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3 unusual facts about ''Vampires''


Vampires: Los Muertos

In Mexico, a freelance vampire slayer, Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi), is hired by an unknown client provided he build a team of slayers.

Vampires : Los Muertos is a 2002 sequel to John Carpenter's Vampires starring Jon Bon Jovi in the role of a vampire hunter.

Vampires: The Turning

In her pain and rage, Sang attacked Niran during a Songkran (New Year) solar eclipse, turning him into a vampire.


30 Days of Night: Blood Trails

We come back to when George is being arrested and discovers the message reveals the vampires plan – a "feeding" in Barrow, Alaska, which will take place the following night.

Alien Vampires

Formed in 2000 by Nysrok Infernalien (ex-Aborym) who wanted to explore different sonorities by blending psy trance, industrial, EBM and metal, Alien Vampires was joined by Nightstalker in 2004 who also shared the same passion for Jam Montoya, BDSM and Drugs.

Clans and Bloodlines in Vampire: The Requiem

Nosferatu vampires are the repulsive, yet fascinating, alien monsters of legend (such as Count Orlok of their movie namesake).

Clinical vampirism

Serial killers Peter Kürten and Richard Trenton Chase were both called "vampires" in the tabloids after they were discovered drinking the blood of the people they murdered.

Darkeden

Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bathory, and Gilles de Rais, three of the twelve master vampires, form an alliance and enter the mountainous area of Helea, killing every person they find.

Eric Northman

The state of Louisiana was in disarray after the results of Hurricane Katrina, and after queen of Louisiana, Eric's hierarch, was crippled in an explosion and eventually killed by the vampires of Nevada under Felipe de Castro's order.

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

Published in 2006 by Piers Anthony's Random House POD imprint, Xlibris, Face of the Screaming Werewolf by Ken Gage recycled imagery and dialogue from the film to tell a strange story involving Satan's war in heaven, robots, sadomasochistic vampires, the nature of elitism, and aliens (mostly from the planet Venus).

Fire vampire

The term refers to two distinct types of beings: the Flame Creatures of Cthugha, created by August Derleth, and the Fire Vampires of Fthaggua, created by Donald Wandrei.

Helga Liné

Although she appeared in James Bond spoof films such as Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary (1965) alongside Ken Clark, she is well noted for her horror film work in particular, starring as the spy Natasha in the Gothic feature Horror Express, in the title role in The Lorelei's Grasp, as a predatory vampire countess in the erotic film The Vampires' Night Orgy, and as the leader of a Satanic cult in the Black Candles.

Holy Innocents' Cemetery

In Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, Armand's coven of vampires resides in the Cimetière des Innocents when Lestat first encounters them, and they remain there until shortly before the Cemetery is finally destroyed.

Jessica Miriam Reeves

Then she met with David Talbot, the head of the order, who told her that vampires were real, and he sent her to New Orleans.

Katherine Ramsland

She has written on the subjects of serial killers, CSI, vampires, forensic science, mass murder, sex offenders and ghosts, and is a regular contributor to Crime Library.

Khayman

As related during the history of the vampires related in the book The Queen of the Damned, Khayman was the chief steward in the palace of King Enkil and Queen Akasha of Kemet (now Egypt) circa 5000 BCE.

While Akasha slaughters most of her vampire children worldwide, Khayman accompanies Louis and Gabrielle to Maharet's house in Sonoma as one of the 13 surviving vampires who plan to stand against Akasha in The Queen of the Damned.

Le Frisson des Vampires

Le Frisson des Vampires was released in 2012 by Kino Lorber in a five-disc Blu-ray collection, along with La Rose de Fer, Fascination, La Vampire Nue, and Lèvres de Sang.

Les Trottoirs de Bangkok

The film is inspired by the 1932 Boris Karloff classic The Mask of Fu Manchu and is not what you would usually expect from a Rollin movie - vampires, dream-like atmospheres and crumbling chateau's, instead here he mixes themes of adventure, crime and mystery with comic book dialogue and still features naked women and sex, something his films are well known for.

Long Day's Journey

The electro-kinetic cat burglar-for-hire, Gwen Raiden, returns and reluctantly helps Angel and the group after they discover that the Beast is searching for five mystical Totems in order to block out sunlight from Los Angeles so that all demons and vampires can roam freely.

Modern Vampires

Modern Vampires (also billed as Revenant) is a 1998 black horror/comedy film that was released Oct 19, 1999 straight to video, written by Matthew Bright and directed by Richard Elfman.

Musidora

Contrary to the title, Les Vampires was not actually about vampires, but about a criminal gang-cum-secret society inspired by the exploits of the real-life Bonnot Gang.

My Soul Is Slashed

After the complete destruction of Count Dracula his HIV infected blood arrives in Japan, where a young scientist who is researching vampires hides it in a hospital for later experiments.

Nick Curran

Curran performed four songs in a scene in the 2008 HBO Series, True Blood, based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, which explores the co-existence of humans and vampires.

Rafik Schami

The story "Vampire lieben Knoblauch" ("Vampires Love Garlic") in Das Letzte Wort der Wanderratte tells how Günter with his crucifix and Ali with his crescent are equally helpless victims of the predator, Dracula; it is a mistake to seek anti-German polemic in Schami's writing.

School Hard

While the Scoobies are busy preparing for the parents, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and Jenny Calendar (Robia LaMorte) show up to inform Buffy that Saturday will be the Night of Saint Vigeous, named after the leader of a vampire crusade, and that during that night, the natural abilities of vampires will be enhanced.

Slices of Life

"Sexual parasites, disembowelment, zombies, serial killers, demon children, violent vixens, rabid office workers, aliens, mummies, skeleton warriors, vampires, werewolves, dragons, medusa, beasts, giants, robots, cyclops' and angry mmbryos all spring to life from the flesh covered sketch books featured in Anthony G. Sumner’s (Gallery of Fear) Slices of Life.

Subaru Sumeragi

In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Subaru reappears as one of a pair of twin vampires alongside Kamui Shirō for whom Seishirō Sakurazuka is searching.

The Armstrong and Miller Show

Two out-of-touch Dracula-like vampires trying to get virgin blood as though they're 'on the pull', yet often beaten by more modern Twilight vampires.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

YouTube clips of vampires committing suicide are popular, and Midnight has a popular blog and vlog site.

The Queen of the Damned

This novel is a continuation of the story that ends in a cliffhanger in The Vampire Lestat and explores the rich history and mythology of the origin of the vampires, which dates back to Ancient Egypt.

The Saga of Darren Shan

The Saga of Darren Shan (known as Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan in the US) is a young adult 12 part book series written by Darren Shan (his real name, Darren O'Shaughnessy) about the struggle of a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires.

The Stress of Her Regard

Drawing from European and Middle Eastern mythology, Powers depicts these beings as having qualities of vampires, succubi, incubi, Lamia, fairies, and jinn.

The Vampire Council of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Generally known as The Sweet Dark or as the Mother Of All Darkness (in Cerulean Sins, Anita dubbed her "Mommie Dearest"), Marmee Noir is the leader of all vampires and the head of the Vampire Council.

The Vampire Tapestry

He is unlike other vampires in that he does not fear garlic, take the form of a bat, sleep in a coffin, convert victims into vampires through feeding practices, or possess long canine teeth fangs.

Théâtre des Vampires

According to an interview, Anne Rice claimed that when she wrote the book, she had no idea that there actually was a theatre in Paris called Theatre of Vampires.

Thievery Corporation

At Lollapalooza 2009 the group spoke out against the IMF after playing the politically charged song "Vampires".

Vampire pumpkins and watermelons

(reprinted in) Jan L. Perkowski, Vampires of the Slavs (Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, 1976)

Vampire: The Requiem

The Daeva, for instance, evoke the image of vampires as seductive, decadent, sexually transgressive predators who blur lust and hunger together, equating the act of feeding with sensual pleasure, like Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla.

Ventrue are regal vampires who value power and dominion to the point of obsession, self-styled "lords of the night" they represent vampirism as a metaphor for maddening power, like Bram Stoker's Dracula.

They claim the Roman Centurion Longinus as their founder and they believe Kindred (the word vampires use for themselves) have a role in the Divine Providence: that of the ultimate predators.

Vampires vs. Zombies

Vampires vs. Zombies is an independent horror film loosely based upon J. Sheridan Le Fanu's classic 1872 novel Carmilla.

Vampires Will Never Hurt You

"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is the first single and third track from My Chemical Romance's debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.

Vicky Gilpin

Gilpin writes book reviews for FreshFiction.com, writes articles for HerLife Magazine, and is a scholar of vampires, popular culture, sexuality, weight studies, religious studies, and literature.

White Wolf Publishing

This was a simple adjustment (since the core premise of both settings is 'Earth as we know it' + 'supernatural fiction is reality') and particularly suited to the 'Tremere connection' between a clan of vampires from the original Vampire and a House of magi in the Order of Hermes (the central organization of Ars Magica as well as one of the 'Traditions' in M:TA).

X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula

Now in the days of 19th century London, Dracula is seeking revenge to his past defeat and is turning members of Apocalypse's clan into vampires.

Xombi

Xombi (along with fianceé Dalia Rose and friend Julian Parker) debuted in the DC Universe in issue 26 of The Brave and the Bold, teaming up with The Spectre to fight a ghost which was killing and sucking the lifeforce of other ghosts, vampires, and undead.


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