The following selected filmography does not attempt to be, nor does it wish to be, exhaustive or complete. Nevertheless, the listing does present the more interesting and noteworthy "vampire" films. Every attempt has been made to include those films which possibly can be seen by contemporary audiences.
Unfortunately, some films have disappeared or have been lost; therefore, no attempt has been made to include those films. In addition, most foreign productions have been excluded. Of the foreign productions, only those films which possibly can be seen by American audiences have been included. The notes and annotations on the films produced by Hammer Studios of Great Britain are dependent largely on A Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema 1946-72, by David Pine (London: Gordon Fraser, 1973).
Rating Scale
***** A film that is a "must-see"; both artistically brilliant and influential in the history of cinema.
**** An excellent film, distinguished by its innovation on the genre because of its technical brilliance, yet artistically insubstantial in some way.
*** A good film, which, due either to negligence in production or to technical incompetence, resulted in no special distinction; most likely, a work which is exploitive of the genre; nevertheless, a film that is valuable.
** Mediocre. Technically competent, nostalgically interesting, yet it carries no special distinction whatsoever.
* Poor. A film in which, in addition to the producer's irresponsibility, the directorial integrity is in question.
