Top 31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies (21-31)—including Dracula: Dead and Loving It
“Renfield, you idiot.”
Vampires are scary monsters a lot of the time (setting aside romantic stories for the moment). But vampires can also turn up in some uproarious comedies, from the 1948 classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and 1987’s Lost Boys to more modern gems like What We Do in the Shadows and Hotel Transylvania.
Check out our list below starting our countdown of thirty-one comedies with vampires. With all the videos, the pages were taking forever to load—so we’ve split up the countdown to three pages. Each entry includes some behind-the-scenes details for the movie, plus several videos that offer even more info.
Click over to the other pages to continue the countdown. (We also have the links at the bottom of this page.)
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Part 2: Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (11-20)—including Love at First Bite and Day Shift
Part 3: Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (1-10)—including What We Do in the Shadows and Fright Night
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31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies to Watch
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#31 The Munsters’ Revenge (TV Movie 1981)
When the owner of a wax museum frames Herman and Grandpa Munster for crimes, they must prove their innocence...
I love The Munsters. So. Much. (Seriously, Monster Complex has talked bout The Munsters LOTS OF TIMES.) We’re including them on this list because of the movies, but let’s start with the original series.
Count Dracula was a member of the family on classic monster comedy sitcom The Munsters (1964-1966). The show revolved around a regular, suburban family that just happened to also be related to the Universal Monsters. Dracula was “Grandpa” on the show—other members of family included Herman Munster (a patchwork Frankenstein’s Monster) and Lily Munster (the daughter of Dracula), their son, Eddie (who was part werewolf and part vampire), and their “homely” niece, Marilyn, who passed for human.
With 70 episodes airing on the CBS network (1964-1966), the show ended after two seasons. Members of the original cast also appeared in two movies. The 1966 theatrical film Munster, Go Home watched the family explore Herman’s background after being adopted by an English Lord. The 1981 TV movie The Munsters’ Revenge saw Herman and Grandpa be framed by a scientist and criminal mastermind played by TV legend Sid Caesar.
Over the years since then, the Munsters have been revisited multiple times. This has included the 1973 cartoon pilot Mini-Me, the syndicated sitcom The Munsters Today (1988–1991), the 2012 dramedy special Mockingbird Lane, plus the TV movies Here Come the Munsters (1995), The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas (1996), and The Munsters (2022).
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In the video playlist below, we’ve included several clips from the original series that focus on Grandpa Dracula. The playlist also includes a conversation with Grandpa actor Al Lewis, plus videos that feature other versions of The Munsters.
Grandpa from The Munsters (Vampire Comedies)
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#30 Vampire in Brooklyn
Following the death of her mother, a police detective is assigned to a serial murder case. Studying the crime scene—a ship found at sea that’s full of dead bodies—she later meets a Caribbean playboy determined to romance her. When she suffers from hallucinations, she calls upon an occultist who suspects that a vampire is to blame.
Starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett, 1995’s Vampire in Brooklyn is a horror comedy film directed by Wes Craven (1939-2015). Craven is considered by many to be one of the all-time best masters of horror films, seeing as how he often mashed together horror tropes with satire and humor. In his career, Craven also created the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, directed the first four Scream movies, plus directed notable flicks like The Last House on the Left (1972), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), Swamp Thing (1982), and Shocker (1989).
“Murphy—a longtime horror fan—and his brother Charlie envisioned Vampire In Brooklyn as a straight horror picture. But director Wes Craven was looking to branch out into comedy, which, according to Craven, led to difficulties on the set. The film is notable in Murphy’s career, as it reflects his desire never to be pigeonholed as just the ‘funny guy.’ He takes the role of head vampire Maximilian 100% seriously, creating a villainous, sexy character that’s an anomaly in his filmography. And despite what contemporary critics wrote, the horror and the comedy do work together.” (Music Box Theatre)
Murphy produced Vampire in Brooklyn with Mark Lipsky, and wrote with his real life brothers Vernon Lynch and Charles Q. Murphy. Murphy also played two additional characters—an alcoholic preacher, and a foul-mouthed Italian gangster.
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The two videos in the playlist below include the Vampire in Brooklyn film trailer, and an interview with Eddie Murphy.
Vampire in Brooklyn (Vampire Comedies)
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#29 Rockula
A sexually frustrated vampire is condemned for eternity to watch his one true love be murdered. Determined to break the cycle of reincarnation and death, he tries to win her heart by starting a rock band. Centering on the vampire’s cursed existence, the film’s tagline was, “He’s a vampire that hasn’t scored in 400 years—tonight’s the night!”
The 1990 comedy horror film Rockula starred Dean Cameron as the rocker, Toni Basil as his mom, and Thomas Dolby as the villain. The film was directed by Luca Bercovici, and written by Bercovici, Jefery Levy, and Chris Ver Weil.
“There are now dozens of podcasts and reviews online singing its praises. But why? Few movies can claim to have captured the spirit of a generation; fewer still have withstood the test of time, remaining watchable long after their initial release. ROCKULA is just such a film. It’s also part of a tiny subgenre known as the ‘horror movie musical’ which you can nearly count on two hands.” (Morbidly Beautiful)
Dolby, by the way, was a famous pop star in the 1980s with the megahit “She Blinded Me with Science.” He has also worked as a producer and a session musician. He’s now on the faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, leading Peabody’s Music for New Media program.
The playlist below includes the official Rockula movie trailer and a clip from an interview with Dean Cameron.
Rockula (Vampire Comedies)
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#28 Vamps
Bloodsucking party girls find their destinies at stake when one falls for the son of a vampire hunter and the other encounters a long-ago love.
Vamps, a 2012 horror comedy film, starred Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter. The film was directed by Amy Heckerling.
Silverstone, who had already starred in Heckerling’s Clueless, was offered the role after Heckerling came to see her in a stage production of Time Stands Still. Ritter was Heckerling’s first choice for the other main role.
“I remember there being a line, ‘Staying young is getting old,’” Ritter told Vulture in an interview. “It was Alicia’s line and that day Amy was just like, ‘This line is really important. This is what it’s all about.’ I think Amy was someone who felt in her life and her career frustrated by the changes and trying to stay relevant and keep up. It was what the movie was exactly about and it really came from Amy’s heart. I appreciate that.”
Taylor Negron’s pizza deliveryman character was a nod to Heckerling’s earlier film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, where Negron’s character delivers a pizza to Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) in a high school classroom.
The video playlist below includes the Vamps movie trailer, plus a television interview with director Amy Heckerling.
Vamps (Vampire Comedies)
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#27 Frostbite
Doctor Annika and her teenage daughter Saga are moving to a town in Lappland, for Annika's work. Midwinter is the perfect breeding ground for vampires as there are no sunny hours during the days.
Frostbite (Swedish: Frostbiten) is a 2006 Swedish comedy horror film directed by Anders Banke. The film takes place in a small town in northern Sweden during midwinter, making the environment perfect for vampires—because there are no sunny hours during the dark and cold Nordic winter days.
“Although nowhere close to the same league as Swedish vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, Frost Bite is still decent enough to warrant a watch by vampire aficionados.” (Letterboxd)
The producers drew inspiration from vampire films such as The Lost Boys, Fright Night, The Fearless Vampire Killers and Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste.
The video below is a trailer for the Swedish vampire comedy Frostbite (“Frostbiten” in Swedish).
Frostbiten Trailer 2012
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#26 Netherbeast Incorporated
Netherbeast Inc. may seem just like any other telephone company, even if their employees keep odd hours. But, in truth, the staff at Netherbeast are long dead—or undead—office workers like Otto, who know the true drudgery of life after death. Still, these vampires are getting by just fine until a senile executive begins hiring humans. With such a tempting treat parading the halls, it’s not long before bodies are stacking up. (Historical figures such as President James Garfield and Alexander Graham Bell are woven into the story.)
Netherbeast Incorporated is a 2007 undead office comedy starring Darrell Hammond, Steve Burns, Dave Foley, Amy Davidson, and Judd Nelson. The film was directed by Dean Ronalds, and written by Bruce Dellis.
The video playlist below includes the Netherbeast Incorporated trailer, and also a segment from a behind-the-scenes documentary.
Netherbeast Incorporated (Vampire Comedies)
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#25 Once Bitten
A young man becomes the victim of an ancient vampire who continues to look young by drinking the blood of male virgins. Luring him away from a club, the countess drinks his blood, but he’s not sure what happened until he starts exhibiting symptoms.
A 1985 teen horror comedy film, Once Bitten stars Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins. The movie did OK at the box office, but has since grown more in popularity as a cult classic.
This was the first major role for Jim Carrey. In 1990, he was part of the sketch comedy TV series In Living Color (1990–1994), created by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans; the show also featured other members of the Wayans (Dwayne, Kim, Marlon, Shawn, and Damon), plus Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. (The show also introduced Jennifer Lopez and Carrie Ann Inaba as members of the show’s dance troupe.)
Carrey became a movie star with popular movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber—which all came out the same year, 1994—followed by Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever in 1995, and Liar Liar in 1997. Other films he’s starred in include 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2003’s Bruce Almighty, 2004’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), 2008’s Horton Hears a Who!, 2009’s A Christmas Carol, and 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog.
Although generally remembered as a comedy actor, Carrey has had success in dramas, too. Examples include 1998’s The Truman Show, 1999’s Man on the Moon, and 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
He is also an author: His first book, the children’s book How Roland Rolls, came out in 2013. His first novel, Memoirs and Misinformation, co-authored with Dana Vachon, cane out in 2020.
The video playlist below includes the movie trailer for Once Bitten, a dozen clips from the film, plus the folks at Minty Comedic Arts share some details about the movie.
Once Bitten (Vampire Comedies)
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#24 Bloodsucking Bastards
In this mix of genres—think of Bloodsucking Bastards as fitting somewhere between Office Space and Shaun of the Dead—an acting sales manager is stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his ex-girlfriend and his slacker best friend. He must find a way to stop the wickedness brewing at the office, rescue his co-workers, and win back his girlfriend before his life and career go from dead-end to dead.
This 2015 horror comedy film starred Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Joey Kern. The movie was directed by Brian James O’Connell, written by Ryan Mitts and comedy group Dr. God.
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Pedro Pascal has, of course, appeared in lots of other things—including Game of Thrones in 2014, and Wonder Woman 1984 in 2020. But the big thing is that he’s the star of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. He also replayed the role in the spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett.
In the video playlist below, you can watch the Bloodsucking Bastards trailer, and also a gag reel.
Bloodsucking Bastards (Vampire Comedies)
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#23 Vampires vs the Bronx
In the Bronx, a group of teens must protect their neighborhood from vampires. The 2020 horror comedy film Vampires vs the Bronx stars Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Method Man, Shea Whigham, and Coco Jones. The film is directed by Oz Rodriguez, and written by Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway.
“The Bronx is a huge immigrant community,” said Rodriguez in an interview, explaining why he set his movie there. “And it kind of feels like the last frontier where gentrification will go next.”
The director lists The Lost Boys, The Goonies, and The Monster Squad as huge influences. He wanted to make a fun adventure that hearkened back to those classics—but also focused on how kids experience gentrification. Rodriguez developed that angle of the movie after speaking to friends from New York neighborhoods, and they discussed how new businesses and residents suck the soul from a community. The vampire analogy wrote itself.
In the videos below, you can watch the Vampires vs the Bronx movie trailer, as well as an interview with the director.
Vampires vs the Bronx (Vampire Comedies)
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#22 Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Debonair Count Dracula relocates from his Transylvanian castle to Victorian London with his slavish assistant in search of new blood. He finds it in a pair of beautiful young women. When the fiancé of one of the women notices her odd behavior, he calls in his mentor—a vampire hunter—to save the day.
The 1995 gothic horror comedy film Dracula: Dead and Loving It is the last film currently directed by Mel Brooks. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as Dracula and Brooks as Van Helsing. The film also stars Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Peter MacNicol, Harvey Korman, and Anne Bancroft.
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A spoof of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, Brooks co-wrote the screenplay with Steve Haberman and Rudy De Luca. The film deviates from the original novel, touching on other influences like the classic Dracula (1931), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992).
The movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It might address your fandom of vampire stories, but it’s hardly the best film from Brooks—whose catalog includes hilarious classics like the Broadway swindle The Producers (1967), the interracial Western buddy movie Blazing Saddles (1974), the Universal Monsters spoof Young Frankenstein (1974), the Alfred Hitchcock-like crime comedy High Anxiety (1977), and the Star Wars parody Spaceballs (1987). Three of his movies ranked in the top 15 of American Film Institute’s best comedy films: Blazing Saddles placed at #6, The Producers at #11, and Young Frankenstein at #13.
Two of Brooks’ movies were even adapted into Broadway musicals, The Producers and Young Frankenstein. In fact, Brooks’ Tony Award wins for The Producers stage show put him in the rare company of EGOT winners—folks who have won an Emmy, and a Grammy, and an Oscar, and a Tony Award.
The video playlist below includes the Dracula: Dead and Loving It movie trailer, interview clips with members of the cast, plus the folks at Minty Comedic Art share some details about the movie.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Vampire Comedies)
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#21 Freaks of Nature
High on my list of must-sees, Freaks of Nature sounds great: In a town inhabited by humans, vampires, and zombies, alien invaders position the three groups against each other—and three high-school outcasts try to band everyone together to fight the invaders.
The 2015 horror comedy film Freaks of Nature stars Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis, Josh Fadem, Joan Cusack, Keegan-Michael Key, Bob Odenkirk, Ed Westwick, Patton Oswalt, Vanessa Hudgens, and Denis Leary. The film is directed by Robbie Pickering, and written by Oren Uziel.
The cast was especially notable for including the likes of…
Joan Cusack, who was in Working Girl (1988), Addams Family Values (1993), and School of Rock (2003);
Keegan-Michael Key, who co-starred with Jordan Peele in Key & Peele, plus was on TV series Mad TV, Fargo, and Parks and Recreation, as well as appearing in films Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and provided voice-work for The Lego Movie (2014) and films in the Hotel Transylvania series;
Bob Odenkirk, who appeared in Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul, as well as Mr. Show with Bob and David with co-star David Cross, plus a number of movies, including 2021’s Nobody;
Patton Oswalt, who has worked on The King of Queens, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Parks and Recreation, Community, Two and a Half Men, Reno 911!, Veep, Justified, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Sandman;
and Denis Leary, who was the stand-up comedian behind the hit song “Asshole” before acting in such films as Judgment Night (1993), Gunmen (1994), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), and Wag the Dog (1996), and working in TV series The Job and Rescue Me.
The video playlist below includes several clips from Freaks of Nature, including one clip that includes an introduction from Keegan-Michael Key.
Freaks of Nature (Vampire Comedies)
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