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
Fictional entities
See also: List of vampires- Vampire (Marvel Comics), including a list of vampires in the Marvel universe
- Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in the fictional world of the TV series
- Vampire (Doctor Who), several characters
- Vampire (Dungeons & Dragons), in the fantasy role-playing game
- Vampire (Twilight), several characters
- Vampire (Underworld), several characters
Literature
See also: Vampire 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 (French: Le 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 (Polish: Wampir), a 1911 novel by Władysław Reymont
- Vampire (German: Vampyr), 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
- 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
See also: List of vampire films- 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
See also: List of vampire television seriesEpisodes
- "Vampir", Kiko season 2, episode 4 (2017)
- "Vampire", Aahat season 3, episode 16 (2007)
- "Vampire", Lost Tapes season 2, episode 1 (2009)
- "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
- 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
- The Sims 4: Vampires, a 2017 game pack
- Vampyr (video game), 2018
Music
Albums
- Vampire (album), by Akina Nakamori
- Vampire, an album by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, 2008
- 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", 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
- "Vampires" (Dukes song), 2009
- "Vampires" (Godsmack song), 2000
Other uses in music
- The Vampires (band), an Australian musical group formed in 2005
- Vampires (soundtrack), for the 1998 film
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
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
Other uses
- Vampire, multiservice tactical brevity code for hostile anti-ship missile
- Vampire (theorem prover), an automated theorem prover for first-order classical logic
- RPG-29 "Vampir", a Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher
- El Vampiro (Spanish, 'the Vampire'), nickname of Chilean tennis player Nicolás Massú
- Zielgerät 1229, code name Vampir, an infra-red device for a German assault rifle
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Vampire
- All pages with titles containing Vampire
- Dhampir, in Balkans folklore
- Large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus
- Psychic vampire, a creature in folklore
- Vampiro (disambiguation)
- Vampire dugout, a First World War underground shelter in Belgium
- Vampire lifestyle, a modern alternative lifestyle
- 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
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