STAKE LAND
If Terrence Malick directed I AM LEGEND the results would probably play a lot like Jim Mickle’s STAKE LAND, a terrific apocalyptic horror fest, and one of the standout films of 2011
SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES
An unauthorized take on DRACULA, SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES isn’t very good, but has amassed a following due, I’m assuming, to the fact that it’s so old
O ANJO DA NOITE (THE ANGEL OF THE NIGHT)
Brilliantly atmospheric horror from Brazil that prefigures, and very nearly matches, HALLOWEEN and WHEN A STRANGER CALLS in its depiction of a young woman receiving strange phone calls while looking after two children in a secluded mansion
JONATHAN
A most unique German made take on DRACULA that twists the material into a metaphor for the Nazi era. Stylish and audacious this film is, but it’s also obnoxiously pretentious
JESUS CHRIST, VAMPIRE HUNTER
This no-budgeter from 2001 shows how far a completely outrageous premise can take a film
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
This film’s constantly mutating storyline, increasingly eerie atmosphere and graphic violence make for a true rarity: a unique take on a hidebound genre
THE LOST BOYS
An almost-good movie that suffers from an excess of eighties trendiness
THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
Roman Polanski’s 1967 vampire comedy is not one of his better films, being a lugubrious affair that’s never particularly funny or terribly scary
LIFEFORCE
A product of the notorious Cannon Group directed by the late Tobe Hooper, and quite possibly the most sheerly ridiculous of all Hooper’s films
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
A really, really good Swedish import that breathes new life into the vampire movie