A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires. It was followed by two sequels, Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004).

Genre: Action | Fantasy | Horror

Directed by,
Stephen Norrington

Produced by,
Peter Frankfurt
Wesley Snipes
Robert Engelman
Andrew J. Horne
Avi Arad

Written by,
David S. Goyer

Based on Blade by,
Marv Wolfman
Gene Colan

Starring,
Wesley Snipes
Kris Kristofferson
Stephen Dorff
N'Bushe Wright
Donal Logue

Music by,
Mark Isham

Cinematography,
Theo Van De Sande

Editing by,
Paul Rubell

Studio,
New Line Cinema
Marvel Enterprises
Amen Ra Films
Imaginary Forces

Distributed by,
New Line Cinema

Release date(s),
August 21, 1998

Running time,
119 minutes

Country,
United States

Language,
English

Budget,
$45 million

Box office,
$131,183,530