In 1998 Marvel brought one of their darker heroes to the Big Screen. Blade was not a major box office success but was the first movie based on a Marvel character to gain a theatrical release in the United States. The film is begins Marvel's big screen success of the past two decades, it also helps to give some credibility to Graphic Novels in cinema since the laughable Batman and Robin, which could have easily destroyed the genre. Blade also effectively created the abundance of high-octane Action-Horror films such as Resident Evil, Underworld and Constantine.

In 1998 Marvel brought one of their darker heroes to the Big Screen. Blade was not a major box office success but was the first movie based on a Marvel character to gain a theatrical release in the United States. The film is begins Marvel's big screen success of the past two decades, it also helps to give some credibility to Graphic Novels in cinema since the laughable Batman and Robin, which could have easily destroyed the genre. Blade also effectively created the abundance of high-octane Action-Horror films such as Resident Evil, Underworld and Constantine.