10 Horror Movies That Embarrassed Other Movies Released At The Same Time

The Lost Boys kicked off a resurgence of vampire media in the late-'80s, the effects of which were still being felt in the mid-'10s as Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries put a stake through the zeitgeist's heart. And in the time in-between there were some pretty good films that managed to make bloodsucking look damn cool.

One such film is Michael Rymer's Queen of the Damned, adapted from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and a sequel to 1994's Interview With the Vampire in name alone. Stewart Townsend took over the mantle of the vampire Lestat from Tom Cruise -- a better fit all round -- and made the underworld look like the better parts of a Creed music video.

But if Queen of the Damned made the vampire life look post-grunge, Blade turned it heavy metal. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and borrowing liberally from The Matrix's aesthetic, Blade II proved superhero features could be dark, bloody, and smooth as a five-dollar shake.

While Queen of the Damned gets bogged down by over-emphasis on aesthetics and a lack of narrative thrust, the Blade sequel puts its money where its fangs are, delivering two hours of Afrofuturist vamp action that doesn't skimp on the guns, gore or pulsating electro-hip-hop soundtrack. While it's not the perfect film, nor del Toro's best, it still managed to make Queen of the Damned look just a bit silly.