Vampires (also known as John Carpenter's Vampires) is a western-horror film directed by John Carpenter in 1998. Adapted loosely from the novel Vampire$ by John Steakley, the film stars James Woods as Jack Crow, leader of a Catholic Church-sanctioned team of vampire hunters. The plot is centered on Crow's efforts to prevent a centuries-old cross from falling into the hands of Valek, a master vampire. Vampires also stars Daniel Baldwin (as Montoya), Sheryl Lee (as Katrina), Thomas Ian Griffith (as Valek), Tim Guinee (as Father Adam Guiteau) and Maximilian Schell (as Cardinal Alba). Vampires is characterized by its strong Western overtures and allusions and its unapologetically masculine leads. Two sequels direct to video followed: Vampires: Los Muertos in 2002 and Vampires: The Turning in 2005.

Vampires (also known as Abandon) is a 1986 horror film directed by Len Anthony. The film stars Orly Benyar, John Bly, Jackie James, Duane Jones, Kit Jones, and Robin Michaels. The plot revolves around mysterious events at a private girls' school in which the students' life-energy is drained by a mad scientist's machine.

The church has long known that vampires exist. However, it is discovered that a group of vampires are searching for a powerful doom for mankind. The Vatican then secretly enlists a team of vampire-hunters, led by Jack Crow, to hunt down and destroy the vampires before they find the crucifix. Written by

Since his parents had been killed by vampires in front of his eyes, Jack Crow lives for revenge. As a grown-up, he is a fanatic vampire-hunter who works with a good team in a professional manner. One night, after the successful deletion of a nest, the master vampire Valek successfully deletes his team and the party hookers. As Valek knew Jack's name, Jack knows that the vampires are up to something big. Together with his only living colleague Tony Montoya, Katrina, a hooker who will turn into a vampire soon, and newly assigned unexperienced greenhorn priest Father Adam Guiteau he sets out to find the black cross first. If they fail, vampires can walk in the sun from then on. Written by Julian Reischl