Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Not the thrill of immortality, not the hunt, not the gothic romance. What it offers instead is two ancient lovers, the crumbling cities they haunt, and the slow pleasure of their company.
Tag: Vampire Romance
The vampire romance trades on the oldest bargain in the genre: eternal love at a terrible price. This tag collects reviews of vampire romance in film and fiction, from gothic longing to modern paranormal love stories.
1980sThe Hunger (1983)
The film looks extraordinary. The Hunger earns its 6.5 the way a fashion shoot earns a magazine cover.
2000sThirst (2009)
Religious tragedy meets erotic horror, reviewed at Master of Worlds. Few directors would even attempt this combination.
2010sA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Ana Lily Amirpour's black-and-white Iranian vampire Western is the genre's most striking recent debut. The chador is the film's masterstroke of design.
2010sLet Me In (2010)
Matt Reeves remakes Let the Right One In with care and conviction. Let Me In earns its 8 by being the rarest of things, an American remake of a beloved foreign film that justifies its own existence.
1950sDracula (1958)
Hammer's 1958 Dracula made the vampire physical, sexual, and bloody. Christopher Lee plays Dracula, and the performance redefined the role.
1970sBlacula (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?
1970sThe Vampire Lovers (1970)
Ingrid Pitt raises Hammer's adaptation of Carmilla into a melancholy gothic. There is real sorrow in the performance.
1960sThe Brides of Dracula (1960)
Hammer built a gorgeous sequel without Christopher Lee, and it may be better than the original. Christopher Lee, in a contract dispute, sat this one out, and Hammer built a sequel around a different vampire entirely, a charming young aristocrat…
Book ReviewsTwilight
I will be straight: Twilight was not for me, in style or subject, and I rate it the floor of my scale. But that comes with an honest qualification, the book is beloved by millions and sells enormously, so the…
1990sBram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Coppola's 1992 maximalist Dracula. Oldman, Ryder, Hopkins, Reeves.
1990sInterview with the Vampire (1994)
Neil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation. Cruise as Lestat, Pitt as Louis.