Movies Like Modern Vampires (1998)

Modern Vampires is a 1998 action, comedy, horror, romance, thriller film from Richard Elfman with a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Brides of Dracula and Sinners.

Action Comedy Horror Romance Thriller

The Brides of Dracula

1960

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.

6.7

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Sinners

2025

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

7.5

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Day Shift

2022

An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.

6.8

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Van Helsing

2004

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.

6.4

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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

2023

Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.

7.4

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Dracula A.D. 1972

1972

Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.

5.9

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Count Dracula

1970

A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

5.8

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Bram Stoker's Van Helsing

2021

England, 1897. Abraham Van Helsing receives a letter from his former student Dr John Seward requesting his urgent assistance in the northern town of Whitby, where his fiancée Lucy is showing all the signs of vampirism. Van Helsing follows the bloody trail to the coffin of Count Dracula himself. Van Helsing is a fresh take on the legend of Dracula through the eyes of his greatest enemy.

5.7

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The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973

The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.

5.6

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#10

Blade II

2002

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

6.6

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#11

Priest

2011

In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.

5.8

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#12

Dracula 2000

2000

When a team of techno-savvy thieves break into a high-security vault, they don't discover priceless works of art... they find a crypt unopened for 100 years.

5.2

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#13

Fright Night

1985

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

7.0

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#14

Blade

1998

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

6.8

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#15

House of Dark Shadows

1970

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

6.5

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#16

Vampires

1998

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

6.3

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#17

Red Snow

2021

A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.

6.1

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#18

Blade: Trinity

2004

For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.

5.9

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#19

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

1974

Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.

5.8

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#20

Dracula II: Ascension

2003

A group of medical students discover the body of the infamous count. Soon, they find themselves in the middle of a bizarre and dangerous conflict when a shadowy figure offers them $30 million for the body so that he may harvest his blood.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Modern Vampires?

The top films similar to Modern Vampires by MovieMagicScore are The Brides of Dracula (6.7), Sinners (7.5), Day Shift (6.8). Each shares action/comedy/horror/romance/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Modern Vampires worth watching?

Modern Vampires holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10 from 52 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Modern Vampires?

Modern Vampires (1998) is a action, comedy, horror, romance, thriller film directed by Richard Elfman, starring Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger.

Where can I find more recommendations like Modern Vampires?

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About movies like Modern Vampires

This ranked list pairs Modern Vampires (1998), a action and comedy and horror and romance and thriller film from Richard Elfman, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Casper Van Dien take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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