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Ukrainian folklore also described vampires as having red faces and tiny tails. [60] During cholera epidemics in the 19th century, there were cases of people being burned alive by their neighbors on charges of being vampires. [54] [61] In South Slavic folklore, a vampire was believed to pass through several distinct stages in its development ...
An anime film about a vampire girl named Saya. A live-action adaptation. Coming Out (커밍 아웃) 2000 South Korea: Kim Jee-woon: Gu Hye-ju, Shin Ha-kyun, Jang I-ji: A short vampire film. Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire: 2000 United States: Steve Boyum: Matt O'Leary, Laura Vandervoort, Myles Jeffrey, Caroline Rhea: A Disney Channel original ...
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.
The Blow Vampire (1706 Kadam, Bohemia) Blutsauger (Germany) – Variant: Blutsäuger; Boo Hag (America) Boraro – Colombian folklore; Brahmaparush (India) Breslan Vampire (17th Century Breslau, Poland) Bruja (Spain and Central America) Bruxa (Portugal) – Males being called Bruxo; the Buckinghamshire Vampire (1196 Buckinghamshire, England)
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. [1] He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. [2]
In Russia the common name for vampire (or wurdulac) is upyr (Russian: упырь). Nowadays the three terms are regarded as synonymous, but in 19th century they were seen as separate, although similar entities. The Russian upyr was said to be a former witch, werewolf or a particularly nasty sinner who had been excommunicated from the church.
The 1956 Vampire Moth was the first Japanese film in the vampire genre. Christopher Lee portrayed Count Dracula in the celebrated Hammer Horror series of films, starting with Dracula in 1958. The Vampire (1913, directed by Robert G. Vignola), also co-written by Vignola, is the earliest vampire film.
The belief in vampire fruit is similar to the belief that any inanimate object left outside during the night of a full moon will become a vampire. One of the main indications that a pumpkin or melon is about to undergo a vampiric transformation (or has just completed one) is said to be the appearance of a drop of blood on its skin.