5 Underappreciated Vampire Movies

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Movie monsters come in all shapes and sizes, from the ancient horrors of the past to the speculative alien forces of the future. Some nightmarish figures seem to inhabit the mind, constantly growing and changing through new iterations and ideas. But, not every clever take on vampires gets its night in the moon.

The pop-cultural history of the vampire is an interesting cross-breed between historical superstition and groundbreaking fictional literature. When Bram Stoker blended the tale of Vlad III of Wallachia with the New England vampire panic to create Dracula, he could've never imagined the worlds of fiction he'd go on to inspire.

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In 2002, comic book writer Steve Niles, otherwise best known for his brief 2005 run on Batman, wrote a miniseries that cast vampires in a new light. Where most vampire stories of the time cast the creatures of the night as powerful aristocratic romantics, Niles depicted them as vicious vaguely humanoid wolves. Niles' comic became a sleeper hit and was swiftly picked up for adaptation. Sam Raimi was originally attached, but over the three-year adaptation process, the studio went in a different direction. Director David Slade and writer Brian Nelson, who previously teamed up on the spectacular Hard Candy, joined the project to great success. 30 Days of Night tells the tale of a small town in Alaska during their well-known polar night period. A pack of hungry vampires invades and the townspeople must struggle to survive. It's a clever horror/action film that doesn't reinvent the wheel but does exactly what it sets out to do with aplomb.

Make no mistake, the second film adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi's seminal novel series is an