Three vampires. Three Eras. One Eternal Thirst.

This week’s moodboard is stitched from blood, shadow and silk. vampires aren’t just monsters – they’re metaphors. For desire, for rebellion, for the ache of immortality. From silent horror to neon punk to techno noir, these films trace the evolution of the vampire myth across style, tone and emotional terrain.

We’re curating a visual archive of cinematic hunger: velvet cloaks, crimson lips, moonlit corridors, and the quiet devastation of eternal life.

Featured Films

Nosferatu (1922) F.W. Murnau

Mood: Gothic dread, silent horror.
Why it Belongs: The original vampire film, Nosferatu is pure atmosphere. Count Orlock’s shadow creeping up the staircase is one of cinema’s iconic images. The film’s expressionistic style turns fear into architecture.
Styling Cues: Grainy textures, candlelight, clawed hands, elongated shadows.

The Lost Boys (1987) Joel Schumacher

Mood: Punk rebellion, coastal decay.
Why it Belongs: A vampire film soaked in 1980’s excess and teen angst. Leather jackets, jazz solos and blood-lust under boardwalk lights. It’s stylish, subversive and emotionally charged.
Styling Cues: Neon sign, windblown hair, leather, sunglasses at night.

Blade (1998) Stephen Norrington

Mood: Techno noir, hybrid mythology.
Why it Belongs: Blade is both hunter and vampire – a walking contradiction. The film’s aesthetic is sleek, brutal and mythic. Blood rave sequences, trench coats and martial elegance define its visual language.
Styling Cues: Black leather, chrome, red lighting, glyphs and tattoos.

Moodboard Threads

Textures: Velvet, leather, fog, blood.
Colour Psychology: Crimson = hunger, black = power, silver = myth.
Motifs: Mirrors, fangs, thresholds, moonlight.
Framing Techniques: High Contrast, silhouettes shots, slow pans through shadow.

Velvet Hunger is a moodboard of mythic appetite. These films remind us that vampires aren’t creatures of the night – they’re reflections of desire, rebellion and emotional ruin. Whether silnt, punk or techno, each one turns blood into metaphor and style into story.

This week, let’s lean into shadow, silk and the cinematic language of eternal longing.