “a vain and arrogant youth dares to enter Baba Yaga’s living house of bones.” But after the young man wreaks havoc on the old lady’s world, she delivers a swift and just punishment for his misdeeds.

If you’ve never seen Taika Waititi’s vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, you must watch it. Waititi and Jemaine Clement have teamed up with FX for a TV spin-off. It doesn’t retain the original cast, but still looks hilarious. Premieres 3/27/19.

This sultry, provocative short horror film directed by Husson has more than a little in common with Tony Scott’s cult classic The Hunger. The music, costumes and subject matter channel the style of the 1980s brilliantly.

(NSFW: Language) The Awesomer and Twilight go together like chocolate and anchovies, but then JoBlo had to go and make us watch this “tribute” to the awful teen vampire series. (Thanks Everyone!)

Enter now to win one of five copies of Roger Ma’s practical guide to taking down the (supposedly) immortal blood-suckers, and keep vampires out of your town for good. (Contest Ends 10/21/12.)

Roger Ma returns with the latest in his series of manuals for dispensing imaginary monsters using real-world weapons and tactics. You’ll also learn defense, but not how to avoid the Twilight movies.

Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and (big surprise) Helena Bonham Carter reunite for this darkly comedic reinterpretation of the classic gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. Out this May.

When the President’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, it fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Kate Beckinsale assumes the skintight mantle of Selene the vampire yet again. Awakening is set 12 years after the first two movies and sees both vampires and lycans hunted down by humans.

Based on the classic camp horror flick, Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) stumbles onto the secret that his neighbor Jerry (Colin Farrell) is a vampire, hell-bent on feasting on his friends and neighbors.

Any movie with vampires, guns, mutants, and fistfights on moving vehicles needs to go on our “ones to watch” list. Scott Stewart, the film’s creator, did effects for Sin City and Iron Man.

This remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One In creeps us out. It tells the tale of a troubled young boy who befriends a “special” young girl. From the same guy who directed Cloverfield.

Vampires are in vogue, so it was only a matter of time before Lost Boys would rise from the crypt. Corey Feldman is back, and the trailer is good for a few unintentional(?) laughs. R.I.P. Corey Haim.

No word on a U.S. release, but this kick-ass trailer for Suck doesn’t suck: the rock-and-roll vampire comedy stars Rob Stefaniuk with Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Malcolm McDowell.

From the author that wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter; his house (and a vampire) gets divided as he wages uncivil war in the trailer above.

Collected from the papers of “monstrologists”, Compendium Monstrum is a pocket-sized volume with “19th century” sketches, maps, and notes on vampires, werewolves, and zombies.