The Vampire is a 1957 American horror film produced by Arthur Gardner and Jules V. Levy, directed by Paul Landres, and starring John Beal and Coleen Gray.

During a consultation with patient Marion Wilkins, who suffers from congenital heart problems, Paul feels unwell and asks her to return the next day.

Later, Paul is called to the hospital to perform an emergency surgery, but is unable to focus and has to leave the operating room after completing the procedure.

[5] The Vampire premiered theatrically in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1957, paired as the bottom half of a double feature with The Monster That Challenged the World.

[4] It subsequently screened in the same double-feature format in Los Angeles beginning June 28, 1957,[1][b] and later in September 1957 in several East Coast cities, such as Boston[7] and Philadelphia.

[5] In a retrospective assessment of the film, Nathaniel Thompson of Turner Classic Movies praised the film's "atmospheric" musical score and its blending of genres: "Taking a cue from Blood of Dracula, The Vampire minimizes the risk of bringing back a still out-of-vogue monster by introducing elements of science fiction, a far more popular genre on movie screens at the time".

[5] Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the movie 2 stars out of 4, noting that it had some merit and singling out Beal's performance for praise.

[3] The Vampire was released on DVD in 2007 by MGM as a Midnite Movies Double Feature with Landres' subsequent film, The Return of Dracula (1958).