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vampire
vampire in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and superstitions. They were most commonly thought of as spirits or demons that left their graves at night to seek and enslave thei... Read more
vampire bat
vampire bat name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living animals and are thus the only true parasites among mammals. There are three species ranging from Argentina to N Mexico. They are small (ab... Read more
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker (Abraham Stoker), 1847-1912, English novelist, b. Ireland. He is best remembered as the author of Dracula (1897), a horror story recounting the adventures of the vampire Count Dracula. The fame of the leading character was furthered by popular stage and film adaptations of the novel. ... Read more
lycanthropy
lycanthropy , in folklore, assumption by a human of the appearance and characteristics of an animal. Ancient belief in lycanthropy was widespread, and it still exists in parts of the world. Certain African tribes have their "leopardmen" and the like, and literatures all over the world have tales... Read more
Dracula
Dracula, a novel by B. Stoker, published 1897, the most famous of all tales of vampirism.The story is told through the diaries of a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, his fiancée Mina, her friend Lucy Westenra, and Dr John Seward, the superintendent of a large lunatic asylum at Purfleet, in Es... Read more
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola , 1939-, American film director, b. Detroit. Coppola began his career directing low-budget films and working on screenplays for other directors. He won his first Academy Award for Patton (1970) and firmly established his reputation with The Godfather (1972; Academy Award). I... Read more
monsters and imaginary beasts
monsters and imaginary beasts The mythologies and legends of ancient and modern cultures teem with an enormous variety of monsters and imaginary beasts. A great number of these are composites of different existing animals and of human beings and animals. Among the animal composites are the Babyloni... Read more
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch , 1863-1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. He abandoned impressionism and in the 1890s, from a profound personal sense of isolation, visually examined such primal themes as birth, death, thwarted love, sex,... Read more
Werewolves
Werewolves Werewolves are man-wolves—wer is Old English for "man." Legends from around the world tell of men who could turn into wolves and then back into human form again. In their animal form, werewolves were bloodthirsty creatures that devoured people, both living and dead. Legends of pe... Read more
bat
bat winged mammal of the order Chiroptera, which includes 900-1,000 species classified in about 200 genera and 17 families. Bats range in size from a wingspread of over 5 ft (150 cm) to a wingspread of less than 2 in. (5 cm). They are found in nearly all parts of the world but are most numerous in ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "vampire"

Vampires
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...earth side of the vampire that deserves careful...Definition and History of Vampires The vampire seems to defy the firm...supposed homeland of vampires — Hungary...time afterward. The vampire (by whatever name...
Vampire
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Dictionary defines a vampire as "a blood-sucking...death." The belief in vampires is an ancient one...The conception of the vampire was common among Slavonic...it was believed that vampires were generally wizards...was liable to become a vampire. In Greece, a vampire...
vampire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...Prest's Varney the Vampire (1847) have perpetuated...the prevalence of the vampire phenomenon at certain...history. The mecca for vampires is Eastern Europe...similarities between vampires and menstruating women...to make love with a vampire w
Vampire Studies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Melton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book: An Encyclopedia of the...Martin V. Liquid Dreams of Vampires. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications...x2014; . The Lure of the Vampire. Chicago: Adams Press, 1983. — — . Vampires Unearthed. New York: Garland...
Vampire Information Exchange
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Vampire Information Exchange Vampire interest group founded by Eric Held and Dorothy Nixon in 1978...other interests. Held has also published an annual Calendar of Vampire Events and a bibliography of vampire books for its members. For...
vampire bat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition vampire bat name for the blood-drinking bats...Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living...ears and naked snouts. Unlike most bats, vampire bats can walk on all fours with the body...
The Vampire Journal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology The Vampire Journal Former publication devoted to the subject of vampires that served as the organ of the now defunct Dracula and Company, a vampire interest group headquartered in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana.
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (1985), a satire by Charles Busch . [ Provincetown Playhouse , 2,024 perf.] This campy spoof of vamps (and vampires), from the ancient days of Sodom to the Hollywood of the 1920s up to contemporary...
Vampire Quarterly (Magazine)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Vampire Quarterly (Magazine) Magazine devoted to the subject of vampires formerly published from Toms River, New Jersey.
Count Dracula Fan Club
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories. Chicago: Adams Press...ed. A Child's Garden of Vampires. Chicago: Adams Press, 1980...Count Dracula Book of Classic Vampire Tales. Chicago: Adams Press...Shelley Leigh Hunt, ed. Do Vampires Exist? A Special Report from...

Dictionary entries related to "vampire"

Les Vampires
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers LES VAMPIRES France, 1915–...Jean Ayme (The First Grand Vampire, alias Doctor Nox/Count...Satanas, the Second Grand Vampire, alias The Bishop ). Publications...and Georges Meirs, Les Vampires, Paris, 1916. Books...
vampire
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology vampire preternatural malignant being, supposed to suck blood; person who preys upon others; kind of bat supposed to suck blood. XVIII. — F. vampire or G. vampir — identical form in Sl. langs., in which there...
Buffy the Vampire-Slayer
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Buffy the Vampire-Slayer in Joss Whedon's cult TV series (1997–2003) of this name, Buffy Summers, a Californian high-school girl, discovers that she is the Slayer , with special powers to destroy vampires.
vampire bat
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology vampire bat See DESMODONTIDAE .
vampire tap
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet vampire tap A connection that was made to a TBASE5 cable. It involved a pin being forced into the cable in order for it to contact the central conductor.
false vampire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology false vampire See MEGADERMATIDAE .
Rousselot, Philippe
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Award for Best Cinematography, for Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, 1994; Cesar Award for Best Cinematography...Quenn Margot) (Chereau) 1994 Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Jordan); Mary Riley...
Cushing, Peter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Frankenstein) 1970 The Vampire Lovers (Baker) (as General...Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride ) (Gibson) (as...Cataflangue); The Golden Vampire (The Seven Brothers Meet...Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires ) (Ba
Judex
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1987. Beylie, C., "Judex et Les vampires," in Cinema 91, no. 482, November...s earlier Fantômas and Les vampires, Judex celebrates the exploits of a...the censorship problems faced by Les vampires, which the Ministry of the Interior...
Bava, Mario
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...I Vampiri (The Devil's Commandment ; Lust of the Vampire ; The Vampires ) (uncredited; completed film + ph) 1959 Caltiki...Films: 1960 Seddok, l'erede di Satana (Atom Age Vampire ) (Majano) (pr) 1980 Inferno (Argento) (d underwater...

Thesaurus entries related to "vampire"

extortionist
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus extortionist • noun  a politician who numbered bootleggers and extortionists among his friends synonyms : racketeer, extortioner, extorter, blackmailer; informal bloodsucker, vampire.
profiteer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : overcharge, racketeer; cheat someone, fleece someone; informal rip someone off, rob someone. • noun  he was a war profiteer synonyms : racketeer, exploiter, black marketeer; informal bloodsucker, vampire.
vulture
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus vulture • noun  these ambulance chasers are vultures synonyms : predator, shark, vampire, bloodsucker, profiteer, racketeer, opportunist, extortionist.
monster
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...mermaid merman Minotaur Nessie Ogopogo orc Pegasus phoenix Sasquatch satyr Scylla sea serpent sea snake shape-shifter siren Sphinx thunderbird Tiamat troll Typhon unicorn urchin vampire werewolf windigo witch yeti See also table at spirit.
undead
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus undead • noun  eerie tales of the undead synonyms : living dead, zombies, vampires.

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VAMPIRES NO. 1
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/30/1998; 700+ words ; ...most infamous of vampires. Among the memorable titles: ``Vampire Hookers...know exactly what a vampire is and stands for...most famous screen vampires were Bela Lugosi...That's why vampires have lasted. Right now there's a big vampire fashion chic. Groups...
VAMPIRES VANT YOU.(Living)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/28/1990; 700+ words ; ...Reporter calls up three vampire hunters. Says: "Do vampires exist?" First one...thought they knew a vampire. "Real vampires drink a couple of ounces...the Unknown" and "Vampire Census." Real vampires, he says, may not...
Vampires in vogue ; Popular culture is awash in the blood of the new undead
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 10/19/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...they ever left. "Vampires don't disappear...course called The Vampire in Literature...fingernails. Today's vampires are sexed up to...anyone familiar with vampire fiction knows...Angel in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997...Summers liked her vampires, and we liked her...
VAMPIRES LEAP FROM COFFINS TO NEW POPULARITY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/30/1994; 700+ words ; ...Interview With the Vampire,'' fang fever is...being entertained by vampires now than at any other...Victorians to Stoker's vampire tale sex, death and...that hook you about vampires,'' said J. Gordon...reference work, ``The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia...
Vampires!(vampire bat behavior)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 10/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...the cave, a dozen vampire bats hang by their...re hungry! But vampires almost never hunt...low and fast, the vampires search for their supper - blood! Vampire bats are the only...species (kinds) of vampire bats also live in...SNIFFERS Now the common vampires are skimming along...
Vampires Stake a Claim on Audiences' Hearts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...morally brooding vampires abound. Stephenie...with a sexy young vampire, was recently called...from the classic vampire. A half-breed...thirst and killed vampires to assuage his moral...True Blood" vampire Bill Compton maintains...nothing demonic about vampires, who, he says...
Our Vampires, Ourselves.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/20/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...To each her own vampire. Indeed, that...jaded eye, all vampires seem alike, but...cross gave way, and vampire-busters like Stoker...natural weaknesses of vampires: They must travel...weapons, define vampires--they kill everyone...The promiscuity of vampire power was also expressed...
Vampires aren't just about blood, teeth and Dracula
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/26/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...gave rise to the vampire legend, according...angelfire.com/tn/vampires. Renfield syndrome...involved in the vampire lifestyle. Because vampires are part of some...first generation of vampires, according to The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia...
Vampire Movies
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 10/29/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...yes, repeatedly. They've seen teenage vampires, vampire hookers, and vampires in space. They've seen Dracula square...BEGIN AUDIO CLIP -- JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES SOUNDBITE OF VAMPIRE SCREAMING ACTOR: You never told me they...
Vampires better looking, thanks to Hollywood
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/31/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...many faces of the vampire in her 1997 book, "Our Vampires, Ourselves," tracing...Interview with the Vampire" and "Queen of the...for portraying vampires as timeless, romantic...for revamping the vampire-horror genre...