Day Shift is a 2022 film directed by J. J. Perry and stars Jamie Foxx. He plays Bud Jablonski, a father who has a boring job as a pool cleaner trying to provide for his daughter. But this is just a front for his real job, where he goes out to hunt vampires. This is made difficult not only because Bud has to fight the undead but also because of union politics.
Hollywood loves to make movies about the undead, be it vampires, zombies, or any other fantastical nightmare that they can conjure up, and while some of them are terrifying, others manage to explore different genres, including comedy and romance. Here are ten movies, like Day Shift, that aim to give the undead a different look.
Blade (1998)
Blade (Wesley Snipes) is a half-human half-vampire and wants to rid the world of vampires before they take over the human race. To do this, he becomes a professional vampire hunter, trying to stop the undead nightmares from summoning the evil God La Magra.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is an adult loser with a boring and dull life. He works at the local electronics store and lives with his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) in a tiny flat just outside London. His girlfriend, Liz, is the only unpredictable and fun element in his life, and she desperately wants him to grow up and be a man.
When London is overrun by zombies, Shaun must step up to the occasion and protect those he loves.
The Babysitter (2017)
Cole, a 12-year-old kid, finds out that his teenage babysitter, Bee (Samara Weaving) is part of a satanic cult full of other teens, and they intend to sacrifice him as part of their ritual. He must put his crush on Bee aside and escape before the cult kills him for their own personal gain.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a vampire and is depressed after he sees the depths society has plunged to in modern times. But Eve (Tilda Swinton), his lover from centuries ago, comes to his rescue, and the pair rekindle their relationship. But it’s soon put to the test with the arrival of Eve’s sister, Ava (Mia Wasikowska).
Renfield (2023)
Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is a character known only as Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) servant, but in this film, he decides to explore what his life would be like if he were to leave the shadow of the almighty Prince of Darkness. Of course, the terrifying Count doesn’t take too lightly his servant leaving.
Van Helsing (2004)
Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is a famous monster hunter in the 1880s, and he’s sent to Transylvania to help assist the Valerious bloodline to defeat the evil vampire, Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh).
But things get more complicated when Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) explains that the Prince of Darkness has made an alliance with Dr. Frankenstein’s monster (Shuler Hensley) and wants to exact a centuries-old curse on the family. Together, Van Helsing and Anna must stop this.
He Never Died (2015)
Vlad the Impaler (Henry Rollins), or Jack to use his everyday name, has developed a sad, boring routine with his life to help keep his bloodlust at bay.
But this is thrown into chaos when he’s called on to save his estranged daughter Andrea (Jordan Todosey) from mobsters.
Zombieland (2009)
After most of the people have been turned into zombies because of an all-consuming virus, the few remaining humans must battle for their lives.
Four survivors, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) have developed several zombie-killing strategies and apocalypse rules to prevent them from succumbing to the plague. They’re trying to reach Los Angeles, rumored to be a safe haven for humans.
Vampires Vs. The Bronx (2020)
Three friends, Miguel Martinez (Jaden Michael), Bobby Carter (Gerald W. Jones III), and Luis Acosta (Gregory Diaz IV), uncover a sinister plot that vampires are going to take over their New York neighborhood of the Bronx. To stop this from happening, they decide to join forces to save their town.
Underworld (2003)
Vampires and werewolves are often depicted as (im)mortal enemies, and this is the case in Underworld. Under the cover of night, the vampires fight the Lycans, a clan of werewolves. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is an orphaned vampire after werewolves killed her parents.
To get back at her enemy, she becomes a trained killer. She must work to save Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), an exceptional human doctor, from Lucian (Michael Sheen), the ruthless Lycan leader.
