* In The Morganville Vampires draugr are the ancient enemies of vampires.

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence ( generally in the form of blood ) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person / being.

Vampires are said to be unable to walk on consecrated ground, such as those of churches or temples, or cross running water.

The gloomy version of the real world that the Vampires inhabit, called " The World of Darkness ," forms an already bleak canvas against which the stories and struggles of characters are painted.

The many adventures of the journalist Ric Hochet are replete with impossible crimes, for example: L ' Assassin Fantome, Les Spectres de la Nuit, and La Nuit des Vampires.

Vampires and ghosts are typical fare in most such settings, for example.

Vampires are immune to most attacks other than their known weakness and even then are apparently able to heal quickly, especially if they feed or are covered in vampire blood.

Some classes of creature, such as Vampires and Old Ones, are known to be demons but not always referred to as such.

The Nestenes are among the oldest beings in the Doctor Who universe, described as creatures which existed in the " Dark Times ", along with the Racnoss, Great Vampires and Carrionites.

Other surviving series are " The Million Dollar Curse ", " The Temple of Vampires ", " Battle of the Century " and " The Hermit of San Felipe Atabapo "; however, several episodes of these serials are missing, leaving plot holes.

These hordes are led by powerful Vampires, Necromancers, Wights ( a form of undead warrior ), or other undead.

The resurrected dead are bound to the service of Vampires by foul Necromantic magic.

Bats are naturally drawn towards the power of Vampires.

Vampires are almost indomitable in combat.

Varghulfs are Vampires who allowed their bestial instincts to overwhelm them, and have mutated and devolved into huge bat-like monsters possessed of enormous fighting power and boundless ferocity.

Or if they are Lahmian Vampires they can ride into battle on the seductive and deadly coven throne attended by pallid handmaidens.

They live a miserable existence and are the most feral and hate filled of all the Vampires, known as ghoul Kings due to the fact that many crypt ghouls worship these vampires and look to them for protection.

In Vampires, the supernatural and the weaknesses and vices of human beings collide on a remote tropical island in which a group of people — Richard, the host ; Tarah, his first wife ; Lianne, his second wife ; Karen, his third wife ; Joja, his former mistress ; his son ; a midget named Topaze ; a tattooed thug named Rev ; Duquesa, a mystery woman in veils ; a ravishing beauty named Savannah ; Bravo, an actor in underground films ; and a male prostitute, Blue ; and others — are victimizers and victims in strange, evil rituals

As with racial guilds, some are based in existing fantasy works, like Dragonlance (" Knights of Solamnia ", " Dragonarmies of Ansalon ", " Dwarven Warriors of the Neidar Clan ", " Priests of Takhisis "), The Lord of the Rings (" Rangers of Arnor ", " Rangers of Ithilien ", " Society of Morgul Mages ", " Army of Angmar "), others are based on those fictional works but not found in them ( like the " Ansalon Elvish Archers ", " Secret Society of Uncle Trapspringer " and the " Thornlin Militia "), and original ones (" Union of the Warriors of the Shadow ", " Ancient Order of the Dragon ", " Gladiators of Athas "( also loosely based on the Darksun series from AD & D 2nd Edition ), " Vampires " ( currently closed ), " Calian Warriors ", " The Free Mercenaries of Sparkle ", the " Spirit Circle of Psuchae ", and the " Army of Darkness ").

Vampires are unliving humans created when a vampire drains a human dry of blood and then feeds the corpse a few drops of its own vampiric blood.

The Hollywood Vampires was also attended by Moon friends John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.

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 ).

* ( Originally published as Vampire and Vampirism ; also published as The History of Vampires )

Spike is also featured in Forbes magazine's " Hollywood's Most Powerful Vampires " list along with Angel.

Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth ; Counterpoint ( 1968 ); A Bridge Too Far ; Cross of Iron ; The Odessa File ; Julia ; and Judgment at Nuremberg, he also played more diverse characters in Krakatoa, East of Java ; The Black Hole ; The Freshman ; John Carpenter's Vampires ; Topkapi ; Stalin ; Candles in the Dark ; Erste Liebe ; Deep Impact ; and the television miniseries, Peter the Great ( 1986 ), which co-starred Vanessa Redgrave and Laurence Olivier.

His later serial Les Vampires, which concerns the eponymous crime syndicate ( and not actual vampires ) is also reminiscent of the Fantômas series.

He has work in American films with directors like Tony Scott, Joe Johnston, Stephen Gyllenhaal, The Warden of the Red Rock starring James Caan, Brian Dennehy and David Carradine, The Time of Her Time a Norman Mailer story directed by Francis Delia and GallowWalker with Wesley Snipes, also with John Carpenter in Vampires: Los Muertos.

Slug also dislikes some of the songs that he wrote before and does not perform them live, such as " Vampires " from 2002 album God Loves Ugly.

Mark of the Vampire ( also known as Vampires of Prague ) is a 1935 horror film, starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt and directed by Tod Browning.

* In White Wolf, Inc .' s Vampire: The Masquerade universe ( also known as the World of Darkness ) storyline, Cainites is another name for Vampires i. e.: those descended from Cain ( the first vampire ).

Vampires also possess magical abilities which they use to destroy foes, and cover the sunny skies with clouds while marching to war.

The most deranged of the Von Carstein Vampires, Konrad was a beast in combat but he was also considered " one bat short of a belfry ".

He is also an exceptional spellcaster being able to access all the spells fromt he Lore of the Vampires and the Lore of Death.

Wallis also produced albums for a number of Stiff Records artists including The Adverts and Mick Farren's EP Screwed Up ( November 1977 ) and album Vampires Stole My Lunch Money ( August 1978 ).

Armand also shares with David his version of some of the events recounted by Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire: the end of the Théâtre des Vampires and the time that Armand and Louis shared together.

The Vampires of Los Angeles circulate rumors that the sarcophagus held an Antediluvian, a third-generation vampire, one of the eldest and most powerful in existence, and also a sign of Gehenna, the Vampire " end of days " scenario.

Vampires that share common physical powers and qualities group themselves into " clans ", but they also join " covenants " along religious, political or philosophical lines ( a player's covenant is generally more important to his character than his clan ).

She is also known for portraying photographer Astrid Kirchherr in Backbeat ( 1994 ) and for her roles in Vampires ( 1998 ) and Winter's Bone ( 2010 ), as well as for her television series roles in LA Doctors, Kingpin, One Tree Hill and Dirty Sexy Money.

It may also have been responsible for covering the burning of the " Theater of the Vampires ".

Cover versions of this song have also been recorded by Japanese singer Megumi Shiina, and for the musical Tanz der Vampire / Dance of the Vampires.

In his new studio albums such as Angels & Vampires and Nigor Mortis and The Sphinx he also played all instruments.

Vampires could also transform themselves into bats, and in the case of some Vampires, wolves, while retaining their Human intelligence in these forms.