Actor Willem Dafoe has been in nine horror movies throughout his career, and his contributions to the genre run the gamut from acclaim to disdain, inviting a ranking from worst to best. The screen veteran has spent years balancing artsy independent projects with more mainstream fare. Appearing in everything from Lars von Trier films to Sam Raimi superhero blockbusters, Dafoe has managed to balance the accessible and the experimental in a way that few actors can pull off. 3ql5o

Ethan Hawke will soon star in psychological horror The Black Phone, but how do the actor’s earlier horror efforts rank in comparison to each other? Since his career began as a child star in the mid-‘80s, Hawke has always picked idiosyncratic projects and gone against the grain. In some cases, this has paid off handsomely, with the actor’s offbeat Richard Linklater collaborations earning particular acclaim.

The future is here – but what have science fiction movies gotten right and wrong about life in 2019? For whatever reason, a number of films have used the year 2019 as a setting for their speculative future. For some, like Blade Runner, it was an attempt to guess at what our near-future might look like - at least, based on an '80s understanding of things. For others, like The Road, it's a year that felt close enough that not much had changed, and far away enough that radical change would be possible.

The image of the vampire took a bit of a beating a few years ago when Twilightmade them teen-friendly. Sure, there was sexual intrigue (of the Mormon-influenced, unrequited variety) and violence (but nothing too graphic), but it was tame even by the standards put down by Buff the Vampire Slayer.

Screen Rant's Rob Frappier reviews Daybreakers

With the overabundance of vampire-starring or vampire-themed television shows, movies, books and more that we've seen surface in recent times, there are a few standouts among them that are unique, offering a fresh (or as fresh as can be) take on the genre.