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Vampires are frequently represented in popular culture, including appearances in ballet, films,
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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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s and
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s such as ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Cre ...
'' (1969), '' Tomb of Dracula'' (1972), ''
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'' (1973), '' 30 Days of Night'' (2002) Anita Blake Guilty Pleasures, and '' Dracula vs. King Arthur'' (2005). In addition, many major superheroes have faced vampire supervillains at some point. * Many
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s featuring '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' 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 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 Robert G. Vignola), also co-written by Vignola, is the earliest vampire film. These were derived from the writer
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who was inspired by a vampiress painted by
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, 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'' that made
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a star, the poem being used in its publicity. On this account, in early American
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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
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), an unlicensed version of Bram Stoker's '' Dracula.'' 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 sunlight, which formerly only weakened vampires. The next classic treatment of the vampire legend was in Universal's '' Dracula'' starring
Bela Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
as
Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some ...
. Five years after the release of the film, Universal released ''
Dracula's Daughter ''Dracula's Daughter'' is a 1936 American vampire film, vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula''. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett F ...
'', a direct sequel that starts immediately after the end of the first film. A second sequel, '' Son of Dracula'', starring
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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 ''House of Dracula'' is a 1945 American horror film released and distributed by Universal Pictures Company, Universal Pictures. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, the film features several Universal Horror properties meeting as they had done in the 19 ...
'' and 1948's ''
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton (director), Charles Barton. The film features Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) who has become partners with Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert), a ...
''. 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
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series of films, starring Christopher Lee as the Count. The first of these films '' Dracula'' (1958) was followed by seven
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s. 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
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. The first of these was ''
Blood and Roses ''Blood and Roses'' (french: Et mourir de plaisir, lit=And die of pleasure) is a 1960 erotic horror film directed by Roger Vadim. It is based on the novella ''Carmilla'' (1872) by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, shifting the book's setting in 1 ...
'' (1960) by
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. More explicit lesbian content was provided in Hammer Studios Karnstein trilogy. 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. ...
'', (1970), starring
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and
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, 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'' (1974) became even more explicit in their depiction of sex, nudity and violence. Beginning with the absurd ''
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton (director), Charles Barton. The film features Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) who has become partners with Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert), a ...
'' (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 ...
'' (1967) by
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was a notable parody of the genre. Other comedic treatments, of variable quality, include '' Old Dracula'' (1974) featuring
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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 J ...
'' (1979 United States) featuring George Hamilton and '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995 United States, directed by
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) with Canadian
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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 ''
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'' (1971 USA, directed by Boris Sagal), both based on
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's novel ''I Am Legend'', are two examples. Vampirism is explained as a kind of virus in David Cronenberg's ''
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'' (1976 Canada), '' Red-Blooded American Girl'' (1990 Canada, directed by David Blyth) and Michael and Peter Spierig's ''
Daybreakers ''Daybreakers'' is a 2009 science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to captur ...
'' (2009 United States). Race has been another theme, as exemplified by the blaxploitation 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) by ...
'' (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.
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's disturbing portrayal of this role in Murnau's film was copied by Klaus Kinski in
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's remake '' Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht'' (1979). In ''
Shadow of the Vampire ''Shadow of the Vampire'' is a 2000 independent meta period horror comedy film directed by E. Elias Merhige, written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classi ...
'' (2000, directed by E. Elias Merhige),
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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, Delphine Seyrig,
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, and Lauren Hutton 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
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is a prototype. However, killing vampires has changed. Where Van Helsing relied on a stake through the heart, in '' Vampires'' 1998 USA, directed by
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, Jack Crow (
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) has a heavily armed squad of vampire hunters, and in '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992 USA, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui), writer Joss Whedon (who created TV's '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and spinoff ''
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'') attached The Slayer,
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(
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in the film,
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in the TV series), to a network of Watchers and mystically endowed her with superhuman powers. The 1973 Serbian horror film '' Leptirica'' ("The She-Butterfly") was inspired by the story of Sava Savanović. 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" (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
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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" (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
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, 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. *
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(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
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and
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, 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,
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.


Games

As a well-known and iconic creature type,
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s are central to a variety of games, including
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s, role-playing games, and
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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. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 as ''Fury of Dracula'', and a third edition in 2015 by the same n ...
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for 2-4 players designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in
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released an updated version in 2006 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 '' Dragon'' (Issue 132),
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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
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collectible card game published by
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, 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
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and initially published by
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and was the third CCG ever created. As Garfield's first follow-up to his popular ''
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'' 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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, by Robert Goudie, July 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2008.)
In 1995 the game was renamed from ''Jyhad'' to ''Vampire: The Eternal Struggle'' to increase its appeal and distance itself from the Islamic term jihad.


Role-playing games

In the ''
Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...
'' 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 '' Dracula'' 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 ''
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'' (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''
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, ''
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'', has as a central character a vampire named
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, 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 '' 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 ''GURPS Cabal'' () is a book by Kenneth Hite that features a customizable campaign setting for the ''GURPS'' role-playing game system, based on the first edition of GURPS Horror by Scott Haring and further developed in the second edition by J. M. ...
'', a book that features a customizable
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for the ''
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'' role-playing game system, depicts a modern-day secret society 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
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, 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 ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime fiction, crime, with ...
'' 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 retrovirus. They normally do not suffer from the supernatural limitations such as crosses, but still are vulnerable to sunlight. In the tabletop wargame '' Warhammer Fantasy'', Vampire Counts 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
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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
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include '' Castlevania'', which is an extension of the original Bram Stoker novel ''Dracula'', and ''
Legacy of Kain ''Legacy of Kain'' is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by Eidos Interactive, then Square Enix Europe after 2009. The first title, '' Blood Omen: Legacy of Kai ...
''. 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. It was developed by High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios) and published by Capcom in the United States and by Ubisoft in Europe and ...
'', '' 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 ''The Sims 4'' is a social simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth major title in ''The Sims'' series, and is the sequel to '' The Sims 3'' (2009). The game was released in North America on Septem ...
'' features the game pack, '' The Sims 4: Vampires'', which includes Vampires as a life state, with Gothic-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 features vampires in several titles, including ''
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'' (1987), ''
Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA (Original Video Animation) licensed by AnimEigo i ...
'' (OAV 1988, TV series 1997), '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'' (1998), ''
Vampire Hunter D is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983. As of April 2022, 40 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They ha ...
'' (2000), '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000), ''
Hellsing ''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its c ...
'' (2002), '' Vampire Host'' (2004), ''
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'' (2003), ''
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- is a Japanese manga series by Keitarō Arima. The manga was serialized in the monthly manga magazine ''Comic Gum'' from March 2000 to March 27, 2008. The series spanned sixteen manga volumes that were published by Wani Books in Japan. The ma ...
'' (2004), '' Bleach'' (2005), ''
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'' (2005),''
Trinity Blood is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in ''The Sneaker''. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the ...
'' (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 Engli ...
,'(2005)' Karin'' (2006), ''
Black Blood Brothers ''Black Blood Brothers'', also known as ''BBB'', is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa. ...
'' (2006), '' Shiki'' (2007), '' Rosario + Vampire'' (2004) and '' Castlevania:The Animated series''.


Music


Artists

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is a doom metal 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 Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics. The band's early material was credited as melodic black metal or symphonic black metal, but the group completely aba ...
is a gothic black metal band fully concentrating on vampire themes. *
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson ...
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 ...
* Czech gothic rock group XIII. Stoleti has recorded an album "Nosferatu"


Songs

* Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson 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," which has several other songs that deal with vampiric themes. The band also has a song called "No Reflection" (from the album "Born Villain") 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. * Alternative rock band HIM (Finnish band), HIM has a song called "Vampire Heart" on their ''Dark Light (HIM album), Dark Light'' album. * Concrete Blonde has a song titled "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)" on their ''Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde album), Bloodletting'' album. * Darkthrone has a song and album entitled "Transilvanian Hunger". * My Chemical Romance has a song titled "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" on their debut album, ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''. * Ash (band), Ash has a song entitled "Vampire Love" on their album ''Meltdown (Ash album), Meltdown''. * Nox Arcana recorded the album ''Transylvania (Nox Arcana album), Transylvania'' based on Bram Stoker's '' Dracula''. * The folk band Antsy Pants has a song entitled "Vampire" on their debut album "Antsy Pants (album), Antsy Pants". * 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), ''Spectres'' album. * Cuban singer Lissette has a song title "Vampiro" on her 1989 album ''Maniqui''. * Fall out Boy's "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" 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". * Ice Nine Kills 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 have a song titled "Vampire" on their ''Sugar Deluxe'' album. * Vocaloid musician DECO*27 has a song titled on his album ''MANNEQUIN.'' The music video depicts Hatsune Miku as a vampire.


Paintings

"The Vampire" (1897) by
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depicts an alluring female vampire crouched over a male victim. The model was the famous actress Mrs Patrick Campbell. This femme fatale 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 "Femme fatale#20th century film and theatre, 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 '' A Fool There Was'' (1915) which made
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a star, and the archetypal cinematic "vamp".


Television

* ''Hellsing'' (2001–2002)" manga and TV series and the later
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remake "Hellsing Ultimate" (2006–2012): An anime series 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. * ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–1971), a gothic horror-themed soap opera featuring vampire Barnabas Collins. 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 anti-hero. * ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (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 (1972 film), 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. * ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (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. * ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' (2000–2001): Several episodes feature an energy vampire named NOS-4-A2, created by Zurg, who controls machines that he bites. * ''Blood Ties (TV series), 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 (UK TV series), 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. * ''The Vampire Diaries'' (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 ''Adventure Time'', one of the main recurring characters is Marceline the Vampire Queen. * ''Being Human (North American TV series), 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 (TV series), 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. * ''Dracula (2013 TV series), Dracula'' (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. * ''From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, From Dusk till Dawn'' (2014): A series inspired by the movie of the same name. * ''Grimm (TV series), 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 (TV channel), 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 Count Orlok, are frequently made. * ''Vampirina'' (2017): A Disney Junior 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 What We Do in the Shadows, 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 New York City's East Village, Manhattan, East Village in 1984, the play ''Vampire Lesbians of Sodom'' became so popular it was moved Off-Broadway in June 1985. It ran five years at the Provincetown Playhouse. * ''Dance of the Vampires (musical), Dance of the Vampires'' (1997) is a musical from Jim Steinman. * ''Lestat (musical), Lestat'' is a musical from Elton John, based on the novels by Anne Rice * ''Der Vampyr'' is an opera, based on the short story ''The Vampyre'' (1819) by John Polidori. * 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 (film), I Am Legend'', a mutated virus turns some humans and dogs into Vampirism, vampiric beings, called "Darkseekers", that prey on unmutated humans and dogs.


Moroi

* In the movie ''Dracula (1992 film), 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 Hellboy series, features a female vampire proclaiming that the vârcolac (singular entity here) is the master of the moroii and strigoi. * Richelle Mead's ''Vampire Academy (series), Vampire Academy'' series features Moroi as the protagonists and Strigoi as the antagonists.


Penanggalan


Film

*''Penanggalan (film), Penanggalan'' 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 Thai language, Thai-dubbed version, which also is rescored with Basil Poledouris music from ''Conan the Barbarian (1982 film), Conan the Barbarian'', 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'', (''Leák''), 1983 film by H. Tjut Djalil., from the novel by Putra Mada *''Demonic Beauty, Krasue'', 2002 film by Bin Bunluerit *''Gong Tau''; Both ''Penanggalan'' and ''Mystics in Bali'' feature actor W.D. Mochtar as the priest who fights the Penanggalan. Both ''The Witch With Flying Head'' and ''Mystics in Bali'' 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 suicide 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'' (TSR, Inc., 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
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third edition supplement ''GURPS Blood Types'' (Steve Jackson Games, 1995) * The short Ero guro, Guro fetish/comedy manga story ''Head Prolapse Elegy'' by Shintaro Kago 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 ''Hellboy 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 Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder's 1999 book ''Out Of The Madhouse'', Volume 1 of ''The Gatekeeper (Buffy novel series), 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 ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural'' features a shtriga in the season 1 episode "Something Wicked (Supernatural), 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 Marge vs. the Monorail. * 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 Rebecca Cantrell'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 Susan Sizemore. *The Strigoi play a central role in Graham Masterton's 2006 book, ''The Descendant''. *Richelle Mead's ''Vampire Academy (series), Vampire Academy'' novels features Strigoi as villains. *The Strigoi play a central role in Dan Simmon's 1992 book, ''Children of the Night''. *A Strigoi appears in "Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistritia" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald 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. * Guillermo del Toro'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 Hellboy comic series features a female vampire proclaiming that the vârcolac (singular entity here) is the master of the moroii and strigoi. * In The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien, vampires are mentioned. However, only one, Thuringwethil, is described. She is the messenger of the evil Valar Morgoth, and is a bat-like creature. During The Tale of Beren and Lúthien, another servant of Morgoth, Sauron, 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 ''Ace Combat 6'' features an elite enemy fighter squadron called "Strigon Team" formally known as the "Vampire Team", whose insignia and paint scheme contains Death (personification), death 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 ''Disgaea'' video game series, there is a class of vampires called Strigoi. * In the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' franchise, the Strigoi is a recurring enemy demon. * In the 2008 video game ''Soul Calibur 4'', the French fencer (and vampire) Raphael Sorel has a move called the Strigoi Envelopment. * The 2007 video game ''The Witcher (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 Count Orlok. * 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 ''30 Days of Night (film), 30 Days of Night'' (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 (film), Strigoi'' involves vampires in Romania, which are referred to as "strigoi".


Music

*The term is used in a song from the black metal band Dark Funeral called "Ravenna Strigoi Mortii" on the album ''Vobiscum Satanas''. *Italian musician Alessandro Nunziati, Lord Vampyr, famous for being the former vocalist of the gothic metal band
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, has a song named "Strigoi" on his second solo studio album, ''Carpathian Tragedies'' (2009). * German power metal band Powerwolf has a song called "Armata Strigoi" on the album ''Blessed & Possessed'' (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 "List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episodes#Season 6 .281999.29, Darkness Visible" of the show ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. *The strigoi was featured in the Animal Planet TV series ''Lost Tapes''. * In the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Scariest Places on Earth'', strigoi are discussed in an episode called "Return to Romania Dare." The episode originally aired on April 21, 2002. *The vampires in the 2014 television series ''The Strain (TV series), The Strain'' 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

The ''Stirge'' 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 Strix (mythology), striga makes an appearance in ''The Witcher (video game)'' 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 libertinism, libertines, 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 anthology film ''Black Sabbath (film), Black Sabbath'' includes one segment about the wurdulac based on Tolstoy's story and starring Boris Karloff. * A wurdulac is also the subject of ''Monster in My Pocket'' #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 Adam Croasdell) in the 2012 film ''Werewolf: The Beast Among Us'' was a wurdulac.


See also

* List of fictional vampires


References

* Christopher Frayling (1992) ''Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula'' (1992) {{ISBN, 0-571-16792-6 * Cynthia Freeland, 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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