Sexy female vampires were all the rage for a while in the
film world. During the 1970’s there were a lot of movies made in Europe. These
films were sort of like the grindhouse stuff and exploitation cinema that has
become popular in recent years.
Vampyres: About a Couple of Lesbian Vampires.
The Vampire Lovers
Then in the 1980’s you had some movies like The Hunger
(Catherine Deneuve) and Lifeforce (Mathilda May). The Hunger was set in modern
day NYC and Lifeforce was set on a spaceship.
Salma Hayek played a vampire in From Dusk till Dawn. She was
dancing on stage as a stripper with a boa constriction when she morphed into a
vamp.
There were some big films like Underworld staring Kate
Beckinsale. And also HBO came out with True Blood (vamps on that show include
Evan Rachel Wood and the redhead Deborah Ann Woll).
