A Definitive Ranking Of The Hottest Vampire Daddies In Pop Culture

‘Tis the season to get spooky, and there’s nothing better than vampire movies and TV shows to get you in the spirit.

Vampires go by many names. Bloodsuckers. The immortal ones. Nocturnal nasties (I made that one up). But one name that aptly summarises them all is: hot. When it comes to supernatural monsters and spooky ghouls, there is nothing hotter than a vampire. Werewolves are simply too hairy. Zombies are just not cute. Mummies are too high maintenance. But vampires are the perfect medium: they look like humans (most of the time), often dress like sexy goths and they have that tortured soul vibe that’s hot as hell.

Whether you’d eat up Edward from Twilight, or sink your teeth into Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we’re ranking all the hottest men on screen who happen to also drink blood.

A definitive ranking of the hottest vampire daddies in pop culture:

14. Bill, True Blood

Bill is about as sexy as a slice of buttered white bread. He speaks like he’s 1000-years-old (when he’s a modest 173-year-old) and spends most of his time acting like he’s Sookie’s dad on True Blood. Not hot. He’s boring and will never compare to the series’ much hotter bad boy: Eric.

13. Stefan, The Vampire Diaries

Stefan is a self-righteous goody two-shoes. He thinks he’s better than Damon, despite the fact he turned his brother into a vampire in the first place. He’s always so moody, sad, and genuinely the worst.

12. Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Speaking of vampires who live just to mope around with sad eyes, Angel is not sexy. This vampire with a soul was such a killjoy. Once Angel got his own spin-off series, he developed more of a personality, but Angel on Buffy was a dud.

10. Blade, Blade Trilogy

Blade is merely a half-vampire (or daybreaker), meaning he has the strength and speed of a vampire but can walk around during the day. But I will say that he’s very attractive.

11. Viktor, Underworld

Bill Nighy is very hot. Don’t fight me on this.

9. Jerry Dandrige, Fright Night (2011)

This movie is not great, but Colin Farrell as a charismatic, filthy, singlet-wearing vampire is beyond hot.

8. Carlisle, Twilight

Carlisle is the ultimate daddy vampire AND he’s a doctor. Bite me, vaddy.

7. Klaus, The Vampire Diaries/The Originals

Klaus is a pretty evil character, but honestly who cares because he has a beautiful face AND an accent, so I am sold.

6. Roman, Hemlock Grove

While Roman is not strictly a vampire (he’s called an upir), he does survive off the blood of humans AND he’s hot. It totally checks out. While there’s no denying that Bill Skarsgård is human perfection (even as Pennywise, I’d hit that! Leave the clown shoes on!), he loses a few points because when Roman feasts on the flesh of his victims, his whole jaw unhinges and it is a very unpleasant picture.

5. Edward, Twilight

People either love or hate Edward. I get that in the Twilight movies, he appears rather sickly and pale, but coincidentally that’s my kink. Edward is hot, much hotter than dog boy Jacob. Just look at his perfect hair, and cheekbones so sharp he could stake himself. A sparkly angel here on earth.

4. Louis, Interview with the Vampire

Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt as a vampire. Enough said.

3. Damon, The Vampire Diaries

In the battle of the vampire bros, Stefan never had a chance. Damon is just so damn beautiful, with his smoldering eyes and leather jackets. He’s the classic bad boy you know you shouldn’t date but can’t stop thinking about. Hellooooo, brother!

2. Eric, True Blood

True Blood is one of my favourite shows and that’s 100% because of the existence of Alexander Skarsgård and his steaming-in-sex portrayal of Eric. Like Damon is the hottest TVD vampire, Eric is just so much hotter than Bill could ever dream of being. Extra points for somehow pulling off a matching tracksuit and still looking like a total baddie.

1. Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Spike is smoking hot and the funniest vampire on this list — and there’s nothing sexier than a man who can make you laugh while looking like THAT. Some would go as far as to say that he the only truly hot vampire. It’s hard to explain just how hot Spike is, unless you lived it. For those who watched Buffy growing up in their early teens, falling in love with Spike was nothing short of a sexual awakening. I owned a Spike calendar. I covered my exercise books with Spike contact at school. I met James Marsters (twice) at a Buffy convention.

It wasn’t merely lust, it was true love and Buffy’s Spike is as hot as it gets.