Hollywood’s Hottest Vampires

Twilight, the movie that’s inciting Beatles-level hysteria in teens around the country, opens on Friday. Based on the beloved series of books by the same name, the movie stars Brit heartthrob Robert Pattinson as head garlic-hater Edward Cullen, a vampire who falls for mortal teen Kristen Stewart. But Pattinson’s perfectly tossled hair, cerulean eyes and pointy teeth are just the latest in a lengthy tradition of hot vampires. From Brad Pitt to Salma Hayek to Kate Beckinsale, find out who else we’d let suck our blood.

Robert Pattinson stars as Edward Cullen in Twilight, the story of a vampire who falls in love with a teenage girl, but the actor could have his pick. "What is with all the screaming?" the vampiric hunk said at the film's premiere. [Photo: Summit Entertainment]

With a name like Satanico Pandemonium, what else could Salma Hayek be but a stripping vampire? The gorefest featured director Quentin Tarantino in a starring role, until Salma goes for his jugular. [Photo: Miramax]

You'd be forgiven for not remembering Monica Bellucci's turn in Dracula, as she was one the Count's many brides. She did, however, flash some serious skin. [Photo: Columbia Pictures]

Brad Pitt starred as bloodsucker Louis in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview With A Vampire. We'd let him suck our blood any day. [Photo: Warner Home Video]

As vampire warrior Selene, Kate Beckinsale -- clad in a skin-tight leather suit -- wages war against werewolves, until she falls for one, embarking on an inter-monster-species love affair. [Photo: Columbia Pictures]

Just before her untimely death, singer Aaliyah starred as Queen Akasha in Queen of the Damned. [Photo: Warner Brothers]

As Deacon Frost, the nemesis to Wesley Snipes' Blade in the movie of the same name, Stephen Dorff wants his bloodthirsty race to rule the humans. [Photo: New Line Cinema]

Stuart Townsend starred as Lestat in Queen of the Damned, which featured beloved vampire as a rock star. So that's what Marilyn Manson is! [Photo: Warner Brothers]

It's bizarre that comparatively, Tom Cruise seems normal in his role as the vampire Lestat. Cruise shared a bloody clinch with Pitt in Interview With A Vampire to make him one of the undead. [Photo: Warner Home Video]

Bond babe Olga Kurylenko once played a garlic-hater in Paris, je t'aime, a series of stories set in Paris. Kurylenko meets a backpacker when he finds her with a victim. [Photo: First Look International]

After escaping Buffy's wrath (and stakes), David Boreanaz starred as Angel in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer spin-off. [Photo: Fox Home Entertainment]

Kiefer Sutherland was the head of a blood-sucking gang in The Lost Boys. [Photo: Warner Bros.]