When the first Blade movie came out 25 years ago, it was slaughtered by the critics… but seemed to find its audience elsewhere. 25 years later, the movie has taken on a whole new identity of its own not only as one of the first big superhero movies in the entire Marvel Universe, but to become what some circles would call a ‘cult classic’ thanks to its many devoted fans. Crazy to see where time can take us. 

In honor of the anniversary, we’ve unearthed some archival behind the scenes photos from over at New Line, as well as one or two photos of my own. See if you can guess which ones are which…