Wesley Snipes' Hit Vampire Franchise Is Coming to Prime Video — Here's When to Watch
Prime Video is unleashing Wesley Snipes’ Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002) soon, inviting fans to sink their teeth back into the hit Marvel vampire saga that carved its place in blockbuster history.
Wesley Snipes vampire classic season is coming to Prime Video. The first two Blade movies are finally hitting streaming, which is exactly the kind of end-of-year comfort viewing I can get behind: leather trench coat, techno, and a lot of ash explosions.
'Blade' and 'Blade II' land on Prime Video on December 30, 2025.
What you are getting
These are the original R-rated Marvel one-two punch: 'Blade' arrived in 1998 and worked way better than anyone expected, and 'Blade II' followed in 2002, going bigger, gnarlier, and more creature-feature with Guillermo del Toro behind the camera. (Yes, 2002 — if you saw 2022 floating around somewhere, that was a typo.) A third entry, 'Blade: Trinity,' showed up in 2004 with David S. Goyer writing and directing after scripting the first two.
The creative lineup
David S. Goyer wrote both 'Blade' and 'Blade II.' Stephen Norrington directed the first film; Guillermo del Toro directed the sequel. Del Toro was coming off 'Cronos' (1992), 'Mimic' (1997), and 'The Devil's Backbone' (2001) when he took over the franchise. He went on to make 'Hellboy' and 'Pan's Labyrinth,' and most recently rolled out his take on 'Frankenstein' on Netflix after a limited theatrical run.
Cast check
- Blade (1998): Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks/Blade; Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost; Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler; N'Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen Jenson; Udo Kier as Gitano Dragonetti; Donal Logue as Quinn.
- Blade II (2002): Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson return; joining them are Norman Reedus as Scud; Ron Perlman as Dieter Reinhardt; Leonor Varela as Nyssa Damaskinos; Thomas Kretschmann as Eli Damaskinos; Donnie Yen as Snowman; Luke Goss as Jared Nomak.
Why this still matters
The 'Blade' films hit before superhero movies were guaranteed money and helped prove the genre could dominate the box office. They also cemented Snipes as a top-tier comic-book movie star long before the current machine existed. And if you caught 'Deadpool & Wolverine' in 2024, you know the era these movies kicked off is still very much part of the conversation.
The plan
Both 'Blade' and 'Blade II' start streaming on Prime Video on December 30, 2025. Queue them up, let that late-90s/early-2000s industrial soundtrack wash over you, and enjoy the most efficient vampire exterminator in cinema doing what he does best.