Great list, but a quick FYI:

In Blade, Kris Kristofferson's character was named Whistler, not Wheeler.

Decent list, sir.

Slightly off topic- mighty fuck, Selma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn... I just... holy crap. So. Damn. Hot. How did Quentin Tarantino even survive filming that lap dance scene with her? Just watching that scene in the movie shoots every single bodily fluid imaginable into my nether regions.

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That could be a genetic problem of some kind that I suffer from... probably should see a doctor...

Great list, liked everything but "Let the right one in". Way to Fanfictionesque for my liking, made me feel like i had a blue dot on my house by the end of it.

LegendofMatt- Bah, Let the Right One In is fantastic.

...Cheech Marin..."If you can find cheeper pussy, Fuck it!"
I love that whole scene in Dusk 'til Dawn.

Let the Right One In is a great movie...I'm not sure if it falls under the banner of "Least Wussy Vampire Movies Ever" though...If I can't imagine a Motley Crue song playing in the background of the trailer, I must question said movie's badassery.

KillerTilapia: The end scene at the pool, at least, is definitely not wussy. But I guess I can see where your doubt comes from. (Personally, I thought it was great.)

Both my sisters-in-law are Twi-tards at least one of my friends is, and I just discovered several coworkers are, too...while I like a sexy vampire, he has to actually be, you know, a real man, and there has to be bad-assery. Spare me the sparkly Mormon vampires, I can't takes no more!!

Not really a Vampire movie per se, but what about
Monster Squad? Sure i guess it was geared more as a light horror movie for kids and it had more monsters than just a Vampire, but Dracula is a stone pimp in this one. He robs a cargo plane in mid flight carrying Frankenstein's monster, resurrects him with friggin lightning bolts striking his cane, and and grabs the main character's kid sister by the throat and calls her a bitch! Guy's a Fuckin PIMP!!!

No Christopher Lee! What the bloody Hell?!

What about John Carpenter's Vampires? I don't even really like vampire movies and I watched that one over and over just to see James Woods act like a bad ass. His whole "church sanctified" squad gets wiped out right after clearing out a vampire nest and partying with church-funded beer drugs and hookers.......need I say more?

As scary as Count Orlof in Nosferatu looked, he dies in a pretty pussy way, being to dumb to check his watch

Salma Hayek is teh sex. I think we all know Tarantino wrote that scene in purely for his own enjoyement.

I still haven't seen Let The Right One In, but it sounds great.

The most appropriate ad possible, to the right of the article:
"Now come eat the rich and famous"
Awesome.

great choices though ca not belive lost boys was not worthy of being in the top five. as for Nosfaratue its the only vampire film to have the estate of Bram stocker file a cease and desist order on. and martin that film is so creepy not to mention a little wrong how the character boasts about getting the blood.

Let the Right One In. Damn that's and awesome movie.

Nice list, especially including Near Dark and Fright Night.

Would have been nice to see the underrated Vamp might the list too, but still, good choices.

Good list, but sadly omitting Cronos.

Props for giving Nosferatu the ace.

Where the hell is John Carpenters 'Vampires'? That was one of the best vamp films ever done...

Pretty good list, and there could really be no other choice for #1. Still easily the greatest vampire film ever made.

Gotta grumble about the lack of Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, though. Christopher Lee is damn near the most ass-kicking vampire there ever was, and Bela could fuck up that little wormy Twilight punk simply with the use of his awesome accent.

John Carpenters 'Vampires' should have been on the list. James Woods is the most awesome actor ever.

I still remember watching From Dusk Till Dawn for the first time. Enjoying the whole bank robbers on the run from the law ride and then all hell breaking loose when Hayek transforms into that snake vamp.

Shit hit the fan and one of my favourite movies was born.

Shadow Of The Vampire definitely should've had it's own entry, but kudos for at least mentioning in league with Nosferatu, which is a thouroughly deserving #1.

And where was Buffy the Vampire Slayer---

How can you call Paul Reubens wussy--um --- Well it at least has Donald Sutherland..

30 Days of Night sucked and blew at the same time. Drop that, add Monster Squad and you have pretty much a perfect list.

Loved Let the Right One In.

What about Shadow of the Vampire? an awesome fiklm not mentioned here Willam Defoe playing Max Schrek making Nosferatu, an incredible cast including John Malkovitch, and Carry Elwis, it would be on my top ten before the many on this list.

Awesome list, but I got to say that while "Interview with the Vampire" is obviously in the "romantic-vamp" genre, it's still pretty damn bad-ass. The way Lestat and Armand fuck with their victims and Louie is priceless.

I can't believe another person has seen "Martin"! No one knows that film, except Romero geeks based in Pittsburgh! I actually had the lead actor, John Amplas, as a professor in college. Surreal.

By the way, if their are other fans out there of "Martin" and the idead of a psychological thriller of a vampire film, be sure to keep an eye out for a film called "Something Animal" that is in the same vein. You can find more out at www.somethinganimal.com

If you thought "Let The Right One In" was bad-ass, it is watered down compared to the book. Probably one of the more disturbing books I've read.
But, it is still one of my favorite vamp movies and glad to see it and "Near Dark" on the list. If sub-titles scare you, the English dubbing is actually better than the subtitles for once. The subtitles lose a lot of the sarcasm and subtlety of the original lines.

I think all teenage girls should be tied to chairs and forced to watch From Dusk Til Dawn at least 10 times. They need to see vampires for what they really are...ruthless bloodsuckers!

Awesome list. I agree almost 100%. Rather than criticize where I don't disagree; however, I would like to point out that Cheech had not just one. Not two. But three cameos in From Dusk til Dawn. Border patrol guard, the more memorable bar shill/vampire asshole and Carlos, the guy the Geckos were meeting in Mexico at the end.

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Carlos: So, what, were they psychos, or...
Seth: Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!

They also do not sparkle.

Pretty good list, Near Dark, Fright Night, and Blade definitely rocked, but I'd like to add to the list, two of my favs...
...1972's Blacula, and 1973's Scream Blacula Scream.

Nice to see Blade is in there. Haven't seen any of the other movies on this list but knowing Blade is in the last makes it a good list by me.

"This is a pussy blow out... we got Naugahyde pussy, horse pussy, chicken pussy... If we don't got it, you don't want it! C'mon in, pussy lovers!"

Oh Cheech...

John Carpenter's Vampires needs to be on this list. I mean, seriously, 90% of that movie is quote-worthy.

Boo, Topless Robot. Boo.

John Carpenter's Vampires needs to be on this list. I mean, seriously, 90% of that movie is quote-worthy.

Boo, Topless Robot. Boo.

Where's Gary Oldman?

Except for Salma Hayek, From Dusk Til Dawn was pure and utter crap. It was a great, giant vat of steamy, runny, diarrhetic dinosaur dung!

I am glad that Salem's Lot made the list (the original, not the crappy remake that's supposedly truer to Stephen King's novel) It's often overlooked but I think its one of the best vampire movies made, simple because there's nothing romantic or superhero-y about these vampires.

I remember this scene in blade: Snipes is walking down the street and Stephen Dorff shows up in broad daylight. "What the fuck?" says Blade, "I've got some special sunscreeen thing or whatever", replies Frost. Way to go for nulifying the whole purpose of being the daywalker, David S. Goyer.

@Galvatrion: Mentioning that Salma Hayek scene is never off topic.

I nominate Bloodrayne(1) for your upcoming "10 Funniest Vampire Movies" post.

Why isn't Dreyer's "Vampyr" on this list?

Carpenter's Vampires is a personal favorite, and it almost made the list -- I actually went back and forth on it a couple of times before finally leaving it off. But if I made a top 15 last wussy vampire movie list? It would be on for sure.

Glad to see most of you dig the list.

The first half of Vampire$ was awesome - good to see James Woods kicking ass - the second half? Meh...

Thank you for including the original Blade and not the sequel. I loved the first Blade. It came out when I was 13, and was the first hardcore vampire movie I had ever seen. I had never seen a depiction of vampires as regular looking people, able to blend right into human society and ensnare people that way. That aspect was truly chilling, and to me, could be scarier than someone wearing a bunch of monster makeup. But I can't deny having committed the nerd crime of teenage girl attraction to hot vampires. It's in our genes or something. Forget Edward Cullen, it was all about Deacon Frost for me. Spike, too.

Rob, don't be too hard on Blade III, just look at it like I do, Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool Audition Tape.

Bryant, I love Martin, a odd understated masterpiece.

Near Dark, the film that launched my unhealthy obsession with pale skinned women, anyone know what happened to Jenny Wright, she was hot as hell in that film.

I sadly work in office with a few Twilight heads, makes me want to puke sometimes.

Shadow of the Vampire is criminally underrated.

let the right one in was a great movie, i loved it, but i don't think it's the best choice for this category. my stupid annoying opinion is it should be replaced with "the hamiltons"

I actually find Shadow of the Vampire to be overrated. While the performances are great, I think E. Elias Merhige's direction kind of ruins it. He doesn't seem to know whether he wants to make a horror film or a comedy, and the tone shifts awkwardly throughout. He also seems to have an aversion to establishing shots, and I found myself confused during several scenes as to where characters were supposed to be in relation to each other. (A great example of both the tone and editing issues is the scene where Schreck talks to the two crew members at the fire.) Plus there's the fact that Merhige is just a pretentious twat. As proof, I submit Begotten.

Oh, and one last thing. Greta discovers her costar is a vampire when she doesn't see his reflection in the mirror. If you go back to the original Nosferatu to watch the particular scene they were supposed to be shooting at that point, you can clearly see Orlock's reflection in the mirror. I understand that there are far more ways to demonstrate that Shadow of the Vampire is fictional, but they could have at least made the effort to keep continuity with the original film.

Okay, I was wrong. This is the last thing I have to say about Shadow of the Vampire. I also felt that it just kind of awkwardly lurched from scene to scene without providing enough connective material to make it feel like an actual narrative. It just felt to me like an episodic collection of sequences.

From Dusk Til Dawn should be higher than 30 Days of Night..and wheres Coppolas "Dracula"? i used to dig that movie

This list needs at least one of Hammer's vampire movies.

What no Blood last vamp? O_o? Hum....

I'm so lucky that both my past Girlfriends hated Twilight. I have like a "Twi-Hating" magnet.

@Taiya001 said:

What no Blood last vamp? O_o? Hum....

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seriosly HOW friggin dare you even bring that crap up, we all know the Live BLOOD film sucked ass ....
and imagine my suprise when the story was butt-raped to death, adding the token whitegirl to counterbalance the sexy calm of blood.
(she was dumb as shit , and i wanted to see her in have her first anal expirence , *if you have seen those pornos THE EXPRESSION of first contact is EPIC*)

unless you actually mean the anime *DONT WASTE YOUR TIME DL or BUYING BLOOD: live action; pure garbage , of schumacher proportions*
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when i think of kick ass vamp flix and awesome charismatic badboy vamps its a no contest .

Gary from ( Keanu's Dracula)

Keifer ( sexy and seductive in Lost Boys)

Michael ( cant remember his real name , from Lost boys)

Spike +Drucilla + Darla ( buffy and angel fame)

anyway thats my list ^__^

because NOT ONE OF THOSE SEXY BASTARDS sparkled , and KEIFER SUTHERLAND WILL KILL THAT PUSSYSHIT wanna-be in a heartbeat (yeah ANY EFFIN TWILIGHT VAMP ,end of 4kin Story)

and EMO is not what it was back in the friggin Day , it did NOT BECOME all whiney it was actually good hard rock music , not some lil virgin who would rather have his girlfriend screw him up his pooper .

I Love both Murnau's & Herzog's Nosferatu. Fantastic films with very scary, non emo & non neutered vampires. I heartily recommend them. Specially Herzog movie, a rare GOOD remake that is both an homage to Murnau's original & modern update. Plus it has the always menacing Klaus Kinsky as das vampir, a beautifully pale Isabella Adjani, a young Bruno Ganz (a.k.a the Hitler from "The Downfall" & the hilarious "Hitler reacts" meme). And the creepiest opening credits ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxE4yITfRLo

Planet Terror the second part of Grindhouse is the best zombie movie...FACT

Don't let the homosexual undertones (overtones?) allow you to overlook the not-wussyness that is "Interview with the Vampire"

THIRST!!!!
belongs on this list

Let The Right One In wasnt full of blood, gore, action, explosions, etc..., but i went alway of the crappy hollywood vampire, and put a story that was pure amazing

I find Love at First Bite and Blacula strangely omitted.

Oh, wait...am I doing it wrong?

No "Interview With a Vampire"? WTF?!?!?!?!

Nice list, cool post.

I think Carpenter's Vampires shoulda' been on here as well. The vampire on it was hella' scary, and James Woods is bad-ass-personified.

30 Days of Night...really??? And ahead of Near Dark?!?!?!

If there isn't fanfic of Nosferatu getting it on with the Master from Buffy (who, you know, is basically a late 90s Max Schrek anyway), there soon will be.

Where's Nochnoy Dozor (Night Watch)? That's gotta be the best vampire movie of all time. . .

And, 30 days of night? Sucked. From dusk til dawn? Was great UP UNTIL THE VAMPIRES (with the exception of Selma of course). Hell, where the hell is John Carpenter's Vampires, Interview with the Vampire, or Queen of the Damned? Those were pretty bad ass. I'd have rather seen "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" on here than 30 days of night.

It may be an anime, but I think Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is pretty badass.

30 Days of Night was complete laughable bullshit. There was nothing at all cool about it. It went from cliche to cliche to "HERES A LITTLE GIRL WITH SHARP TEETH IN A CONVENIENCE STORE LOL"

As a nerd girl, I'd suggest no girlfriend at all is better than a girlfriend that digs fucking 'Twilight'.

I have to say that John Carpenter's Vampires should have a place in this list. I love that movie cause it is ruthless, bloody and has awesome dialog.

I would add to the list "The Hunger". Just the opening sequence with Bauhaus "Bela Lugosis dead" playing while David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve are eating humans its worth to be on the list. Besides it has sexy bloody lez scenes with Deneuve and Susan Sarandon, and great makeup effects by Dick Smith. Great vampire movie i think.

I saw part of the hunger as a child. I haven't watched it since... I walked out and had nightmares for months. It was one of two events that led to a childhood fear of vampires (my mother was away a lot and if I didn't see her during daylight I was terrified when she came in to my room after dark to say goodnight just in case she had turned). That fear turned into an obsession for many years, and now I am more of a zombie person, but it does speak to the sheer power of the Hunger as a movie.
Also, my GF tends to rate the quality of a movie by the body count and level of brutality per death. I am a lucky, lucky man.

The Hunger would've been a good addition to this list. Miriam was a selfish bloodthirsty monster wrapped in a thin veneer of NY chic. Also the Subspecies films were deliciously vicious. Radu with his chronic drooling, blood caked talons and creepy raspy voice would prolly enjoy a few Cullens for breakfast.

Some of these movies were awesome. Nice list man thanks!

come on guys... how could you NOT list "30 days of night"?

Not having either Bela or Lee's Dracula is as bad as leaving Brainiac off your angry robot list (I mean really, a Doom bot over Brainiac, really?).

From Dusk Till Dawn was a f'cking bad movie. As Stone Cold Steve Austin put it, it had the worst turn ever (a turn is when a good person or bad person changes, something comic books should do more of). George Clooney was great in the beginning, Cheech Martin was funny, and Salma Hayek is, well, Salma was the only reason I actually went to see the movie.

Seriously, isn't she the most beautiful woman that ever lived? She had a unibrow in Frida and she was still hot. But, during the Desperado/From Dusk years, she was Goddess level. Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman was nowhere near as hot as Salma Hayek was. And, Lynda Carter was fucking hot!

How was Hayek not in more movies during that time frame?

Night Flier. Lots of blood, a Cessna 337 and more blood.

I'm sorry, but Murnau's Nosferatu will not give you the Willies. I have seen it twice, once when I was seven, and then again a few weeks ago. From canvas bags that spontaneously disappear, to Hutter being Overjoyed that he's traveling to the country of Thieves and Ghosts (that seems to be lacking in both thieves AND ghosts), the movie is downright ridiculous.

Lost Boys is very underrated. Great vampire movie

@ luxury

dude that is EPIC FAIL . you really need to say your'e sorry for calling LB an underated .
cus thats like saying you watched GIJOE because its plot made sense . (and it didnt , only reason it kicked ass was for TECH)

booger

Have you seen a movie called Nadja? I thought it was one of the best modern takes on Vampires in cinema, check it out if you can.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110620/

Here's another vote for keeping Let The Right One In on the list. I have not read the book, but the movie version is not the wussy Twilight romance that some people compare it to. And it's not because of the violence.

The movie twists lonely boy dreams of a protective girlfriend with super powers into a cycle of traps. It takes on the pedophilia that nerds are quick to point out in other franchises and does so in a disturbing manner rather than making jokes about it.

(I ranted about this on my blog in May, but it contains spoilers. If anyone is interested, click my name.)

Blade 2 is my most re-watched movie of all time ( about 30 times or more ).
I need to watch 30 days of Night.

I was getting more and more annoyed and thought this was one of the worst lists ever. The list seemed really stupid. Then I realized it was "least wussy" and not "most wussy". Pretty big difference, and I dropped the ball on that one. 30 Days of Night had to be in the top 5 shittiest movies I ever saw in theaters but it fits the category,

Fuck, yeah! Nosferatu is motherfucking NUMBER ONE.

I wish more people could see the Kino Ultimate Edition of Nosferatu. It's cleaned up, has the proper score (all the rip-off versions don't have anything close to the proper music) and has all the right tinted lens effects. It's beautiful and haunting. I'm glad I sprung for it, myself.

Nosferatu ain't pretty. He doesn't sparkle. Where he goes, a plague follows. He's a MONSTER, as a vampire should be.

man...best list yet

30 Days of night sucked, how could you have a vampire list without Dracula!

word. 30days blew- especially when you consider the source material.

Where's Steven Seagal in 'Against the Dark'?

GINGER SNAPS

Taste the Blood of Dracula... Christopher Lee gave me SERIOUS nightmares as a kid, but I still stayed up to watch those films!!Those nasty bloodshot eyes, yowser!!!! He was a scary mofo!

WTF! What about 'The Hunger'

Good effort, but I think this list is more accurate and funnier:

http://www.clattoverata.com/2009/11/24/15-vampire-movies-that-wont-make-you-gay/

I really appreciate that you included Let the right one in. Being a Swede I, seriously speaking, feel honored by you including that movie. I will also have to agree about the Hollywood remake; it will definitely not be pictured as well as the original film.

Last note: If you haven't seen it, do it!