As fans of the book sink their teeth into "Twilight," they would do well to warm up with some other vampire films. There's a long list of them; here are 10 of the best:

"Dracula" (1931): Bela Lugosi would be forever typecast as the man who vants to drink your blud or whatever, but he would also create an iconic character. Still creepy.

"Nosferatu" (1922): Talk about creepy. Max Schreck practically defines the term as Count Orlok. The bald head, the fangs, the eyes — he practically looks like a real vampire.

"Shadow of the Vampire" (2000): Maybe Schreck was real; that's the premise of this film. Willem Dafoe got a well-deserved Oscar nomination for playing Schreck as the genuine item in the making of Nosferatu. Great idea, great performance.

"Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979): The movie that just won't die. Werner Herzog directs Klaus Kinski in an atmospheric version of the tale. Still really creepy, and Kinski's outstanding.

"Martin" (1977): George Romero made his name with zombies, but he made a good vampire film here as well. John Amplas stars as the title character, a young man who thinks he's a vampire. Is he? Does it matter, when you act like one?

"Near Dark" (1987): Underrated classic, with a way-before-"Heroes" Adrian Pasdar trying to decide whether to become a vampire. Great bar slaughter scene, and Bill Paxton's a vampire. All good things.

"Interview with the Vampire" (1994): There was an outcry among Anne Rice fans when Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat, but he's quite good. Brad Pitt is, too, and a very young Kirsten Dunst is exceptionally creepy as a pint-sized vampire.

"The Lost Boys" (1987): Is Jason Patric becoming a vampire? His brother thinks so, and sets out to stop it from happening. Kiefer Sutherland is good as a spiky-haired bloodsucker, and Edward Herrmann is outstanding. How good is it? Corey Haim's in it and it's still worth watching.

"From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996): File under "fun," not necessarily "good." But fun it is. George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino play brothers on the lam. They wind up in a Mexican bar with hostages — and a whole lot of trouble of the supernatural kind.

"Salem's Lot" (1979): Made-for-TV version of Stephen King's scariest novel still packs some scares. Writer David Soul comes back to his hometown when strange things start happening. Hey, it's Stephen King — that can't be good.