Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
June 6, 2026
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)
June 6, 2026
The film looks extraordinary. The Hunger earns its 6.5 the way a fashion shoot earns a magazine cover.
2000sThirst (2009)
June 6, 2026
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)
June 6, 2026
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)
June 6, 2026
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)
June 6, 2026
Hammer's 1958 Dracula made the vampire physical, sexual, and bloody. Christopher Lee plays Dracula, and the performance redefined the role.
1970sBlacula (1972)
June 6, 2026
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)
June 6, 2026
Ingrid Pitt raises Hammer's adaptation of Carmilla into a melancholy gothic. There is real sorrow in the performance.
1960sThe Brides of Dracula (1960)
June 6, 2026
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…
1990sBram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
May 19, 2026
Coppola's 1992 maximalist Dracula. Oldman, Ryder, Hopkins, Reeves.
1990sInterview with the Vampire (1994)
May 19, 2026
Neil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation. Cruise as Lestat, Pitt as Louis.