fangless species
fangophile
fang slip
fangs of vampires
chart
fangless species
gangly
rattler
retractable
Fearless Vampire Killers
Feehan, Christine
Fellowship of the Sun
Fevre Dream
flying
fledgling
foot soldier
Forever Knight
Forsaken, The
Fright Night
From Dusk Till Dawn
Frostbiten
Gabrielle, Charby the Vampirate
gangly fangs
Giant-Size Chillers
Gina Covella
glamour
glossary
goons
governing system
Grace and Connor Tempest, Black Heart
great saphenous vein
habitats
of Child Vampires
of Halfies
of Romantic Vampires
Halfies (Hemophage dimidium)
behavior of
Dhampirs
psychosis
talk
being approached by
habitat of
known specimens of
on the cocktail
Dhampirs
ticking time bomb
physical features/identifiers of
attire
cocktails
eyes
fangs
inside
skin
unseen abilities of
warning signs of
Hamilton, George
Harmony Kendall, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Harris, Charlaine
haunts
to avoid
of Child Vampires
of Romantic Vampires
Hayek, Salma
head chart
Heartstopper
Hell Cow
Hemophage
dimidium
iuvenus
romanorum
sceleratus
tragicus
tribuarius
henchperson, how to identify evil
Henry Fitzroy
Herbert von Krolock
heritage of vampires
Cain and Lilith, mark of
Iscariot, Judas and
Vlad III and
High School Bites
high school vampires
Homer, Near Dark
homosexuality
household harems
House of Night, Marked
Howard the Duck
Huff, Tanya
Hunger, The
Innocent Blood
interventions, living in undead world
alternative options, compiling
being direct
getting educated
professionals, seeking help from
support groups
Interview with the Vampire
Iscariot, Judas
Jack Crow
James, Twilight
Janette, Forever Knight
Jan Valek, John Carpenter’s Vampires
Jarko Grimwood, Blade: Trinity
Jasper Hale, Twilight series
Jean-Claude, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series
Jeremy Capello
Jerry Dandrige, Fright Night
Jesus
jewelry
John Carpenter’s Vampires
Joshua York, Fevre Dream
jugular vein
Justin, Masters of Horror, “V Word,”
Kah, Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Kalika (Kali Ma), Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst
Katrina
John Carpenter’s Vampires
Vamp
Kiss of the Vampire
Kit, Forsaken
Kramer, Heinrich
Kraven, Underworld
Kurt Barlow, Salem’s Lot
lackey
Laddie, Lost Boys
Langella, Frank
Laurent, Twilight series
leader
Lee, Christopher
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Lenny, Hamiltons
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Lestat, Vampire Chronicles
Let the Right One In
Lilith
Lilith, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
Little Girl VampireDays of Night
Loew, Peter
Logan Griffen, Moonlight
Lord Ruthven
Lost Boys, The
Lothos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Louie, Fright Night
Louis
Love at First Bite
Lucy Westenra, Dracula (Stoker)
Lugosi, Béla (Count Dracula)
Luva
Madhouse
Mae, Near Dark
maker
Malleus Maleficarum (“The Hammer of [or Against] Witches”)
Marie, Innocent Blood
Marius, Vampire Chronicles
Mark of Cain vampires
MarlowDays of Night
Martin, Martin
Marvel Comics
Master, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Max, Lost Boys
media suppression
median cubital vein
Meyer, Stephenie
Michael, Lost Boys
Michael Romkey, Vampire
Mick St. John, Moonlight
Mina Harker, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mina Murray, Dracula (Stoker)
mind control
Miriam Blaylock, Hunger
Mister Trick
moms and vampires
Moonlight
Moonshine
Moore, Christopher
Mr. Chaney, Masters of Horror, “V Word,”
Murat (ancient lore)
Murlough, Cirque du Freak
muscle, the
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
My Two Unholy Dads
Nahuel, Twilight series
Near Dark
nest
New Moon
Nick Knight
Forever Knight
Forsaken
Night Flier, The
Nightlife
Night World (novels)
Nomads
Northman, Eric Southern Vampire Mysteries
Nosferatu
Nothing, Lost Souls
Nudger
Office, The
Oldman, Gary
Once Bitten
Pen, Forsaken
pheromones
photographs
physical identifiers of vampires
eyes
fangs
limbs
siring
venom
picture taking
Pitt, Ingrid
Plogojowitz, Peter
Pointe du Lac, Louis de
Interview with the Vampire: Vampire Chronicles
Vampire Chronicles
Polanski, Roman
Preacher
Prince Mamuwalde
Proinsias Cassidy, Preacher
Promise Nottinger, Nightlife
Queen of the Damned
Rabid
Rachel, Vampire’s Kiss
Radu, Subspecies
rattler fangs
Ray-Ban
Rayne, BloodRayne
Razor Charlie, From Dusk Till Dawn
real-world applications
Regine, Fright Night
Reinhardt, Blade II,
relapse, warning signs of
religious paraphernalia
Renesmee Cullen, Twilight series
repeat relationships
retractable fangs
Rice, Anne
Richard Dees
Rise: The Blood Hunter
river crossing
Romantic Vampires
behavior of
being approached by
&nbs
p; habitat of
known specimens of
devoted and disorderly
looking for soul savior
love, trust, and understanding type
in love with love
obsessed and compulsive
physical features/identifiers of
eyes
fangs
hair
nails
skin
unseen abilities of
heightened senses
mind control
pheromones
shape-shifting
Romero, George
Rose, Rabid
Rosemarie Hathaway, Vampire Academy
Rudolph Sackville-Bagg, Little Vampire
Ruthven, Lord
Sadie Blake, Rise: Blood Hunter
safety, living in undead world boundaries, setting
defending yourself
honesty and
know his friends
love, lust, or possession, determining
sacrifices, making
vampire correct, becoming
vegan vampires and
Salem’s Lot
Salvatore brothers (Damon and Stefan), Vampire Diaries
sanguine
Santanico Pandemonium, From Dusk Till Dawn
Santiago, Interview with the Vampire: Vampire Chronicles
Sarah Roberts, Hunger
Saya, Blood: Last Vampire
Schaech, Johnathon
Schreck, Max
second in command
self-defense
senses, heightened
Severen, Near Dark
Sexy Vampire Forehead (S.V.F.)
Shadow of the Vampire
shape-shift
Shori, Fledgling
sire
siring of vampires
patience and
swapping blood types and
virus vs. curse
slayer
Smith. J.
Sookie Stackhouse
Southern Vampire Mysteries
sparkle
Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Spinrad, Norman
Sprenger, Jacob
Springfield, Rick
stakes
Star, Lost Boys
Stoker, Bram
See also Dracula
Strain
Subspecies
suicide
sunlight
S.V.F. (Sexy Vampire Forehead)
Sylvia, Lair of the White Worm
Tale of a Vampire
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
Taste of Blood, A
Tenth Circle: Part IV, Heartbreaker
30 Days of Night
Tina, Blacula
Tragic Vampires (Hemophage tragicus)
behavior of
code of ethics
hero model and
romanticism and
talking and
being approached by
habitat of
known specimens of
conscientious killer
faking it
learn to love thyself
tragic hero
physical features/identifiers of
eyes
skin
unseen abilities of
tribes, clans, covens, and clutches (Hemophage tribuarius)
hierarchy of
brain, the
comedic outlet
eye candy
foot soldier
leader
muscle, the
second in command
troubled outsider
household harems
nomads
sophisticated circles
vampire elite
troubled outsider
True Blood
turned warning signs
turning
Twilight series
ulnar artery
Una, Vampires: Los Muertos
undead eyes
undead world, living in
interventions in
safety
self-defense and
uprisings and
Underworld
Vamp
Vamped
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire Chronicles
Vampire Circus
vampire detectives
Vampire Diaries
Vampire Ecstasy
vampire Ex, dealing with
Vampire High
Vampire Junkies
Vampires Anonymous
Vampire’s Kiss
Vampires: Los Muertos
Vampire Lovers
Van Helsing
Varney, Varney the Vampire: Feast of Blood
Vegan Vampire Clan, Supernatural series
vegan vampirism
venom
Vicki Nelson
Victoria, Twilight series
Villainous Vampires (Hemophage sceleratus)
behavior of
being approached by
habitat of
known specimens of
all-around jerks
anger-issues
beautiful but deadly
big bad
perfectly terrible gentlemen
physical features/identifiers of
attire
eyes
fangs
lackey and
limbs
skin
unseen abilities of
mind control
trickery
virus
Vlad III,
Vladimir Tod, Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
Volturi
vulnerable areas
great saphenous vein
jugular
median cubital vein
ulnar artery
V Word
Warhol, Andy
weaknesses of vampires
human food
invitation inside
religious paraphernalia
stakes
sunlight
Whedon, Joss
Whedonesque/Whedonverse
Whistler
Wilhelm, Friedrich
You Suck
Zoe, Vampires: Los Muertos
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Meredith Woerner’s obsession with the fanged masses started at an early age. While other kids donned the princess getup for Halloween, she opted for the vampire bat cape, pointy ears, and dark circles under her eyes. From there she grew up always looking in the shadows for a vampire friend, begging her human pals to start a band of misfit cowboys and go Near Dark style. And then she met Buffy. The combination of pop culture and the undead changed the way she viewed vampires forevermore, thanks to the clever scribblings and directorial eye of the great Joss Whedon. From then on, she knew it was time to meet a member of the long and fangy club. Meredith continued her search for vampires by pulling nightshifts as a city desk copy assistant at the New York Post, where she learned what they really meant by “the city that never sleeps.” During her time at the hub of all things sensational, Us Weekly, she traveled the country meeting the tastemakers of today while secretly trying to plant seeds for a Lost Boys second coming. Combining her supernatural know-how with a pulp pop awareness, she now writes daily about all the things that go bump in the night at Gawker’s sci-fi blog, io9.com. She continues to catalog all things vampire and was there when the teeming masses lifted their voices to the sky at the first San Diego Comic Con Twilight panel, and she knew the next wave of fang had arrived.
1 Although both male and female vampires exist, for sake of ease, throughout this book, we’ve referred to general vampires as he, because most of the specimens discussed are indeed male.
2 Noted in Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger’s witchcraft guide Malleus Maleficarum (“The Hammer of [or Against] Witches”), published in 1487.
3 An interesting pop culture nod to the mother of all vampires is in the film Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood. Lilith herself is raised from the dead and c
an be controlled by one of the keys to the gate of Hell that’s filled with the actual blood of Christ. Also it should be noted that the actress who played Lilith, Angie Everhart, is a redhead. Was that a direct nod to the (as legend would have it) ginger tresses of Judas or just a happy circumstance? The ancient mother was also given another nod in Marvel Comics’ Giant-Size Chillers.
4 The film Dracula 2000 took an interesting look into this creation legend. Gerard Butler, who played the evil vampire in the feature, is revealed in the end to be Judas Iscariot himself, living out his curse in modern times, doomed to walk the Earth forever. Judas has indeed been cursed with the mark of the vampire, never able to die for his ultimate betrayal. His character is not welcome in Heaven or Hell.
5 This was actually the foundation for the film The Forsaken, in which two Halfies do battle with one of the original knights, played by Johnathon Schaech.
6 Hence the media’s attempt to re-create this ability in TV and on film with fast-forward and quick cuts.
7 Just ask stripper/snake-headed bloodsucker Santanico Pandemonium, as depicted in the film From Dusk Till Dawn.
8 A recently turned vampire in the Twilight series, along with a vampire who has recently fed on human blood, will have crimson-hued eyes. A Twi-vamp’s eyes become jet black when his body needs blood, and the bruises under his eyelids (prominent because Twi-vamps don’t sleep) become more pronounced when hungry. The Cullens have amber or gold-hued peepers because they feed specifically on animal blood.
9 Described by Buffy’s Harmony on her vampire reality TV show in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, Season 8, Issue 21,“Harmonic Divergence.”The editors added a disclaimer, as they were guessing what Harm really meant when she said, “Tousled hair over the S.V.F. Exotic (the editors give us a note that they THINK it means ‘Sexy Vampire Forehead’).” This forehead is also used in The Lost Boys, Lost Boys: The Tribe, Subspecies, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood, and From Dusk Till Dawn, to name a few.
10 See Danica Talos from the film Blade: Trinity, Henry Fitzroy in Blood Ties, and the vampires from The Dresden Files.
11 Examples of fangless vamps include Near Dark, Heartstopper, The Hunger, Daughters of Darkness, Rise: The Blood Hunter, the Twilight series, The Forsaken, and Martin.
12 Examples of warped fangs include Nosferatu, Fright Night, Subspecies, 30 Days of Night, and Salem’s Lot.
13 Certainly in the Buffy universe, there is a strong religious element at play, as the vampire curse is described as unholy demons taking over the bodies of the human hosts and destroying their souls.
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