Vampires Movies & Shows to Watch This Halloween
Sink your teeth into these vampire movies and shows.
Key Takeaways
- Peacock highlights a mix of vampire-themed classics, comedies, and fantasy-dramas for Halloween viewing, ranging from intense supernatural stories to lighter family-friendly options.
- Featured series include The Vampire Diaries, focused on romance and rivalry between vampire brothers; Being Human, about supernatural roommates balancing normal life; and Vampire Academy, centered on royal vampires, friendship, and magic.
- Classic picks such as The Munsters and the 1931 film Dracula showcase influential and humorous takes on vampire lore that helped shape the genre.
It’s spooky season on Peacock, and what better way to celebrate than by sinking your teeth into some vampire movies and shows? At once terrifying, powerful, and sexy, vampires have fascinated humankind for centuries. Is it their mystery? Their immortality? The hickeys that last forever? Whatever the reason, they’re irresistible. Here’s our roundup of some bloody good picks to stream now.
Vampire movies and shows to watch this Halloween on Peacock
The Vampire Diaries
This beloved young-adult series created by Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson ran for eight blood-soaked seasons. In it, the eternally quarrelling vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore return to their ancestral (fictional) town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, to court — and fight over — Elena Gilbert, a local high school girl who is the spitting image of their previous love from a different time. The entire series is yours to stream from beginning to end.
Watch The Vampire Diaries on Peacock.
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The Munsters
This classic '60s sitcom is a cheeky satire on American suburban life that sees a Transylvanian-American family—the Munsters—move to the quaint, picturesque (fictional) town of Mockingbird Heights. But the Munsters aren't your typical family. Dad Herman is Frankenstein's monster. Mom Lily is a vampire. Grandpa is Count Dracula, and son Eddie is a werewolf. This crew's attempt to fit in with the white-picket-fence culture that is Mockingbird Heights is where this beloved show's humor lies. If you need a less-intense vampire-monster offering, The Munsters is a great choice.
Stream The Munsters on Peacock.
Being Human
Being Human is almost like The Munsters meets Gossip Girl. Three roommates seemingly in their twenties—a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost—help each other navigate living double lives in the human world with their supernatural abilities.
Stream Being Human on Peacock.
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Vampire Academy
Lissa, a Royal vampire, and her best friend and protector, Rose, navigate romance, class politics, and ancient magic in this new Peacock Original series based on the international bestselling books. Boasting a stellar cast, lavish production value, and executive produced by Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, Vampire Academy is a captivating fantasy series. One bite, and we guarantee you’ll be hooked.
Stream Vampire Academy on Peacock.
Dracula (1931)
The classic film based on Bram Stoker’s novel is the gold standard by which all subsequent vampire movies are judged. It stars Bella Lugosi as the bloodthirsty Transylvanian count — a role that would immortalize him. A massive hit at the time of its release, Dracula paved the way for the rest of the beloved Universal monster movies.
Watch Dracula on Peacock.
