In 1985's novel The Vampire Lestat by author Anne Rice ( who penned Interview ... s screenplay and the 1976 novel of the same name ) suggests that its antihero Lestat inspired and nurtured the Grand Guignol style and theatre.

* Anne Rice used the word " Akasha " as the name of a vampire in the novels The Vampire Lestat ( 1985 ) and The Queen of the Damned ( 1988 ).

It follows Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat.

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 Vampire Lestat ( 1985 ) is a novel by Anne Rice, and the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire.

The comic, which was formally titled Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat and featured Daerick Gross and Mike Okamoto as lead artists, had a script adapted from the novel by Rice and Faye Perozich.

Portions of The Vampire Lestat were used in the 2002 film adaptation of The Queen of the Damned ..

A film adaptation of The Vampire Lestat was originally planned to go right into development after the filming of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, with a theatrical release that was said to have been marked for the late 1990s.

As of August 2009, talks have been underway in the continuation of The Vampire Chronicles film series, with The Vampire Lestat being the next film to be focused on in the series.

* The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century.

Portions of The Vampire Lestat and Queen of The Damned both were used for the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, starring Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah.

# The Vampire Lestat ( 1985 )

Gabrielle de Lioncourt makes her debut in The Vampire Lestat.

Gabrielle resurfaced for the last time after Memnoch the Devil, in The Vampire Armand while Lestat was in his catatonic sleep.

Mael is mentioned briefly in The Vampire Lestat.

Magnus was the vampire who sired the vampire Lestat in The Vampire Lestat.

* A more-or-less faithful adaptation starring Christopher Lee was produced in Italy in 1964 under the title La cripta e l ' incubo ( Crypt of the Vampire in English ).

On 3 November 2008, the painting Vampire set a new record for his paintings when it was sold for 38. 162 million US $ at Sotheby's New York.

It was released in two versions, a 4 minute mix and a 6 minute mix and featured Holly Johnson & Brian ( Nasher ) Nash imitating ' The Count ' Vampire (" Ha ha ha / I am the count ") from the Children's TV show ' Sesame Street '.

Another famous penny dreadful of this era was the anonymously authored Varney the Vampire ( 1847 ).

At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ), a performance for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

UPN was able to host a proven winner when it picked up the final two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The only character injured in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode " Older and Far Away " ( 2002 ) wears a red shirt ; writer Drew Greenberg confirmed that this " redshirt " reference was intentional.

Gellar stated that she was screen tested eleven times ( originally auditioning for the role of Cordelia ), before she landed the lead in the 1997 TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing a teenager burdened with the responsibility of fighting a number of mystical foes, mostly vampires.

After the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar's next film was the 2004 horror film The Grudge, which was a success at the box office, grossing $ 187, 281, 115 worldwide.

( For a time, this was the most of any American-produced television series except for Star Trek and Dark Shadows with its 30 or so novels published between 1966 and 1971, though there have now been more original novels published based upon Alias and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

After directing the drama Fast Workers ( 1933 ) starring John Gilbert, who was also not in good standing with the studio, he was allowed to direct a remake of London After Midnight, originally titled Vampires of Prague but later retitled Mark of the Vampire ( 1935 ).

In its later years, as part of the network's desire to maintain its own unique identity with its own unique shows, UPN had a policy of " not picking up other networks ' scraps ", which was a strong argument when fan pressure was generated in 2004 for them to pick up Angel, the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which had been dropped from The WB.

* As part of the contract for picking up Buffy the Vampire Slayer, UPN was obligated to pick up Angel if it was cancelled by The WB while UPN was still airing Buffy.

While even folkloric vampires of the Balkans and Eastern Europe had a wide range of appearance ranging from nearly human to bloated rotting corpses, it was interpretation of the vampire by the Christian Church and the success of vampire literature, namely John Polidori's 1819 novella The Vampyre that established the archetype of charismatic and sophisticated vampire ; it is arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century, inspiring such works as Varney the Vampire and eventually Dracula.

Varney the Vampire ; or, the Feast of Blood was a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story by James Malcolm Rymer ( alternatively attributed to Thomas Preskett Prest ).

She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Nosferatu the Vampire in 1979.

Since then, several V: TES expansions have been released, and the game was the only official source of material for the Old World of Darkness, until 2011 when the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade was published and the Onyx Path was announced.

A third core X-Men title was also introduced called Astonishing X-Men, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, following Morrison's departure.

Nodier himself adapted " The Vampyre " into the first vampire stage melodrama, Le Vampire.

This in turn was adapted by the English melodramatist James Planché as The Vampire ; or, the Bride of the Isles ( 1820 ) at the Lyceum ( then called the English Opera House ), also set in Scotland.

The show was adapted from Roman Polanski's 1967 movie The Fearless Vampire Killers, and initially directed by Polanski himself.

* General Galaxy / Messer VF-14 Vampire ( Macross 7 )-This fighter design was adapted by the Varauta army of the Protodeviln.

In the light novels ( also later adapted into two anime films and a manga series ) Vampire Hunter D, the ancient vampire Count Magnus Lee refers to a " Mina the Fair " who was pursued by the " Sacred Ancestor " ( revealed in the English dub of the first film to be " our sire Count Dracula ").

Nodier himself wrote an 1820 play, Le Vampire, which was adapted back into English for the London stage by James Robinson Planché as The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles.

* Jack Crow, and his " Team Crow " from the book Vampire $ by John Steakly, later adapted by John Carpenter for his movie Vampires.