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Bloodlines: A Century of Vampires

A run from Murnau's and Dreyer's silent shadows to Coogler's juke joint, best watched near each other to see how each era and country remakes the same hunger: as gothic romance, teen comedy, Western, arthouse loneliness, or a fight for survival in the Delta.

A crowd-pleasing spine of multiplex favourites and cult hits (Blade, The Lost Boys, What We Do in the Shadows), with film-school canon and slower arthouse picks for the curious; it's mostly easy fun, with Vampyr and Thirst the only real demands on patience or stomach.

• Nosferatu (1922)
• Vampyr (1932)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• Nosferatu (2024)
• Fright Night (1985)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• Near Dark (1987)
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
• Blade (1998)
• Cronos (1993)
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Thirst (2009)
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
• What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
• Sinners (2025)