For those who want to watch some frightful romance, check out these 5 best vampire love movies. The following films contain both bloodsucking scenes and love stories. The “Twilight” series has been excluded from the list in place of more adult-geared vampire films.
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“Underworld” Kate Beckinsale dons a skintight cat suit to play a sleek and sexy vampire warrior. When she meets and falls for a werewolf, warfare commences between the opposing supernatural creatures. Though it may sound like “Twilight,” this vampire love movie is inspired more by “Romeo and Juliet.”
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“Bram Stoker’s Dracula” Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Dracula has him terrorizing a town in pursuit of a woman who resembles his lost love. This more twisted vampire love movie contains both gore and Gothic romance.
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“Interview with the Vampire” Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise head a terrific cast of French aristocratic vampires who seek victims on a nightly basis. Although there isn’t one main love story in the film, several different relationships are presented throughout between the vampires, making this a good vampire love movie.
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“Let the Right One In” This Swedish vampire love movie has recently been remade into English. The original movie tells the story of a young, alienated boy who falls into the company of another fellow loner: a young girl who turns out to be a centuries old vampire.
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“The Hunger” This untraditional ‘70s vampire love movie stars David Bowie and Susan Sarandon as part of a vampire love triangle. An ancient female vampire attempts to hire a scientist to stop her lover from aging, but she ends up falling for the scientist as well.