Vampires and Other Uninvited Guests

Since the early days of cinema, vampires and other supernatural beings have frequently been used as a metaphorical device in horror to tap into our fears. These monsters in the shadows reflect great societal concerns, evoking the eras they are from and echoing in time to remain relevant today.

With Robert Eggers starting the year off with his sumptuous take on Nosferatu and Ryan Coogler chilling us with a stunning period horror set in the Deep South, BFI IMAX presents an unholy programme of bloodlust and Gothic romance that’s guaranteed to leave you shaken.

From 1 January
Nosferatu
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession as a centuries-old vampire seeks out the woman of his dreams.

19 January
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Werner Herzog’s beautiful, stylised foray into vampire territory is a rich, resonant tribute to an earlier German cinema.

25 January
Blade  and Blade II
The power of an immortal, the soul of a human, the heart of a hero.

26 January
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
One of the most faithful adaptations of the source material, Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, Francis Ford Coppola punctuates his star-studded pitch-black love story about the vampire who travels from Eastern Europe to England in search of human love with cinematic flare and baroque flourishes.

2 February
The Lost Boys
Sleep all day, party all night, never grow old. It's fun to be a vampire. This visually stunning blend of hip humour, horror and rock 'n' roll about the most compelling group of contemporary vampires ever to put fang to vein is rip roaring fun. ​

9 February
Cronos + Guillermo del Toro recorded intro
Guillermo del Toro’s directorial debut offers a unique take on the classic vampire story and went on to win the Critics’ Week award at the Cannes Film Festival.

9 February
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Ana Lily Amirpour's impossibly cool debut is set in Bad City, an Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls. A place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns most unsavoury inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom…

15 February
Twilight Saga Trilogy All-Nighter
Valentines weekend vampires are invited for an all-night trilogy of Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse, charting the love affair between quiet teenager Bella Swan and the gorgeous, brooding Edward Cullen.

16 February
Only Lovers Left Alive
A vampire movie unlike any other, with Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton) as timeless lovers whose centuries'-old romance is rekindled when Eve relocates to Detroit where the good blood is - only for her younger sister (Mia Wasikowska) to turn up and destroy the peace.

23 February
Get Out
Jordan Peele's feature directorial debut subverts traditional horror conventions and adds a provocative commentary about American race relations to create an instant classic.

2 March
Us
arring Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) and Winston Duke (Black Panther), an endearing American family is pitted against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

9 March
Let the Right One In
Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door. This Nordic Noir classic is one of the most chilling, and clever, vampire films of the 21st Century.