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Vampires are mythical creatures of the night, who thanks to pop-culture depictions ranging from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles books to TV's Buffy The Vampire Slayer have long fascinated us mere mortals.

Inspired by a mixture of colorful fictionalized horror stories and the all-too-true facts behind real life historical figures like Vlad The Impaler, Vampires are said to be immortal creatures who survive by feeding upon mortal humans, and who have a particular taste for human blood.

Vampires also are known to occasionally "turn" their victims into Vampires, first by draining them, then reanimating them by allowing them to drink themselves.

Depending on which stories you believe, Vampires have an aversion to crosses, garlic and sunlight, and can be killed using a variety of items ranging from wooden stakes to good old fashioned silver bullets (or were we thinking of werewolves?).

Vampires are making quite a comeback. Although these bloodsucking creatures of the night have never really gone away, thanks to movies and books like Twilight and cable TV series like HBO's True Blood, the undead have enjoyed an upsurge in popularity of late. Part of the reason for this is the way pop culture often romanticizes the murderous fiends as being otherwise dark, mysterious, and sexy.

On the internet, you'll find such creatures of the night congregating at sites like Vampires Realm Of Darkness.

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  • Brad Pitt, Summit Stake Out Dracula Remake Vlad


    Inside Movies — Authority Authority: 156
    Better stock up on stakes and garlic, Hollywood -- it looks like vampire fever is here to stay; just ask Brad Pitt, the latest Hollywood heavyweight to fall victim to the bloodsucking bug. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Pitts production ... Read more Filed under: Movie News Permalink  |  Email this ...
    22 hours ago

  • Eclipse Release Date: More Twilight Saga Coming Soon!


    Idol Chatter — Authority Authority: 475
    Its true, people are still flocking to see New Moon in movie theaters for the first time, (and second time and third time), but Twilight fans dont have too long to wait before Eclipse, the third book in the series, releases as a film. So its official: on June 30, 2010 Eclipse hits theaters everywhere . Aside ...
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    Energy Tough Love Blog — Authority Authority: 125
    Let me start with a little house keeping. By my count and it is the only one the matters I have posted 24 Environmental Blogs that I think are the best on the planet and a little chunk of each blog. This includes 4 lists of Blogs many of whom I did not think were all that great or at least belong say in the last 25 of ...
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  • Things New Moon Consists of


    GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs. Let us explain them. — Authority Authority: 603
    Things New Moon Consists of Graph by: dunno source via Graph Jam Builder
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  • Brad Pitt to Produce Summit’s New Vampire Flick


    Screamstress — Authority Authority: 430
    Do my eyes deceive me or is the man who once starred in front of the camera as one of Anne Rice’s romantic vampires, Brad Pitt, going to produce a vampire film? Nice! Summit Entertainment wants to leave their mark on the vampire genre and will be working with Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B in a new film ...
    1 day ago

  • Michelle Forbes: An Introspective Look At True Blood


    True Blood Net - HBO True Blood News Cast Interviews — Authority Authority: 441
    Michelle Forbes, who plays Maryann in True Blood, was in Paris recently with Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell and Rutina Wesley to promote HBO’s hit vampire series, True Blood.Prior to her role on HBO’s True Blood, Michelle Forbes was already well known for her roles in, for example, 24, Lost, Prison Break, as ...
    1 day ago

  • One awesome Muppet! Ha ha ha!


    Celebrity Pictures, Lol Celebs and Funny Actor and Actress Photos - ROFLrazzi — Authority Authority: 579
    THIS is a RESPECTABLE VAMPIRE (Count Von Count) Picture by: dunno source Caption by: bunnylol via Our LOL Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions
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  • Weekend Box Office


    Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority Authority: 145
    Tops at the Box Office The Blind Side The Twilight Saga: New Moon Brothers A Christmas Carol Old Dogs Ready for a bad pun? Sandra Bullock blind-sided Twilight and took the #1 spot in ticket sales over the weekend. The new Kate Beckinsale movie Everybodys Fine disappointed with just ...
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  • Twilight studio teams with Brad Pitt for Dracula origin tale


    Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files — Authority Authority: 619
    HAVING enjoyed success with its Twilight vampire romance films, Summit Entertainment is now going to the source with a project about the man on whom the Dracula legend is based. Summit has picked up Vlad, a script by actor Charlie Hunnam with music video maker Anthony Mandler in talks to direct the feature, says The ...
    1 day ago

  • Tops at the Box Office!


    Punch Drunk Critics — Authority Authority: 142
    1. The Blind Side- $20.4M/$129M Sandra Bullocks football drama sacked those pesky vampires this week after basically keeping pace with them last time around. While movies of this type have always been successful, The Blind Side is setting new standards, as its now the highest grossing sports drama of all-time and ...
    1 day ago

  • Our friend Jimmie J J Walker was talking about vampire movies...


    DJNewStyle — Authority Authority: 129
    Our friend Jimmie J J Walker was talking about vampire movies for a little while and I made this out of boredom.
    1 day ago

  • An Interview with Jezebels Family, Erotic Paranormal, Jezebels Article


    Eternal Press Authors' Blog — Authority Authority: 124
    Hi Readers! I managed to get ahold of an interview of a couple of my characters, before they destroyed it :) You see, no one is supposed to know about them...and there are vampires out there who would kill to keep the secret. So lets keep this on the hush, hush, now shall we? Tehe Happy Launch Day to ...
    1 day ago

  • More intellectualising of the Twilight phenomenum


    Empress Nasi Goreng — Authority Authority: 100
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  • Sunday, December 6, 2009


    Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority Authority: 145
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  • Listing Vetted: Crank — fairly solid


    Web Fiction Guide — Authority Authority: 130
    Crandall Jacobson doesn’t believe in vampires.  His life is singing for Inertia Stand, a band he loves even if he hates the name.  His best friend and drummer appears to have the same lust for music but Mike also has a secret: He’s a vampire hunter.When a routine staking goes awry, and a vampire sinks [...]
    1 day ago

  • Year in Review | Vamp Obsessed


    The Fashionisto — Authority Authority: 619
    Like it or not, Twilight has been this year’s media sensation. With news of Twilight covering the weekly glossies and easily found on gossip sites, it was no surprise to see the emergence of the vampire in fashion editorials. Interestingly enough, the majority of characters cast maintained a safe contemporary ...
    1 day ago

  • Forever Richard Sold out!


    Sue Dent's Official Blog Spot — Authority Authority: 127
    Maybe Forever Richard has sold out its first print run. It seems quite a few sites are showing temporarily out of stock. Well, Merry Christmas to me I guess. ;) Ive got a very few copies left myself and will call and check to see if I can get more soon. In the meantime, Id buy myself a copy or two if I were you. Why ...
    1 day ago

  • Vampiric Insomnia


    Nineteen Ninety Never — Authority Authority: 110
    Vampires are definitely hot right now,  I’ve always thought they were cool and I can’t believe it took me this long to write a vampire-themed post. The first time I heard TiMO MAAS’ track ‘Help Me,’ I totally loved the haunting vocals. Little did I know that they were from Kellis, who also went on to do ...
    1 day ago

  • Snowfire: Snow Job by Cameo Brown


    Bitten by Books — Authority Authority: 143
    Undercover work is always difficult. But when Para Marshall Marina Fareeky gets left high and dry by her supervisors on the day of her wedding to a galactic criminal, she finds things are a lot more interesting than she had bargained for. Aleksi is in love with Marina and plans to show her just how much on their ...
    1 day ago

  • Film/Pop Culture Commentary: the "Twilight" Formula for Success


    Mad Minerva 2.0 — Authority Authority: 481
    Via Alessandra comes this hilarious potshot at the "Twilight" pop culture phenomenon. It can really be neatly summed up in this accompanying graphic:
    2 days ago

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