These are 10 of the best and most underrated vampire films, primarily falling within thehorrorgenre.

The most striking aspect of the film is its incredibly sad atmosphere.

Enhanced by its haunting score composed by prolific electronic bandTangerine Dream,Near Darkis an underrated vampire classic.

Song Kang-ho and Kim Ok-bin in Thirst

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Despite the dark and serious circumstances of their lives, the two form a sweet and sincere bond.

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Danny Huston as a vampire has dark eyes and is splattered with blood in 30 Days of Night.

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Bliss (2019) chronicles the intense journey of an artist in Los Angeles who grapples with a creative block. To overcome it, she delves into a tumultuous world fueled by excessive indulgence, triggering an uncontrollable and surreal transformation that blurs the line between reality and imagination.

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Catherine Deneuve as Miriam Blaylock and David Bowie as John Blaylock in ‘The Hunger’ (1983)

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Three people sitting on an old couch viewing TV and eating on trays in My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To

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Bill Paxton, Lance Henricksen, Jenette Goldstein, glaring into the camera in Near Dark.

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A man holds a needle and syringe and hides around a building corner at night in Martin.

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Kim Ok-bin and Song Kang-ho in Thirst. He is smelling her neck.

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Sheila Vand as The Girl, a young woman with fangs wearing a chador in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

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Lina Leandersson as Eli, a girl covered in blood in ‘Let the Right One In’

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