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(Thread) If you take a step away from the mainstream, (of Vampire films) there's a load of much more interesting stuff going on in the rather long shadow cast by the Twilight & Underworld franchises...
Contemporary mainstream cinema, out of necessity, has a tendency to make films palatable to a much wider audience, and in doing so loses a lot of nuance along the way - so, if you're interested in Vampire films, and fancy something a little different...
...here's a list of a few to check out. It isn't exhaustive, they're just my personal favourites from the ones I've watched in lockdown, so far. (Thanks to those who recommended films too, really appreciated it 
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Black Sunday (Mario Bava, 1960)
Valerie and her week of Wonders (Jamoril Jireš, 1970)
Daughters of Darkness (Harry KĂĽmel, 1971)
Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
Martin (George A. Romero, 1977)
The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983)
The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley, 1990)
Nadja (1994, Michael Almereyda)
The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
Habit (Larry Fesenden, 1997)
We are the Night (Dennis Gansel, 2010)
Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2013)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2015)
