A vampire is a being from folklore who subsists by feeding on the life essence of the living.
(The) vampire(s) or vampyre may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Vampire literature, genre Vampire lifestyle, a modern alternative lifestyle
Fictional entities
Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in the fictional world of the TV series Vampire (Dungeons & Dragons), in the fantasy role-playing game Vampire (Twilight), several characters Vampire (Underworld), several characters
Literature The Vampyre, an 1819 short novel by John William Polidori The Vampire (play), an 1820 drama by James Planché The Vampire (novella), an 1841 Gothic novella by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Le Vampire, an 1851 drama by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet The Vampire (), a 1852 novel Angelo de Sorr "Le Vampire", a poem featured in the "Spleen et Idéal" section of the 1857 volume Les Fleurs du mal La Vampire, an 1865 book by Paul Féval, père The Vampire, a 1891 book by Henry Steel Olcott "The Vampire", a 1897 poem by Rudyard Kipling The Vampire (), a 1911 novel by Władysław Reymont Vampire (Ewers novel) (), a 1921 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers The Vampire, a 1935 novel by Sydney Horler The Vampires (manga), a 1966 manga by Osamu Tezuka The Vampires, a 1971 novel by John Rechy Vampires, a 1973 non-fiction book by Nancy Garden, the first book in The Weird and Horrible Library series Vampires, a 1991 short story collection edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jane Yolen Vampires (novel), a 1991 novel by John Steakley Vampire, a 1991 novel by Richie Tankersley Cusick Vampires: The World of the Undead, a 1993 non-fiction book by Jean Marigny Vampire: Netherworld, a 1995 novel by Richard Lee Byers The Vampires, a 1997 novella by Cameron Rogers and Anthony Short, the 21st installment of the After Dark series "The V*mpire", a 2024 short story by PH Lee Vampire: The Masquerade (Vault Comics), a monthly horror comic book series based on the tabletop role-playing game of the same name, running since 2020
Film
Vampire (2010 film), a horror-thriller drama film starring Jason Carter The Vampire (1913 film) The Vampire (1915 film), an American silent drama film The Vampire (1957 film), a black and white 1957 horror film Vampire (1979 film), an American made-for-television horror film Vampire (2011 film), a horror-thriller drama by Shunji Iwai Les Vampires, a 1915–16 French silent crime serial film Vampires (1986 film), or Abandon, a horror film Vampires (1998 film), a film adaptation of the novel Vampires El vampiro (The Vampire), a 1957 Mexican horror film Vampyr, a 1932 German horror film Vampyres (film), a 1974 British horror film Cuadecuc, vampir, a 1970 Spanish experimental feature film Vampir (2021 film), a European arthouse horror film Television
Episodes "Vampir", Kiko season 2, episode 4 (2017) "Vampire", Aahat season 3, episode 16 (2007) "Vampire", Lost Tapes season 2, episode 1 (2009) "Vampire" (Patience), 2026 "Vampire", So Weird season 2, episode 22 (2000) "Vampire", Undead Murder Farce episode 2 (2023) "Vampire", the alternative title of "A Normal Night", Wellington Paranormal season 1, episode 5 (2018) "Vampire", Wildlife on One series 5, episode 4 (1980) "Vampires Part I" and "Vampires Part II", Aahat season 4, episodes 51–52 (2010) "Vampires", Beyond (Canadian) season 4, episode 5 (2007) "Vampires", Is It Real? season 2, episode 10 (2006) "Vampires", Play for Today series 9, episode 11 (1979) "Vampires", Prisoners of Gravity season 5, episode 19 (1994) "Vampires/Cannibals", Most Evil season 3, episode 4 (2008) "The Vampire", Dead Mount Death Play episode 15 (2023) "The Vampire", Highlander: The Series season 2, episode 16 (1994) "The Vampire", Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode 4 (1974) "The Vampire", Starsky & Hutch season 2, episode 7 (1976) "The Vampire", The Collector (Canadian) season 3, episode 4 (2006) "The Vampires", Nate Is Late season 2, episode 18 (2022)
Shows Vampires (TV series), a 2020 French-language supernatural horror television series
Gaming Vampir: Kyūketsuki Densetsu, a Japanese only role-playing game Vampire: The Dark Ages, a tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, a collectible card game Vampire: The Masquerade, a tabletop roleplaying game Vampire: The Requiem, a roleplaying game Darkstalkers, known as Vampire in Japan, a fighting game series and media franchise Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection, 2005 The Sims 4: Vampires, a 2017 game pack Vampires (Chill), a 1985 supplement for the role-playing game Chill Vampyr (video game), 2018
Music Artists The Vampires (band), an Australian musical group formed in 2005 Vampiri, a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band
Albums Vampire (album), by Akina Nakamori Vampire, an album by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, 2008 Vampires (soundtrack), for the 1998 film Vampyre (album), by Midnight Syndicate, 2008
Songs "Vampire" (2 Chainz song), 2020 "Vampire" (Dominic Fike song), 2020 "Vampire" (Iz*One song), 2019 "Vampire" (Olivia Rodrigo song), 2023 "Vampires" (Dukes song), 2009 "Vampires" (Godsmack song), 2000 "Vampires", a song by Gucci Mane on the 2010 album The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted "Vampires", a song by Pet Shop Boys from the 1999 album Nightlife "The Vampire", a song by Deco*27
Roller coasters Vampire (roller coaster), at Chessington World of Adventures, England Vampire (Walibi Belgium) Le Vampire, at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Visual art Vampire (Edvard Munch), or Love and Pain, a painting
People El Vampiro (Spanish, 'the Vampire'), nickname of Chilean tennis player Nicolás Massú
Criminals
François Bertrand, the Vampire of Montparnasse Mohammed Bijeh, the Vampire of the Tehran Desert Wayne Boden, the Vampire Rapist Marcelo Costa de Andrade, the Vampire of Niterói Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento Tony Costa, the Cape Cod Vampire John Brennan Crutchley, the Vampire Rapist Staf Van Eyken, the Vampire of Muizen Florencio Fernández, the Argentine Vampire Albert Fish, the Brooklyn Vampire Fritz Haarmann, the Vampire of Hanover Joachim Knychała, the Vampire of Bytom Peter Kürten, the Vampire of Düsseldorf Zdzisław Marchwicki, the Zagłębie Vampire Francisco de Marco, the Vampire of Rio Claro Enriqueta Martí, the Vampire of the Raval Stanisław Modzelewski, the Vampire of Gałkówek Leszek Pękalski, the Vampire of Bytów Ion Rîmaru, the Vampire of Bucharest Marc Sappington, the Kansas City Vampire
Transportation de Havilland Vampire, a British jet fighter aircraft Flying Machines FM250 Vampire, a Czech light aircraft HMAS Vampire, the name of two Australian ships HMS Vampire, the name of two British ships "Vampire", a variant of Land Rover 101 Forward Control for electronic warfare Vampire (car), a jet-propelled car, holder of the British land speed record Vickers Vampire, a British single-seat pusher biplane fighter
Biology Vampire bat, a bat that feeds on blood Vampire fish (disambiguation), several uses Vampire ground finch, a bird that occasionally feeds on blood Vampire squid, a small deep-sea creature Large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus
Other uses Vampire, multiservice tactical brevity code for hostile anti-ship missile Vampire (theorem prover), an automated theorem prover for first-order classical logic Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment, a low cost rocket launcher for countering uncrewed aerial vehicles RPG-29 "Vampir", a Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher Zielgerät 1229, code name Vampir, an infra-red device for a German assault rifle Vampire number, in number theory Vampire power or standby power, the electric power consumed when in standby mode Vampire tap, a device for physically connecting a station to a network Vampire dugout, a First World War underground shelter in Belgium
See also
Dhampir, in Balkans folklore Psychic vampire, a creature in folklore Vampiro (disambiguation)