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Neck at Night: How Scary Are Vampires on Film?

A look at the fright factor of movie neck nibblers, including ''Twilight,'' "30 Days of Night,'' and more

Robert Pattinson's hunky vampire in this week's 'Twilight' is a lover, not a biter — but we still wouldn't want to get on his bad side. Here's how he measures up to other movie vamps on the fright scale.

Not Even A Goose bump
Leslie Nielsen, Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Lauren Hutton, Once Bitten (1985)

Kinda Scary
Eddie Murphy, Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Robert Pattinson, Twilight (2008)

Tom Cruise, Interview With the Vampire (1994)

Maximum Terror
Gary Oldman, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Danny Huston, 30 Days of Night (2007)

Originally posted Nov 20, 2008 Published in issue #1023 Nov 28, 2008 Order article reprints

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