





Grab your turtleneck, because the vampires are descending — onto your nearest screen. Some people might think you can only enjoy bloodsucker-based drama during spooky season. But we’re here to tell you that loving a good vampire movie or TV show is a year-round activity.
Whether you’re spending your days at the beach or picking pumpkins with your loved ones, it’s always a good time to whip yourself up into a fanged frenzy once night falls. And you’ve got options. From gothic dramas like Interview with the Vampire and Bram Stoker’s Dracula to animated fantasies à la the Castlevania universe, there’s a vampire tale you’re going to want to sink your teeth into. Keep reading to find out what to watch next to really get your blood pumping.





Welcome to the medieval fantasy of Castlevania. Spurned by the brutal execution of his wife Lisa (Emily Swallow), Dracula himself (Graham McTavish) unleashes horrors on the mortal world. Monster hunter Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage) — along with allies including Dracula’s son Alucard (James Callis) — stands between Dracula and his ultimate vengeance. Castlevania explores the fight to save humanity, along with the complicated dynamics of vampire society. Plus, you can claw your way even deeper into the Castlevania world with Castlevania: Nocturne.

Do you wish to live decadently? Operatically? Then Oscar–winning director Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Bram Stoker’s iconic horror novel is for you. Academy Award–winner Gary Oldman leads Dracula as the titular vampire, who can appear as a posh young dandy, a decrepit old man, or even a sultry green mist. However, this undead royal yearns for his long-lost love, Elisabeta (Winona Ryder), as much as a healthy spurt of O-negative.
Dracula’s centuries of supernatural longing pull him into the orbit of a young London school teacher named Mina (also played by Ryder) and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves). Co-starring Anthony Hopkins, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Tom Waits, Monica Bellucci, and many more, Dracula asks eternal questions about love, lust, duty, ancient desire, and who’s truly a monster, all while serving up sumptuous costume design and gory delights.

Interview with the Vampire is not only great vampire television. It is, simply, unforgettably, great television. The series, created by playwright Rolin Jones, spins a sumptuous and heart-wrenching take on Anne Rice’s 1976 novel of the same name (and the camp-tastic 1994 classic). Jacob Anderson leads this version as Louis de Pointe du Lac, a queer turn-of-the-century brothel owner who is made an immortal by the enchanting and volatile Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid). What follows is a saga of overwhelming romance, grief, betrayal, and bloodlust.
Season 2 of the drama has now stalked onto Netflix, continuing the tale of Louis and his vampire fledgling companion Claudia (Delainey Hayles, taking over the role from Bailey Bass). The duo find their way to 1940s Paris, on the hunt for answers about their supernatural genesis. But, in the City of Lights, they learn some secrets are better left in the dark.

Strapped for cash and with an important financial deadline looming, LA vampire hunter Bud Jablonski (Back in Action’s Jamie Foxx) is forced to team up with an unlikely ally: his local union rep Seth (Dave Franco). In J.J. Perry’s trippy adventure, not only does workplace politics get a strange new twist, so does the neck-biter genre as a whole. Add Snoop Dogg and Karla Souza into the mix, and you’re in for a bloody treat.

Tune into Legacies if you want your vampire tale to have a side of, well, everything else. The Vampire Diaries spin-off does have its fair share of fangs — along with a kitchen sink of other creatures that go bump in the night. For proof of Legacies’ supernatural inclusivity, just look at its protagonist, Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell), a vampire-werewolf-witch tribrid.

Not to spoil one of Mike Flanagan’s many Netflix horror masterpieces, but the Emmy-nominated Midnight Mass might just be the ideal series for vampire lovers looking for a new twist on the genre. Come for the chilling perspective on society’s relationship with religion — stay for some surprise bloodsucking behavior. And enjoy the mysteries of Crockett Island all the way through.

If you’re craving more vampire parties, check out Night Teeth, starring Debby Ryan. Ryan plays Blaire, one of two vampires using rookie chauffeur Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) — brother of vampire hunter Jay (Raúl Castillo) — as their driver as they make their way through an evening of bloody good fun.

Heroine Doina Radescu (Oulaya Amamra) is a vampire-human hybrid who desperately wants to be a normal teen in this 2020 French-language series. Doina’s strict mom, Martha (Suzanne Clément), thinks the only way her daughter will have that freedom is by popping pills that keep her vampiric cravings at bay. But is Martha right?

By the end of some shows and films, you might start to question whether vampires — despite their immense power and unquenchable thirst for plasma — are always the bad guys. Vampires vs. the Bronx makes things simple: They’re the villains. Period. Watch the YA movie when you’re in the mood for a family-friendly story of good triumphing over fanged evil.

Like Vampires vs. the Bronx, the 2016 series Van Helsing (inspired by the graphic novel series Helsing) will have you rooting for the vampire fighters — no questions asked. Vanessa Helsing (Kelly Overton) awakens after three years in a coma to learn vampires now rule a crumbling world. As a descendant of the famous monster hunter Abraham Van Helsing, Vanessa becomes the key to saving humanity.













































































