10 Best Vampire Movies Of The 2000s
2. Shadow Of The Vampire (2000)
With one of the greatest movie premises of all time, Shadow of the Vampire is cinematic perfection.
The film tells a fictionalised account of the making of the 1922 classic Nosferatu. As director F. W. Marnau (John Malkovich) struggles to create the silent masterpiece, he acquires the services of actor and real-life vampire Max Schrek (Willem Dafoe) to play the title role.
Shadow of the Vampire takes this unique and irresistible premise and, thanks to measured direction from E. Elias Merhige, crafts a haunting, unforgettable meta-horror. To top it off, the film also holds rank as perhaps Dafoe's greatest ever performance, a role which he elevated to new heights due to his signature snarl and cold as ice voice.
A truly spooky and mesmerising horror-drama, Shadow has slipped into the realm of being a cult classic, and remains one of cinema's best ever portrayal of a vampire.
Sure, making a film about a film is always going to be a difficult task, but with Shadow of the Vampire the idea ends up being absolutely divine.