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Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu.It is one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. . First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmil
Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), inspired by a story told to him by Lord Byron.
In Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), which is a modern-day re-telling of Dracula, Yorga likewise has his own set of Brides, first starting out with two: a red-haired Bride and a blonde (who is later revealed to be Donna's deceased mother), then later adding the protagonist's brunette friend, Erica to the ranks.
This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. It does not include the concept of dhampirs .
The first, most famous and perhaps only example of an early Hollywood lesbian vampire film is 1936's “Dracula’s Daughter,” Universal Pictures’ follow-up to its massive 1931 hit “Dracula ...
A re-cut American version titled My Son, the Vampire was released in 1963 and featured an introductory segment with a song by American comedian Allen Sherman. Vampire Moth (吸血蛾) 1956 Japan: Nobuo Nakagawa: Ryō Ikebe, Asami Kuji, Eijirō Tōno: The first Japanese vampire film, but one in which the creature is revealed not to be ...
Get the best male and female vampire names. Choose a famous vampire name from a movie, TV show or book, or go with an old and gothic name from history. 141 vampire names from famous movies, TV ...
The genre has its roots in Sheridan le Fanu's novella Carmilla about the love of a female vampire for a young woman: . Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my strange and beautiful companion would take my hand and hold it with a fond pressure, renewed again and again; blushing softly, gazing in my face with languid and burning eyes, and breathing so fast that her dress rose and fell with the ...