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Vampires A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths ...
are frequently represented in popular culture, including appearances in ballet,
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,
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, music, opera, theatre, paintings, and video games. Though there are many creative variations and depictions of vampires, fundamentally "a vampire" is defined as a being which consumes / drinks
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as a primary source of sustenance.


Comic books and graphic novels

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Comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
s and
graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...
s such as '' Vampirella'' (1969), ''
Tomb of Dracula ''The Tomb of Dracula'' is an American horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare ...
'' (1972), '' Blade'' (1973), ''
30 Days of Night ''30 Days of Night'' is a three-issue horror comic book miniseries written by Steve Niles, illustrated by Ben Templesmith, and published by American company IDW Publishing in 2002. All three parties co-own the property. The series takes place i ...
'' (2002) Anita Blake Guilty Pleasures, and ''
Dracula vs. King Arthur ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker takin ...
'' (2005). In addition, many major
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es have faced vampire
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s at some point. * Many
comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
s featuring ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' and its spin off Angel have been released. * Marceline and the Scream Queens is a mini-series of comic books focusing on
Marceline the Vampire Queen Marceline the Vampire Queen is a fictional character in the American animated Cartoon Network television series ''Adventure Time'', created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Olivia Olson in most appearances, by Ava Acres as a child, and b ...
from the cartoon TV show Adventure Time with Finn and Jake. The spin-off comic was produced by
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and published between July to December 2012.


Films

'' The Vampire'' (1913, directed by
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), also co-written by Vignola, is the earliest vampire film. These were derived from the writer
Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...
who was inspired by a vampiress painted by Philip Burne-Jones, an image typical of the era in 1897, to write his poem 'The Vampire'. Like much of Kipling's verse it was incredibly popular, and its refrain: ''A fool there was . . . '', describing a seduced man, became the title of the popular film ''
A Fool There Was A Fool There Was may refer to: * ''A Fool There Was'' (1914 film) or ''She Wanted a Car'', a comedy directed by Frank Griffin and featuring Oliver Hardy * ''A Fool There Was'' (1915 film), a melodrama directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda B ...
'' that made Theda Bara a star, the poem being used in its publicity. On this account, in early
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the ''femme fatale'' was called a ''vamp'', short for ''vampiress''. A vampire features in the landmark ''
Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'' (1922 Germany, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau), an unlicensed version of
Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...
's ''
Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
.'' The Stoker estate sued the production and won, leading to the destruction of most copies of the film. It would be painstakingly restored in 1994 by a team of European scholars from the five surviving prints that had escaped destruction. Nosferatu is the first film to feature a Vampire's death by
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, which formerly only weakened vampires. The next classic treatment of the vampire legend was in Universal's ''
Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Five years after the release of the film, Universal released '' Dracula's Daughter'', a direct sequel that starts immediately after the end of the first film. A second sequel, '' Son of Dracula'', starring
Lon Chaney Jr. Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracu ...
followed in 1943. Despite his apparent death in the 1931 film, the Count returned to life in three more Universal films of the mid-1940s: 1944's '' House of Frankenstein'', 1945's '' House of Dracula'' and 1948's '' Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein''. While Lugosi had played a vampire in two other movies during the 1930s and 1940s, it was only in this final film that he played Count Dracula onscreen for the second (and last) time. Dracula was reincarnated for a new generation in the celebrated Hammer Horror series of films, starring
Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
as the Count. The first of these films ''
Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' (1958) was followed by seven sequels. Lee returned as Dracula in all but two of these. A distinct subgenre of vampire films, ultimately inspired by Le Fanu's ''Carmilla'' explored the topic of the lesbian vampire. The first of these was '' Blood and Roses'' (1960) by
Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an author, artist and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, su ...
. More explicit lesbian content was provided in
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Studios
Karnstein trilogy The Karnstein Trilogy, a series of vampire films, was produced by Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Films. They are notable at the time for their (for the time) daring lesbian storylines. All three films were scripted by Tudor Gates. They are related ...
. The first of these, ''
The Vampire Lovers ''The Vampire Lovers'' is a 1970 British Gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams and Jon Finch. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions. I ...
'', (1970), starring
Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 193723 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1970s. Early life Ingoushka Petrov was born in Warsaw, Poland, one of two daughters ...
and
Madeleine Smith Madeleine Hamilton Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857. Background Smith was the first child (of five) of an upper-middle-class ...
, was a relatively straightforward re-telling of LeFanu's novella, but with more overt violence and sexuality. Later films in this subgenre such as ''
Vampyres A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...
'' (1974) became even more explicit in their depiction of sex, nudity and violence. Beginning with the absurd '' Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948) the vampire film has often been the subject of comedy. ''
The Fearless Vampire Killers ''The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck'' (shortened to ''The Fearless Vampire Killers''; originally released in the United Kingdom as ''Dance of the Vampires'') is a 1967 British comedy horror film directed b ...
'' (1967) by
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winner
Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...
was a notable parody of the genre. Other comedic treatments, of variable quality, include ''
Old Dracula ''Vampira'' is a 1974 British comedy horror film directed by Clive Donner, and starring David Niven and Teresa Graves. The spoof of the vampire genre was re-titled ''Old Dracula'' for release in the United States, in an attempt to ride the su ...
'' (1974) featuring David Niven as a lovelorn Dracula, ''
Love at First Bite ''Love at First Bite'' is a 1979 American comedy horror film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Robert Kaufman, using characters originally created by Bram Stoker. It stars George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, and Arte Jo ...
'' (1979 United States) featuring George Hamilton and '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995 United States, directed by
Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began h ...
) with Canadian Leslie Nielsen giving it a comic twist. Another development in some vampire films has been a change from supernatural horror to science fictional explanations of vampirism. '' The Last Man on Earth'' (Italy 1964, directed by Ubaldo Ragona) and ''
The Omega Man ''The Omega Man'' (stylized as ''The Ωmega Man'') is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, b ...
'' (1971 USA, directed by
Boris Sagal Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director. Early life and career Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR (now known as Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-Jewish family, Sagal immigrated to the United ...
), both based on Richard Matheson's novel ''I Am Legend'', are two examples. Vampirism is explained as a kind of virus in
David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...
's ''
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'' (1976 Canada), '' Red-Blooded American Girl'' (1990 Canada, directed by David Blyth) and Michael and Peter Spierig's '' Daybreakers'' (2009 United States). Race has been another theme, as exemplified by the
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picture ''
Blacula ''Blacula'' is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire (and later locked in a coffin) b ...
'' (1972) and several sequels. Since the time of Bela Lugosi's ''Dracula'' (1931) the vampire, male or female, has usually been portrayed as an alluring sex symbol. There is, however, a very small subgenre, pioneered in Murnau's seminal ''Nosferatu'' (1922) in which the vampire is depicted in the hideous lineaments of the creature of European folklore.
Max Schrek Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck Eickhoff, Stefan. 2007 (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), Walk, Ines. 2006. known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film ' ...
's disturbing portrayal of this role in Murnau's film was copied by
Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...
in
Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...
's remake '' Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht'' (1979). In '' Shadow of the Vampire'' (2000, directed by
E. Elias Merhige Edmund Elias Merhige, known as E. Elias Merhige (, pronounced like ''marriage''; born June 14, 1964), is an American film director born in Brooklyn, New York City. Work Merhige is known to mainstream audiences for his work on the 2000 film ''Shad ...
), Willem Dafoe plays Max Schrek, himself, though portrayed here as an actual vampire. Dafoe's character is the ugly, disgusting creature of the original ''Nosferatu''. The main tradition has, however, been to portray the vampire in terms of a predatory sexuality.
Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
,
Delphine Seyrig Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (; 10 April 1932 – 15 October 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She came to prominence in Alain Resnais's 1961 film ''Last Year at Marienbad'', and later acted in films by Francois ...
,
Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards: two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's '' Frost/Nixon'' and as André in Flori ...
, and
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are just a few examples of actors who brought great sex-appeal into their portrayal of the vampire. A major character in most vampire films is the vampire slayer, of which Stoker's
Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula'', is an aged Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his ...
is a prototype. However, killing vampires has changed. Where Van Helsing relied on a stake through the heart, in ''
Vampires A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths ...
'' 1998 USA, directed by John Carpenter, Jack Crow ( James Woods) has a heavily armed squad of vampire hunters, and in ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' (1992 USA, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui), writer
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(who created TV's ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' and spinoff ''
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'') attached The Slayer, Buffy Summers (
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in the film, Sarah Michelle Gellar in the TV series), to a network of Watchers and mystically endowed her with superhuman powers. The 1973 Serbian horror film ''
Leptirica ''Leptirica'' ( sr-Cyrl, Лептирица, translation "The Butterfly") is a 1973 in film, 1973 SFRY, Yugoslav Television film, Made-for-TV horror film based on the story ''After Ninety Years'' (1880) written by Serbian writer Milovan Glišić. ...
'' ("The She-Butterfly") was inspired by the story of
Sava Savanović Sava Savanović ( sr-cyr, Сава Савановић) is one of the most famous vampires in Balkan and Serbian folklore. Legend Sava Savanović was said to have lived in an old watermill on the Rogačica river, at Zarožje village in the m ...
. Other notable Vampire movies also include the following, but not limited to: * "Dracula" (1931) starred Bela Lugosi as well he starred in "Vampire Over London" (1952) both of which are B/W films. * "The Horror of Dracula" (1958) starring Peter Cushing (playing Dr. Van Helsing) and co-stars with Christopher Lee. Christopher Lee's saga of vampire films also includes the following as he personified Dracula in "Dracula" Prince of Darkness" (1966), "Dracula Had Risen From the Grave" (1968), "Count Dracula" plus "Taste the Blood of Dracula," and "Scars of Dracula" all in (1970). Followed up with "Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) -co-starring again with Peter Cushing, as Van Helsing- then "The Satanic Rites Of Dracula" with Peter Cushing (1973), and "Dracula and Son" (1976). While Peter Cushing was also in "Vampire Lovers" (1970), "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" and "Tender Dracula" (1974). * "
Atom Age Vampire ''Atom Age Vampire'' ( it, Seddok, l'erede di Satana, links=no) is a 1960 Italian horror film directed by Anton Giulio Majano. Shot in black-and-white, the film was produced by Elio Ippolito Mellino and stars Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, and Serg ...
" (1960) B/W film aka "Seddok, l'erede di Satana" starring Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, and Sergio Fantoni. Directed by Anton Giulo Majano with both an Italian and English version of this film released. A girl Jeanette Moreneau (Susanne Loret) who gets her face mangled in a car accident. Only the mysterious Dr. Levin (Alberto Lupo) can save her face...but at what cost? (A 70-minute cartoon animated version of this film reflecting its story line was released in 2009). * "Queen Of Blood" (1966) starred John Saxon as well as Basil Rathbone and shared two elements in common (that being a derelict spaceship that harbors a female vampiric alien played by Florence Marly as the Alien Queen) as is the case too in the much later 1985 Sci-Fi thriller called "Lifeforce." * "Requiem for a Vampire" (1971) while a mainstream film not widely shown due to its dubious odd-ball content, the film containing full frontal nudity regarding a bizarre tale that includes bats engaged in coitus with women. This film starred Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent, and Piilippe Gaste. * "Horror Express" (1972) is not a vampire movie in the eyes of some, and then again it is a vampire film in the eyes of others. Like the movie "Lifeforce" that breaks the mold of one's lifeforce or i.e. blood being drawn from a person by biting them, mysteriously drawn from their mouths, or as in this film a person's soul or spirit if you will is removed from them leaving them dead with their essence all that they were being drawn out through their eyes... This film has a sinister character, call him vampiric or prehistoric man, or demon or devil if you will! The idea is not rightly spelled out with this sinister character attacking passengers aboard a rail road passenger train (an idea that appears likewise to be shared to some degree in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's "The Strain" with its original vampire character -in this horror TV series- bearing the marks of the devil too, if you will). "Horror Express" stars Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, and Christopher Lee. * "
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
" (1974) featuring Caroline Munro (in the starring role as Carla) in this UK film which also starred (Captain Kronos) Horst Janson, (Dr. Marcus) John Carson, (Grost) John Cater; as well as Shane Briant as (Paul Durwood), and others. * "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979) "Werner Herzog's Nosferatue, the Vampyre portrayed by Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula a well meaning replica of Max Schreck's vampire in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. As well "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) picked up the gauntlet and went further being inspired by the classic too in its attempt to pay homage to F.W. Murnau's silent horror classic Nosferatu, while including comic elements to the classic. All of which is also outlined above. * A TV film called "Salem's Lot" (1979) was made starring David Soul, who was more popularly known from his TV series "Starsky and Hutch" (1975-1979). This movie was then again remade in (2004) with the same title in (2004) starring Rob Lowe. * "Lifeforce" (1985) film that contained a lot of nudity throughout the film as a female vampire seduces and kisses men to drain out their life force and leaves them dried out like some mummified corpses. This film has different bases for vampire folklore and has them seeded here from another planet coming here on a spaceship. Starred Steven Railsback and Mathilda May. * One of the first popular vampire films of its decade there came out at the theaters a movie called "Lost Boys" in (1987) which quickly became a teen hearttrob film of girls at the time. It starred Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jason Patric. * "Near Dark" (1987) starred both Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen then in (2009) Lance did another vampire movie that shared a similar plot twist although the film itself with respect to the entirety of the script was different. However, if you've seen "Near Dark" this second film may not hold as much of a novelty as far as the plot twist goes; or vice versa if you've seen "Daybreakers" Lance's second vampire movie before "Near Dark." Both of these actors Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen have also prominently starred together in the (1986) Sci-fi film "Aliens." * "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). This film is based on the 1897 book. The film starred Keanu Reeves, Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins. * "Innocent Blood" (1992) contains brief nudity in a scene in opening of the feature in its theatrical release. The film is what is considered a 'dark comedy' with the female vampire having a moral angle to kill but bad people, and thus her involvement with the mob. This film starred: Anne Parillaud (Marie the vampire), David Proval (Lenny), Robert Luggia (Sal "The Shark"), Rocco Sisto (Gilly), Chazz Palminteri (Tony),
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(Joe Gennaro), Don Rickless (Emanuel Bergman), and Christopher Lee (as Count Dracula). * A somewhat more popular of the light hearted vampire films was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in (1992), featuring a high school girl who found herself gifted with fighting skills to kill vampires, and its spinoff TV series mentioned above. * "Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" (1994) starred Tom Cruise with Brad Pitt, and co-starred actors Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst & Christian Slater. (This film is based on an Anne Rice book as is also the movie "Queen of the Damned" mentioned below). * "Embrace of a Vampire" (1995) a cable TV movie contains some nudity involving a human and her vampire lover with the human girl being played by Alyssa Milano in her most revealing role. * "From Dusk till Dawn" (1996) over the top Quentin Tarantino film story which inspired a sequel film and in 2014 inspired a TV series spinoff. This movie was notably starring Salma Hayek, George Clooney, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel, and John Saxon. The film opens with some wild foul statements, and outside of Ms. Hayek this movie contains some unattractive nudity in a later scene within the movie and a few less than tasteful guitars being played that are composed of human body parts; so if you get beyond that, you're into the film. This movie now looks tame however; as far as shock effects go, as here described compared to those portrayed in the cable TV series "The Strain." * The "Blade" (1998) and its saga of three films starring Wesley Snipes, one begins to noticeably see a change in the genre of what has been considered the original origins of vampires in popular culture (from that of its original folklore). * "Queen of the Damned" (2002) regarding a queen vampire played by the beautiful and late actress Aaliyah. Part of the film's plot deals with a rockstar vampire named Lestat (Stuart Townsend) whose music wakes up the Queen of the damned. The film is based on Anne Rice novels called "The Vampire Chronicles" with the one bearing the title of this movie was published in 1988. Her writings are also responsible for the film "Interview with the Vampire" and the book by the same title was published in 1976 the first of her vampire book series. * "Underworld" (2003) with its saga of films - are very popular including a story line of wolf Lycans fighting vampires in a well brushed out visuals and CGI effects not completely unlike the "Twilight" saga of films that likewise have the same conflict occurring between rivaling factions of wolves and vampires. Starring Kate Beckinsale as the leding role in this series of movies. * "Van Helsing" (2004) starred Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale (more popularly known in the Sci-fi community for her portrayal of Selene in the "Underworld" saga of films); while this films is said to get a remake starring Tom Cruise. * "30 Days of Night" (2007) film directed by David Slade about an Alaskan town plunged into darkness with the misfortune of there being vampires there and all mayhem breaks out. * "I Am Legend" (2007) film starring Will Smith with a sequel in the works. Original film is called "The Last Man on Earth" starring Vincent Price available in its original B/W release or now in a colorized version as well. A more well known first remake was "Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston, or which inspired "I Am Legend" film that contained vampires as well as dog vampires all of which had slight zombie features too. These films are all from a book by the title of this film outlined here; and none of the films follow what is contained in the last couple of pages of the book. Another interesting point to note in the "Omega Man" film we find Chuck a white gentleman being the last man on earth as he meets his love interest, or passion a black woman (Rosalind Cash) the last woman on earth that has not become infected with the virus as is the rest of humanity. While in the film version of "I Am Legend" Will Smith a black man meets a Latina women, who is the last woman apparently on earth; and they don't really get along very well. There is a DVD of "I Am Legend" which includes an alternative ending version. * Then there are the "Twilight" saga films beginning in (2008) which also featured Native American flashbacks in time as the film deals with what it calls werewolves (but would be technically 'skinwalkers') verses or in conflict with a vampire clan with one of each of them, a vampire (Robert Pattinson) playing Edward Cullen, and Native American changeling (Taylor Lautner) bidding for the hand of a mortal girl Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). Notably there are other Native American actors in this saga of films besides Lautner with Native ancestry of (Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes, on his mother's side) playing Jacob Black, they -other natives- include Gil Birmingham (Comanche) who played Billy Black, and Julia Jones (Choctaw and Chickasaw) who played Leah Clearwater. A difference in vampires portrayed in these films (and the book series) is that they don't burn up in the sun—their skin sparkles. They live in Washington because it is almost always overcast, so their secret is safe. While this film became a heartthrob film for a new generation of young girl moviegoers like "Lost Boys" was of previous generations it is also a notable film to modern day Generation X and Millennials who are hardcore vampire film buffs. * "Dracula Untold" (2014). Vlad Tepes (Luke Evans) plays a troubled hero in that he becomes a vampire, in his case a blessing and a curse at the same time! You see he undergoes this transformation simply because of his learning that the Sultan is shortly readying for battle and needs to muster to himself an army of 1,000 boys; those he will recruit to himself, whether they want to join or not, while one of those boys would be Vlad's own son. Thus, Vlad vows to find a way, one way or another to protect his family at all cost; as they are all that matter to him! He learns of this mysterious cave where it is said dwells a creature of amidst strength, a vampire who can grant him this same practically invincible strength... and thus he becomes the bloodsucking Dracula destroying all enemies that would stand before him! Directed by Gary Shore, and also starring Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance, as well as Art Parkinson. The film is based on the character in Bram Stoker the novel. *
What We Do In the Shadows ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the ''What We Do in the Shadows'' franchise. The film also stars Clemen ...
(2014). Originally a short film made in 2005, the feature film version is a mockumentary that follows a group of vampires, Viago, Vladislav, Deacon and Petyr, living together in Wellington, New Zealand. The film follows the daily lives of these flatmates on the run up to an event called the Unholy Masquerade, a masquerade ball where all of the cities undead (vampires, zombies and witches) come together once a year, and how they're shaken up after modern, reckless vampire Nick joins their flat. Directed by
Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy series of the ...
and
Taika Waititi Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at t ...
, this indie originally premiered at Sundance and over the years has gained a firm cult fanbase, getting two spinoffs including the show of the same name,
What We Do In The Shadows ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the ''What We Do in the Shadows'' franchise. The film also stars Clemen ...
.


Games

As a well-known and iconic creature type,
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s are central to a variety of games, including
board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a comp ...
s,
role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
s, and
video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
s. These include a number of games where vampires are either incidental villains, or the primary villain of the game, as well as games that allow players to play as a vampire. It has been noted that vampires are "supernatural beings with a laundry list of fantastic abilities and a need for feeding on the living, which would presumably give numerous options for a plot". As late as 2014, however, it was lamented that there were not enough video games featuring vampires, with one commentary noting that "Vampires have never lent themselves readily to video games" due to their combination of cerebral and passionate characteristics, which "need something that most video games can't handle at the best of times, great writing".


Board games and card games

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The Fury of Dracula ''The Fury of Dracula'' is a board game for 2-4 players designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in 1987 in games, 1987. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 in games, 2006 as ''Fury of Dracula'', and a third e ...
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for 2-4 players designed by Stephen Hand and published by
Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...
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released an updated version in
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as ''Fury of Dracula'', and a third edition in 2015 by the same name. WizKids Games released a fourth edition in 2019. In the April 1988 edition of ''
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'' (Issue 132), Jim Bambra liked the first edition of the game, saying, " ttakes some of the best elements of role-playing games and neatly transposes them into an intriguing and fun board game." Bambra recommended the game, concluding, "Steeped in Gothic atmosphere and tinged with the unexpected, ''The Fury of Dracula'' game deserves to be in every gamer’s collection." '' Vampire: The Eternal Struggle'' (published as ''Jyhad'' in the first or "Limited" edition and often abbreviated as ''V:TES'') is a
multiplayer A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...
collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards, introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in ...
published by White Wolf Publishing, set in the
World of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', '' Werewolf: The Apoca ...
. The game was designed in 1994 by Richard Garfield and initially published by Wizards of the Coast and was the third CCG ever created. As Garfield's first follow-up to his popular '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game, he was eager to prove that the genre was "a form of game as potentially diverse as board games".
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In 1995 the game was renamed from ''Jyhad'' to ''Vampire: The Eternal Struggle'' to increase its appeal and distance itself from the Islamic term
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.


Role-playing games

In the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, the
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is an
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creature. A humanoid or monstrous humanoid creature can become a vampire, and looks as it did in life, with pale skin, haunting red eyes, and a feral cast to its features. A new vampire is created when another vampire drains the life out of a living creature. Its depiction is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood ''
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'' and monster movies. In writing vampires into the game, as with other creatures arising in folklore, the authors had to consider what elements arising in more recent popular culture should be incorporated into their description and characteristics. The vampire was one of the first monsters introduced in the earliest edition of the game, in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' "white box" set (1974), where they were described simply as powerful undead. They appeared again in the Greyhawk supplement. The vampire later appeared in the first edition '' Monster Manual'' (1977), where its description was changed somewhat to a chaotic evil, night-prowling creature whose powerful negative force drains life energy from victims. One popular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting, '' Ravenloft'', has as a central character a vampire named Strahd Von Zarovich, who is both ruler and prisoner of his own personal domain of Barovia. How Count Von Zarovich became the darklord of Barovia was detailed in the novel, '' I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire''.


Other role-playing games

The
role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
'' Vampire: The Masquerade'' has been influential upon modern vampire fiction and elements of its terminology, such as ''embrace'' and ''sire'', appear in contemporary fiction. '' GURPS Cabal'', a book that features a customizable campaign setting for the '' GURPS''
role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
system, depicts a modern-day
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composed of
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s,
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s and sorcerers who study the underlying principles of magic and visit other planes of existence and was integrated into Infinite Worlds, the "default" (core) setting for GURPS's 4th Edition. The Third Edition ''GURPS'' supplement ''Blood Types'' lists 47 different "species" of vampires describing 30 of them from both folklore and fiction in 23 listings (several are simply different names for the same type of vampire; for example the Burma's Kephn is considered a male version of the Penanggalen) '' Shadowrun'' features vampires whose existence is explained by a resurgence of the Human Meta-Human Vampiric Virus. As such, the afflicted are not ''undead'', but instead are still ''alive'' but radically changed by the
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. They normally do not suffer from the supernatural limitations such as crosses, but still are vulnerable to sunlight. In the tabletop wargame ''
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'',
Vampire Counts ''Warhammer Fantasy'' is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing g ...
are one of the playable forces.


Video games

One of the earliest video games featuring a vampire as the antagonist is '' The Count'', a 1979 text adventure for various platforms, in which local villagers send the player to defeat Count Dracula. A number of video game developers "have taken inspiration from the vampire myth to create unique gaming experiences that have players hunting down the beasts as well as playing as a member of the undead". Popular video games about vampires include ''
Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early system ...
'', which is an extension of the original Bram Stoker novel ''Dracula'', and '' Legacy of Kain''. A number of websites have compiled "best of" lists of vampire games, with games frequently mentioned including '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'', ''
Darkwatch ''Darkwatch: Curse of the West'' is a 2005 first-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console), Xbox. It was developed by High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Corporation, Sammy Studios) and published by Capcom in the United S ...
'', '' Infamous: Festival of Blood'', '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'', and '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines''. While most vampire-themed games involve some kind of combat between the player (either fighting vampires, or as a vampire fighting other foes), some games incorporate vampires without including those elements. In particular, '' The Sims 4'' features the game pack, '' The Sims 4: Vampires'', which includes Vampires as a life state, with
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-themed objects, outfits, interactions, aspirations, foods, and a Vampire Lore Skill. It is only available for digital download. The pack also features a new neighborhood called ''Forgotten Hollow'' which, fitting with the vampiric theme, has longer nighttimes than other neighborhoods. It takes elements from '' The Sims 2: Nightlife'', '' The Sims 3: Late Night'' and '' The Sims 3: Supernatural''.


Manga

* Japanese
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and
manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
features vampires in several titles, including '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' (1987), '' Vampire Princess Miyu'' (OAV 1988, TV series 1997), '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'' (1998), '' Vampire Hunter D'' (2000), '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000), '' Hellsing'' (2002), '' Vampire Host'' (2004), ''
Tsukihime, Lunar Legend is an anime television series. The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C.Staff, and produced by the ''Tsukihime'' Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C.Staff. T ...
'' (2003), '' Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-'' (2004), ''
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'' (2005), '' Blood+'' (2005),'' Trinity Blood'' (2005),''
Vampire Knight is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga series is licensed in Englis ...
,'(2005)'
Karin Karin may refer to: *Karin (given name), a feminine name Fiction * ''Karin'' (manga) or ''Chibi Vampire'', a Japanese media franchise *Karin Hanazono, title character of the manga and anime ''Kamichama Karin'' *Karin Kurosaki, a character in ''Bl ...
'' (2006), '' Black Blood Brothers'' (2006), '' Shiki'' (2007), ''
Rosario + Vampire is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda. The story revolves around Tsukune Aono, a boy who inadvertently enrolls in a boarding school for monsters. He quickly befriends Moka Akashiya, a vampire who soon develop ...
'' (2004) and '' Castlevania:The Animated series''.


Music


Artists

* Draconian is a
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band with issues facing vampires. * The vocalist Kamijo of the Japanese Visual Kei band, Versailles, says his look is influenced by the appearance of a vampire. * Theatres des Vampires is a gothic black metal band fully concentrating on vampire themes. * Vampire Weekend deliberately chose their name to capitalise on the popularity of vampires in popular culture. * Fearless Vampires Killers is an English alternative rock band, which received the name from the 1967 Roman Polanski film
The Fearless Vampire Killers ''The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck'' (shortened to ''The Fearless Vampire Killers''; originally released in the United Kingdom as ''Dance of the Vampires'') is a 1967 British comedy horror film directed b ...
* Czech
gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...
group XIII. Stoleti has recorded an album "Nosferatu"


Songs

*
Marilyn Manson Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
has a song entitled " If I Was Your Vampire." It is the opening track on the band's sixth studio album, "
Eat Me, Drink Me ''Eat Me, Drink Me'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on June 5, 2007, by Interscope Records. It was recorded in a rented home studio in Hollywood by lead vocalist Marilyn Manson and guitarist an ...
," which has several other songs that deal with vampiric themes. The band also has a song called "
No Reflection "No Reflection" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson. The track serves as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, ''Born Villain''. It was released in digital format on March 13, 2012 throug ...
" (from the album "
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") in direct reference to the belief that vampires do not have reflections. * Bonnie Tyler has a song entitled " Total Eclipse of the Heart" which was a huge hit and was originally written as a vampire love song. *
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band HIM has a song called "Vampire Heart" on their '' Dark Light'' album. * Concrete Blonde has a song titled "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)" on their ''
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'' album. *
Darkthrone Darkthrone is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leadin ...
has a song and album entitled " Transilvanian Hunger". *
My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mi ...
has a song titled "
Vampires Will Never Hurt You "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is the debut single as well as the lead single and third track from My Chemical Romance's debut album, ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''. Background Gerard Way has said this song, "Skylines an ...
" on their debut album, ''
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' (often shortened to ''I Brought You My Bullets'' or ''Bullets'') is the debut studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on July 23, 2002 by Eyeball Records. Produced by ...
''. *
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has a song entitled "Vampire Love" on their album ''
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''. * Nox Arcana recorded the album ''
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'' based on Bram Stoker's ''
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''. * The folk band
Antsy Pants Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song " Anyone ...
has a song entitled "Vampire" on their debut album "
Antsy Pants Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song " Anyone ...
". * Xandria plays a song called "Vampire". * Blue Öyster Cult has a song titled "Nosferatu", and another called "I Love the Night", in which the narrator succumbs to a female vampire's seduction and becomes one himself. They are the last two tracks on the original release of the band's ''Spectres'' album. * Cuban singer
Lissette Lissette Álvarez Chorens, commonly known as Lissette, (born March 10, 1947) is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from Cuba. She is best known for recording a Spanish language-version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 19 ...
has a song title "Vampiro" on her 1989 album ''Maniqui''. *
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's "
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" "A Little Less ''Sixteen Candles'', a Little More 'Touch Me'", is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the third and last single taken from their second studio album, ''From Under the Cork Tree'' (2005). "A Little Less ''Sixteen Candles ...
" music video revolves around vampires. * Falling in Reverse has a song entitled " I'm Not A Vampire" on their album "
The Drug in Me Is You ''The Drug in Me Is You'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Falling in Reverse. Production for the album took place following lead singer Ronnie Radke's departure from Escape the Fate in 2008. Recording took place in December 2010 ...
". *
Ice Nine Kills Ice Nine Kills (sometimes stylized in all capital letters or abbreviated to INK, and formerly known as Ice Nine) is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, who are signed to Fearless Records. Best known for its horror-inspir ...
has a song named Bloodbath and Beyond on their album Every Trick In The Book. The song is about Dracula * Playboi Carti’s album “ Whole Lotta Red” is heavily vampire-inspired and contains two tracks titled “Vamp Anthem” and “King Vamp”. *
The Orion Experience The Orion Experience (occasionally abbreviated to T.O.E.) is an American pop rock band formed in New York City in 2005 by singer/songwriter Orion Simprini and Linda Horwatt (Linda XO). The band has released three studio albums and two EPs, and th ...
have a song titled "Vampire" on their ''Sugar Deluxe'' album. *
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musician DECO*27 has a song titled on his album ''MANNEQUIN.'' The music video depicts
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as a vampire.


Paintings

"The Vampire" (1897) by Philip Burne-Jones depicts an alluring female vampire crouched over a male victim. The model was the famous actress
Mrs Patrick Campbell Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner (9 February 1865 – 9 April 1940), better known by her stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell or Mrs Pat, was an English stage actress, best known for appearing in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw and Barrie. She also toured th ...
. This
femme fatale A ''femme fatale'' ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of ...
inspired a poem of the same name (also 1897) by
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. Like much of Kipling's verse it was incredibly popular, and its inspired many early silent films whose "vampires" were actually " vamps" rather than being supernatural undead blood-suckers. The 1913 film '' The Vampire'' features the famous and controversial "Vampire Dance", which takes inspiration from the painting. The poem's refrain: ''A fool there was . . . '', describing a seduced man, became the title of the popular film ''
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'' (1915) which made Theda Bara a star, and the archetypal cinematic "vamp".


Television

* '' Hellsing'' (2001–2002)"
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and the later
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remake "
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" (2006–2012): An
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about a vampire named Alucard. He is the main protagonist in the Hellsing series and the most powerful weapon of the Hellsing Organization which works against vampires and other such supernatural forces. Alucard is no mere vampire; it has been implied that he is the most powerful vampire alive and may be the most powerful character in the series. * ''
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'' (1966–1971), a gothic horror-themed
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featuring vampire
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. This presentation carried over the traditional lore of vampires as creatures of the night who sleep in coffins, cast no reflection and wear black capes. However, the series was one of the first to humanize its vampire, depicting Barnabas Collins as a sympathetic, emotionally conflicted
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. * ''
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'' (1966): In the original series episode titled "The Man Trap", there is a creature that lives on a remote planet that Captain Kirk and the away team encounter, which appears to be a female human but is otherwise a hideous chameleon-like creature that can take on human appearance. This creature makes its way aboard their starship, the Enterprise, and kills several crew members. The creature is a pseudo-vampire, as it looks nothing like a vampire but draws others' life force from them by sucking all the salt from their bodies. * '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' (1972–1975): This was a television series in which Kolchak discovers an overlooked victim from a crime scene, now turned vampire, has made her way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in episode #4, titled "The Vampire" (1974) which is a sequel of the first of the two TV movies, the series being inspired by " The Night Stalker" movie which also had vampires (a TV movie made in 1972). See List of Kolchak: The Night Stalker episodes. There was a very short-lived remake of this series simply called "Night Stalker" (2005). * ''The Curse Of Dracula'' (1979): Count Dracula is alive and well and teaching college in 1979. The series lasted one season and featured flashback memories of Count Dracula, using sepia-tone to show scenes in a different era of time. * '' Dracula: The Series'' (1990): This show was a Saturday morning feature with Van Helsing's descendants and vampires. * '' Forever Knight'' (1992–1996): A Canadian TV series featuring a vampire known as Det. Nicholas 'Nick' Knight, who works at night and is a detective on the police force. In some episodes of this series, Nick's eyes would change to a silver-white color. * ''Outer Limits: The New Series'' (1995): In an episode called "Caught In the Act", a small-town girl encounters a mysterious object that crashes through her ceiling into her bedroom. She is then turned into a lustful girl with a vampiric-type entity inhabiting her which demands sex from everyone she meets, and in the process, then absorbs their energy from them until they die. Will it be any different with her boyfriend, with which they were both previously waiting to have sex until marriage? * '' Kindred: The Embraced'' (1996): This series features a conclave of vampires highly organized like a mob. * ''
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'' (1997): Inspired by the movie of the same title. The vampires in this series are presented as strong but fundamentally 'fragile' walking corpses, vulnerable to sunlight, decapitation, and stakes through the heart, and are clearly established as being demons possessing human corpses rather than humans corrupted by their vampire instincts. The vampire Angel is an exception to this rule, as he was cursed with his soul over a century ago, restoring his capacity for compassion and grief, driving him to seek redemption for his sins in the spin-off series "Angel". * ''Earth: Final Conflict'' (1997–2002): In the fifth and final season of this series, there is an episode, in a departure from the current storyline, that replaces the Taelons with the newly born and more aggressive alien race of energy vampires called the Atavus. * ''
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'' (1999): A spinoff of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. Unlike most vampires in the Whedonverse, Angel was cursed with a soul. If he was ever to experience a moment of perfect happiness, he would lose the soul and become Angelus, the ruthless and bloodthirsty vampire that he was in the past. Angel seeks redemption for his crimes by helping others who have supernatural problems. * ''
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'' (2000–2001): Several episodes feature an energy vampire named NOS-4-A2, created by Zurg, who controls machines that he bites. * '' Blood Ties'' (2006–2008): Based on the "Blood Books" by Tanya Huff. This series was a supernatural drama that revolved around Vicki Nelson, a former homicide cop now a private investigator, and Henry Fitzroy, a 470-year-old vampire. Together they form a team which solves cases and deals with the supernatural world. * ''Moonlight'' (2007–2008): In this TV series, the vampire Mick St. John has a love interest who is a mortal woman. * '' Blade: The Series'' (2008): Inspired by the "Blade" saga of films (minus Wesley Snipes in the lead role). Like the movie, Blade is only half-vampire so he can effortlessly walk in the daylight to slay vampires. He is called a "daywalker", since sunlight doesn't bother him in the least. * '' Being Human'' (2008–2013): A British television series about a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost sharing a flat in Bristol. While a lot of vampires give into their nature, drinking blood and killing people without remorse, other vampires in the series feel guilty. These vampires try to give up their blood drinking addiction; however, their true nature usually comes through at some point. * '' True Blood'' (2008–2014): A cable TV series about vampires as well as a host of other supernatural beings. This series continues the folklore that vampires cannot walk in the daylight. * ''
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'' (2009–2017): The TV series plot eventually has two brothers biding over the hand of a mortal girl who looks just like a vampire girl they knew generations ago. The vampires have 'daylight rings' made by witches that allow them to walk in the daylight. * In the popular (2010) cartoon TV show ''
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'', one of the main recurring characters is
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. * '' Being Human'' (2011–2014): An American remake series of the British TV series of the same name. The show included vampires, werewolves, disembodied spirits, and witches. * '' The Originals'' (2013–2018): A spinoff of "The Vampire Diaries" TV series, dealing with a family of vampires, a brooding faction between witches of the court of New Orleans and the vampires, as well as some shapeshifter wolves. * ''
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'' (2013–2014): The mysticism of Count Dracula as a wealthy and seductive force to be reckoned with is further embellished in this drama, telling the story of his character and genius as both an entrepreneur and an inventor, a Tesla of his times. Also, this drama's sub-theme deals with his obsession to permanently walk in sunlight, while seeking a romantic liaison with Mina Murray, who appears to be a doppelganger or reincarnation of his past lover. He carries out his business transactions while hiding from a secret society cult that has sought to destroy all vampires for centuries. * ''
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'' (2014): A series inspired by the movie of the same name. * '' Grimm'' season 3, episode 14 titled “Mommy Dearest” (2014): This show centres around Nick Burkhardt, an American police officer who can see people who have an alternative animal side, which can in some cases be evil. This episode uses a figure taken from Filipino folklore, the Aswang, a creature (someone with an evil side let loose) something like a cross between a vampire and a werewolf, a humanoid shape-shifter that feeds on unborn infants of pregnant women. * '' American Horror Story: Hotel'' (2015–2016), the fifth season of the FX anthology series '' American Horror Story'': The season focuses on the fictional Hotel Cortez and its inhabitants, vampire-like creatures that are immortal, feed on blood, and are adverse to sunlight. Countess Elizabeth Johnson is the owner of the titular hotel. Her brood of children is infected with the blood virus, as is her lover Donovan and arch-nemesis Ramona Royale. Throughout the season, references to pop culture vampires, such as
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, are frequently made. * ''
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'' (2017): A
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original series about Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley moving from Transylvania to Pennsylvania with her family, all of whom are benevolent vampires. * ''
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'' (2019-present): A spinoff of the 2014 film of the same name, a mockumentary comedy TV show that revolves around three vampires that reside together in Staten Island.


Theatre

* First performed at the Limbo Lounge in
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's East Village in 1984, the play ''
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'' became so popular it was moved
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in June 1985. It ran five years at the Provincetown Playhouse. * '' Dance of the Vampires'' (1997) is a musical from Jim Steinman. * '' Lestat'' is a musical from
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, based on the novels by
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* ''
Der Vampyr '' Der Vampyr '' (''The Vampire'') is a Romantic opera in two acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück (Marschner's brother-in-law) is based on the play ''Der Vampir oder die Totenbraut'' (1821) by Heinrich Lud ...
'' is an opera, based on the short story '' The Vampyre'' (1819) by
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. * Making its off-Broadway debut in the Fall of 2009, ''THE CURE'' is based on a rock 'n roll graphic novel, written by Mark Weiser, about two friends who discover the last surviving vampires.


Other vampire references

Many regional vampire myths, or other creatures similar to or related to vampires have appeared in popular culture.


Darkseekers

* In the film '' I Am Legend'', a mutated virus turns some humans and dogs into
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beings, called "Darkseekers", that prey on unmutated humans and dogs.


Moroi

* In the movie '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992), Count Dracula calls his wolf pet by the names strigoi and moroi. * Mike Mignola's ''Right Hand of Doom'', from the
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series, features a female vampire proclaiming that the
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(singular entity here) is the master of the moroii and strigoi. * Richelle Mead's ''
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'' series features Moroi as the protagonists and Strigoi as the antagonists.


Penanggalan


Film

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'' aka ''The Headless Terror'', a 1967 film by Tulsi Ramsay, widely dismissed as a hoax *'' The Witch With Flying Head'' (''Fei taugh mo neuih'', literally "Flying Head Devil Woman"), 1977 film by Lian Sing Woo (Though from Hong Kong, bootlegs are usually of the
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-dubbed version, which also is rescored with Basil Poledouris music from ''
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'', which debuted several years after this film's first release. Principal photography had to have begun before April 1970, due to the presence of Peter Chen Ho, who died April 16, 1970.) *''
Mystics in Bali ''Mystics in Bali'' (originally released as ''Leák'') is a 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by H. Tjut Djalil. Based on the novel ''Leák Ngakak'' by Putra Mada, the film stars Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., and ...
'', (''Leák''), 1983 film by H. Tjut Djalil., from the
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by Putra Mada *'' Krasue'', 2002 film by Bin Bunluerit *''
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''; Both ''Penanggalan'' and ''Mystics in Bali'' feature
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as the priest who fights the Penanggalan. Both '' The Witch With Flying Head'' and ''
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'' depict an innocent transformed into a Penanggalan against her will. In the former film, there is an effort to save her, and her attempt at
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upon learning her condition is thwarted. In the latter film, she is considered irredeemable, and her neck is spiked to destroy her. Both characters are monstrous only at night and unaware of their nocturnal behavior until informed.


Print media

* The '' Dragon Warriors'' pen and paper RPG features a monster called the Death's Head, with a similar modus operandi to the Penanggalan, although the detached head has tiny wings and a horn. * The Penanggalan may be found described as a '' Dungeons and Dragons'' monster in the '' Fiend Folio'' (
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, 1981). The vargouille is similar to the penanggalan in that both are vampire-like creatures in the form of a flying, detached head. * A more recent '' Dungeons and Dragons'' penanggalan appears in the ''Oriental Adventures'' setting. Even more recent '' Dungeons and Dragons'' penanggalan appears in the ''Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale'' supplement. * The Penanggalan may be found described as an example of a vampire as well as the Kephn (a male counterpart from Burma) in the GURPS third edition supplement ''
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, 1995) * The short Guro fetish/comedy manga story ''Head Prolapse Elegy'' by
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revolves around the travails of a Penanggalan who desires a normal love life with a man but is constantly thwarted by her condition. * Wizard Entertainment)'s ''
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Premier Edition'' features a story by Mike Mignola, "The Penanggalan" (later collected in the ''Premier Edition Volume 1'' and '' Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others''), wherein Hellboy battles a penanggalan. * The first book of the Malay Mysteries, ''Garlands of Moonlight'', revolves around a Penanggalan. * The Eastern-inspired RPG '' Legend of the Five Rings'' features Penanggalans, although there they are named Penaggolans. * A penanggalan appears in
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's 1999 book ''Out Of The Madhouse'', Volume 1 of '' The Gatekeeper Trilogy''.


Other

*Anime-based website '' Gaia Online'' has a Penanggalan as a companion or a self pose in the "Nightmare" evolving item. *Although the indie horror game ''Eyes'' was originally released featuring the ghost of a beautiful woman as the monster that hunts the player, it was eventually updated to replace the somewhat unscary creature with a Penanggalan, who otherwise functions identically to the original, killing the player the instant it comes in contact with them.


Shtriga

* The TV series ''
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in the season 1 episode " Something Wicked". In a homage to The Simpsons, the shtriga in 'Supernatural' was said to have moved through Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, the same towns taken in by the monorail conman in the episode
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. * Shtrigas also appear in Andrzej Sapkowski's '' The Witcher'' short stories and saga.


Strigoi


Books

* In ''The Last Apprentice'' (different name: ''Spook's'' or ''Wardstone Chronicles'') series written by Joseph Delaney. In the 10th book in the series, the main character master is placed under the control of a "Strigoi" and "Strigoica". *Strigoi play a major role in James Rollins and
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's series, The Order of the Sanguines: ''City of Screams'' (2012), ''The Blood Gospel'' (2013), ''Innocent Blood'' (2013), ''Blood Brothers'' (2013), and ''Blood Infernal'' (2015). *The term is used to describe vampires in general in the book series ''The Hunt'' by
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. *The Strigoi play a central role in
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's 2006 book, ''The Descendant''. * Richelle Mead's ''
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'' novels features Strigoi as villains. *The Strigoi play a central role in
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's 1992 book, ''Children of the Night''. *A Strigoi appears in "Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistritia" by
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and
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in the February 2008 '' Fantasy and Science Fiction'' *In the Guardians of Ga' Hoole book series, an evil owl whose ancestors were witch owls called hagsfiends renames herself the Striga after her escape from the Qui' Dragon Palace. *
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's 2009 book ''The Strain'' references vampires as strigoi. * ''Strigoi'' is the preferred name of vampires in Susan Krinard's ''Roaring Twenties'' series. * Mike Mignola's ''Right Hand of Doom'' from the
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(singular entity here) is the master of the moroii and strigoi. * In
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by J.R.R Tolkien, vampires are mentioned. However, only one, Thuringwethil, is described. She is the messenger of the evil Valar
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, and is a bat-like creature. During The Tale of Beren and Lúthien, another servant of Morgoth,
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, takes the form of a vampire. * In Yankel Krümmel's Matrice Granit, the story of Gregorius the Strigoi is told.


Games

*In the 2008 adventure video game ''A Vampyre Story'', one of the more prominent characters is named Madam Strigoi and, although she is not herself a vampyre (as far as is known), she has great insight into vampires. * The video game ''
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'' features an elite enemy fighter squadron called "Strigon Team" formally known as the "Vampire Team", whose insignia and paint scheme contains
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motifs and whose commander flies an experimental aircraft named "
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". * The Underground adventure game ''Ben Jordan: Case 3'' features a Strigoi who goes by the name of Zortherus. * In the ''
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'' video game series, there is a class of vampires called Strigoi. * In the ''
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'' franchise, the Strigoi is a recurring enemy demon. * In the 2008 video game '' Soul Calibur 4'', the French fencer (and vampire)
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has a move called the Strigoi Envelopment. * The 2007 video game '' The Witcher'', based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, features a vampiric female creature known as a striga. * The Sixth Edition of the '' Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' game gives the name Strigoi to a bloodline of monstrous vampires, similar to
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. * In Dark Arisen, the 2013 expansion and re-release of the game '' Dragon's Dogma,'' Strigoi are encountered as enemies after the defeat of the main boss. They look like large, blood-red gargoyles and attack by draining blood from the Arisen and their pawns using their tail. * One of the playable heroes in Popular Warcraft Custom Map Defense of the Ancients, Strygwygr the Bloodseeker is based on Poltergeist, a variant of vampire.


Movies

*One of the villains in the ''
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'' (2007) film is listed as "Strigoi" in the end credits. *In the film '' Bloodstone: Subspecies II'' (1993), some of the characters refer to vampires as "strigoi". *In the '' Dracula 2000'' movie, Count Dracula calls his wolf pet by the names of "strigoi" and " moroi". *The 2009 film '' Strigoi'' involves vampires in
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, which are referred to as "strigoi".


Music

*The term is used in a song from the
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band Dark Funeral called "Ravenna Strigoi Mortii" on the album ''
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''. *Italian musician
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, famous for being the former vocalist of the
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band Theatres des Vampires, has a song named "Strigoi" on his second solo studio album, '' Carpathian Tragedies'' (2009). * German
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has a song called "Armata Strigoi" on the album ''
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'' (2015).


Television

*A group of strigoi appeared in the episode "Bite Father, Bite Son" in the animated series '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. *Strigoi are the featured enemy in the 1999 episode " Darkness Visible" of the show '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. *The strigoi was featured in the Animal Planet TV series ''Lost Tapes''. * In the
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television series ''
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'', strigoi are discussed in an episode called "Return to
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Dare." The episode originally aired on April 21, 2002. *The vampires in the 2014 television series ''
The Strain ''The Strain'' is a 2009 vampire horror novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. It is the first installment in ''The Strain Trilogy'', and was followed by '' The Fall'' (2010) and ''The Night Eternal'' (2011). Plot synopsis A Boeing 77 ...
'' are referred to as strigoi by the character Abraham. * In "Earth Final Conflict" (1997–2002), energy vampires as such are called the Atavus. They are not the traditional style vampires of folklore. * In the TV series "Vampire Dairies" and "The Originals" the vampires have what are called 'daylight rings' made by witches allowing them to walk in daylight. There is even one ring made that allows the user any mortal to bet death if killed. (Even the werewolves in "The Originals" series were seeking to get 'moonlight rings' to keep them all from turning into wolves when they do not want to).


Strix

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'' was presented as a popular monster in Dungeons and Dragons. In the game, it took the form of a many-legged flying creature which sucked the blood from its victims through a sharp, tubular beak. A version of the striga makes an appearance in ''
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'' based on the works of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. As a demonic undead creature, which transforms from the corpse of a dead child conceived via incest, striga in the Witcher's universe does not look like insects or vampires but looks similar to a ghoul with a muscular quadrupedal body, big claws, and a fang-filled mouth. The strix make an appearance in the '' Vampire: the Requiem'' historical book ''Requiem for Rome''. In contrast to the more traditional vampires presented in the line, the strix are disembodied spirits who commonly take the shape of owls and can possess both humans and torpored vampires. It is rumored that the strix restored Remus to undeath, and corrupted a sixth clan of vampires who were destroyed en masse. The strix believed themselves to be betrayed by the vampires of Rome, especially those of the Julii clan, and swore to bring about their ruin. They reappear in ''Night Horrors: Wicked Dead'' as heralds of disaster, mainly unbound by their former oath (although they still occasionally pursue such activities for personal reasons). Immensely amoral
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, they view vampires clinging to humanity as weak, and as such will often serve as tempters in order to make them lose themselves to the Beast. Strix are also described in the GURPS third edition Sourcebook for Vampires ''Blood Types''. They are described as witches who, having made pacts with dark entities, gained the ability to become blood-drinking birds at night. What their pacts with these dark forces require of them is not described.


Wurdulac

* Mario Bava's 1963
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'' includes one segment about the
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based on Tolstoy's story and starring
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. * A wurdulac is also the subject of ''
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'' #116. * In 1972, the Italian/Spanish film called ''La Notte dei Diavoli (Night of the Devils) ''was also based on Tolstoy's story. * The character of Stefan (portrayed by
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) in the 2012 film '' Werewolf: The Beast Among Us'' was a wurdulac.


See also

* List of fictional vampires


References

*
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(1992) ''Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula'' (1992) {{ISBN, 0-571-16792-6 * Freeland, Cynthia A. (2000) ''The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror''. Westview Press. * Holte, James Craig. (1997) ''Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations''. Greenwood Press. * Leatherdale, C. (1993) ''Dracula: The Novel and the Legend''. Desert Island Books. * Melton, J. Gordon. (1999) ''The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead''. Visible Ink Press.


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