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They Bite! The Best & Worst Vampire Movies

Beyond the world of 'New Moon,' see our list of the essential bloodsucker movies -- and those that just sucked (11 Photos)

Jacki Garfinkel on Aug 20, 2009 at 2:03PM

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They Bite! The Best & Worst Vampire Movies

Best: 'Interview with the Vampire'

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt -- need we say more about the 1994 film based on the best-selling Anne Rice novel? Even though Oprah Winfrey reportedly left the premiere due to the gore, we love that a vampire film can be heart-wrenching, hypnotic, scary and sexy. And off screen, it was touching that Christian Slater, who was cast in River Phoenix's role as a reporter after his untimely death, donated his salary to Phoenix's favorite charities.