Vampire and werewolf films have been with us since the rolling of the first silent movies way back in 1922, and while Bram Stoker's Dracula might be the most iconic bloodsucker in Hollywood, a number of others have made some impressions at the box office.

Arguably the most popular vampire tale at the moment, is the 'Twilight' franchise, with the second film recently released. There are however, two more films that will conclude the story of Bella and Edward, that surely have millions of fans waiting in anticipation.

Some of the scariest vampire films have come to us courtesy of '30 Days Of Night' and 'John Carpenter's Vampires'. '30 Days Of Night' was based on the comic-book miniseries of the same name and starred Josh Hartnett.

The film follows the tried-and-trusted method of scare tactics, as a group of Alaskan residents try to fight off a group of vampires, as their town falls into 30 days without sunshine.

'John Carpenter's Vampires' took a more Western route, as actor James Woods led a band of vampire hunters sanctioned by the Catholic Church. Even though the group succeeded in preventing an ancient cross from falling into the hands of the vampires, the film spawned two sequels.

Swedish film 'Let The Right One In' opted to focus on the developing relationship between a bullied 12-year-old boy and a vampire girl. The film was also based on the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvis, and although a lot from the novel was left out, the iconic scene where Eli has blood dripping from her eyes and mouth remained in tact.

A more modern look at the vampire genre comes to us through John C. Reilly's 'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'. Instead of being hunted by humans or falling in love with them, they are actually fighting each other.

The film follows the adventures of a young boy, who unwittingly breaks a 100-year-old pact between two vampire clans. It also stars Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek and Ken Watanabe, and while it's also based on the three 'The Saga of Darren Shan' novels, it's sure to attract a much larger audience.

But probably the most important film to put vampirism on the proverbial map, has to be 1994's 'Interview with a Vampire'. The film famously stars Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas and a very young Kirsten Dunst.

The film introduced viewers to the vampire Lestat, who took Pitt's character under his wing and taught him the ways of being a blood sucker. It's almost a autobiographical story, told from Pitt's character's prespective.

'Interview with a Vampire' went on to be nominated for two Academy Awards, won a BAFTA award for Best Cinematography and also managed to be nominated for 15 other awards.

Television hasn't been immune to the vampire craze either, with 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' the popular choice in the late 90's. Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, came from a long line of vampire slayers, and was tasked to rid her Sunnydale hometown of against vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness.

The franchise also had a spin-off series, 'Angel' in which Buffy's love interest, the name-sake demon, played by David Boreanaz, had to save the souls of those who lost their way.

In a contemporary version of the genre, 'True Blood' follows a similar plot line to the 'Twilight' films, where a human falls in love with a vampire, and struggles to deal with the conflict from their relationship.

The series does however explore the possibility that humans and vampires can live in co-excistance, after the development of synthetic blood for the vampires.

'The Vampire Diaries' is a other modern take on the blood sucking genre, based on the four novels by the same name, written by L. J. Smith. Similar to 'Twilight' and 'True Blood', the series explores the trials and tribulations of Elena Gilbert, as she becomes romantically involved with the vampire Stefan Salvatore.

The show became The CW Network's best performing series, as it also focused on Gilbert's friends, and dealt with issues like teenage angst and supernatural forces.