Vampire Movies

The indispensable pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.

When F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu to the screen in 1922, he ushered in the bloody reign of cinema¿s most venerable villain amp;mdash; the vampire. Nocturnal, fanged and insatiable for human blood, the vampire has infected the public consciousness like no other movie monster.

In this guide, Charles Bramesco goes vampire hunting across a century of cinema, stalking around lonely Transylvanian castles, dusty New York apartments and rain-soaked Washington woods to discover why the vampire has become cinema¿s most enduring villain.