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Ubisoft had already confirmed Star Wars: Outlaws as one of the games that will be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2, but today we learned the space adventure won’t be a launch title when the new Nintendo handheld is released on June 5, instead arriving a few months later on September 4.

If you missed it on PS5, XBox and PC, Star Wars Outlaws is set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and follows Kay Vess, a small time criminal who finds herself with a death mark from a cartel against her name. Our reviewer gave it a 7, saying it was “a fun intergalactic heist adventure with great exploration, but it’s hindered by simple stealth, repetitive combat, and a few too many bugs at launch.”

Ubisoft didn’t have many details to share beyond reiterating that the title would be available on Nintendo Switch 2 and confirming when, but at least we can update the Switch 2 Games List. With American and Canadian gamers locked in pre-order limbo as Nintendo assesses the impact of the new tariffs introduced by the Republican administration, any news on Nintendo Switch 2 games getting released is a welcome distraction.

The news was announced during a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Japan today, where Ubisoft also gave fans a look at the second story pack headed to Star Wars: Outlaws, titled A Pirate’s Fortune. The add on will see Kay joining allying with Hondo Ohnaka to take on Stinger Tash, leader of the Rokana Raiders. Star Wars: Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune will be released on May 15.

Rachel Weber is the Senior Editorial Director of Games at IGN and an elder millennial. She’s been a professional nerd since 2006 when she got her start on Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror movies, horror games, and French Bulldogs. Those extra wrinkles on her face are thanks to going time blind and staying up too late finishing every sidequest in RPGs like Fallout and Witcher 3.

Lucasfilm has officially announced Star Wars: Starfighter, a brand-new film directed by Shawn Levy that stars Ryan Gosling and will be released in theaters on May 28, 2027. Oh, and it takes place five years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The news was revealed at Star Wars Celebration and it was confirmed that production on the film will begin this fall.

Star Wars: Starfighter will be part of the new wave of Star Wars films alongside The Mandalorian & Grogu and movies from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold, Taika Waititi, and a trilogy from Simon Kinberg.

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Star Wars Celebration is taking place in Japan this year, and IGN is attending all the exciting panels! Follow along below for live updates from The Mandalorian & Grogu panel:

Ahsoka Season 2 Filming Begins Soon

The Lucasfilm panel kicked off with the company’s president Kathleen Kennedy and chief creative officer Dave Filoni taking the stage alongside the iconic droids C-3P0 and R2-D2. Filoni told the crowd that they’ll start shooting Ahsoka Season 2 as soon as he gets off the plane from Celebration.

Kennedy and Filoni also confirmed that Star Wars films by James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Taika Waititi and a new trilogy by Simon Kinberg remain in ongoing development.

Star Wars: Starfighter Announced, Ryan Gosling to Star

Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy then took the stage to announce that his Star Wars film begins shooting this fall. The director said it’s a standalone adventure film that takes a few years after Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

Levy also said most of the rumors about the film swirling around online are very inaccurate but that one is true: Ryan Gosling stars in the movie. The Fall Guy star then took the stage to surprise the fans in the audience.

Gosling recalled how his mom sent him an old photo of his childhood Star Wars bedsheets when he landed the role.

The Levy-Gosling film will be neither a prequel nor a sequel and will explore a period of time not chronicled in other Star Wars projects. It will feature a whole new cast of characters.

The movie will be titled Star Wars: Starfighter and will hit theaters May 28, 2027.

The Mandalorian & Grogu Coming to IMAX

Director Jon Favreau joined Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni onstage at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo to tout their upcoming film, The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Favreau confirmed that the movie will be in IMAX, which is notable since its origins are on the small screen. He said that sets had to be adjusted accordingly to scale.

The movie will feature some familiar faces from Star Wars lore, including Zeb Orrelios from Rebels and the explorer droid BD-1 from the games Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor.

Sigourney Weaver Says “Grogu Stole My Heart”

Pedro Pascal took the stage along with Sigourney Weaver. Weaver, the sci-fi icon from the Alien and Avatar franchises, told fans of her Star Wars casting: “I got real lucky.”

Weaver admitted she hadn’t watched The Mandalorian before being cast in the movie but when she finally did she fell in love with Pascal’s title character and added, “Of course, Grogu stole my heart.”

The Mandalorian & Grogu Footage Revealed for Attendees

Favreau then brought Grogu out onstage before screening footage from the film for attendees, but with the caveat that it’s still too early for a proper trailer.

The footage includes shots of Imperial in a ship prepared to engage, Mando battling Flame Troopers, AT-AT walkers collapsing in the snow, and then our first look at Weavers character, who appears to be someone contracting Mando for a job.

Weaver’s character is seen at a table with Grogu. She says “very messy” and “You work for us, We need you.”

Grogu is seen swimming and later making items, including a droid, levitate.

Much of the action in the footage appears to take place on a snowy planet. That was the end of the footage.

The Mandalorian & Grogu opens in theaters May 22, 2026.

For a limited time, Best Buy is offering the SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless gaming headset for PC, PS4, and PlayStation 5 for just $139.99, or a whopping 50% off the $280 list price. This is $50 less than SteelSeries’ Easter Sale deal price of $189.99. The Arctis Pro is a top-end SteelSeries headset (in fact, its flagship model before the Nova Arctis Pro was released), and one of only two models with swappable batteries.

50% Off SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset

The Arctis Pro was the highest-end gaming headset in SteelSeries’ repertoire until its successor, the Arctis Nova Pro, was released. It boasts some great features you don’t see in other gaming headsets, like a separate standalone base station with volume knob and OLED display, simultaneous Bluetooth and 2.4GHz WiFi pairing, and probably the best one: the hot-swappable battery system. This way, you get wireless freedom with no waiting to recharge. SteelSeries includes two batteries: one that’s in use in your headset and the other that’s charging in the base station.

The Arctis Pro features as good of a build quality you’ll find in a SteelSeries headset. The headband is made of a lightweight steel and aluminum alloy construction and the suspension headstrap is very comfortable for marathon gaming sessions. The ear cushions are made of an AirWeave performance fabric similar to the ones found on the new Arctis Nova Pro. The ClearCast boom microphone can be retracted when not in use. Audio quality is great thanks to the premium 40mm speaker drivers with high-density neodymium magnets that reproduce hi-res audio up to 40,000Hz.

The Arctis Pro was replaced by the Arctis Nova Pro in 2022. The current best price for a brand new pair of Nova Pros is $270 on Amazon. Although it’s an excellent headset that we reviewed favorably and features significant upgrades like active noise cancellation and USB Type-C charging, it most certainly isn’t worth nearly double the cost of the Arctis Pro.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

Just yesterday Amazon surprised us by dropping preorder listings for a Fallout season one 4K steelbook. It is fairly unusual for a Prime Video original series to get a physical release and many of our readers jumped at the chance to preorder a copy for themselves. At $39.99, it was a pretty good price for a new 4K steelbook in 2025.

Unfortunately, the listings for the 4K steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD options for the series are no longer available on Amazon. It’s unclear if Amazon is planning on bringing back the listing anytime soon, but you can check the links below to see for yourself if they have returned by the time you’re reading this.

Fallout Season One 4K Steelbook Listings on Amazon

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Although all of the listings are no longer showing a product for Amazon, there surprisingly is still a listing live at Walmart right now. It’s only for the DVD version, but if you still want to get a preorder in, that is your only option right now. It will most likely come back on Amazon, but the fact that it was suddenly pulled could mean they may raise the price. Amazon does have a preorder price guarantee, so if you got your preorder in before the listing disappeared, you might still get it at that price. But that could depend on whether or not preorders get cancelled.

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As if they could resist putting Alicia Silverstone back in the yellow and plaid. The iconic actress is reportedly set to reprise her starring role as Cher Horowitz in a Clueless sequel series for Peacock.

The series is currently in development with the streamer, according to Variety, and the exact plot details are being kept quiet. The only details we have at this point are Silverstone’s involvement, the fact that the show will be a continuation of the story told in the original 1995 film, and the creative team. Additionally, we know this new attempt at a Clueless spin-off is different from the one that Peacock was planning to do back in 2020.

Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, best known as a team for co-creating the original Gossip Girl series as well as executive producing the reboot series, will write the series alongside Jordan Weiss. The trio will executive produce the series as well alongside Amy Heckerling, the original writer-director of Clueless, and Robert Lawrence, the film’s original producer. CBS Studios and Universal Television will also produce.

This is definitely not the first small screen adaptation of the 1995 comedy. Following its success with moviegoers, a television version of the film aired on ABC and UPN from 1996 to 1999 with Rachel Blanchard — instead of Silverstone — in the lead.

Silverstone recently reprised her Clueless role in a 2023 Super Bowl commercial for Rakuten — so it’s clear she’s been itching to get back into Cher’s closet. We don’t blame her one bit.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

Let’s make this simple: You want to know if there are any post- or mid-credits scenes in Sinners. The answer is yes, in a big way, since it has one of both.

Check back on this page Friday for a full spoiler breakdown of the movie!

Set in 1932, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (review) involves twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) returning home to the town of Clarksdale, Mississippi, after seven years away in Chicago. World War I veterans who then made a living as criminals – it’s mentioned they worked for Al Capone – the two are now opening a juke joint in an old sawmill they bought from a local named Hogwood (David Maldonado).

But you know what? There are vampires in this town.

Does Sinners Have a Mid- or Post-Credit Scene?

It sure does! In fact, the film has one of those mid-credit scenes that actually feels like the proper final scene of the movie itself rather than just a fun bonus. To use a comparison from Ryan Coogler’s pals at Marvel Studios, where he learned a thing or two about credits scenes, this is like the one in Spider-Man: Far From Home with J. Jonah Jameson’s news report, where it would be a genuine shame to miss if you leapt out of your seat immediately.

There’s also a post-credits scene, but we’ll avoid digging in on either of them until Friday. So be sure to check back here for that discussion, including with commentary from Coogler himself…

Fear not, friends — a new series of Taskmaster is just around the corner. The beloved British panel show, which has recently blown up in the U.S. because of how incredibly TikTok-able it is and how incredibly easy it is to watch for free, has released a trailer for series 19 of the show. Luckily for fans, they even dropped the series’ release date.

In the minute-long sneak peek, fans get a glimpse of the show’s classic style, but featuring a new cast of comedians in the hot seats. Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin are the stars of series 19, with Mantzoukas being the only non-English comic on the panel.

In line with the show’s usual fare, the trailer shows them participating in all manner of crazy challenges, throwing out hilarious jabs left and right, and, of course, making wonderfully hilarious fools of themselves. “It’s just such a quirky show,” Alex Horne, creator of the show and assistant to host Greg Davies, says at the end of the clip, and man, that pretty much sums it up.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the comedic genius of this game show, the official synopsis reads thus: “Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies, with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne, sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians. Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.”

According to the description on the show’s YouTube trailer, the show will be returning to its native Channel 4 on May 1st. The show will continue to air on Thursdays on Channel 4 throughout the season, but will also release episodes via YouTube for worldwide viewing the following day. In the meantime, you can watch essentially all of Taskmaster going back 18 seasons, plus the variations of the show in New Zealand and Australia, on YouTube as well to tide you over while you wait. Let the games begin!

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

Vampires are a cornerstone of horror cinema, arising even before Universal opened Dracula’s coffin in Hollywood’s relative infancy. Since then, we’ve seen vampires of every iteration — the glittery heartthrobs, the ugliest creatures, the prankster roommates, and countless other reinventions. There have always been vampires lurking in shadows, and there will forever be batty wings flapping under the moonlight. Our task here is to highlight the best of the best vampire movies throughout history, covering period highlights as horror movements came and went faster than Drac stepping into the sunlight.

As always, there are personal favorites that haven’t squeaked their way onto this list but still deserve recognition. Movies like Suck, The Transfiguration, Byzantium, Blood Red Sky, and Blade deserve to be in the conversation when fans discuss their favorite vampire movies, and we’d love to hear some of your suggestions! After reading our selections below, hit the comments with some vampire movies you rank as crowning achievements in vampire cinema.

But for now, let’s take a bite out of this massive subgenre. Here are the 25 best vampire movies of all time. You can also look at the best monster movies for more picks.

25. Vampyr (1932)

Criterion has dubbed Vampyr a horror classic with good reason. Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer implements what little technological advancements benefitted cinema at the time to create a black-and-white vampire mystery that operates in absurdist brush strokes. Most notably, Vampyr heavily uses shadows that maneuver with free will, giving a dreamlike state to supernatural influences. It’s no Nosferatu, but it exemplifies how vampire flicks can differentiate themselves through translucent visual effects and more ghostly disorientation even in days when techniques were limited. You can never stifle ambition, which will always find a way.

24. Bit (2019)

The “Vibe Check” on Brad Michael Elmore’s Bit passes with flying (neon) colors. Nicole Maines stars as a transgender teenage girl who moves to Los Angeles and falls in with a badass crew of vampires (run by cooler-than-everyone Diana Hopper as Duke) who do not allow men in their undead club. Elmore’s indie oozes LA’er attitudes from messaging to sexy nightlife scenes — complete with a needle drop of Starcrawler’s “I Love LA” — and boasts 10 times the style of contemporary vampire flicks with 10 times the budget. It feels authentic in thematic messages, ambitious yet wholly operating within its means, and still has some nice bloodletting for more hardcore horror fans despite execution that might favor younger audiences. A film that’s never shy about what’s on the tin and even holds its feminist message accountable is better for its slick-supportive-seductive ways.

23. Nosferatu (2024)

Robert Eggers no longer has to chase his white whale. The filmmaker’s ultimate passion project, Nosferatu, is as technically stunning and hideously moody as you’d expect. Jarin Blaschke’s meticulous arthouse cinematography deservingly earned one of the film’s four Oscar nominations, a testament to Eggers’s dedication to precise and unrivaled craftsmanship. Bill Skarsgård disappears under festering cosmetic makeup as he transforms into the predatory Count Orlok, while Lily-Rose Depp shines as his writhing, at times possessed muse. Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Willem Dafoe are all fantastic supporting players as Eggers reworks Henrik Galeen’s and Bram Stoker’s literature into his own sublimely atmospheric interpretation of Nosferatu’s curse. It’s gothic, gorgeous, and grotesque in ways only Eggers can accomplish.

22. Fright Night (2011)

Yes, 2011’s Fright Night remake earns an entry while the beloved 1985 original does not. Why? Because 2011’s Fright Night, starring Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, and Toni Collette, is an upgrade in fierceness and pacing, and separates its performances from the originals enough to exist without competing against its elders. There’s no comparison between Peter Vincents or Jerry Dandriges — Farrell operates like a shark smelling blood and David Tennant is the Midori-drunk Vegas showman dealing with darker demons. The ’85 version’s practical effects are superior without argument, but Fright Night (2011) gets more credit everywhere else. It’s dreadfully predatory from the get-go and never relents.

21. Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)

Vampirism can represent numerous metaphors — for example, vampirism as addiction is popular — and in Bloocksucking Bastards, vampires invade office spaces. The horror comedy starring Fran Kranz and Pedro Pascal is about a sales office slowly turning into nocturnal sales agents of doom. The soul-sucking drain of cubicle life becomes quite literal because vampires can be more productive than humans who sleep, take lunch breaks, and so forth. What starts as a spooky Workaholics episode eventually reveals the satirical staying power of a Mike Judge comedy, as Bloodsucking Bastards unleashes undead corporate warfare with supply closet tools used as weapons. For the horror comedy fans in your life who love “Worksploitation” horror (exploitation flicks about day jobs), this is one cold call you should answer.

20. The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys is a Peter Pan riff with more neck biting and less innocence. It’s quintessential ’80s horror at a crossroads between bloody eruptions and glitter usage, infamous for its inclusion of “Sexy Sax Man.” Kiefer Sutherland’s gang of vampiric Santa Carla misfits ride dirt bikes and play mind tricks by making others think they’re eating insects, but there’s also a mean streak to The Lost Boys. Director Joel Schumacher’s vision is as extra as the ’80s would allow, and vampire makeup designs aim to stir frights — it’s a boardwalk hangout flick with surprisingly gruesome vampire traits that audiences will never forget for its sense of over-the-top style.

19. Norway (2014)

Chances are you don’t even know Yannis Veslemes’ Norway exists — it sat around waiting for U.S. distribution from about 2014 until 2021. Maybe that’s because it’s hard to describe this Eurotrash take on vampirism about a bloodsucker who says he’ll die if he stops dancing. It’s a period piece about 1980s nightclubs and their underbellies that turns vampires into rave-loving party animals who befriend prostitutes and end up entangled in Nazi conspiracies… The music beats as loud as Veslemes’ artistic ambitions since sequences are treated like glitzy music video segments where blood can be any vibrant color. Everything from miniatures to Michel Gondry-esque daydreams thrive. I promise you will never see a groovier, more fleet-of-foot vampire hallucination than Norway.

18. Cronos (1992)

Guillermo del Toro’s debut is as del Toro as they come. Cronos is an alternative vampire movie about a golden insect mechanism, a scarab that grants eternal life, and vampirism in its least traditional forms. You’ll glimpse a baby-faced Ron Perlman acting as a mob goomba, and minimal bloodsucking except for del Toro’s entire impetus for writing the story of Cronos — his lead character licking nosebleed juice off a bathroom floor like an addict. It’s del Toro’s way of encountering the curse of vampirism, which pivots into more curiosity about everlasting life than how someone consumes fresh blood to stay alive. You can see del Toro evolves his passion for humanizing monsters from Cronos onward and channels his rebellious spirit when bucking genre conformity.

17. Blade 2 (2002)

One or two more slots on this list and Wesley Snipes’ first Blade movie would appear. As is, Guillermo del Toro’s Blade 2 represents the comic book franchise here as a rare sequel that outshines its original. Del Toro’s flourishes are an upgrade from industrial blood rave aesthetics since landscapes are more colorful, vampires become terrifying creatures, and mercenaries gun their way through monstrosities using high-tech weapons. Blade 2 benefits from del Toro’s characterization of the macabre and adoration of practical effects, all of which are precursors to later del Toro works like Hellboy and Crimson Peak — without losing a drop of Snipes’ bad-mama-jamma Blade attitude.

16. Stake Land (2010)

The feral intensity of Stake Land can feel like a direct response to Twilight, as this film was released only about two years after the infamous young adult vampire romance. Jim Mickle and co-writer Nick Damici (who also stars) approach vampires with an apocalyptic lens, where survivors now wander infested territories trying to find safe havens like in Zombieland — except trade humor for beastly tension. Damici’s playing a vampire hunter who takes a mentee under his wing, teaching him tricks while navigating vampire hordes who thrash, gnash, and rip at throats. Dystopian wasteland vibes are paramount, and action is relentless, making Stake Land one of the more effective responses to vampires as love interests in a post-Twilight world.

15. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Only Lovers Left Alive is too cool for school as Jim Jarmusch takes on vampirism with a carefree indie rock attitude. Hiddleston fits the role of a reclusive shut-in with the grace of a sedated Joey Ramone, while Swinton’s go-with-the-flow grace is intoxicating. The additions of Mia Wasikowska and Anton Yelchin inject a bit of chaos into bloodsuckers who embrace moody, musical hangout chemistry, while Jarmusch uses his film to equate vampirism to drug addiction and humanity’s intensifying corruption. It’s rebellious, punk-rock, and hipster without the stigmatic pretension, driven by tortured yet enviable performances that even pull off wearing sunglasses at night.

14. 30 Days of Night (2007)

In the conversation of “Best Comic Book Adaptations,” you best not forget David Slade’s 30 Days of Night. Josh Hartnett and Melissa George anchor a cast of Alaskan townsfolk submerged in darkness for 30 days and fending off a roving vampire gang. Danny Huston epitomizes vampires as creatures worth fearing, as primal and animalistic as horror fans have encountered. 30 Days of Night is magnificently monster-forward and never for a second lets audiences catch their breath, hinged on a glorious turning point in horror cinema where attitudes were still bleak as midnight, yet gore-heaviness evolved from mindless to punctual. Hence the graphic nature of 30 Days of Night, where vampire mercilessness is an accent to the already frigidly suspenseful survival scenario.

13. Ganja & Hess (1973)

Bill Gunn’s experimental vampire romance stands out for multiple reasons, first because it’s one of the only Black vampire films — especially in 1973. Duane Jones and Marlene Clark play lovers united by bloodlust once the former turns the latter, as Gunn utilizes essences of the Black experience to convey the imprisonment of vampirism. Sam Waymon’s score provides this ritualistic drum-beating that’s sometimes drowned out by vocal screams of anguish, which becomes a disorienting source of unease, even when providing a soundtrack for lovemaking scenes. Images of nooses, pools of bright red blood being lapped by humans, and this naked approach to showing vampirism as the antithesis of religion all embrace the sins of humanity with such pronounced rawness. Race, horror, and society collide in a time when vampires mainly were whitewashed European interpretations — the importance of representation strikes again.

12. Interview With the Vampire (1994)

Interview With the Vampire is a sexy, hunky, indulgent treat that starts in 1791 Spanish Louisiana and finishes with Guns N’ Roses playing over the end credits. Tom Cruise is a diabolically dapper Lestat, Brad Pitt a dreamily conflicted Louis, Christian Slater a beefcake journalist — the hunkiness of Interview is off the charts even before mentioning Antonio Banderas. Kirsten Dunst brings a supporting turn as a child stuck in a youthful body forever, confirming that the performances across the board are transformative as a vampire family bickers and feeds throughout decades. There are oodles of presence from Louis’ extravagantly decorated plantation to New Orleans penthouses to Paris’ Théâtre des Vampires (the film was received an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction). Plainly and confidently, they don’t make ‘em like this anymore — flamboyant, unafraid of queer subtext, and excessively ornamental down to minute details.

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is a separate TV show that was released in 2022, but offers a different take on the same story.

11. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn is a crime thriller that stealthily turns into a sleazy vampire lockbox midnighter. It’s got everything from Salma Hayek delivering a blistering dance number to overwhelming vampire numbers as Titty Twister strippers tear apart drunk patrons. What starts as an insidiously dark kidnapping scenario quickly becomes a guns-blazing horror brawler with Mexican influences and an exciting approach to monster mania. George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, and more turn to holy water balloons and jackhammer stake machines to exterminate vampires with extreme unholy violence — with an emphasis on practical effects by some of the best in the business.

10. Dracula (1931)

Count Dracula’s debut in Universal’s classic monster run is all about atmosphere, massive stage settings, and the gothic architecture modern vampire films don’t have the nerve to challenge. Bela Lugosi sets the Eastern European template for “I v’ant to suck your blaaahd!” types of Counts to follow, and there’s a reason. Tod Browning’s Dracula is all about rubber bat puppets, painted backgrounds, and minimal technological advancement of the ’30s — yet its moods are still infinitely more fascinating than most modern vampire takes. Gothic architecture, cobwebs throughout stone castle basements, and the shadowy black-and-white wash fit Dracula’s hypnotic horrors while Lugosi uses his gaze like a tractor beam. It’s everything we could ask for in a vampire film, especially when selling vampire films beyond drained bodies and sharp teeth (at a brisk 75 minutes).

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9. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

In 2014, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was handily any filmmaking newcomer’s most accomplished horror debut. Ana Lily Amirpour’s black-and-white Iranian vampire flick possesses such a colorful personality, with a standout performance from Sheila Vand. Amirpour’s style blends skateboarding, indie rock, and homages to classic vampire cinema with a modern bite. Vand’s loner seeks romance while stalking denizens of Bad City by night, as Amirpour marries sweet fantasies with cruel fates and spaghetti Western influences. It’s a vigilante story, a tale of hopeless romantics, and has a taste for wicked men — all while Amirpour valiantly establishes herself as an eye-catching filmmaker who’s since made good on such promises.

8. The Hunger (1983)

In the pantheon of horny vampire flicks, Tony Scott’s The Hunger — starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon — would have 3 AM Cinemax specials hotly bothered. Any vampire movie that starts with Bauhaus’s “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” earns immediate kudos, and it’s all gravy afterward. Deneuve’s killer queen promises her lovers eternal life, but as Bowie’s 18th-century cellist finds out, said eternity doesn’t extend to physical features as he suddenly begins an accelerated aging process. Enter Sarandon’s gerontologist, and the love triangle birthed from deception and sealed with bloody kisses as hungers for sustenance or sexual pleasure run rampant. So sultry, so seductive, and so chaotic as only the late Scott brother could deliver.

7. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi spoof vampire films as spectacularly as Rob Reiner’s rock n’ roll mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap spoofs backstage heavy metal docs. What We Do in the Shadows is a tour through vampire cinema’s history with a goofball’s sense of humor that’s not without exaggerated scenes of sloppy feeding habits. It’s not only one of the better vampire films or even horror comedies since its release, but one of the best flat-out comedies since 2014. It’s endlessly quotable, knowledgeable about its fanged subjects, and genuinely hilarious. Werewolves, not Swear Wolves!

Make sure to check out the spin-off What We Do in the Shadows TV show for even more laughs.

6. Let the Right One In (2008)

Alfredson adapts John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel by toning down horror elements and vampire conventions to stress the relationship between outcast children. 12-year-old Oskar and his neighbor Eli form a compassionate bond when Oskar’s victimization by bullies and Eli’s hidden vampirism force an unlikely connection. Society drives both children into the dark and urges them to survive by their own means, which becomes the crux of this tender and tragic love story that never subdues its nastier realities about vengeance or feeding. Let the Right One In is a tremendous vampiric achievement in terms of 2000s releases and all-timer quality.

5. Near Dark (1987)

Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark is an unconventional vampire western that ditches capes for rancher hats. It’s got more in common with The Texas Chain Saw family values than Count Dracula’s Transylvanian heritage and dares introduce blood transfusion as a successful counter to undead transformations. A stacked cast including Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen play vampires who strike fear when feeding on bar patrons, using their pack mentality to survive as nightwalkers prey on the unfortunate. The sunburnt southern vibes and contemporary rawhide grit are a bright atmosphere to this road trippin’ vamp tale, standing apart without sacrificing the viciousness horror fans expect.

4. Afflicted (2013)

With rankings come controversy, and placing Afflicted this high on this will certainly bring questions. Here’s the point — Derek Lee and Clif Prowse’s Afflicted is a feral evolution into found footage territories that blends the worlds of don’t-look-down parkour action and bloodsucking salvation. Lee stars as the “afflicted” friend who’s turning into a vampire while Prowse aids in his transformation, as the filmmakers use GoPro perspectives to give a ridealong experience into vampirism. Between Lee’s physical performance as he contorts in agony to the high-flying acrobatics as Lee’s monster flees from pursuers, Afflicted is one of the most innovative vampire flicks of the 2000s.

3. Nosferatu (1922)

The curl of Count Orlok’s talon-like fingers, his hunchback shadow ascending the staircase… Max Schreck disappears under makeup effects that never glamorize vampire afflictions. Nosferatu remains an O.G. vampire influencer that proves black-and-white, silent cinema can still deliver compelling horror tales. F. W. Murnau adapts an unauthorized iteration of Bram Stoker’s Dracula that is an embarrassment of atmospheric riches as the bushy-eyebrowed Orlok lurks from behind shadows to reveal his jagged, toothy grin. Vampires have rarely been scarier a century later — unlock your inner historian and honor your elders.

2. Thirst (2009)

Park Chan-wook’s take on vampires, taboos, romance, and shame is a knockout. Characters all thirst for something, which Chan-wook explores through conventional and alternative vampire experiences. A Catholic priest turns vampire, and a disenchanted wife seeks forbidden everlasting romance in her own grasp of change — what happens next is artfully unhinged as chaos welcomes kidnappings, killings, and contemplations of eternal imprisonment. Chan-wook delivers thoughtful vampire riffage that gets dangerously creative. Ending shots in horror don’t get much better than Thirst, either.

1. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Francis Ford Coppola adapts Bram Stoker’s Dracula with supreme decadence as a gothic horror creature feature that’s also a sumptuous blockbuster experience. Coppola famously demanded only on-set and in-camera effects could be used, which resulted in an astonishing feast for the eyes, from werewolf costumes to projected arteries pulsating atop Winona Ryder. Gary Oldman’s bellowing command over his adversaries as Count Dracula and Anthony Hopkins’ hilariously blunt take on Van Helsing are triumphant performances — not to forget whatever accent Keanu Reeves attempts for Jonathan Harker or Tom Waits losing his mind as Renfield. Coppola preserves the spectacle nature of Old Hollywood while overblowing every facet of his Dracula production as only the ’90s would allow. It doesn’t get better, nor has it ever been better, than Bram Stoker’s Dracula when it comes to vampires in cinema.

See our list of the best Keanu Reeves movies for more of his work.

And that’s our pick of the 25 best vampire movies of all time! What do you think of our picks? If we missed your favorite, let us know in the comments. You can also rank the best vampire films yourself using our tier list tool below!

Looking for more vampire content? We’ve got you covered with the best vampire anime to watch and the classic top 10 vampire movie deaths.

Upcoming Vampire Movies

New vampire movies are constantly coming out. Late 2024 saw the release of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake and we’ve got a few more vampire films to look forward to this year.

Here are the vampire movies coming down the pipeline:

• Dracula: A Love Tale – July 30, 2025
• Devour – TBA 2025
• Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires – TBA 2025
• Brides – TBA
• Flesh of the Gods – TBA

Note: This story was updated on April 17, 2025, with our latest picks for the best vampire movies. It was originally published in 2022.

During today’s Mario Kart World Direct, we got a closer look at a number of new tracks, features, and racers, including Penguin. We’ve known Penguin was in the game since its reveal last week, but today’s Direct decided to feature this blue cutie in a very meme-specific way…by repeatedly throwing him off cliffs.

This happened not once, but twice during the Direct, as fans have pointed out on social media. On one occasion, Penguin simply misjudges a curve and sails neatly off over an icy landscape:

Even Nintendo is deliberately dropping blue penguins off of icy ledges.#MarioKartWorld #MarioKartWorldDirect #Nintendo #Switch2 pic.twitter.com/0eMsUE24Jz

— Jonathan Leung (@VGMaps) April 17, 2025

But in a second, even more on the nose move, a Penguin in Free Roam drives straight off a cliff into the sea below while music from Super Mario 64 toodles away in the background:

29 years later and we still chucking penguins off of cliffs like in Mario 64#MarioKartWorld pic.twitter.com/7klPg5rZkM

— 🔥FireShadow64🔥(DROP THE PRICE) (@FireShadow64) April 17, 2025

If you’re confused as to why this is noteworthy, allow me to draw your attention to a long-standing community meme of Penguin from Super Mario 64. In Super Mario 64, players discovered years ago that it was possible to collect a Power Star from Mother Penguin by returning Baby Penguin to her, then to take Baby Penguin after the star appears and take them away again…or even drop them off a cliff:

We all did this – [Super Mario 64]
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This bit has been memed into fame for over a decade by the Mario community, so it’s extremely funny to see Nintendo acknowledge it even if it’s in a somewhat subtle, plausible-deniability kind of way. Is this a horrendous thing to do? Society still hasn’t come down cleanly on one side or another of the Penguin-cliff debate. At least Mario Kart World gives Penguin a nice little water vehicle so they can just keep going once they’ve landed.

They did this on purpose
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Today’s Mario Kart Nintendo Direct wasn’t exactly the font of new information many were hoping it would be, but we still got word on some interesting new stuff: more new characters, courses, items, and features, as well as a close look (courtesy of Penguin and others) of the new open world Free Roam mode, which will let players drive around anywhere in the world without restraint.

You can catch up on everything announced right here.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.