List of vampire traits in folklore and fiction

List of vampire traits in folklore and fiction

The following tables compare traits given to vampires in folklore and fiction. Over time, some attributes now regarded as integral became incorporated into the vampire's profile: fangs and vulnerability to sunlight appeared over the course of the 19th century, with Varney the Vampire and Count Dracula both bearing protruding teeth,[1] and Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) the first vampire to be killed by daylight.[2] Although Bram Stoker's novel is the best known vampire fiction of the 19th century, it is the aristocratic figure of Lord Ruthven who is thought to have inspired the elegant and suave creature of stage and film.[3] The cloak appeared in stage productions of the 1920s, with a high collar introduced by playwright Hamilton Deane to help Dracula 'vanish' on stage.[4] Lord Ruthven and Varney were able to be healed by moonlight, although no account of this is known in traditional folklore.[5]

Appearance
Setting European folklore North American folklore The Vampyre (1819) Varney the Vampire (1845) Carmilla (1871) Bram Stoker (1897) "White and [10] bloodless" Pale Pale Yes No [11] No [12] Yes [10] [10] Hideous, but has hypnotizing eyes Skin Colour Ruddy or dark Pale [6] Fangs Yes [7] Reflection Varies [8] Shadow [8] Varies Yes Varies [9] Varies Attractiveness

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unearthly beauty Dracula: Varies Female Vampires: Beautiful to the point of hypnotic [9] Hideous Ordinary

Nosferatu (1922) Dark Shadows (1966) Blade (1998) Count Chocula (1971) Count von Count (1972) Dungeons & Dragons (1974) Blade (1973) Ultraviolet (TV serial) (1998) Anne Rice (1979)

Pale Ordinary

Yes Retractable Yes Yes ?

No No

Yes Yes Yes

Pale/ordinary Tanned

Varies Comical

Yes [13]

Yes

Lavender

Yes

No

Yes

Neutral - Muppet/Cartoonish

Pale

Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No

No Yes Yes

Ordinary, they have a predatory look compared to normal humans Ordinary but often somewhat above average Ordinary but often somewhat above average

Ordinary/Pale Ordinary/Pale

Pale, smooth, marble-like, gets whiter with age Furry

Typically alluring and beautiful Retractable Yes Yes

Bunnicula (1979)

Yes

No

Yes

Adorable to all, intimately only with other rabbits.

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No Yes No Yes No Alluring Green-feathered cartoon duck

The Hunger (1981) Pale Count Duckula (1983) Young Dracula 2007 Vampire Hunter D (1983) Necroscope (1986) The Lost Boys (1987) Green

Sometimes

Pale

Retractable

Lost after age of 16

Yes

Varies

Pale

Yes Yes

No Yes shows true self

Yes Yes

Possess a strange unearthly beauty

Pale Full vampires: Ordinary, a little pale Half-vampire (pre-turning): Ordinary

Can make themselves beautiful or hideous Ordinary. Become quite ugly when about to attack and fangs appear.

Retractable

No

Yes

Gradually gain No No

As in life

The Little Vampire (2000)

Pale

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alluring

The Vampire Ordinary Diaries (Novel and television series) World of Darkness (1992) Varies

Alluring Retractable Yes Yes

Retractable

Yes - Lasombra, however, don't have them No Yes

Varies by bloodline, inidividual, and discipline. Yes

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie) (1992) Forever Knight (1992) Discworld (1992) Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter (1993)

Pale

No

Ordinary

Pale Pale Pale

[14] Retractable Yes

[14]

Yes

[15] ?

Yes

[14]

Ordinary

No

Alluring Ordinary, but some bloodlines seem to get more attractive with age, some less, and many vampires are attractive as this was the reason they were sired Ordinary Ancient vampires were alluring while human turned vampire evolutions became more grotesque. Alluring Alluring Can appear as normal humans. However, when feeding or angry, they reveal their true vampire visage where their eyes turn yellow, their brow extends and they grow fangs and pointed teeth. Ordinary Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Preacher (1995) Legacy of Kain (1996)

Pale Varies

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Night World (1996) Ordinary Alucard (1997) Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series (1997) Ordinary Ordinary

Retractable Yes

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Night Watch (1998)

Ordinary Retractable

Yes, even if the vampire himself turns invisible Yes

John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)

Pale

Yes

Yes

Ordinary

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Faint reflection that disappears with age Beautiful Yes

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (1999) The Saga of Darren Shan (2000)

Pale Yes

Ordinary; Purple for vampanese subrace

No

Yes, but cannot be recorded on film (vampire) or are blurry on film (half-vampire)

Ordinary, but vampanese subrace become swollen and discolored from overfeeding. Yes

30 Days of Night (2002)

Pale

Yes Entire set of teeth are sharp.

Yes

Yes

Steve Niles mentioned that they have an alien-like appearance. They are also described as being gruesome yet attractive. Ordinary, but appearance will deteriorate if deprived of blood. Appearance can also morph, and vaguely implied to be able to sprout wings. Ordinary, but some are above average. Ordinary Main character gives blood instead of taking blood from humans.

Let the Right One In (2002)

Pale Retractable Yes Yes

Moon Child (2003) Ordinary Underworld (2003) Pale Chibi Vampire/Karin (2003) Pale Yes Yes Retractable Yes

Yes Yes

Yes

Van Helsing (2004) Pale Retractable No Yes

Above average when in human form, but they turn into a winged bat/demon-like creature, which is possibly be their true appearance. Alluring, inhumanly beautiful

Twilight (2005)

Pale, hard as marble, sparkles in sunlight Pale

No, their teeth are sharp, but not pointed Yes

Yes

Yes

My Sister the Vampire (2007) Supernatural (2005) The Batman Vs. Dracula (2005) Frostbiten (2006)

Yes

Yes

Beautiful

Ordinary

Retractable

Yes

Yes

Ordinary

Pale

Yes

No

Yes

Grotesque

Pale

Yes, grows even bigger when attacking people

No

Yes

Ordinary, but the "pill-vampires" turn monstrous when attacking people, while the supervampire shapeshifts into a demonic creature to hunt. The original vampires look human all the time. All the vampires have orange eyes that turn red when their bloodlust is awakened. The vampires also have exposed veins. Moroi are ordinary, Strigoi have red-ringed irises Alluring

Vampire Academy (2007) House of Night (2007)

Pale

Yes

Moroi yes, Strigoi no

Yes

Blue Vampires: Pale with sapphire markings Red Vampires: Pale with red markings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unknown Yes Yes

Depends: red fledglings are described as gross, but once they choose to be good and become an adult they can be alluring Tall, with a "predatory appearance"; baseline humans possess an instinctive panic response to them

Blindsight (2007)

Pale Yes Yes Yes

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Ordinary, but humans can develop more attraction to them by drinking their blood, and also with the power to "Glamour" ordinary humans into enticement Ordinary

True Blood (2008)

Pale Retractable Yes [16] Yes

Being Human (2008) Moonlight (2008) The Parasol Protectorate (2009) Daybreakers (2010)

Ordinary

Retractable Retractable ? Yes

No

[17]

Yes Yes ?

Ordinary Pale

Yes

Ordinary, but many are above average Ordinary

Ordinary Yes No

Unknown

Normal, but with pallid skin and yellow eyes. However if deprived of blood they become deformed, their ears grow, they lose their hair, grow claws and wings and become bat-like creatures called "Subsiders" Slightly distorted

American Vampire (2010)

Old World bloodline: Pale American bloodline: As when alive

Yes

? Yes Distorted

Usually normal, but severely distorted and animalistic when enraged

Dresden Files

White court: ordinary Red court: ordinary when human Black court: corpse-like

No ? Yes

Yes ?

Yes

Extremely attractive

Slimy and batlike, but with an attractive human "costume"

Yes

Rotting corpse

Touhou

Pale Yes

Unknown, probably yes

Unknown, probably yes Unknown

Normal, but with red eyes and wings.

Fright Night (1985, Pale 2011) Marvel Comics We Are The Night (2010) Blood: The Last Vampire Pale Pale

Yes Yes Yes

No

Somewhat attractive

No No

? Yes

Varies Transformation turns them into the peak of their beauty Saya is ordinary, the other Chiropterans are monstrous, but can look like normal humans

Gray, except for Saya who is ordinary Ordinary, except fail chiropterans that have gray skin Methuselahs: Pale Crusniks: Pale

Except for Saya

Yes

Yes

Blood+

Only fail chiropterans and Chevaliers when they shape shift Yes Retractable Yes Yes Yes ?

Yes

Yes

Ordinary, except for fail chiropterans that are monstrous

Trinity Blood

Yes Yes No Yes ?

Yes Yes

Beautiful Beautiful Varies

DC Comics Sanctuary

Pale Ordinary

Yes Yes

Varies Beautiful, unless they absorb other monsters, in that case they became monstrous

Rosario + Vampire Ordinary

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Yes Yes No ? No ? No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Ordinary Beautiful

Charmed

Ordinary

Wizards of Waverly Pale Place Gantz Ordinary

Ordinary Ordinary, but the color of their eyes can change when they are angry or sad.

Goosebumps Pale (Welcome To Dead House) Marceline The Vampire Queen Blue-gray

Yes

No

Described as "Sexy".

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Weaknesses
A "Yes" indicates a weakness to something, with fatal weaknesses being marked as such. Entries which are marked as "No" are not seen as weaknesses. "?" indicates a lack of information on whether this is a weakness or not; other indicates weaknesses that do not fit in one of the other categories.
Setting European Folklore Stake Sunlight Decapitation Drowning Fire Silver Garlic Holy symbols Running water Invitation Arithmomania Other

Fatal; ash,

[1] [2] hawthorn, [3]

or oak preferred

Nocturnal

[11]
Fatal

[4]

Fatal

Fatal

No

Yes

[5]

Yes

No

[6]

No

[6]

Yes

[7]

North American folklore Twilight

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

It harm No No them, but it isn't fatal No Fatal No No No No No No

The Vampyre

Fatal

Healed by moonlight Fatal

Daybreakers Young Dracula

Fatal

Fatal ? ?

No

No

No

No Avoided, effect is unclear No

No

No

Sometimes

Fatal

Fatal

After time

No

Burns skin

No

Yes

Often yes

My Sister the Vampire

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

Possibly yes

Possibly yes

No

Yes

No

No

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? ? No No ? ?

Varney the Vampire

? Healed by moonlight

Commits suicide in Mount Vesuvius

[10]
? ? Yes ?

Carmilla

Only weakened during daylight hours Fatal

Aversion to holy relics/charms

Bram Stoker

Fatal; white oak preferred

Only weakened during daylight hours But it greatly Fatal Fatal Fatal No Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Night World Fatal

weakens their powers

Possibly yes

Fatal

Fatal

No

No

No

No

No

No

Nosferatu

Fatal

[8]

Count Chocula Count von Count

? ?

No

? ?

? ?

? ?

? ?

No ?

No

No

Enjoys sunlight, ? sleeps at night

No

No

Yes

Van Helsing

Fatal to Dracula's brides, not to Dracula Yes

? No

Not to Dracula

Not to Dracula

Not to Dracula, fatal to his brides

His only true weakness is the bite of a werewolf.

Dungeons & Dragons Fatal

Fatal, will survive very short exposure No No No Yes

Keeps them at bay

Keeps them at bay

Fatal, will survive short exposure

Yes

No

Blade Fatal

EDTA and the

[16]

Fatal

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[16]

Yes

[16]

No

[16]

No

No

No

Daystar virus can also kill them.

Ultraviolet (TV serial)

Fatal

Fatal

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Keeps them at bay

Psychosomatic

No

No

Charcoal

30 Days of Night (2002) No

When blood touches their ashes they will regenerate. Yes

? Yes No No No No No No

Anne Rice Fatal; older No vampires have higher tolerances

Sometimes

Sometimes

The blood from the body of a

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

creature already dead is fatal to vampires

[9]

Bunnicula The Hunger Count Duckula

? ?

Nocturnal ? Fatal (although the incarnation No featured in the series is immune to sunlight)

? ?

? ?

? ?

? ? ?

Yes

? ?

? ?

? ?

? ? ?

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Vampire Hunter D

Usually fatal

Fatal in direct light

Immobilizes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

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But after a few years the begin to have a Yes resistance toward it other than that their eye still react the same Yes No Yes No No No No No No

The Lost Boys

Invitation makes

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal through the heart

Holy water is No fatal in large quantities

vampire immune to weaknesses and vampire characteristics No

The Little Vampire The Vampire Diaries

Fatal

Fatal

Yes ?

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No Depends on how strong the

No

No

Fatal Special Novels: Yes ring protects them Yes Yes No No No

vampire is. The stronger the vampire, the worse running water is on them Yes No

Heart extraction and not consuming blood kill them

Television Series: The originals can only die with a stake made of White Wood or the ashes of these tree in a special stake House of Night: Blue Vampires House of Night: Red Vampires Buffy Fatal ? Fatal Special ring protects them, except for the Originals that are immune Except for the Originals Except for the Originals

Vampires can also die from heart extraction No No No No No Yes No and a Werewolf bite; Vervain and magical objects weaken them.

Fatal

No

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

No

No

No

No

No

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

No

Yes

Fatal Special

Shown as a prop Fatal

Some poisons Yes

[10]

ring protects them

[10]

[10]

No

[11]

Fatal

No

on-screen, but never utilized.

[11][10]

No

Yes

[11]

No

and drugs can affect them

Discworld

[12]

Fatal

Yes

[13]

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

Yes

Yes

[14]

Yes

[15]

Yes

[14]

Yes

No

True Blood

Fatal; Younger vampires can survive short exposure, older vampires have Fatal lower tolerances; Fae/Fairy blood can eliminate weakness to sun for a short period Fatal No Yes Yes Yes (mild irritant) No Yes (Only in private Hepatitis D and Maenad Blood No can weaken them; and exsanguinations is fatal

[16]

No

residences owned by humans)

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Fatal, if invite Implied yes.

Let the Right One In

Fatal

Fatal

Fatal

No

Fatal

No

No

No

No

remains absent for long enough

Preacher American Vampire (Old World bloodline) ?

No

Fatal Fatal; ameliorable with protective measures ?

Fatal

No ? Immobilizes

Fatal

No ? Yes

No ?

No ?

No ?

No

No

No

American Vampire (American bloodline)

No; possible dependency on moonlight torpid and vulnerable during new moon

No

Gold

No

No

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Fatal

Generally fatal; some vampires are immune Fatal No Fatal Yes No

Any religious iconography if wielded by a true believer No Yes

Alucard No

Non-fatal, but finds it extremely unpleasant No No No

Fatal for other vampires in the series but not Alucard No No No No

[16]
?

The Saga of Darren Shan Fatal

Highly susceptible to sunburns, eventually Fatal Fatal Fatal Fatal No No No Superstitious

[17]

No

World of Darkness Eventually Fatal Immune unless with flaw Immune unless with flaw

Immune unless with flaw or when wielded by someone with true faith Immune unless with flaw Immune unless with flaw Only if with flaw

Immobilizes

Fatal

Usually Fatal

No

Being Human Yes(only way to permanently kill a vampire)

No (More sensitive to sunlight and prefer to avoid it) No(can be resurrected) No (can be resurrected) No(can be resurrected)

Yes (causes fangs to appear, watery eyes, and sneezing)

Yes (doesn't work on old and powerful ones.) No

Yes(old vampires are excluded) No

Lord Erebus Supernatural

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

? Dead man's

No

weakens them but not fatal

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

blood, can paralyze a vampire

Moonlight Causes paralysis

It makes them progressively weaker Yes No Yes

Yes, it is toxic and can eventually kill if left in too long No No No No

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? ? Vampires are tethered to a specific location shortly after creation, unless their

The Parasol Protectorate

Fatal

Fatal

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

queen swarms; the touch of a soulless or metanatural turns them human temporarily

Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain Death-like state until removed Fatal, but Fatal to weaker vampires Vorador was resurrected after his execution

Fatal to most, but Vampires in Fatal to all except Rahabim vampires Fatal to most if not all No No Vulnerable to Hylden glyphs and Moebius's staff Blood Omen 1 can "buy" a resistance to some forms of water, such as rain or snow No

The Nexus Stone could send Kain in a coma for centuries

Night Watch Underworld

Feels unpleasant ?

No Selene Fatal almost drowns in first film

? ?

? ? No

No

No

No

Yes

Fatal; Fatal Specifically UV radiation

No

No

No

No

Chibi Vampire/Karin Fatal

Burns, death if exposed too long Likely Likely Likely No

Only aggravates highly developed olfactory nerves Fatal ? ? ? Fatal ? Fatal ? No ? No ? No No No ? Yes ? No No No No

Necroscope Moon Child Forever Knight ?

Fatal

Fatal Fatal

Fatal; older vampires have higher tolerances Fatal

Fatal; older vampires have higher tolerances No

[14]

Yes

[18]

[19]

Yes

[20]

Can develop a tolerance

[20]

No

[21]

No

[18]
?

[18]
?

John Carpenter's Vampires Dark Shadows (1966)

Yes

Fatal

Yes

No

Wielder has to possess faith ? Keeps them at bay

No

No

Fatal (except under the Yes treatments of Dr. Julia Hoffman)

Yes

No

No

Frostbiten (2006)

Fatal, but the supervampire must be killed through a combination of several vampire weaknesses Implied, the supervampires is killed by strong light after being staked

Yes

Yes

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The opposite of

Dresden Files: White Court As for humans No As for humans As for humans As for humans No No No No No No

the emotion that they feed on

Dresden Files: Black Court

Affected by the faith of the user, not the inherent

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

properties of the object; any holy symbol will work

Yes

Dresden Files: Red Court

Cutting their stomach open drains the

Yes

blood they've eaten, this weakens and can kill them

Touhou

Weakened through sun exposure, a Yes parasol seems to be enough protection, though

Yes

Yes

No

Yes, even rain is a problem

No

No

Fright Night

Fatal, but only through the heart Fatal

Can't think clearly

? No Burns skin

? Yes

Marvel Comics

The Montesi Formula

Yes

Yes, except for pseudo-vampires

Yes

No

No

Yes, except for

Yes, except for

Yes, except for

pseudo-vampires pseudo-vampires pseudo-vampires

No

No

incantation can kill any vampire within earshot

We Are The Night (2010) Blindsight (2007)

Fatal

No

No

No

Cannot

Possible -

Neurological "crucifix glitch" causes lethal seizures when

approach any altered brain construction No intrinsic No, but light-shy and Fatal tends toward nocturnal activity Fatal Fatal Fatal No No aversion to religion in general, but "crucifix glitch" caused problems with crosses No with right angles while structure provides omnisavantic

eyes are open pattern-matching perpendicular due to "crucifix glitch"; legend may have arisen from this condition and analytical skills lines fill more than 30 degrees of visual field; seizures can be prevented by "anti-Euclidean drugs" They can die if they lose a

Blood: The Last Vampire No No Yes

Yes

No

No

Distresses them

No

No

No

sufficiently large amount of blood

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The blood of one Queen can

Blood+

No

Only the Schiffs

Yes

Fatal

No

No

No

No

No

No

kill anything that her sister has created

Trinity Blood

Methuselahs: Yes Yes Yes

They have to eat normal Yes Yes No No No No No food alongside blood or they die

Crusniks: ? Rosario + Vampire ?

No

? ?

? Except for Tsukune Aono

? ?

No

No

No

No

No

Only give them a quick sunburn

Yes

Yes

Yes

Except for Tsukune Aono

No

No

Charmed

The Power of Three and demonic powers can kill Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No them; also, killing the Queen kills the entire clan as well

DC Comics Sanctuary Wizards of Waverly Place ? ?

Yes

Yes No ? ?

Yes ? ?

No

? Yes ? ? ?

Yes

Yes No ?

Yes No

No No

? No

No No

Pumpkin smell is repulsive to them, werewolf scratch take

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

away their powers, and vampires powers are useless against plastic

Gantz

They can take a special medicine that toughens their skin, allowing them to walk around in the daylight Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Goosebumps(Welcome ? to Dead House) fatal

? No

? No

The light of a flashlight is also fatal

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? ? ? ? ? Unclear. The Marceline is seen entering people's Powerless against ghosts

Marceline the Vampire Queen

Direct sunlight only. A simple parasol is Implied enough to render the sun's light merely irritating

houses uninvited but seems to have prior, largely unknown claims to extensive amounts of property across the Land of Ooo No

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Supernatural Powers
It is common in fiction for vampires to gain additional, uncommon powers as they age. Certain vampires may have abilities that are unique to them or a small group of others. These have been noted as 'Gifted'.

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Immortal

Unnatural strength

Unnatural senses

Unnatural speed

Unnatural healing

Flight

Shapeshifting Mind Powers

Telekinesis

Pyrokinesis

Other

European Folklore Yes No No No Yes

Some Yes Yes

Some poltergeist-like activity No

North American folklore Varney the Vampire Yes Yes ? ? Regenerates in moonlight Bram Stoker ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Nocturnal animals, fog

? Yes No No

? Yes No

[10]
? ? Control of nocturnal animals - wolves and rats mentioned Wolf, bat (also giant bat), dust, fog possibly dog The hunters track Dracula through his telepathic link with Mina specifically. Also, at least one Vampire (if not all) is able to shrink to fit under a door. Hypothetical array of other powers (due to former magical scholarship - though undocumented and very briefly mentioned by Dr Van Helsing).

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

as well. Can also impersonate Jonathan Harker

Nosferatu Dracula (Van Helsing)

Yes

Yes Yes, but it

? in winged Yes creature form

? Winged bat/demon-like creature

? ?

Yes

No

? ?

Yes

Yes

Yes

resembles teleporting

No

No

Anne Rice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gifted No Gifted Gifted Gifted

Gifted vampires are able to walk on walls and ceilings.

Twilight Saga Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Gifted Gifted Gifted

Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities.

My Sister the Vampire Buffy

Extended life

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes Blade

[11]

[11][10]

Yes

Yes

[11]

Yes

Yes

[11][10]

No

[1]

Only Dracula Gifted Only Dracula No No ? No

Yes

Yes

Enhanced sense of smell Enhanced sense of smell Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Ultraviolet (TV serial) 30 Days of Night (2002)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

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Overcome inherent Yes Yes No No weaknesses with psychological conditioning All Moroi have an

Discworld Yes Yes Yes Yes

Can be resurrected from ashes

As a bat or as a "human"

Vampire Academy No Yes Yes No Spirit users can heal. No Yes Some, not all. No are fire users.

Vampires that extra power: water, fire, earth, air, and sometimes spirit.

True Blood

Can feel the emotions of whoever has drank blood from them, Can "Glamour" humans, erase Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gifted Uncommon memories and possibly bend their will No No such as if they are in danger. They can also feel when their "maker" is in trouble, and a maker can feel the same thing for their progeny (vampire children).

The Little Vampire Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Can climb any surface and may hang from the ceiling to sleep

The Vampire Diaries Novels: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Only in bird form

They can control the Yes Yes No Yes elements, animals and the weather No Yes No No Dream Manipulation Turns milk Electrokinesis chocolatey, 15 vitamins and minerals No Teleportation

Television Series: Yes Count Chocula Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes ?

Yes

No

Able to Yes Bat No levitate marshmallows

Yes

No

Yes

Count Duckula Vampire Hunter D

No

No

No

No

No

Yes Some can

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

change their form to mist

Yes

No

No

Varies greatly by invidual Nobility

Count von Count Yes No

? No

? No No

Hypnosis, now discontinued Sending

Can generate thunder by counting

Preternatural counting abilities

Let the Right One In Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited

memories through kiss

No

No

Are able to walk on walls Ability to walk on walls and ceilings, briefly read the minds of those they drink from, other unspecified abilities

Preacher

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Limited

Yes

No

some

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? Yes No No No No ?

American Vampire (Old World bloodline) American Vampire (American bloodline) Alucard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

? Yes No

? No No No

Can pass through walls, shadow and blood manipulation,

Yes

Yes

Long range vision

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

can summon the souls of those he has previously consumed

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes, but wounds from silver heal slowly. Holy water inhibits healing Gifted Rare

Telepathy is stronger after biting, can enthrall with eyes Gifted Gifted

Call animals, drain power from sired vampires, rot without damage(dependent on bloodline) Vast number of

World of Darkness

[2]

potential Disciplines. Also, consumption of a Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes vampire's blood 3 times causes blood bonding, an imposed state of intense love.

Being Human

Yes

Yes

Yes usually smell

Yes

Yes

Gifted Among higher ranking full

The Saga of Darren Shan Extended Life Saliva has Yes Yes Yes healing powers No No

Exhales gas that causes Only illusion of telekinesis No unconsciousness in humans, Runs at high speeds outside normal space

vampires and briefly during transformation into a vampire; not exclusive to vampires

Moonlight Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Can be developed with age No No

The Parasol Protectorate Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Ancient Vampires Gifted. Kain Yes Yes Mostly smell gains mastery of time Yes were able to fly, Kain can levitate, Raziel can glide Wolf, bat swarm, mist Gifted Gifted Gifted

Corruptions caused some clans to gain abilities others did not. Some powers are also granted by the Reaver or by consuming the blood or the soul of some characters

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Gifted, giant bat Yes Ability to lure prey to the vampire ? Through Limited drinking their blood No No

Night Watch Yes Underworld

[3]

Yes

Yes

[3]

Yes

[3]

Gifted Only Markus in his winged creature form

[3]

Yes

[3]

Yes

[3]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chibi Vampire/Karin

Extended life, potentially beyond 1000 years Yes Yes Yes Yes

Some No Control of bats No No Mind/Memory erasure

Dungeons & Dragons Yes Yes Yes No Yes

By shape shifting

Bat, wolf, cloud of smoke Ability to Yes No No

Can walk on walls and ceilings

Forever Knight Yes

[14]

Yes

[14]

Heat/night vision

[4]

Yes

[14]

Yes

[19]

Yes

[14]

No

persuade through mesmerism

No

No

No

[14]
Killglance,

Necroscope Yes Yes Yes No Yes Some Yes Yes No No

Necromancy, Precognition

Moon Child Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter The Lost Boys Dark Shadows (1966)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

But can glide

No

Some

No

No

No

Yes

Yes ?

No

Yes Either this or teleportation

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

? Time travel,

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bat

Hypnosis

Yes

No

necromancy,possibly teleportation

House of Night:Blue Vampires Yes

Stronger than humans, but not unnaturally strong Yes Fast, but not unnaturally so Depends on vampire affinity No No No Depends on vampire affinity Depends on vampire affinity Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill

House of Night: Red Vampires Yes

? Yes

Faster than humans, but not unnaturally so Depends on affinity No No Yes Depends on affinity Depends on affinity

Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill The vampires can scale walls and

Frostbiten (2006) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No

roofs with no support at all and talk to dogs

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Only when boosted No No Induce and harvest emotions ? ? Normally about human in power, but can boost to superhuman using harvested emotional energy

Dresden Files: No, but White Court long-lived

Only when ? boosted

Only when boosted

Dresden Files: Black Court Either immortal, or very long-lived Yes

Can create thralls and "renfields"

? Can control or alter animals; at least one is a powerful magic user

Yes

(insane, violent, permanent thralls)

Dresden Files: Red Court Either immortal, or very long-lived Yes

Can change from human-looking Potent narcotic,

Yes

Yes

to natural by removing outer skin

euphoric,

bat-like form addictive saliva

Touhou

Implied they can recover Yes Yes Yes Yes from anything as long as the head is undamaged Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Remilia: Fate manipulation; magic and object destruction.

Fright Night Marvel Comics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stick to ceilings. Some vampires can control the weather and some animals; pseudo-vampires don't have these powers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

We Are The Night (2010) Blood: The Last Vampire Blood+

Yes Extended Life

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Except for Saya Only

No Except for Saya

No

No

No ?

Walk on walls.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Only Queens and Chevaliers Yes Yes Yes Yes

Chevaliers when they shape shift

Only Queens and Chevaliers

No

No

No

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Methuselah also possess varying individual abilities, like forming of a blades that comes out of the arms, Only in the anime claws or even prehensile hair. Some Methuselah have displayed an ability to control some elemental powers such as fire and ice

Trinity Blood

Methuselahs: Extended life

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Gifted

Crusniks: Extended life Supernatural Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes In bat form Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Only the Alpha Vampire No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

All Crusniks have a variety of different abilities ?

DC Comics

Andrew Bennett can reconstitute himself some time after being killed

Sanctuary

They have the ability to understand another person's identity and native language by tasting their blood

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Rosario + Vampire

? Some, Yes Yes Yes when shapeshift into bat Some No No No

Beside of being able to dectect youkis and release their full powers, vampires have some specific abilitie depending on the vampire

Charmed Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes In bat form Yes Yes No No

They are immune to witches powers and can hang or cling to ceilings

Wizards of Waverly Place Yes Yes Smell Yes Yes

By turning her arms into wings Yes No No No Sleep control

Gantz

? Yes

? Yes No No No No No No

Are able to spawn weapons from their bodies

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Blindsight (2007)

No, but can hibernate for decades to avoid overhunting its food supply Yes due to increased ATP production Yes due to tapetum lucidum and tetrachromatic vision

Yes due to thicker axons increasing nerve impulse transmission speed ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? They are able to go through walls ? No No No No No No No

Goosebumps (Welcome to Dead House) Marceline The Vampire Queen

implied, they do not age ?

Can drain the color red from objects instead of feeding on blood

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ability to become invisible

Ability to animate corpses

[1] In the film, vampires could levitate [2] Most vampiric powers in the World of Darkness are the result of Disciplines, which must be learned. Thus, while all the powers on this list are available to any vampire, immortality is the only one they're all guaranteed to have [3] Magical ability not limited to vampires [4] Forever Knight: Season 1, Episode 1, "Dark Knight"

Reproduction
Fertile Reproduce via bite Reproduce via transfusion Reproduce via consumption of vampire blood after bite No ? Inhabited by demons Other/notes

European Folklore Varney the Vampire Bram Stoker Nosferatu Van Helsing ?

Yes

Upon death ?

No

Yes

[1]

Yes No ?

No No No

? ? Baby vampires are born dead and must be reanimated No Male vampires can reproduce with female humans No [11]

Yes ? ?

? ? ?

Yes

No

Anne Rice Twilight

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Buffy Blade

No

[11]

Yes

[11] ?

[11] Yes

Yes

[11]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

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Ultraviolet (TV serial) My Sister the Vampire 30 Days of Night (2002) Discworld True Blood

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No ?

No

No

No Yes No, although intercourse is possible and more pleasurable than usual for humans

Yes If desired ?

Yes

No No

Scratches

? The human being turned must be buried alive in the ground afterward

No

No

No

The Little Vampire

No

The victim becomes a mindless vampire

No

Yes

No

The Vampire Diaries (Novel and television series) Count Chocula Count von Count Alucard ? ?

No

No

If killed while vampire blood is still in the system ? ?

? No

? ?

? ?

No No

Provided the other ? is a virgin of the opposite sex; otherwise creates ghouls Yes No Yes Usually creates servants Yes ? Yes Yes

? No

Let the Right One In Count Duckula Vampire Hunter D Preacher American Vampire (Old World bloodline) American Vampire (American bloodline) Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Due to Eli being a castrated boy ?

No No ?

? ?

? ? ?

No

No

No

Yes

? No No Yes

Only young male vampires can reproduce with a human mother, may cause extreme birth defects

Yes

No

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Consumption of vampire blood without draining makes a human effectively immortal, and gives them some powers, but does not make them a vampire. The effect wears off in about a month without subsequent doses.

World of Darkness

Except for "thin bloods", those of the 15th (and sometimes 14th) Generation removed from Caine

No

No

The victim must be drained to the point of death, otherwise it just creates a ghoul, a semi-immortal human

No

The Saga of Darren Shan

No, with exclusion of Destiny's "children" No ?

? No Yes No

Moonlight

No

No

The human must be near death Sort of; see note

No Making a new vampire involves simultaneously feeding (with feeder fangs) and injecting blood into the new vampire (with maker fangs); it doesn't always work.

The Parasol Protectorate

Only females can create new vampires, and only if the recipient has enough soul

No

No

Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain Yes, due to Hylden curse

No. Kain is able to bite (even kill) his enemies without infecting them

Kain was transformed into as a Vampire through necromancy and the Heart Of Darkness (which implies blood transfusion)

No

Night Watch

A vampire can have one single human child Yes Only full vampires. Half-Human variants are sterile Yes Vampires are sterile, and can cause the death of mortals if intercourse is [2] attempted Males can have one egg son, Females can produce a multitude of eggs in a mass birth

Both the vampire and the human must want it Yes

? No No

Underworld Chibi Vampire/Karin

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Dungeons & Dragons Forever Knight

Yes ?

No

No

If desired

[3]

No

Necroscope

If desired

Yes

No

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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter The Lost Boys ?

No

No

No

Yes

No

? Yes

Blood is given before death to create a half-vampire ? ?

No

Moon Child Dark Shadows (1966)

? ?

No Debatable - the vampiric energy of Barnabas was transferred, curing Barnabas & bringing Adam to life Yes ?

Yes

Yes

Frostbiten (2006) Dresden Files: White Court

Yes

Yes

Born basically human, become vampire after first feeding (can become fully human instead) ? ?

No

No

No

Dresden Files: Red Court

? Yes, with complications Yes

Multi-stage process; potential vampire is infected, and gains some powers, then becomes a vampire after first feeding

Touhou

Contradicting [4] information Yes, if desired No No Yes Yes Potentially by lateral gene transmission

? No

Fright Night Marvel Comics We Are The Night (2010) Blindsight (2007)

? No ?

? No No

? ? No Can also be created by applying retroviral gene therapy to baseline humans

Yes

No

No

No

Blood: The Last Vampire Blood+

No

With scientific assistance Only Queens blood Yes No Yes No Only in humans with vampire genes

No

No

Only Queens and Chevaliers Methuselahs: Yes Crusniks: ?

No No No No Yes

No No No No No ?

No No No No

Trinity Blood

Supernatural DC Comics Sanctuary

No No

Yes

No

No

No

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Rosario + Vampire Charmed Wizards of Waverly Place Gantz Goosebumps (Welcome to Dead House) Marceline The Vampire Queen ? ?

Yes No Yes ?

No Yes No ?

Yes No No ? ?

No No No ?

No

No No

Yes

No

No

? Yes

No, however Marceline is of demonic descent

[1] [2] [3] [4]

Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, pp.50-51. Forever Knight: Season 2, Episode 24, "Baby, Baby" Forever knight: Season 1, Episode 9, "I Will Repay" In the profile from The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, it is stated that Remilia's victims usually stay alive, which prevents her from increasing the numbers of her kind. In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, humans sucked dry by a vampire are said to turn into zombies.

Setting characteristics
Progenitor Source Dracula Supernatural Creatures Werewolves (implied) Non-Vampire Rest in Lovers Coffins Yes Yes Vampire Society or Organizations Dracula and Brides All Vampires are subjects of the 'Grand High Vampire' and Vampire Council Dracula, Dracula's brides, other vampires, Dr. Frankenstein, Igor, Velkan Valerious (as a werewolf) serves in Hellsing Organization Known to Human Society

Bram Stoker

Title character

Young Dracula

bite Father of Title Character Werewolves Ghosts Yes Yes

Van Helsing

The Devil (Dracula)

Dracula's bite (Brides, other vampires)

? Main villain Werewolves Frankenstein's Monster

Yes

Alucard

Reincarnation of Vlad the Impaler ? Akasha

Title character Count Orlok

Werewolves Catboy Ghouls No

Yes

Yes

Nosferatu Anne Rice

? Demonic hybridization with humans Evolved humans whose blood acts as virus in normal humans Believed to evolve along side humans

No

Yes

Count Orlok only Hidden, Lestat tried to out them

No

Psychics Witches Taltos

Yes

Yes

The Hunger

? Yes Hidden

No

Twilight

No

Werewolves Shapeshifters Human/Vampire Hybrids

Yes

They never sleep

Hidden

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The majority of humans remained unaware or in denial of the existence of vampires, until Season Eight when the existence of vampires became public knowledge Hidden Hidden

Buffy

Unnamed human possessed by Old One

Demonic hybridization with humans

Yes

[10]

Many

Yes

Only Dracula

Blade

Dracula / Dagon / Drake

Yes No ?

Werewolves Reappers No

No Yes ? ?

No

Ultraviolet (TV serial) ? 30 Days of Night (2002) Vincente and his lover Lilith claimed that they were the parents of all other vampires. ?

Virus

Being described as some kind of virus

Other vampires

In some cases

Know with humans then became hidden.

Discworld

? No

Werewolves Witches Zombies Igors Numerous others Maenads Shapeshifters Witches Weres Fairies Demons (books)

? Yes

Several organizations, most prominently the Vampire League of Temperence

Yes

True Blood

In the books

Yes

They can choose to rest in coffins or beds ?

Out since invention of Trublood

The Little Vampire

A comet of soul which fell to the earth hundreds of years ago ?

No

No

Yes

Hidden

The Vampire Diaries

Novels: The Old Ones

No

Werewolves Kitsune Witches Werewolves Vampire/Werewolf Hybrid Ghost Doppelganger Witches

? Yes No Hidden

Television Series: The Originals

A ritual spell cast by a Witch No

Yes

No

Hidden

Count Chocula

? Brief cameo Werewolves Fruit Brute

Children as part of this complete breakfast No

Count von Count

Is a comical reimagining

Mr. Snuffleupagus

Out

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Yes Most honored member of Nobility; D's father No ? ? Wereanimals Ghouls Zombies Naga Fey Mer-people Werewolves Zombies Ghosts Succubi Demons (implied) Werewolves No ? ? Many Yes Highly advanced society, now in steady decline Hidden

Count Duckula Vampire Hunter D

? ?

? ?

Let the Right One In Preacher

? ?

? ?

No Angels Demons Genesis ?

Yes ? Yes

No

Hidden Hidden, only 3 shown Hidden

American Vampire Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

? ?

? ?

? ?

Using the name Dracula has been banned

Yes

Out

Being Human

? No

Yes

No

Hidden, but some wish to out themselves and enslave humans Divided into Vampire and Vampanese races/cultures

The Saga of Darren Shan

Vampires believe they are descended from wolves; most vampire powers were added to the race by Des Tiny after their genesis ? Divine curse

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hidden to most humans

Moonlight World of Darkness

? Caine

No Member of the Tzimisce clan No

Yes

? ?

Hidden

Many

Yes

Hidden

Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain Night Watch

Werewolves Telepaths

No

Probably existed in the universe, but not plot-relevant

? Werewolves Others

Yes

Hidden

Underworld

Markus Corvinus

Virus

No

Werewolves Lycans Immortals Hybrids

Yes

Only the vampire elders while another vampire elder rules

Hidden

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? Clans/Families control various territories with treaties and all-clan-meetings once a year

Chibi Vampire/Karin

Vampire's are a species of the Homo genus, separate from Homo sapiens, but capable of producing sterile hybrid children with Humans Demonic Hybridization with humans ?

Brief cameo of Bram Stoker's book

God (implied to be Christian God)

Yes

Hidden within Japan

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

[Elizabeth Bthory]

? No Unknown Yes

Hidden but wants to take over the world Gang run by sire Hidden By campaign/setting

The Lost Boys Dungeons & Dragons

No

No

None shown

? ?

By individual Negative Material campaign or Plane setting; Strahd von Zarovich in Ravenloft ? ? ? Implied to be virus or similar, only works on those with excess soul ?

No

Many

Yes

Forever Knight The Parasol Protectorate

No

No

[1][2] Yes

? ? Most vampires are in hives, led by a single queen, the only female

Hidden Out in Britain and help in the government, hidden (but known) in many other countries

Werewolves Ghosts Soulless Metanaturals

Yes

Necroscope Moon Child Daybreakers Dark Shadows

Shaitan ? A Vampire bat ?

? ? Virus Witch's Curse; Vampire Bat

No No No

Werewolves No No ?

No Yes

? ? No ?

? Hidden Out, run society

No

Witches Wizards Satanic Warlocks Demons, Ghosts Werewolves Naga Frankenstienian Hominids The Phoenix

Yes

Yes

Frostbiten

Maria is the pregenitor of the Swedish vampires, but there are older ones ?

Believed to be a virus but implied to be supernatural

No

No

Yes

The vampire horde made up of Sebastian, John and the other teens. Annika and Maria.

The films ends with the vampires taking over the entire Norrland

Dresden Files

Wizards Werewolves (several types) Fae (many types) Angels Demons Dragons

Definitely for ? White Court, probable for Red Court, unknown for Black and Jade

Formal vampire courts: White, Red, Black, and Jade.

No

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? Remilia claims to be a descendant, although she is not There is no secret about the mythological creatures who live in Gensokyo, Gensokyo itself is isolated from "our" world, though Divided on Vampire Sects Louise coven. Possible others around the world Originally solitary predators, went extinct due to "crucifix glitch" and proliferation of perpendicular lines due to human technology. Species fully recreated in late 21st century and eventually reestablished position as apex predator on a virtual reality-befuddled humanity Hidden

Touhou

Youkai Kami Witches Fairies Ghosts

Yes

Marvel Comics

Varnae ? ?

Spell from the Darkhold

Yes ? No

Many

Yes

We Are The Night

Yes

No

Blindsight (2007)

Homo sapiens X-chromosome vampiris mutation coevolved with baseline humans as predator; speciation occurred around 400000500000 years BP

Likely, not documented

No

No

Blood: The Last Vampire

The original Chiropterans evolve alongside humans, while the actual are human/chiropteran hybridization Believed to evolve alongside humans

No

No

Yes

No

Hidden

Blood+

No

No

Yes

No

Hidden

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Trinity Blood

Methuselahs: ?

Injection of the Bacillus nanomachines in human bodies Installation of the Crusnik nanomachines in the bodies of four test tube babies

No

No

Yes

No

The Methuselahs have their capital in Byzantium They have gained a high position of power, as Commanders during the Human-Methuselah war and as leaders after the war Organized into nests Ruled by a queen

Yes

Crusniks: All four Crusniks were created around the same time

No

No

Yes

No

No

Supernatural

Alpha Vampire

Created by Eve

No ?

Many Many

Yes Yes ?

No No

No No Used to rule the world until humans rose up against their oppressors and hunted them to extinction Hidden

DC Comics Sanctuary

? ?

? Evolve alongside humans

No

Many

Yes

Rosario + Vampire Charmed Wizards of Waverly Place Gantz

? ? ?

? ? ?

No No No

Many Many Many

Yes Yes Yes

? No No Ruled by queens

No Hidden

They are the result of numerous nanomachines within the human body

No

Aliens

Yes

No

Hidden

Goosebumps(Welcome ? to Dead House)

Chemical accident

No

No

No

They don't sleep ?

Like a club with a Watcher Unclear. Marceline is referred to as "The Vampire Queen" but it is unclear whether this is a legitimate title

Hidden

Adventure Time

Many

Yes

Yes

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References
[1] Forever Knight: Season 1, Episode 22, "Love You To Death"

Cited texts
Barber, Paul (1988). Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality. New York: Yale University Press. ISBN0-300-04126-8. Skal, David J. (1996). V is for Vampire. New York: Plume. ISBN0-452-27173-8.

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