Vampire Movies of the 1980s
Vampire films are immortal, elegant and hungry, from Nosferatu to the present. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include Fright Night, Lifeforce and The Lost Boys.
Fright Night (1985)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
See where it’s streamingLifeforce (1985)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
See where it’s streamingThe Lost Boys (1987)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
See where it’s streamingVampire Hunter D (1985)
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
See where it’s streamingNear Dark (1987)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
See where it’s streamingFright Night Part 2 (1988)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire.
See where it’s streamingThe Hunger (1983)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life.
See where it’s streamingThe Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
See where it’s streamingMr. Vampire (1985)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
In Republican China, the planned reburial of a village elder goes awry and the corpse resurrects into a hopping vampire, leading a Taoist priest and his two disciples to attempt to stop him, but not…
See where it’s streamingDragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally…
See where it’s streamingA Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population.
See where it’s streamingWaxwork (1988)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Wealthy slacker Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends, are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays eighteen of the most evil men of all time.
See where it’s streamingVampire's Kiss (1989)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.
See where it’s streamingVamp (1986)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
See where it’s streamingNightmare City (1980)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
A reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from the hordes of bloodthirsty, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity as military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless…
See where it’s streamingOnce Bitten (1985)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to…
See where it’s streamingMy Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.
See where it’s streamingNot of This Earth (1988)
Rated 4.8 on TMDB
An alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet.
See where it’s streamingThe Midnight Hour (1985)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night.
See where it’s streamingThe Living Dead Girl (1982)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
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