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Ever wonder why we seem to be so fascinated by vampires? Arguably the most recognizable blood-sucker in history, Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula has influenced over a hundred years of vampires in popular culture. Watch this episode of Monstrum to find out how the 1897 novel Dracula inspired other famous horror authors like Richard Matheson and Stephen King, and take a glimpse into how one terrifying creature changed monster history. #dracula #vampire #horror #MonstrumPBS
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Bram Stoker & the Haunting of Marsh’s Library: An Exhibition in Marsh’s Library Dublin. Curated by Jason McElligott. Marsh’s Library, Dublin, 2019.
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Nußbaumer, Janina. The Vampire in Literature: A Comparison of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
Stoker, Abraham. ‘Abraham Stoker Form of Application of an Author.’ MS Archives of the Royal Literary Fund.
"Stoker's (Bram) Dracula (Book Review)." The Academy, Vol. 52, No. 1316, 1897.
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Wilkinson, William. An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia with Various Political Observations Relating to Them.1820.

[@xracingleague]

My fave Dracula lives on Sesame Street, and he counts

[@scaper8]

Something I found out later in life, is that many vampire myths include some strange obsessive/compulsive need to count or order things. Like, if your being chased by a vampire throw some grain, they'll have to stop and count them; or thow a rope full of knots in a vampire's coffin and when they awake they won't go out and feed as they spend the whole night undoing the knots. When I found that out, I always wondered if The Count was a nod to those myths or just an adorable coincidence?

[@wystrix439]

@@scaper8 i didnt know that, that's pretty funny

[@stacyeileenn]

One, two, three victims - ahahaha 😂

[@OttoGraff-fu8pj]

scaper8 I thought it was because he was a count

[@gir3131]

this comment is awesome

[@getefix3]

to be fair, isnt a wooden stake to the heart everybody's weakness?

[@STho205]

Zurt ...thus the point in Richard Matheson's "The Night Stalker" 1971/72. Kolchak murders the serial killer with a stake just as the Sheriff arrives. They use that as an excuse to run him out of town, by getting a judge to draw up an arrest warrant...even though an FBI agent helped defeat the vampire and aided on the ritual staking.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Not me

[@KillsAll.]

Not Chuck Norris

[@mrferris4379]

Merely a flesh wound.

[@ajdynon]

"Oh, you'd be surprised how many things that kills." - Buffy Summers

[@gudldj]

how can one talk about pop culture vampires and not talk about the vampires of buffy

[@markmolino6091]

Exactly, that show is iconic.

[@jasminwithoute1235]

Yes... Buffy! Though she is a slayer

[@rgbii2]

I came down to the comments looking for mention of Buffy :)

[@arok1979]

Totally forgot about Buffy. I was looking for any reference to Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris.

[@danynes4710]

Especially Angel.

[@paxonite-7bd5]

Dracula: "What is man? A pile of miserable secrets. But enough talk have at you!"

[@jasminelovespink]

Castlevania, am I right?

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@jasminelovespink Yes, you are.

[@benaech9823]

I was wondering when I’d see some Castlevania love!

[@kiddknyghtmarez7806]

Thought I'd hear something about Vlad The Implaler.....

[@lakerosca1090]

Me to

[@Dre-yd2xh]

right, she brought up bram stoker, but not who he used as the inspiration for the character lol

[@nagapandian]

This video would have become just as popular as the Vlad the Impaler vid my I Am if it had the same voice as it did

[@andrewschwartz876]

@Olivia Wilson Dracula's name, however, WAS based on Vlad the Impaler, and Stoker did use his reputation for oddity and cruelty as a partial inspiration. Even if the historical person was not the direct inspiration, the video could still mention that common and (in many circles) famous "misconception" , if only to correct it. Don't laugh...discuss.

[@razvanmantu]

At 2:22 one can see the name of the book she was referring to. Walachia and Moldavia (various political observations). Vlad was on 3 occasions ruler of Walachia.

[@imjustanalien4712]

My personal favorite Dracula was "Alucard" from Hellsing Ultimate.

[@tareag993]

Same

[@hypermaddjxd383]

Preach🙌

[@biblicallydriven]

my dumbass just realized it's "Dracula" but reversed

[@jairusmacomber8374]

Ditto

[@ScaredDawgProductions]

Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) was Lon Chaney, Jr. character in the 1943 Universal film "Son of Dracula."

[@tscream80]

Hmm... Monstrum publishes an episode on Dracula, and Eons publishes one on bats... coincidence? ;)

[@albatross1688]

Interestingly enough I just watched that other vid before watching this one.

[@santoshp7887]

Get a job

[@suksmajatikumara5334]

aren't they both under PBS?

[@scaper8]

I was thinking the same thing. Far too early for a Halloween joke, but it seems a bit too on the nose for mere coincidence.

[@dragatus]

I think not.

[@topsecret770]

"What form will vampires take next?" Coronavirus.

[@JH81187]

Especially since it comes from Bats!

[@fynnthefox9078]

Karens

[@CBMOA]

Sentence: very funny 😑 Hardy har har

[@alexischavez3238]

Right? Watch us all become dark seekers from I Am Legend after they all got the krippen virus from their so called cancer vaccine, only you know, us with the covid vaccine lol

[@Thesquareandweird]

@@alexischavez3238 that's not how it works.

[@Monfisher]

My favorite vampire is one that wants to end the Joestar Bloodline

[@morrius0757]

MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!

[@dropkickcorpse]

"I REJECT MY HUMANITY JOJO! AND I'M MOVING BEYOND!"

[@MetYourDestiny]

Oho? You’re approaching me?

[@bonboncheese9661]

WWWWWWRRRRRRYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

[@harlowitter3060]

I like the Yara-ma-ya-who from Australia. In Aboriginal folklore it's a short, red creature with bloodsuckers on it's fingers and toes.

[@lincoln3307]

I don't know how this channel showed up on my feed, but I LOVE MONSTRUM !!!!

[@RV13258]

Same

[@smiasykao]

Me too

[@vikasrao1033]

My favourite version of the vampire has to be the predatory vampires from Steve Niles' 30 Days of Night series. Unlike virtually every vampire story from good ol' Dracula to Twilight's sparkly vampires, it's the only one I can think of (other than The Strain's strigoi) where the vampires are depicted not as seducers/seductresses but more as a distinct species of human that see humans as food and nothing else, just like a real predator-prey relationship. In Niles' own words "what if they don't want to seduce you; what if you're just a resource to them?"

[@justaname6011]

Humans try to fool themselves that they are important, but for nature they're just another mamal

[@carlo8802]

Same here 👍

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

You literally took the words out of my mouth lol. I agree with this 100% I always thought that vampires were monsters, not sex symbols. The apex predator who's only prime motivation is to feed.

[@Dreadnaught89]

check out 13 bullets series, its a similar dynamic as 30 days of night but with more supernatural/psychic abilities tagged on.

[@icydazo6417]

I'm more of a Dio fan thanks

[@goncalojesus7583]

It would be great if u did an episode about the kelpie, the scottish horse-monster!

[@lilsus4710]

Ah yes the the water demon who likes to drown kids

[@goncalojesus7583]

@@lilsus4710 Exactly! and not only that, it eats them!

[@lilsus4710]

Same!

[@hazelhazelton1346]

My little murder pony. ^.^

[@joaquindonoso5481]

@@hazelhazelton1346 My Little Kelpie Murder is Magic

[@AlexanderBlues1228]

I just watched “The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires”, a 1974 collaboration between the British Hammer studio and Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers. It’s a Kung fu vampire movie filmed entirely in Hong Kong and starring Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. It’s as ridiculous and glorious as it sounds!

[@sritamamukherjee9566]

I have also watched

[@GianCarloFeoli]

That is a good film, just need to be watched with a Hammer Films mentality.

[@RedQueenCreative_Roxie]

I'm going to find this movie....

[@Nathan_Coley]

Say it with me: Real vampires don't sparkle.

[@Falafelzebub]

👍

[@Nathan_Coley]

@RavnDream perhaps? ^,...,^

[@jimandaubz]

No I.. They dont.

[@siobhanconneely4199]

@RavnDream hace you seen vampire diaries? The witches put a spell on the ring so the can walk in day light

[@n.sharma5960]

Real? There is nothing like "real vampire " it's a myth.🤷‍♀️

[@One_Eyed_Man_]

3:07 "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu predated "Dracula" by 26 years, and she could shape shift.

[@LemurDreamer87]

Yeah, I found it kind of strange that Carmilla wasn't really brought up until the end.

[@matiasdelgado7011]

@lauren vanvoorhis and Jules Verne wrotten a similar novel before Stoker, but his vampire was a living human with telephatic powers, or something similar. Psych vampire.

[@drewolds721]

​@@matiasdelgado7011 I need to check out a Jules Vern vampire. Dracula's contribution was that it had such a solid magic system (though it doesn't exactly match the current portrayal). The rules were all very clear and even explored quite a lot. Carmilla and The Vampyre had more mysterious rules- and you could never quite tell how much you could trust in superstitions.

[@tsopmocful1958]

I liked how the novel "Interview With A Vampire" went into depth about how it feels to turn into a vampire, and the first experience of having to claw into the soil with bare hands to escape the Sun.

[@Seleneschild999]

I love that book.

[@laughingvampire7555]

interview with THE vampire, not a vampire

[@tsopmocful1958]

@@laughingvampire7555 Cheers. It's been many years since I read the book or saw the movie.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Turning to mist, not having a reflection, having to be staked in the heart, yes, yes, yes. Those are all traits of Dracula. But you didn't mention any of his traits as a person. Like his hobbies. For example, he takes enthusiastic walks through the park. 1:11 _Very_ enthusiastic walks.

[@MBRSims]

Nothing beats Dracula. He may not have been the first, but he is the best. He combines all the scariest, most mysterious and iconic elements of the vampire into one, while having a largely unintentional but intriguing link to a real historical figure who was even more terrifying.

[@julianluisbangayan2063]

Matthew BR Sims DIO can beat Dracula

[@bittersweet6927]

He was not the first ?

[@horrorpill]

@@bittersweet6927 I think Lord Ruthven or Carmilla could be the first fiction vampire.

[@kramerfry464]

He could also walk outside during the day. Granted he couldn't feed or use his powers but he could walk with the living. Instantly better than the younglings who can't walk in the sun.

[@hannahmetzger4880]

What about Hellsing's Alucard? I'd say he's equally just as good as Dracula, 'cause, in the Hellsing anime, he _is_ Dracula. :3.

[@lorenkolb9994]

My favorite Vampire is without a doubt.... DRACULA 🧛‍♂️

[@chriswalker9617]

I would have to say that my favorite vampires would have to be Dracula and Alucard from the Castlevania series. They are two amazing vampires and their history and dynamics between then in certain games and videos is purely heavenly.

[@VergilTheMenace]

yeh ive played the games and watched the anime and.. wow

[@trevorvanderputten7430]

@@VergilTheMenace The Anime was a bloody good time.

[@konstant_ly]

@@trevorvanderputten7430 Extremely so. Especially on the 'bloody' part. Gotta be my favorite vampires in fiction (along with Alucard being one of my favorite characters in fiction in general)

[@JohanStarDragon]

I would disagree about the inclusion of the Twilight “vampires”. They’re not vampires, they’re fairies with a diet quirk.

[@BONERCRUSHER]

Exactly! The fact they're compared to the monsters/disease of vampires is laughable

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

Although I agree, I'd also have to argue that vampires such as Dracula don't count (hehe... Count...) as vampires. Vampires in folklore are literal monsters. Other than resembling the dead person the used to be, there's nothing human or elegant about them.

[@JohanStarDragon]

Crusader of the Low Lands agreed. From what I remember reading in Dracula, the Count has learned most of what he knew as far as things like transformation and other abilities we associate with vampires was learned at a black magic school called Sholomance.

[@liamandweed6263]

personally, I think if we're talking about different cultural interpretations of monsters, it's an important inclusion. If we were really going to get into it, the "defanging" so to speak of vampires in the Twilight series, is pretty interesting given the cultural context of early 2000s America. Clearly Stephanie Meyer didn't intend it to be a metaphor for much of anything, but the way it got so popular at the time could be an interesting comparison to a lot of social change that was happening at the time, and both a desire to pretend dangerous things weren't so scary, or the growing realization that things once thought monstrous maybe weren't so bad.

[@ookaminukiba]

If you look at fairies from European mythology, especially Ireland, they are scary bastards. They don't deserve to be compared to Twilight. 😂

[@Mikeztarp]

Twilight? Really? I get that it sold a lot of books and movie tickets, but it was hardly original. Hell, Angel in the TV show Buffy was a reluctant, brooding vampire way before the Twilight books were written. And he didn't sparkle.

[@late_prince8945]

I think Twilight is just way more known

[@edwardm1326]

Louis from Interview With A Vampire was reluctant and brooding too.

[@One_Eyed_Man_]

They weren't even originally going to be vampires, but rather faeries. They were changed part way through to cash in on the popularity of vampires at the time.

[@One_Eyed_Man_]

@Martin Silvan Supposedly, It was the publishers recommendation.

[@late_prince8945]

@@One_Eyed_Man_ faeries wouldn't be as cool

[@ykrum5158]

"Also, vampires now sparkle." 🤣

[@helentelehowski679]

That is rediclous. Vampires don't sparkle.

[@zooemperor3954]

@@helentelehowski679 you’re right. They burn/fry

[@matiasdelgado7011]

@@helentelehowski679 Interesting here in Argentina we have a kind of blood sucking zombi called Anchimayen who cast sparkles and can fly. It´s like a fusion between the voodoo zombi and the modern one with that little vampiric quality.

[@NewMessage]

This channel is gonna be epic come October... ...As it is every month.

[@OneStrangeDeer]

I agree with that

[@dontaylor7315]

Thank you for voting for Carmilla! To me it's Carmilla hands-down.

[@Beryllahawk]

Ohhhhhh man favorite vampire!!!! So hard to pick one. I'll always have a particular soft spot in my heart for the original Count. That said... One of my favorite versions is Fred Saberhagen's Thorn. He's incredibly intelligent, for one thing, which I always love in a character...and it doesn't hurt that the first Thorn novel I read involved his crossing paths with Sherlock Holmes! Another would be Nancy Collins' Sonja Blue. She's a real bad-ass and one of the first times I encountered a female vampire who was far more complex than "seduce men and devour them." She's terrifying, terrible, and gloriously dark; things happen around her and to her that would shatter a lesser being. VERY powerful stuff for a teenager wanting to believe that it's possible to fight against the world! I think what makes vampires so compelling for me - the ones I like best at least - is the dichotomy between a sort of cold attitude - a nobleman deigning to walk among the peasantry, or maybe just a person who KNOWS he is a monster and that he can't ever make friends of the creatures that are constantly at risk of becoming prey - if not his prey, then another's. And yet, there IS emotion beneath that aloof exterior. Thorn, and Sonja Blue as well, they're both incredibly lonely. There are no others quite like them, and they know how unique they are. They also know they are exceptional - but it's a very lonely thing to be at the top, with no friends. And yet, BECAUSE they do care, they don't dare let anyone close. It's a dynamic that sucks me in almost every time...which is why I've read a LOT of vampire books!

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

I've always loved the vampires in underworld. The strain is awesome too.

[@matiasdelgado7011]

Yup, the lasts are like zombie/vampire hybrids, similar to the creatures from I am Legend.

[@chrisgarcia509]

One of my favorite vampires is Dungeons and Dragons Count Strahd von Zarovich

[@Blak2blue]

Omg when the Count came out 😂 “Ah ah ahhh!” ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@kyraarts]

Me with solar urticaria and food poisoning to garlic: hell yeah it me

[@graceshulas8773]

Vampires are my favorite monsters of all time but my favorite one of all is Dracula and thanks for showing a video of Dracula thanks again for being amazing love you

[@trip2439]

Dracula is one of my favorite characters of fantasy/mythology. If you were to do a video about werewolves, and how they have changed over time, that would be amazing. I LOVE werewolves.

[@Passions5555]

Yeah like how in recent times Vampires and werewolves are shown to be mortal enemies of each other when in past lore not so much. 🤔

[@TheHornedKing]

@@Passions5555 Which gave us the ultimate predator: The werepyre.

[@medusa_slayer]

I just watched stokers dracula the movie.. And now there's this video. Pooof. Mind blown

[@Quirky_Robo]

Great Video! Could we get a video on Japanese Yokai,especially one on the water creature the "Kappa"?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Would like to see episodes on tengu and oni as well.

[@lenkaido1357]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 and gashadokuro, the huge skeleton

[@rantoy]

Best Vampire ever. of course it's the one she made sure to over look " Blade"

[@roswynn5484]

Wait, is Blade a full-fledged vampire or a Dhampir?

[@gabrielp9646]

?? You do realize that Blade's first appearance was in the comic the Tomb of DRACULA, right..?? xDxD

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@roswynn5484 He's a dhampire which is why he's doesn't need blood and can be in the sun.

[@roswynn5484]

@@Raccon_Detective. thanks! Thought so.

[@garycarpenter2980]

Have you ever seen Blackula the black african vampire....its good but not my cup of.......blood tea

[@jeangreys]

please do bloody mary next!! ❤️

[@kkurajam]

i DO BRAZILIAN BLOODY MARY

[@SweetBerryWine3000]

Carmilla and Eli from "Let the Right One In"! Excellent choices! :)

[@kylekris5798]

My fave vamp character would be Kate Beckinsale’s Selene in the Underworld Saga. Badass and savage af. 🔥✨

[@garycarpenter2980]

Yeah she was

[@seanraines5871]

Me too

[@garycarpenter2980]

She sure can whip tail anytime

[@wolvenwitch6131]

Mine is Carmilla. It was the best Vampire story I read so far. Not to long. Not to short. And just realy well written.

[@marygebbie6611]

I'm partial to the vampires of the Buffyverse myself.

[@TurquoiseInk]

Me too!

[@lillamacsai7699]

I'm partial to Buffy too :D

[@garycarpenter2980]

Yeah,I liked the episode where she fought him and they should've brought him back but you know Hollywood

[@jenniferlavica]

THIS channel is so underated

[@1Kapuchu100]

I do think that Carmilla is my favourite vampire. Equal parts monster and person. I really enjoyed how she appeared like any other person when someone interacted with her, but things were slowly getting stranger and stranger. Stoker did a fantastic job with Dracula, and I love the book, but we are so far removed from Dracula that we don't really get to know him as well as we did Carmilla.

[@scaper8]

I haven't read _Carmilla_ yet, but I really do need to. Add _Varney the Vampire_ too. As two of the most influential pre-_Dracula_ Victorian vampire stories, both of which influenced Stoker himself, the really should get more love.

[@horrorpill]

I agree. Carmilla is my favorite too. I believe it is the first fiction vampire that introduces deadly alluring aspects about vampire.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

Carmilla is amazing

[@AnimeGirl4891]

This video is perfect for me because I literally just finished reading the manga version of Dracula.

[@SystemZ3RO]

The best Dracula is obviously the version from the Castlevania series. Thg church kills the only woman he loved, wears bloodshed against humanity for the lack there of, and is confronted by his only son who tries to remind his father of the compassion and love his mother had for humanity.

[@OneStrangeDeer]

Hell yea! Excited for the mew season next month?

[@MithrilMaia]

I really hope he comes back for Season 3! Maybe due to Death?

[@SystemZ3RO]

Depends on what they do. In game, Dracula shouldn't be resurrected for another 100 years. Though they could follow the Curse of Darkness storyline which focuses on Hector and Trevor's attempt to stop Issac.

[@MithrilMaia]

@@SystemZ3RO I'm so freaking glad they changed Isaac in the animated series! xD His game counterpart was....wild. xD

[@michael--a--sometimes]

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets :)

[@toonman1971]

The Wamphiry from Brian Lumley’s Necroscope Series!

[@matdrat]

I second "Let the Right One In." The original Swedish film was beautiful. Also "The Hunger" with Deneuve, Bowie, and Sarandon.

[@tomerheuberger5778]

My favorite vampire is absolutely Alucard from Hellsing. I only wish there were more in-depth analyses of his character.

[@cheekibreeki3757]

I love your videos guys i watch them all and anjoy them very very much i love the animations keep it up 👍☺!

[@pbsstoried]

Thank you so much!

[@florkiler6242]

That wasn't very cheeki of you

[@angeldougan9334]

I'm fond of the female Rayne from the Blood Rayne video game series. The fact that she is a half-vampire who is clearly very interested in her bloodline is interesting to me personally because 1. she does not run from this fact, and instead seeks to find her father who is no doubt the vampire side of her family, and 2. She is very conscious of exactly what she is and is capable of BUT she very much has her own mission rather than just being a typical run of the mill vampire. She seems like she is very willing to help others if she herself also benefits from the alliance.

[@hallo9062]

please do a video on djinn‘s! I‘m from turkey and find them so creepy. We always say that their feet point in the opposite direction cause they‘re a creature from hell! (sorry for my bad english)

[@Billman66]

Your English is excellent and yes, the djinn are fascinating and make great subject matter.

[@TheeBeard1984]

@halloo9062 Türk sınuz, amerikalı mı sınuz?

[@sealinesithshow6009]

I can't believe you're a Dr. .... Too beautiful. I love your show

[@artamarti176]

What about What We Do in the Shadows? :D :D :D You can't just tease it at the beginning and not analyse it....

[@EduardoEscarez]

Dracula meets millennials? 😂

[@ButterflySeraph612]

It's so fascinating to me how vampires are an amazing example of how folklore, mythology, and legends change through the lens in which they are observed. Honestly, watching this series (and this entire channel in general) brings my literature-obsessed self so much serotonin.

[@cosuinofdeath]

Is that blackula my bad lol reminded me of billy and Mandy from when I was a kid

[@danielpalma912]

the best part is that blackula is a real movie, and the one in B&M is a reference

[@Alan-wj5zc]

Dracula don't suck, Dracula scrape and lick

[@kennethsatria6607]

Scrape then lick.

[@josgretf2800]

@Studio Autio Isn't a new shaft movie coming out?

[@JeantheSecond]

A couple of my favorite literary vampires are Henry Fitzroy from Tanya Huff’s Blood series and Simon Ysidro from Barbara Hambly’s Those Who Hunt the Night.

[@riderfromthewest]

I hissed and bared my make believe fangs when you mentioned Twilight!

[@christophvogel1080]

I still refuse to accept these "things" as vampires.

[@Das_Kaenguru]

@@christophvogel1080 well it isn’t that they are no real vampires in twilight….given the volturi for example….it’s just that the cullens are new age hipster vampires trying to convince anybody to drink smoothies and eat salad instead of….you know…people 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@christophvogel1080]

@@Das_Kaenguru Fair enough.😂

[@AaliyahLawww]

I am legend is actually such a good movie

[@BlinkyTrigger]

im a little confused, is Bela Lugosi's '31 depiction of dracula not landmark enough to even show? even the animations in the episode make reference to his version.

[@philp4684]

He's shown at 0:03

[@BlinkyTrigger]

after a rewatch: a one second shot of my man still feels like a cop out

[@BlinkyTrigger]

@@philp4684 thanks

[@dubuyajay9964]

Probably trying to avoid legal or financial issues with Universal tbh.

[@cgaccount3669]

They likely have to watch out for copywrite issues. Lawyers are worse than vampires. I loved Bela's movie. Funny how some shots have no sound at all.

[@fynnthefox9078]

My favorite Dracula is Count Orlock from Nosferatu. I love his creepy design. When I think of vampires, I think of Orlock.

[@trilobitose]

I found this channel yesterday and I'm loving it. (Sorry if I've committed grammar mistakes)

[@dandragon8595]

My favorite vampire's are *Dracula* from the *Castlevania* franchise and *Vlad the Impaler* from *Fate/* franchise.

[@nonamehours6428]

0:06 now that's one funny film, I'd advise you all to watch What We Do In The Shadows

[@MoonBratStudio]

Vampires, Burial, and Death by Paul Barber is the most informative vampire book I've come across (and I've crossed quite a few haha)! It's an academic (and more anthropological?) approach to the belief in vampires (which seems to be hard to find). I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who loves vampires and history! p.s. I don't know if I can pick a favorite vampire!!

[@Imperiused]

Let The Right One In is soooo good. You have excellent taste, Emily.

[@alexandersmith7061]

My favorite vampire is David from the Lost Boys. I always felt like he was the perfect showing of why some of us want to be vampires: the fear of death

[@renimleinadyt]

Love these episodes, informative and entertaining. Summarized well, with just enough description to grasp the essence and history of these monsters!

[@DragonTamerLeilah]

Yay for Carmilla!! She's my favorite, too. 🖤🦇

[@tinashetugwete94]

I've got to give it to Stephen/Damian in The Vampire Diaries and Tony from The Little Vampire hahahahaha

[@Domdrok]

The Vampire the Masquerade RPG is my favorite vampire setting. Plus you kinda got all the different kind of vampires in there.

[@connorjlavery4196]

Tremere is best clan

[@connorjlavery4196]

@Natasha Minor yus

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

@@connorjlavery4196 What are this Tremere? The only playable race I see is either Malkavian or Nosferatu, but of course the best one is Malkavian.

[@kyriss12]

Witcher hit all the vampire types as well. plus regis was the chillest vampire ever.

[@RedQueenCreative_Roxie]

Yeah I'm surprised there was no mention of VtM, they get pretty deep into some vampire lore.

[@metalmiauws]

Polidori's story the Vampyre was way before mister Stokers one, so he was actually the founding father of the written bloodsucker. That said, hard to say which one is my favorite... In the movies their are 2 that I love, interview and Oldman as Dracula. Books I think I go for the complete vampire chronicles of Anne Rice (her witchbooks are great too).

[@dumbghost3109]

yup!!!! to the point that until very recently lord byron (who lord ruthven from the vampyre was based on) was who people thought of when they thought "vampire".

[@dumoulin11]

Love this series of videos! My favourite vampire would have to be Christopher Lee as Dracula in the Hammer films because he's imposing and scary as hell. "Romantic" vampires aren't that scary really, but Lee was frightening because he looked so hungry and evil.

[@fernferrer3018]

fave type of monster

[@alessandro_natali]

I'm a simple guy, I see a video with the cultured and charming Emily Zarka and I press like.

[@ifoundthisoldbook...8621]

I Am Legend (book) takes place in Los Angeles. The movie is shifted to New York.

[@JordanKocevski]

Loved this episode about Dracula and the modern myth, but being Slavic I feel the origins on vampires is missing in this episode, the story before the modernization.

[@electricheadboy]

I agree with that! Seems like there’s a lot of info about that.

[@MSigurdHall]

My favorite vampire is definitely from Jerry from Fright Night (both versions), but there has to be an honorable mention to poor Yegor/Egor from the Night Watch series (Sergei Lukyanenko)

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

The (C)RPG Vampire: The Masquerade also had a great impact on the modern understanding of vampires. They've incorporated many different types of vampires, splitting them into clans with different abilities and relationships with the living

[@zyx7478]

My favorite vampire is Kurt Barlow. By the way for a fun fact originally vampires were not killed by sunlight they were weakened by sunlight but it was the movie Nosferatu that started the whole killed by sunlight routine

[@Puschel_Blume]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees i waited so long for a new episode! thx for existing keep on going i love it Edit: thx for the heart and sorry for my englisch ^^

[@fatehagency9982]

Edward Cullen has always been, still is, and always will be my favorite vampire.

[@TerryFedora]

My favorites depend on the type of vampire themes they are going for, sympathetic, scary, humorous. If I had to be pressed to say one specifically, Louis from Interview with the Vampire

[@matiasdelgado7011]

Vampires from old medieval folklore were savage zombies, with few or neither memories of their past human selfs. Like the savage vampires from the Buffy graphic novel and the Supernatural tv series.

[@nozomiritter5048]

I know this sounds kind of weird but I do love Alucard from Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate. Having to watch Hellsing first they are both really great animes on their own, but watching them one after the other works so much better

[@MetYourDestiny]

Can you make a video on the Yuki-onna (Snow Spirit/Maiden)?

[@makasi8599]

Just say Monet from one piece XD

[@rxqueen5397]

Why didn’t they show a clip of the movie version Bram Stokers Dracula!? My all time favorite movie 🧛🏻‍♂️🖤

[@valkyrie6668]

you should make a video on cthulhu next btw love ur vids are so interesting and entertaining to watch!!! 💗💗💗

[@weirdblackgirl4827]

My favorite vampires are Blade the Day walker , Eric and Pam on the show True Blood; The Girl from 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Akasha in Queen of the Damned and Vlad.

[@ThereIsNoGodOnlyUs]

Let The Right One In is such a goddamn good movie.

[@ludettep]

Loved that movie, American version worth watching¿

[@sairbear444]

joey flores book is amazing too. Let me in isn’t even half bad

[@LittleDergon]

I was really hoping this would be a pre-Dracula account of vampires in legends. Hope they make a part 2 and explore the origins more

[@drewolds721]

I have been reading up on that. In the mid 1700s, there was a section of Serbia that was brought into Austrian control. The Serbians started reporting instances of vampirism and the Austrian authorities started overseeing the disinterment and staking of bodies- and they wrote official reports that spread the story through the rest of Europe (many people believed the reports). Carmilla follows the pattern of these legends better than any other vampire novel I have read. People would fall ill and report being attacked at night (often identifying a deceased attacker). Then die some days later (being fed on each night). They believed that a person is infected with vampirism becomes a vampire when they die (regardless of the cause of death). Vampires do not seem to travel far from their graves, as many people felt that moving to another village is an option. Stoker's vampires have a very specific set of rules that prevent most vampires from traveling far from their graves (Dracula is clever enough to figure out ways around the restrictions).

[@DaHaiZhu]

Your Nod is the Egyptian Ankh necklace: A symbol of eternal life and often used Vampire Covens and Houses Great video, as always 🦇 P.S. I thought Buffy's Dracula episode was hilarious with all its movie sub-references.

[@pbsstoried]

Excellent job! That was a harder spot.

[@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589]

​​​@@pbsstoried count Dracula : Romania riot strikes night castle Transylvania coffin baron count Dracula hammer wooden stake killing heart death of count Dracula

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

My favorite vampires are the one who throw steamrollers at half Japanese teenagers

[@justingould2020]

Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my fave.

[@Dyrnwynn]

Fantastic character arc.

[@adebolaoni7666]

Always Lestat from Ann Rice's novels.

[@thatbitchnoemie]

I swear Armand gets no love :(

[@williammcelroy5670]

I can't believe you failed to mention Abraham Lincoln: Vampire hunter

[@kluangh1tam]

It's vampire, not vampire hunter.

[@scotts.9329]

Including the "Twilight" vampires was insulting to the original vampire stories. Not including "Underworld" vampires is just lazy.

[@BrownRiceBunny1]

How dare you say those names together in the same breath!! Anne Rice was first!

[@ALEX-eh6qk]

Ann rice is the best vampire author Meyers just wrote herself a fan fiction

[@sburfordmusic996]

My favourite of all the monsters! I remember running around the house when I was very young with vampire teeth made out of an egg box cut up pretending to be dracula rising from my coffin, one of my earliest memories and clearly one which has shaped my entire life and love of all things spooky. Thank you for this, I could have watched an hour long special on this alone! My favourite ever vampire is definitely Spike from BTVS but I also really love Christopher Lee's portrayal from Dracula has risen from the grave. Literary wise you can't beat Bram Stokers original IMO.

[@arkhammaster9120]

My favorite is Bela Lugosi's true original take on Dracula.

[@McHaven07]

You talked about TWILIGHT but not BUFFY?? Dafuq wrong wit u???

[@dixgo5142]

Forgot the iconic Countess and the other vampires from the American Horror Story universe