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Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. [3] Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was ...
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)
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 story takes place in rural central Serbia, from where the vampire myth originates. [2] [3] After witnessing a crime in London and looking for a place to hide for a while, Arnaut is offered a job by the charming yet ruthless local Vesna to look after a cemetery in a small remote village in Serbia. He soon starts to have nightmarish visions ...
A vampire's deadly plan for his guests is jeopardized when his dim-witted servant ruins their dinner. Eat Locals: 2017 United Kingdom: Jason Flemyng: Eve Myles, Mackenzie Crook, Charlie Cox: A group of vampire overlords gather to discuss feeding quotas only to be attacked by special forces soldiers. Curse (Shraap 3D) 2018 India: Faisal Saif
Vampire Horror [48] Kicking Blood: Blaine Thurier: Alanna Bale, Luke Bilyk, Benjamin Sutherland Canada Vampire Horror Comedy [49] Lamb: Valdimar Jóhannsson: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson: Iceland, Sweden, Poland folk horror: Last Night in Soho: Edgar Wright
The Sasabonsam, or sometimes Asanbosam, [1] is a vampire-like folkloric being from the Akan people.It belongs to the folklore of the Akan of southern Ghana, as well as Côte d'Ivoire, Togo [2] and 18th century Jamaica from enslaved Akan. [3]
Although he is usually said to have been the first Serbian vampire, there are claims that he was pre-dated in Serbian folklore by Petar Blagojević from Kisiljevo, who died in 1725. [3] Blagojević and the affair surrounding him came to European attention at the time, under the name Peter Plogojowitz, and represented one of the earliest ...