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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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  • true Blood


    gibberish — Authority Authority: 125
    Watching this? It’s cool. HBO is really pushing the limits of taste. Again. (See Eastbound and down.) On two occasions in the last two episodes – the first watching Jason Stackhouse, the main protagonist’s brother masturbating so hard that the blisters on his palms are bigger than the hands they grew on AND ...
    6 hours ago

  • Vampified Celebrities


    GeekTyrant — Authority Authority: 608
    Even though October and Halloween are over it still seems like there is room for some cool images of vampires…and what better than some of your favorite celebrities manipulated as everyone’s favorite creatures of the night. Worth1000.com recently ran a photo manipulation contest to morph celebrities into ...
    7 hours ago

  • Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming People From Day One [Facebook]


    Consumerist — Authority Authority: 776
    From the beginning, popular Facebook social networking games Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video. "I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues," he crows to a bunch of fellow scumbags. In games like Mafia Wars and Farmville, ...
    9 hours ago

  • 1 vs 100 Starting Second Season Next Week, Featuring New Categories


    GayGamer.net — Authority Authority: 566
    Despite still wearing a beta tag, the XBox Live prize show 1 vs 100 is gearing up for its second season, to start next Thursday. Along with a whole host of new trivia questions, the updated game-show experience is going to feature new Mob- and One-choosing algorithms, an introductory runway walk for the avatars ...
    9 hours ago

  • ANNA PAQUIN TALKS VAMPIRES


    Known People — Authority Authority: 159
    It’s no tip which there has been the resurgence of vampire-related theme make the difference in Hollywood as of late, as well as Anna Paquin thinks she knows why. The “True Blood” singer told press which women lust after the blood-suckers since there’s the sure clarity of sensuality about them. “Girls ...
    10 hours ago

  • ‘Firelight’ – SNL Twilight Parody (VIDEO)


    ThinkHero.com - Sci-Fi Comic Books Movies and TV Online Video Blog Show — Authority Authority: 434
    On SNL this past weekend, Taylor Swift hosted and performed, and while most of the sketches weren’t funny, this digital short parodying Twilight was entertaining.  Swift even mimics Kristen Stewart with the lip biting.  Check it out below. - Dennis
    11 hours ago

  • Trotsky, the vampire


    Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog — Authority Authority: 130
    Continuing with our series of Better Dead than Red character backgrounds, we bring you the Big Bad himself: Leon Trotsky. For the full story on Trotsky, check out the write-up in No Fixed Address . Trotsky is, of course, a communist. And hence a vampire. Trotsky is played by Mark, who also seems to be ...
    11 hours ago

  • Second season of Xbox Lives 1 vs 100 starts Nov. 19


    Joystiq — Authority Authority: 791
    If youve been missing your trivia fix on Xbox Live, you should be happy to learn that Microsoft has dated the second season of its Xbox Live quiz-em-up, 1 vs 100 . Expect the game to return on November 19 at 5:00 PDT, where itll dish out another 14 weeks worth of questions -- and this time around, your chance to be ...
    14 hours ago

  • Anna Paquin Talks Vampires


    Celebrity Scandals: The Gossip Girls — Authority Authority: 742
    It’s no secret that there has been a resurgence of vampire-related subject matter in Hollywood as of late, and Anna Paquin thinks she knows why. The “True Blood” actress told press that women lust after the blood-suckers because there’s a certain sense of eroticism about them. “Girls like them because ...
    16 hours ago

  • Heckerling, Ritter Bite Into Vamps


    SciFi Pulse — Authority Authority: 145
    Will the current vampire trend ever end? Apparently not, at least not if Amy Heckerling has anything to do with it, according to Screen Daily.Heckerling will write and direct the romantic comedy Vamps, which will be "a modern-day tale of two young female vampires living the good life in New York until love enters the ...
    19 hours ago

  • Swine Flu (H1N1) panic not based on facts! (Part ONE of THREE)


    22MOON.COM — Authority Authority: 489
    . . . . Swine Flu Panic in Perspective By Frank S. Rosenbloom, M.D. October 29th, 2009 American Thinker AMERICANTHINKER.COM ...
    21 hours ago

  • New interview with Moonlight actor David Blue


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    iF Magazine recently chatted with everyones favorite slobby vampire, Logan (David Blue), from Moonlight. He is ready to do a Moonlight movie also :) Television : Exclusive Interview: DAVID BLUE STEPS THROUGH THE STARGATE UNIVERSE PORTAL The actor talks about the SyFy Channel series that hes on now, ...
    21 hours ago

  • Kayla Ewell.... The Vampire Hotness Diaries


    Socialite Life — Authority Authority: 161
    FACTOID #1: I am an avid fan of anything vampire. FACTOID #2: I love hot girls.  FACTOID #3: I am the hugest fan in the world of HOT VAMPIRE GIRLS.ENTER: Kayla Ewell, who plays Vickie Donovan on the CWs new hit series Vampire Diaries. In real life, Kayla may... ...read full story
    21 hours ago

  • Swine Flu (H1N1) panic not based on facts! (Part TWO of THREE)


    22MOON.COM — Authority Authority: 489
    . . . . Swine Flu Panic in Perspective By Frank S. Rosenbloom, M.D. October 29th, 2009 American Thinker AMERICANTHINKER.COM ...
    21 hours ago

  • Swine Flu (H1N1) panic not based on facts! (Part THREE of THREE)


    22MOON.COM — Authority Authority: 489
    . . . . Swine Flu Panic in Perspective By Frank S. Rosenbloom, M.D. October 29th, 2009 American Thinker AMERICANTHINKER.COM ...
    22 hours ago

  • New Moon / Stephenie Meyer


    Rat's Reading — Authority Authority: 113
    Book Club of the Damned. That’s what Paul Constant over at the Stranger calls it when he reads an awful book on a dare. Well, that’s New Moon for me. I need bleach now. Spoilers abound here. I just don’t care enough about your enjoyment of this book to worry about spoiling it. Plus, if you haven’t ...
    1 day ago

  • Vampireland! ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’ Review


    Hollywire.com — Authority Authority: 631
    Well, here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the first major vampire film made for kids. I should start by mentioning that I am not a fan of the books and have never read any of them, but as a fun vampire movie you could certainly do worse than this. I’ve heard a lot of griping [...]
    1 day ago

  • Dr. Romance and Charles J. Orlando weigh in on masculinity


    DR. Romance Blog — Authority Authority: 117
    This week, I was asked the following question by a journalist, and thought Id invited Charles J. Orlando, author of The Problem with Women is...Men to dialogue about it. Journalist: Does it make a man less masculine if he’s too...
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  • Stake Land Poster Art and Trailer


    28 Days Later: An Analysis — Authority Authority: 132
    A Glass Eye Pix that shows some talent for filmmaking is the vampire apocalyptic film Stake Land . The film is still in the production process, but an early look, from the first trailer, can be found below. Stake Land revolves around a "small team of survivors" who would like to stay alive during this vampire ...
    1 day ago

  • Sexy Vampires – The happy Corporate Soldiers


    Operation Paradise — Authority Authority: 99
    (Orgone-ite vs. corporate fascism 1:0) I am often asked how it could be that a small group of elite insiders runs the whole world. I am not a frontline conspiracy researcher. That means I’m not myself hovering at the cutting edge of true investigative journalism. I just happen to have read quite bit of good ...
    1 day ago

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