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Theme: Monster Hunters


It would seem inevitable with the popularity of the monster movie that there would emerge someone with the job description of monster hunter. The first and most famous monster hunter would be Dr Van Helsing in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) who comes with a body of arcane knowledge and assembles a team to slay Dracula. There have been numerous depictions of Van Helsing and his ancestors on screen. most definitively portrayed by Peter Cushing in the Hammer Dracula films.

Van Helsing was succeeded by a whole host of other vampire hunters ranging from Buffy to Blade. There have been assorted other demon, zombie and general monster hunters depicted on screen. You could include also here the idea of the dragonslayer and other works that take place in a fantasy setting.


Bigfoot Ate My Boyfriend (2016)

26 July 201615 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Bigfoot Comedy

Director: Richard Mogg
Actors: Lloyd Kaufman
Category: Horror

Blade (1998)

18 April 199929 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Vampire Hunter

Director: Stephen Norrington
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Donal Logue, …
Category: Horror

Blade II (2002)

29 July 200229 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Vampire Hunter

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, …
Category: Horror

Blade Trinity (2004)

6 January 200529 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Vampire Hunter

Director: David S. Goyer
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, …
Category: Horror

Bleach (2018)

11 May 202011 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Manga Adaptation/Monster Hunter

Director: Shinsuke Sato
Actors: Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Miyavi, Ryo Ishizawa, …
Category: Fantasy

Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

10 November 200315 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Vampire Battles Demons/Anime

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Category: Horror

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

3 April 201015 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Vampire Battles Demons/Action

Director: Chris Nahon
Actors: Gianna, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, J.J. Feild, …
Category: Horror

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

7 November 20009 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Dracula Sequel

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel, Martita Hunt, …
Category: Horror

Brotherhood of Blood (2007)

20 September 201610 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Vampire Hunters

Director: Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer
Actors: Victoria Pratt, Jason Connery, Ken Foree, Sid Haig, …
Category: Horror

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

4 September 200010 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Cheerleader Vampire Hunter

Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Actors: Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, …
Category: Horror

Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974)

1 April 200127 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Vampire Hunter Film

Director: Brian Clemens
Actors: Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, John Cater, John Carson, …
Category: Horror

Dead Snow 2 (2014)

11 January 201530 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Nazi Zombies

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1931)

28 June 200218 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Universal Dracula Adaptation

Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1931)

29 September 201231 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Spanish-Language Dracula Adaptation

Director: George Melford
Actors: Carlos Villarias, Lupita Tovar
Category: Horror

Dracula (1958)

1 February 200116 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Dracula Adaptation

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, John Van Eyssen, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1979)

27 May 200231 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Dracula Adaptation

Director: John Badham
Actors: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1980)

15 October 199931 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Dracula vs Satanism

Director: Minoru Okazaki
Category: Horror

Dracula (2020)

18 January 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Dracula Adaptation

Director: Johnny Campbell, Damon Thomas, Paul McGuigan
Actors: Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, Lydia West, Jonathan Aris, …
Category: Horror

Dracula III: Legacy (2005)

22 October 201925 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Dracula in the Modern Day

Director: Patrick Lussier
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Alexandra Wescourt, Rutger Hauer, …
Category: Horror

Eat Locals (2017)

26 June 201917 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Vampire Film

Director: Jason Flemyng
Actors: Billy Cook, Eve Myles, Charlie Cox, Tony Curran, …
Category: Horror

High School Girl Rika, Zombie Hunter (2008)

25 February 202125 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Japanese Zombie Film

Director: Kenichi Fujiwara
Category: Horror

Hiruko the Goblin (1990)

12 December 200415 February 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Gateway to Hell/Demons Unleashed

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Masaki Kudou, Hideo Murota, Megumi Ueno, …
Category: Horror

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

25 November 201816 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Asher Blinkoff, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack Brooks, Monster Slayer (2007)

3 June 20135 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Comedy

Director: Jon Knautz
Actors: Trevor Matthews, Robert Englund, Rachel Skarsten, Daniel Kash, …
Category: Horror

Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)

17 December 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Monster Movie

Director: Victor Salva
Actors: Stan Shaw, Gabrielle Haugh, Brandon Smith, Meg Foster, …
Category: Horror

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001)

9 September 200912 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Comedy

Director: Lee Gordon Demarbre
Actors: Phil Caracas, Maria Moulton, Murielle Varhelyi, Jeff Moffet, …
Category: Horror

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

7 April 20148 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Epic Chinese Legend/Comedy Prequel

Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Wen Zhang, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Ge Hang Yu, …
Category: Fantasy

Journey to the West: Demon Chapter (2017)

22 May 201710 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Epic Chinese Legend

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Kris Wu, Lin Gengxin, Yao Chen, Jelly Lin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

7 November 201525 July 2020

Rating: ★½

Immortal Witch Hunter

Director: Breck Eisner
Actors: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Michael Caine, …
Category: Fantasy

Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)

13 September 202024 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Little Red Riding Hood Resurrected Werewolf Hunter

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: Eric Balfour, Patrick Muldoon, Bianca A. Santos, Heather Tom, …
Category: Horror

The Little Vampire (2000)

29 October 200026 February 2019

Rating: ★★½

Children’s Vampire Film

Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Jonathan Lipnicki, Rollo Weeks, Tommy Hinkley, Pamela Gidley, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lost Boys (1987)

12 March 20023 January 2019

Rating: ★

Teen Vampires

Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jason Patric, …
Category: Horror

Matthew Blackheart (2002)

31 December 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Monster Hunter

Director: Erik Canuel
Actors: Robert Bogue, Christopher Heyerdahl, Jay Baruchel, Karen Elkin, …
Category: Horror

The Monster Club (1980)

6 December 200223 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Kellerman, …
Category: Horror

Monster Hunt 2 (2018)

20 January 202120 January 2021

Rating: ★

Chinese Monsters and Hunters Comedy

Director: Raman Hui
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Li Yuchun, …
Category: Fantasy

Monster Hunt (2015)

6 February 201620 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Chinese Monsters and Hunters Comedy

Director: Raman Hui
Actors: Jing Boran, Bai Baihe, Jiang Wu, Elaine Jiu, …
Category: Fantasy

The Monster Squad (1987)

24 May 201514 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Kids vs the Famous Monsters

Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan, Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, …
Category: Horror

Nekrotronic (2018)

30 August 202030 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Demon Hunters

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Actors: Ben O'Toole, Monica Bellucci, David Wenham, Caroline Ford, …
Category: Horror

Night Hunter (1996)

21 April 20082 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Action/Vampire Hunter

Director: Rick Jacobson
Actors: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Melanie Smith, Nicholas Guest, Cash Casey, …
Category: Horror

Nightmare in Blood (1977)

10 March 202010 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Actor is a Vampire

Director: John Stanley
Category: Horror

Ninjas vs Vampires (2010)

31 December 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Action Team vs Vampires

Director: Justin Timpane, Gary Ugarek
Actors: Jay Saunders, Daniel Ross, Cory Okouchi, Devon Marie Burt, …
Category: Horror

Nosferatu vs Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)

22 July 20145 February 2020

Rating: ½

Nosferatu with a Laugh Track/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Tony Watt
Actors: Tony Watt, Vivita
Category: Horror

Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010)

16 June 201323 July 2020

Rating: ★

Werewolf Film

Director: Sheldon Wilson
Actors: Felicia Day, Kavan Smith, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, …
Category: Fantasy

Saint Sinner (2002)

25 September 201916 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Demonic Succubi

Director: Joshua Butler
Actors: Greg Serano, Mary Mara, Rebecca Harrell, Art Hindle, …
Category: Horror

Seventh Son (2014)

8 February 201524 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy/Monster Hunter’s Apprentice

Director: Sergei Bodrov
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, …
Category: Fantasy

Slit Mouth Woman in L.A. (2014)

18 July 201612 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Japanese Horror Anthology

Director: Akira Hirose, Hiro Kay, Kazuya Ogawa, Takeshi Sone
Actors: Lauren Taylor, John Klopping, Eiji Inoue, Stefanie Estes, …
Category: Horror

Stan Helsing: A Parody (2009)

5 December 200929 September 2019

Rating: ★½

Horror Parody

Director: Bo Zenga
Actors: Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Leslie Nielsen, Kenan Thompson, …
Category: Horror

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

3 June 201911 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Manga Adaptation/Secret World of Ghouls

Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
Actors: Masataka Kubota, Noboyuki Suzuki, Yo Oizumi, Kai Ogasawara, …
Category: Horror

The Troll Hunter (2010)

14 June 201113 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Troll Hunter Found Footage Film

Director: Andre Øvredal
Actors: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Mørck, Hans Morten Hansen, …
Category: Fantasy

Ultraviolet (1998)

2 September 199910 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Vampire Hunters

Director: Joe Ahearne
Actors: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast, …
Category: Horror

Vampire Cleanup Department (2017)

16 February 201814 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hopping Vampire Comedy

Director: Chiu Sin Hang, Yan Pak Wing
Actors: Babyjohn Choi, Lin Min Chen, Chin Siu Ho, Ng Yiu Hon, …
Category: Horror

Vampire Hunter D (1985)

5 May 201027 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Post-Holocaust Vampire Hunter

Director: Toyoo Ashida, Carl Macek
Category: Horror

Vampire Hunter D (2000)

30 September 20017 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Vampire Hunter

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Actors: Andrew Philpot, Pamela Segall, John Rafter Lee, Wendee Lee, …
Category: Horror

Vampires (1998)

19 June 199910 January 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Vampire Hunter

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Tim Guinee, …
Category: Horror

Vampires and Other Stereotypes (1994)

19 June 200126 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Gateway to Hell

Director: Kevin J. Lindenmuth
Actors: William White, Mick McCleery, Rick Poli, Laura McLauchlin
Category: Horror

Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)

19 June 20046 August 2020

Rating: ★

Vampire Hunters

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Actors: Jon Bon Jovi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Diego Luna, Darius McCrary
Category: Horror

Vampires: The Turning (2005)

21 February 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★½

Vampire Wars

Director: Marty Weiss
Actors: Colin Egglesfield, Stephanie Chao, Patrick Bauchau, Dom Hetrakul, …
Category: Horror

Van Helsing (2004)

12 May 200430 January 2019

Rating: 0­

Famous Monster Bash

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, …
Category: Horror

Wicked City (1987)

15 February 20017 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/War with Demon Dimension

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

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