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In this photo stories collected evolution movie about vampires - from black-and-white silent "Nosferatu" beginning of the last century to the most recent film "Vampire", which was released in theaters this month.

The film "The Story of a Vampire" (2009) is based on the popular book series by fantasy writer Darren Shana. The film tells the story of a teenager (his role Massogliya Chris (Chris Massoglia), whose life is changed when he meets a traveling circus freak show. Larten Crepsley vampire played by John C. Reilly turns the boy into his own kind. (Universal Pictures via AP) < br />




The movie "Twilight" (2008) is based on the book by Stephenie Meyer. Kristen Stewart plays a girl fall in love with a vampire, whose role is played by Robert Pattinson. Lovers try to sort out their relationship, when the case enters the third vampire, bloodthirsty girl. (Summit Entertainment)



"True Blood" - a serial channel HBO, based on the book series «Sookie Stackhouse» novelist Charlaine Harris. Vampires and humans live together in the small town of Bon Temps in Louisiana. Anna Paquin plays Sookie - the waitress having telepathic abilities. She falls in love with a vampire played by Stephen Moyer (photo). (HBO)



The film "Van Helsing" with Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale starring centered around the character of the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker - Abraham Van Helsing. In this 2004 film mixed characters from the film "Werewolf" and "Frankenstein." Van Helsing - a hunter of evil spirits, which were sent to Transylvania to kill Dracula. (Universal Studios)

In the 2003 film "Underworld" beautiful woman vampire played by Kate Beckinsale is caught in the middle in the war between vampires and werewolves. She hates werewolves, but falls in love with a man who was bitten by a werewolf and that is starting to emerge as one of its enemies. (Sony)



"Blade" (1998) - the story of half-vampire-polucheloveka (starring Wesley Snipes), who fights with Frost - a vampire, intending to enslave humanity. In the wake of the success of the first movie were filmed two sequels "Blade 2" and "Blade: Trinity." (New Line Cinema via Everett Collection)



The series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997-2003) became a hit, born from the less successful film of the same name. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the main character Buffy - "Slayer" vampires and demons. (20th Century Fox via Everett Collection)



"Interview with the Vampire" was a hit in 1994. In the film, played by Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst. The film is based on the eponymous novel by Anne Rice, which tells the story of a vampire of his long life, love and loneliness. (Warner Bros.)



In the film "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) directed by "The Godfather" by Francis Ford Coppola's world-famous vampire travels from Transylvania to London to find a woman as two drops of water similar to his former love. The film starring Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder. (Everett Collection)



The youth comedy horror film "Lost boys" (1987) a group of teenage vampires takes a new member of the gang, who still does not know that his ears stuck into trouble. In the film, starring such stars as Jason Patric, Corey Haim and Kiefer Sutherland - all with the then fashionable updo. (Warner Bros. via Everett Collection)



In the film "Hunger" in 1983 David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve played two lovers vampires. However, they realize that even vampires have problems when the hero begins to age Bowie and Deneuve character - no. (MGM via Everett Collection)



The film "Salem vampires", filmed on the eponymous bestseller by Stephen King in 1975, tells the story of a small town in Maine, which is gradually flooding the vampires. In 2004, the film was adapted for television. (Everett Collection)



George Hamilton was known publicly only by the fact that he met the daughter of President Lyndon Johnson. However, the 1979 comedy "Love at First Bite" has revived his career. In the film, the Communists expelled from Romania Dracula, and it becomes the leading discos in New York. (Everett Collection)



Trying to please the volatile 70s, Frank Langella portrayed Dracula quite sensual. Laurence Olivier played the enemy of Dracula - the vampire hunter Van Helsing. (Universal Pictures)



Film 1972 "Blakula" was the result of the blaxploitation era in film. The film starred William Marshall as an African prince who was Dracula himself turned into a vampire, and then let go to Los Angeles in order to create chaos. In 1973, Marshall starred in the same role in the sequel "Scream Blakula, cry." (Everett Collection)



Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" was a sensation when it appeared a new character - the vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Canadian actor Jonathan Frid. The series lasted five years, and became a cult, and Freed went on to appear at gatherings of fans long after the show ended in 1971. (Everett Collection)



In the movie "Dracula" 1958 studio «Hammer Film Productions» Dracula revived in the name of the new version of Bram Stoker's novel with a promising actor Christopher Lee in the title role. The film became a huge hit. Lee starred in many sequels. (Everett Collection)



Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi played Dracula on Broadway, and then ironic Tod Browning movie, in which he uttered the immortal words "I never drink ... wine." (Getty Images)



The movie "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer book about a girl who fell in love with a vampire - just part of the story about vampires in the movies. Vampires first appeared on screen in the silent film FW Murnausa 1922 "Nosferatu". German film was the first adaptation of the novel by Bram Stoker's "Dracula", but since the rights to the book from the creators did not have the names of the characters were changed. (Everett Collection)



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