Ryan Coogler's fresh and hitherto unexplored take on the vampire myth and inventive experiments with horror elements has given genre aficionados something to talk about. Let's take a list of horror films that ingeniously fused the familiar and unfamiliar.
A combination of the Western and horror genres, director Kathryn Bigelow injects the film with notable visual flair (thanks to Adam Greenberg, who shot 'The Terminator' and 'Terminator 2') and personality thanks to its principal actors.
Heavy on atmosphere and chills, 'Dead & Buried' is one of those horror stories that focus on a small town and its inhabitants gripped by gradually escalating terror. The final twist is haunting!
The critically acclaimed 1979 miniseries based on one of Stephen King's best horror novels delivers an epic contemporary story that evokes Bram Stoker's seminal work Dracula. This, too, has a terrifying vampire antagonist similar to the iconic Count.
Mike Flanagan's Netflix show should be mentioned alongside 'Salem's Lot' since the exceptional filmmaker has cited it as a key influence for the miniseries that, despite having a vampire show up at a crucial moment, never ever mentions that word.
Anyone who has seen 'Sinners' will know why this John Carpenter film was mentioned in this list. As in the Coogler film, there is a nerve-wracking moment in The Thing were all the characters have to undergo an "infection" test.
The first appearance of Count Dracula in a film, but known by a different name, Count Orlok, since director F.W. Murnau couldn't secure the rights to the original novel. An "unauthorised" adaptation, it's a silent film masterpiece.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog gave the Count Orlok character a fresh spin in his 1979 film, starring Klaus Kinski as the titular monster. As in the Murnau film, Herzog gives the Dracula story a fresh spin in this expertly performed German-language film.
This 1972 made-for-television film, with a vibe straight out of a pulp novel, combines the elements of a serial killer thriller with that of the vampire movie, with an atypical journalist "hero" investigating the case.