Netflix’s released its latest action film, Day Shift this past weekend, and well, it is what it is.

Jamie Foxx is a vampire hunter in L.A. who has long been kicked out of the union for breaking too many rules. To prevent his wife and daughter from moving across the country, he has to start earning some union wages for his kills. With the help of a highly respected hunter, Big J (Snoop Dogg), he gets back in on a probationary status with the condition a nerdy union rep accompany him on his hunts. You know, to keep him in line. Think of it as a mismatched buddy cop movie, but with really awesome vampire fighting sequences.

It isn’t going to win any big acting awards or break new grounds in horror or action, but if you just want to watch some streetwise vampire killing with dark humor, John Wick style choreographed fighting with supernatural beings, and some incredibly impressive drone camera work during a chase scene, I recommend giving Day Shift a go.

I always appreciate the vampire angle that goes beyond the tortured romantic emos of much of the modern vampire fare. I love the classics like the Universal Monsters Dracula, the silent eeriness of Nosferatu, and even the campy humor of What We Do in the Shadows, no doubt. Yet a more action-based take on the “the hunt” in contemporary settings always draws me in.

If you want to make a night out of vampire-killing action, devoid of too much deep-thought gothic naval gazing, here are some suitable Day Shift movie pairings:

The Lost Boys

Not only is there a cool little shout-out this 1987 Joel Schumacher hit, The Lost Boys is just such a Gen X classic. Of course, there is the moodiness of the rock ‘n roll vampire underworld, but it is balanced with the epic tween vampire-killing commandoes of the Frog Brothers and the man with the best one-liners in the film, Grandpa. How quotable and fun is this movie? Plus, don’t forget the shirtless, oil-covered cameo of sax dude, Tim Capello.

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

This is pure drive-in double feature B-movie comedy fodder. A group of vampires are living in the secluded dusty western town of Purgatory trying to turn their bloodsucking ways around with a synthetic type of blood. Of course not all of them want to settle down. I have only seen this film during late night hours, and it is a perfect midnight movie followup to the high-tech, big budget Day Shift. Sometimes is it hilarious, other times so cheesy it’s wonderful. This is silliness at its best with tribute to the mid-century westerns. See it for the cast alone, led by David Carridine with some western character actor favorites such as M. Emmet Walsh, John Ireland, and Dabbs Greer. Plus, Bruce Campbell’s nerdy descendent of Val Helsing (including his fate) sure seems to have influenced Dave Franco’s Day Shift character. Of course, in my world, Campbell did everything first…and better.

John Carpenter’s Vampires

This movie is simply titled Vampires, but so are bunch of other films. Look for the 1998 John Carpenter gritty horror starring James Woods. An action gore-fest that portrays vampires as the dirty, nasty, parasites they are. It’s a revenge movie for Woods’ master slayer, having lost most of his team in a nasty run-in with vampires. Now, vampires may have found an object to help them walk in the day. Woods won’t have it, so let the wise cracks and violence begin. The techniques used for taking out some of the vampires is worth the watch. “Let’s go fishing!”

There are several more vampire-hunting films I could list from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Van Helsing, but there’s one more I have to include before it gets destroyed in the reboots:

Blade

The first in the trilogy, based on the Marvel Comic of the same name, Wesley Snipes plays the original “Daywalker.” He’s half human, half vampire, as the result of his mom being attacked when she was pregnant. As a result, he is none too fond of the massive underworld of pure blood vampires. From the literally blood-soaked opening scene, Snipes is the coolest, most badass vampire hunter in comics. Kris Kristofferson’s supporting rosle as Whistler is also most worthy. The follow ups are fun, but not anywhere as cool as the original, and I am really leery of whether or not they new Disney/Marvel will even do this character justice. Marhershala Ali, who has been cast in the upcoming project, is a tremendous actor, but there will never be another Daywalker for me as good as Snipes.

No matter how you like your bloodsucking movies, you have to admit one thing we do love about the cinema “all the damned vampires.”