In Honor of Abigail, Here Are Our Top Five Vampire Films

On the April 18, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about some of their favorite vampire movies.

Opening Banter: Abigail is coming out tomorrow, and the trailers have made it very clear that it’s a film about vampires.

In the Our Feature Presentation:

• Is the subgenre of vampire films one that speaks to you personally?
• What do you think is so attractive about this subgenre that causes Hollywood to keep coming back to it?

Chris’s Top 5

• King of New York (I’m cheating here)
• Shadow of the Vampire
• Near Dark
• Interview with the Vampire
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula 

Ben’s Top 5

• 30 Days of Night/Fright Night
• Doctor Sleep
• What We Do in the Shadows
• From Dusk Till Dawn
• Let The Right One In

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