Tales of vampires have been around for hundreds of years. Stories of the creatures and their current appeal originated over a century ago when Bram Stoker published his novel "Dracula" in 1897. The quintessential vampire tale! Victorians were drawn to Stoker's vampire tale of sex, death and violence much like viewers of today as seen in Bram Stocker’s Dracula of 1992. The perceived eroticism of vampires continues to appeal to many. Especially around All Hallows Eve.
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Romanticized vampire portrayals can be considered dark side dating. Anyone in the market for the newest supernatural coupling has tons of options to choose from at the Sinister Cinema website.
For devoted vampire stans, I have discovered the biggest most awesome list of all sorts of vampire movies on the Net. Take it from me, Sinistercinema.com is worth the binge. Here's the ‘big list’ with something for everyone; denoted where subtitled or where there's an R rating. Some with links and some without but they all air on the Sinistercinema.com website.
THE. BIG LIST
ATOM AGE VAMPIRE—Anamorphic Widescreen Edition (1960)
LAST MAN ON EARTH—Anamorphic Widescreen Edition (1964) Vincent Price
VAMPYR (1932) Subtitled in English
THE VAMPIRE BAT—SPECIAL EDITION (1933) Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas
CONDEMNED TO LIVE (1935)
DEAD MEN WALK (1943) George Zucco
MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE(1951, aka VAMPIRE OVER LONDON) Bela Lugosi
UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE (1959) Christopher Lee
LADY VAMPIRE—Anamorphic Widescreen (1959) Japanese Horror subtitled in English
THE VAMPIRE OF THE OPERA—Anamorphic Widescreen Edition (1964) Subtitled in English
THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS (1966)
DRACULA IN PAKISTAN (1967) subtitled in English
BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS (1967) Subtitled in English
FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968 aka MALENKA) Anita Eckberg
JONATHAN (1969) subtitled in English
GURU, THE MAD MONK (1970)
WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN (1970) Paul Naschy, Rated R
LAS VAMPIRAS—Anamorphic Widescreen (1971 aka VAMPIROS LESBOS) Soledad Miranda, Rated R
THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING (1971)
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS—Anamorphic Widescreen Edition (1971) Rated R
THE VELVET VAMPIRE (1971) Rated R
DAUGHTER OF DRACULA (1972) Rated R
ALABAMA’S GHOST (1973)
VAMPIRE'S NIGHT ORGY (1973) Rated R
HANNAH, QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRES—Widescreen Edition (1973) Andrew Prine
RITES, BLACK MAGIC, AND SECRET ORGIES—Widescreen Ed. (1973) Mickey Hargitay, Rated R
DRACULA AND SON—Widescreen Edition (1976) Christopher Lee
DORABELLA (1977) Jeremy Clyde
VAMPIRE HOOKERS—Widescreen Edition (1979) John Carradine, Rated R
NOSFERATU IN VENICE—Anamorphic Widescreen (1988) Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence, Rated R
COUNT DRACULA’S GREAT LOVE (1972)
Just so you know, Sinister Cinema has the best selection of obscure B-movies on home video/DVD in the world, including: Drive-In Double Features, Science Fiction, Horror, Sword and Sandal, Mystery-Suspense-Film Noir, Spy movies, Edgar Wallace Thrillers, Exploitation, Action Adventure, B-Westerns, Fantasy, Forgotten Horrors, Jungle movies, Juvenile Schlock, Poverty Row Studio collections, Silent Thrillers, Serials, Spaghetti Westerns, and of course, Movie Trailer collections. Streaming is available on their Amazon site and via Wal-Mart.com, Movie Zyng, Oldies.com, Best Buy, Deep Discount DVD, Barnes and Noble, Movies Unlimited and Critic's Choice.
In addition to their vast video library, Sinister Cinema’s sister company, Armchair Fiction, is dedicated to restoring and distributing classic ‘genre fiction’ from the past. Its fully-illustrated, ‘extra-large’ paperbacks bring back vintage science fiction, horror, and mystery from many of the great masters, all presented in the spirit of the classic Ace books releases of the 1950s and 1960s. Armchair Fiction currently has nearly 500 paperbacks available on their website and through Amazon.com. I saw that the Hardy Boys are back and reminded me of that series one Christmas from my Aunt Dorothy in Kansas. Lots of memories and lots of classics and some not-so-classics, in other words, something for everyone. Check out the site you will be glad you did. It’s the best place to find vampire movies and so much more. Everything you need for an awesome Halloween movie night, or any other movie night for that matter.
Author’s note: Couldn’t have written this piece without the input of Tina Janke, marketing maven at Mid-Town Marketing, who has been a close personal friend of Sinister Cinema founder and movie maven Greg Luce for decades.
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The classic Count Dracula - the ‘look’
Vampire by Edvard Munch 1895 - the ‘bite’
The Big List of Vampire Movies for Halloween - from Sinister Cinema
