So you're looking for a full list of vampire movies, are you? And you don't want to mess around with the likes of Twilight and their ilk? Well, you've come to the right place! While German expressionism might have given us masterpieces like Nosferatu, and the 30s brought us classics like Dracula, the 1980s served as an excellent decade for Vampire films as well. From Fright Night to Near Dark, the 80s produced an eclectic selection of Vampire flicks, many of which remain the best the sub-genre has to offer. Check out the list below for a comprehensive look at vampire movies from 1980-1989!
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) - Sammo Hung
- Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980) - Akinori Nagaoka
- The Monster Club (1981) Roy Ward Baker
- The Living Dead Girl (1982) - Jean Rollin
- Ferat Vampire (1982) - Juraj Herzv
- I, Desire (1982) - John Llewellyn Moxey
- The Hunger (1983) - Tony Scott
- Fright Night (1985) - Tom Holland
- Lifeforce (1985) - Tobe Hooper
- Vampire Hunter D (1985) - Toyoo Ashida
- Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) - Rudy De Luca
- Once Bitten (1985) - Howard Storm
- Mr. Vampire (1985) - Ricky Lau
- Vampires in Havana (1985) - Juan Padron
- A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1985) - Mark Pirro
- Noe helt annet (1985) - Morten Kolstad
- Vamp (1986) - Richard Wenk
- Kung Fu Vampire Buster (1986) - Billy Chan
- Demon Queen (1986) - Donald Farmer
- Mr. Vampire II (1986) - Ricky Lau
- The Close Encounters of Vampire (1986) - Woo-ping Yuen
- The Lost Boys (1987) - Joel Schumacher
- The Monster Squad (1987) - Fred Dekker
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987) - Jimmy Huston
- Central Park Drifter aka Graveyard Shift (1987) - Jerry Ciccoritti
- Near Dark (1987) - Katherine Bigalow
- Mr. Vampire 3 (1987) - Ricky Lau
- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) - Larry Cohen
- Adventures of Electric Rod Boy (1987) - Shinya Tsukamoto
- Dinner with a Vampire (1987) - Lamberto Bava
- Outback Vampires (1987) - Colin Eggleston
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987) - Alan Clarke
- I Married a Vampire (1987) - Jay Raskin
- Waxwork (1988) - Anthony Hickox
- Vampire's Kiss (1988) - Robert Bierman
- Dracula: To Die For (1988) - Deran Sarafian
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988) - Ken Russell
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988) - Tommy Lee Wallace
- Vampire in Venice (1988) - Augusto Caminito
- Veerana: Vengeance of the Vampire (1988) - Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
- Robo Vampire (1988) - Godfrey Ho
- Vampire at Midnight (1988) - Gregory McClatchy
- Dracula's Widow (1988) - Christopher Coppola
- Nick Knight (1989) - Farhad Mann
- Dance of the Damned (1989) - Katt Shea
- Beverly Hills Vamp (1989) - Fred Olen Ray
- Vampire vs. Vampire (1989) - Ching-Ying Lam
- Transylvania Twist (1989) - Jim Wynorski