10 Most Underrated 80s Teen Movies

By Audrey Fox /

6. My Best Friend Is A Vampire

There were a slew of teen vampire movies during the 80s that all came out within a couple years of each other -- Fright Night, Once Bitten, and My Best Friend is a Vampire. While they're all a bit silly and undeniably camp, the latter is the one with the most heart. It stars Robert Sean Leonard as a teen delivery boy who, upon being bitten by (of course) a sexy female vampire, has to come to terms with his new identity as a creature of the night. There's a playful spin on the traditional vampire mythos, where the affliction is treated more like a harmless lifestyle choice than anything else. He even gets a handbook to teach him the ropes of being a vampire. The nerd in me wants to compare his vampire handbook with the Slayer handbook from Buffy, but that's another story.