BATter Up: Vampire Content To Sink Your Teeth Into

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping vampire content into the ol’ VCR. 

Vampires are one of my favorite creatures within the horrorverse. They’re portrayed as everything from scary to funny to sexy and back again. I also read all of the Twilight books as a teenager, thank you for asking. But I digress. 

In honor of the new season of What We Do In The Shadows starting up this week, I want to throw out some of my favorite pieces of vampire content. The interpretation of vampires varies throughout these movies and series, but at the end of the day, they’re all still a bloody good time. 

Movies

What We Do In The Shadows (2014): This is Spinal Tap but with fangs. (VOD)

Dracula (1932): Sometimes, you have to go above and beyond for a good commission. (VOD)

Only Lovers Left Alive: Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston being hot for over two hours. (VOD)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992): RIP Luke Perry. (HBO Max) 

The Lost Boys: This is only a blog, Michael. (VOD) 

WERK. 

Byzantium: I don’t have a bit for this one; I just think this movie is criminally underrated. (Pluto TV, Tubi) 

From Dusk Till Dawn: From vampires to cannibalism, Juliette Lewis has really been through it. (HBO Max)  

Let The Right One In: My Girl but if Macaulay Culkin was stung by bees and then became a vampire. (Pluto TV and Tubi) 

Afflicted: All friendships go through rough patches. (Showtime/Paramount+) 

Fright Night (1985): Fright Night walked so that Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire could run. (Tubi) 

Mom’s Got a Date with A Vampire: “Mr. Sheffield!” – said like Fran Drescher (Disney+) 

When someone says you should smile more. 

Series

What We Do In The Shadows (2019 – present): Jackie Daytona approves this message. (Hulu)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003): High school can be hell[mouth].  (Hulu) 

Salem’s Lot (1979):  Don’t worry, Eminem. It doesn’t seem like anyone will be growing old in Salem’s Lot. (VOD) 

Me, lying in bed listening to my alarm and contemplating my entire existence. 

Honorable mention

Renfield: I just want to hug Renfield in his little, colorful sweaters and tell him everything’s going to be okay. (VOD) 

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