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Clinical vampirism, more commonly known as Renfield's syndrome, is an obsession with drinking blood.The earliest presentation of clinical vampirism in psychiatric literature was a psychoanalytic interpretation of two cases, contributed by Richard L. Vanden Bergh and John. F. Kelley. [1]
Auto-vampirism is a form of vampirism that refers to drinking one's own blood, typically as a form of sexual gratification. [2] As a mental disorder, this is also called as autohemophagia, which is derived from three Greek words: auto, which means "self"; hemos, for "blood"; and, phagos, meaning "to eat". [3]
Blood-drinking vampires can be found on six of the seven continents, according to Weiss. "It seems to be a worldwide thing and there are different forms, different cultures, different countries."
Daybreakers is a 2009 American-Australian sci-fi action horror vampire film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig.The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood.
Something about vampire movies just gets our blood up. There are dozens of all stripes, from monstrous murderers to sparkly anti-heroes, from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s and beyond, all with a ...
A vampire's bite is not enough to turn a human into a vampire; the human, when near death, must drink the sire's blood or have vampire blood in his or her system at the moment of death. The process of vampirization also affects their genetics, causing their DNA to be fundamentally altered to suit their bodies' new state. This makes genetic ...
The common name of many of these species, vampire moth, refers to the habit that they have of drinking blood from vertebrates. According to a recent study, some of them (C. thalictri) are even capable of drinking human blood through skin. [2] [3] However, the moths are not thought to cause any threat to humans. [4]
The term "psychic vampire" was popularized in the 1960s by Anton LaVey and his Church of Satan. LaVey wrote on the topic in his book, The Satanic Bible, and claimed to have coined the term. [10] LaVey used psychic vampire to mean a spiritually or emotionally weak person who drains vital energy from other people.