There's only one major vampire for me. And that's Lee Dong-wook. Any other vampires come second. Taec-yeon with his latest stint in Heartbeat is this close to overthrowing him with the vampire looks. Lee Dong-wook still takes it though.

Other recommendations :
Blood.
Scholar Who Walks the Night. You'll be treated to a deliciously looking villain in person of Lee Soo-hyuk.
Orange Marmalade.
Vampire Prosecutor.

And then there is Kim Eun-sook's Kingdom.

Good drama recs? No, but if you're looking for vampire-y dramas and don't care if they're as bad as Heartbeat, then I recommend Blood, which was campy fun and Jung Hae-in was adorbs, and Orange Marmalade, but only watch the high school beginning and end and skip the sageuk middle.

Scholar Who Walks The Night for Lee Soo-hyuk being a vampire villain in a silky bathrobe the plot. It's not perfect but it's got Lee Joongi as a vampire in a sageuk so.....

Here come the C-dramas… 😝

Interestingly enough, while I know there are other Korean vampire dramas (@jerrykuvira’s on the case, but I’ve not seen them so cannot make recommendations)…none of them were really discussed while live-watching HeartBeat or used as comparisons. That’s at least a data point I can offer our Beanie requestor!

Prosecutor Vampire was pretty fun. But we are still waiting for the season 3.

Orange Marmelade was cute. It was more a highschool drama for me.

Bite Sisters was nice for the girls friendship.

Vampire Idols was so ridiculous that it was pretty fun.

Scholar who walks the night. Lee Soo-hyuk nailed his role as an evil vampire.

With all the white face makeup, half the kdramas look like vampire stories. But to answer the question, I enjoyed Vampire Prosecutor, which made me a Yeon Jung-hoon fan. I haven't watched any others beyond the first episode.

There're enough vampires in K drama land, but the only one I can manage to finish is Vampire Prosecutor. Like the rest, still waiting for season 3.

Out of Competition Honorable Mention:
From the US: DARK SHADOWS (1966-1971). Afternoon soap opera starring the late, great Jonathan Frid as vampire Barnabas Collins. The original network (ABC) run of DS was 1225 episodes according to its Wikipedia page. Apparently it is available to view on a number of streaming outfits.

Are zombies fall into the same category with vampires? If so, Kingdom is the winner -- not that I watched many, but it's just so GOOD! I don't like fantasy, but the show is really intense which gets me stay seated and watch the whole time, plus the cast is great.

What's a bigger myth than a vampire?

A decent kdrama with vampires.

Vampire Prosecutor and Vampire Prosecutor because of Lee Soo Hyuk & Vampire Idol,it's a sitcom but it's hilarious and again u have Lee Soo Hyuk

Heartbeat was one I'd recommend... until the ending. An ending for me can ruin the whole show. And that one did. For me, at least.

Vampire genre - I highly recomment Vampire Prosecutor and Scholar Who Walks the Night. Youn Jung Hoon was great in the first one, an oldie but a goodie. The latter has Lee Junki and Lee Soo Hyuk, nuff said.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the spinoff Angel
Not a Kdrama. Sorry, not Sorry. It does share a lot of themes common with Kdramas though: Strong female lead(s), family, epic romance, sacrifice, slice of life, humor, and character development to name a few.
To tie things back to kdramas - once I completed the iconic Taiwan drama Someday or Oneday (which was so good that it's getting a Kdrama remake A Time Called You), I realized that I've seen this plot before. Then it dawned on me - Angel season 1 episode 8 "I Will Remember You" - probably one of the most memorable if not the most memorable episode of the series.

Has anyone mentioned "Vampire Detective" (2015)? I'd recommend it...

Also, in the Zombie genre, just finished "Zombie Detective" for the 2nd time. Really good show! Choi Jin Hyuk is awesome in it!

This was a fun thread to read through! I've now added Vampire Prosecutor to my list 😊

so strange I just thought yesterday " I sghould finish watching Vampire detective!" but I cannot find any streaming source that will not crash my computer (not illegal, just running too slow).

but Zombie detective >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Vampire detective.

Um cant think of any besides already named but there are some evil spirits who suck souls or energy instead of blood. Like Bring it on, Ghost, the vet character I think? and um... the Mom in Arang and the Magistrate. I think there are more such? Soulsucking creatures? ah, tale of the nine tail. the CEO.

Google searched of "bloodsucking + kdrama" (HAHA) also turned up a miniseries called Vampire flower from 2014. And hello, Francesca, from 2005, a sitcom.