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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) film poster

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Werner Herzog remakes Murnau as a tragedy, and Klaus Kinski's Dracula is the genre's saddest monster. The vampire here is not merely frightening.

Blacula (1972) film poster

Blacula (1972)

William Marshall plays a tragic vampire prince with Shakespearean dignity in this landmark Black-led horror film. Is Blacula as silly as its title?

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) film poster

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)

Count Yorga dropped an old-world vampire into 1970 Los Angeles and got there before the rest of the genre. The film also bears the marks of its origins.

Blood for Dracula (1974) film poster

Blood for Dracula (1974)

Paul Morrissey reimagines Dracula as a dying aristocrat starving for virgin blood in a changed world. The film's central joke is also its central tragedy.

Salem's Lot (1979) film poster

Salem’s Lot (1979)

Tobe Hooper made one of the finest TV horror productions ever, with a silent Nosferatu-style vampire and unforgettable scares. Salem's Lot earns its 7.5 as one of the finest pieces of television horror ever made and proof that the right…

The Vampire Lovers (1970) film poster

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Ingrid Pitt raises Hammer's adaptation of Carmilla into a melancholy gothic. There is real sorrow in the performance.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) film poster

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Tobe Hooper's 1974 verite slasher. Leatherface, sledgehammer dinner, fifteen-thousand-dollar budget.

Halloween (1978) film poster

Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter's 1978 slasher template. Michael Myers in mask, Jamie Lee Curtis debut.

The Exorcist (1973) film poster

The Exorcist (1973)

William Friedkin's 1973 demonic possession drama. Linda Blair as Regan, Max von Sydow as Father Merrin.

Don't Look Now (1973) film poster

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Nicolas Roeg's 1973 Venice grief drama. Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie.

Carrie (1976) film poster

Carrie (1976)

Brian De Palma's 1976 King adaptation. Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta supporting.

Black Christmas (1974) film poster

Black Christmas (1974)

A sorority house is terrorized by an unseen caller during Christmas break, in the proto-slasher that preceded Halloween by four years. Black Christmas is Bob Clark's 1974 Canadian horror film depicting a sorority house during Christmas break terrorized by an…