THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI

Often cited as the world’s first true horror film, this German classic from 1920 has taken on near-legendary status among cultists, and retains a loopy aura that has yet to be matched

WOHI BHAYANAK RAAT

This film differs from other bad horror movies in that it’s a Bollywood horror movie. This means many large-scale musical numbers, much over the top melodrama, a two-and-a-half hour running time and a painfully low budget

MY SOUL IS SLASHED

The Japanese video market of the 1990s produced some pretty amazing films, among them this highly audacious take on vampires, an exhausted subject this film treats with considerable freshness and ingenuity

THE MONSTER SQUAD

1987 action-horror aimed at a kid audience. My verdict: it’s fun, especially if you’re an eighties movie maven like me.

VEERANA

More Bollywood lunacy from the wonderful Ramsay Brothers. VEERANA is actually one of the Ramsay’s more accomplished efforts, a colorful and energetic swirl of vampire movie madness

THE VAMPIRE IS ALIVE

More trash from Thomas Tang’s notorious Filmark International. THE VAMPIRE IS ALIVE contains much of the same disjointed, rapid-fire insanity of Tang’s ROBO VAMPIRE, his best-known work

VAMPIRE’S KISS

Here it is, the most out of control Nicolas Cage performance ever! As for the movie, it’s a seriously odd satire with Cage as an asshole businessman who may or may not be a vampire

VAMP

VAMP, from 1986, is a sexy vampire comedy that predated similarly themed films like THE LOST BOYS and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

BYZANTIUM

A vampire drama from INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE director Neil Jordon, who delivers a sleek and erotic Irish-centric film