So…what’s your fave vampire “type”? C’mon. We all know that vampires come in all shapes and sizes. Sure according to myth, they suck blood and are afraid of the dark and detest garlic.
But we all know, too, that there is no one kind. The media has shown us that this species is fickle in temperament and physical nature.
A few examples:
There’s the bloodthirsty, somewhat sexy Bram Stoker Dracula who desires to “violate” young virginal women, changes into wolves, bats, and god knows what else- and is the Victorian man’s worst nightmare.
There’s the weird most decidedly un-sexy Nosferatu. Creepy and just plain icky.
There’s the oh-so erotic, intellectual, and emotional Anne Rice vampire. (Usually played by Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.)
Plus there’s his slightly stupid relative, the moronic parasitic kind portrayed in books like I Am Legend and 'Salem’s Lot.
And…::sigh:: No, I’m not going to include the Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel kind! I am- oh crap. I just did.
And there must be others I have left out. What’s your fave?
The hard drinkin’, partying, sunhglassis wearing, scruffy looking, rock music listening, bar fighting, sense of humor having Cassidy from the comic book series Preacher.
The amoral, psionic Lestat from the original Anne Rice series is second. #1 Vampire hunter: James Wood’s character in Vampires.
Definitely the vampire-types in Terry Pratchett’s discworld book “Carpe Jugulum”. Some vampire types with old-world style and panache, living in creepy castles, alongside next-generation vampires who are really named Necropia and Caligula, but prefer to be called Susan and Bill.
I’d have to say either the parasitic/stripper type, like in From Dusk Till Dawn, or else the really hot seductive type, played by Angie Everhart in Bordello of Blood.
Oh yes. Actually I know Cassidy. We used to hang out in the same bar in the East Village. He started going there when McSorley’s was taken over by frat boys.
And speaking of vampires I probably know personally:
The vampires/junkies in “Addiction” (haven’t seen it? I’ll have to go over to “Cool movie apparently no one else has seen”) Particularly the one played by Christopher Walken. Christopher Walkein as a vampire. Too obvious?
As far as sexy vampires, Lestat and Armand are ok, but I’d still prefer David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve.
I get a big kick out of the vampires in Lauren K. Hamilton’s “Anita Blake – Vampire Hunter” series. They’re a little on the Anne Rice vampire line, but with a better sense of humor.
Anita Blake herself drives me up a wall, but she has a sometime partner, Edward, who is an awesome vampire hunter.
I don’t see how this thread can go on any further without mention being made of the best vampire ever:
You.
When you play a vampire in Vampire: The Masquerade, you can make them whomever you like. It’s great because you are your favorite vampire.
I’m currently playing a Malkavian, and he’s not a conventional type of insane, like all other Malkavians. He’s definitely loony, but more in a more blood thirsty pscyopath type of thing. And he has multiple personalities.
And so on and so forth.
As far as well known vampires are concerned, I would say that Armand of Anne Rice fame would have to be my favorite.
The Sonya Blue books are really good, but the Anno Dracula series is even better, provided you can find it. They are the best vampire books I have ever read, and I’ve read a lot.
