List of vampire traits in folklore and fiction

The following tables compare traits given to vampires in folklore and fiction. Over time, some attributes now regarded as integral became incorporated into the vampire's profile: fangs and vulnerability to sunlight appeared over the course of the 19th century, with Varney the Vampire and Count Dracula both bearing protruding teeth,^[1] and Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) the first vampire to be killed by daylight.^[2]

Although Bram Stoker's novel is the best known vampire fiction of the 19th century, it is the aristocratic figure of Lord Ruthven who is thought to have inspired the elegant and suave creature of stage and film.^[3]

The cloak appeared in stage productions of the 1920s, with a high collar introduced by playwright Hamilton Deane to help Dracula 'vanish' on stage.^[4] Lord Ruthven and Varney were able to be healed by moonlight, although no account of this is known in traditional folklore.^[5]

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Weaknesses 3 Supernatural Powers 4 Reproduction 5 Setting characteristics 6 References 7 Cited texts 8 See also

Appearance

Setting	Skin Colour	Fangs	Reflection	Shadow	Attractiveness
European folklore	Ruddy or dark[6]	Yes[7]	Varies[8]	Varies[8]	Varies
North American folklore	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Varies[9]
The Vampyre (1819)
Varney the Vampire (1845)	"White and bloodless"[10]	Yes[10]			Hideous, but has hypnotizing eyes[10]
Carmilla (1871)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unearthly beauty
Bram Stoker (1897)	Pale	Yes	No[11]	No[12]	Dracula: Varies Female Vampires: Beautiful to the point of hypnotic
Nosferatu (1922)	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Hideous[9]
Dark Shadows (1966)	Ordinary	Retractable	No	Yes	Ordinary
Blade (1998)	Pale/ordinary	Yes	?	?	Varies
Count Chocula (1971)	Tanned	Yes	Yes	Yes	Comical
Count von Count (1972)	Lavender	Yes	No[13]	Yes	Neutral - Muppet/Cartoonish
Dungeons & Dragons (1974)	Pale	Yes	No	No	Ordinary, they have a predatory look compared to normal humans
Blade (1973)	Ordinary/Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ordinary but often somewhat above average
Ultraviolet (TV serial) (1998)	Ordinary/Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Ordinary but often somewhat above average
Anne Rice (1979)	Pale, smooth, marble-like, gets whiter with age	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Typically alluring and beautiful
Bunnicula (1979)	Furry	Yes	No	Yes	Adorable to all, intimately only with other rabbits.
The Hunger (1981)	Pale	No	Yes	Yes	Alluring
Count Duckula (1983)	Green	Sometimes	No	No	Green-feathered cartoon duck
Young Dracula 2007	Pale	Retractable	Lost after age of 16	Yes	Varies
Vampire Hunter D (1983)	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Possess a strange unearthly beauty
Necroscope (1986)	Pale	Yes	Yes shows true self	Yes	Can make themselves beautiful or hideous
The Lost Boys (1987)	Full vampires: Ordinary, a little pale	Retractable	No	Yes	Ordinary. Become quite ugly when about to attack and fangs appear.
	Half-vampire (pre-turning): Ordinary	Gradually gain	No	No	As in life
The Little Vampire (2000)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Alluring
The Vampire Diaries (Novel and television series)	Ordinary	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Alluring
World of Darkness (1992)	Pale	Retractable	Yes - Lasombra, however, don't have them	Yes	Varies by bloodline
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie) (1992)	Pale	No	No	Yes	Ordinary
Forever Knight (1992)	Pale[14]	Retractable[14]	Yes[15]	Yes[14]	Ordinary
Discworld (1992)	Pale	Yes	No	?	Alluring
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter (1993)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ordinary, but some bloodlines seem to get more attractive with age, some less, and many vampires are attractive as this was the reason they were sired
Preacher (1995)	Pale	No	Yes	Yes	Ordinary
Legacy of Kain (1996)	Varies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ancient vampires were alluring while human turned vampire evolutions became more grotesque.
Night World (1996)	Ordinary	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Alluring
Alucard (1997)	Ordinary	Yes	No	Yes	Alluring
Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series (1997)	Ordinary	Yes	No	Yes	Can appear as normal humans. However, when feeding or angry, they reveal their true vampire visage where their eyes turn yellow, their brow extends and they grow fangs and pointed teeth.
Night Watch (1998)	Ordinary	Retractable	Yes, even if the vampire himself turns invisible	Yes	Ordinary
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ordinary
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (1999)	Pale	Yes	Faint reflection that disappears with age	Yes	Beautiful
The Saga of Darren Shan (2000)	Ordinary; Purple for vampanese subrace	No	Yes, but cannot be recorded on film (vampire) or are blurry on film (half-vampire)	Yes	Ordinary, but vampanese subrace become swollen and discolored from overfeeding.
30 Days of Night (2002)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Steve Niles mentioned that they have an alien-like appearance. They are also described as being gruesome yet attractive.
Let the Right One In (2002)	Pale	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Ordinary
Moon Child (2003)	Ordinary			Yes	Ordinary, but some are above average.
Underworld (2003)	Pale	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Ordinary
Chibi Vampire/Karin (2003)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes
Van Helsing (2004)	Pale	Retractable	No	Yes	Above average when in human form, but they turn into a winged bat/demon-like creature, which is possibly be their true appearance.
Twilight (2005)	Pale, hard as marble, sparkles in sunlight	No	Yes	Yes	Alluring, inhumanly beautiful
My Sister the Vampire (2007)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Beautiful
Supernatural (2005)	Ordinary	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Ordinary
The Batman Vs. Dracula (2005)	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Grotesque
Frostbiten (2006)	Pale	Yes, grows even bigger when attacking people	No	Yes	Ordinary, but the "pill-vampires" turn monstrous when attacking people, while the supervampire shapeshifts into a demonic creature to hunt. The original vampires look human all the time save for red eyes and exposed vein when attacking.
Vampire Academy (2007)	Pale	Yes	Moroi yes, Strigoi no	Yes	Moroi are ordinary, Strigoi have red-ringed irises
House of Night (2007)	Blue Vampires: Pale with sapphire markings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Alluring
	Red Vampires: Pale with red markings	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Depends: red fledglings are described as gross, but once they choose to be good and become an adult they can be alluring
Blindsight (2007)	Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Tall, with a "predatory appearance"; baseline humans possess an instinctive panic response to them
True Blood (2008)	Pale	Retractable	Yes[16]	Yes	Ordinary, but humans can develop more attraction to them by drinking their blood, and also with the power to "Glamour" ordinary humans into enticement
Being Human (2008)	Ordinary	Retractable	No [appearance 1]	Yes	Ordinary
Moonlight (2008)	Ordinary	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Ordinary, but many are above average
The Parasol Protectorate (2009)	Pale	Yes	?	?	Ordinary
Daybreakers (2010)	Ordinary	Yes	No	Unknown	Normal, but with pallid skin and yellow eyes. However if deprived of blood they become deformed, their ears grow, they lose their hair, grow claws and wings and become bat-like creatures called "Subsiders"
American Vampire (2010)	Old World bloodline: Pale	Yes	?	?	Slightly distorted
	American bloodline: As when alive	Yes	Distorted	?	Usually normal, but severely distorted and animalistic when enraged
Dresden Files	White court: ordinary	No	Yes	Yes	Extremely attractive
	Red court: ordinary when human	Yes	?	?	Slimy and batlike, but with an attractive human "costume"
	Black court: corpse-like	Yes	?	?	Rotting corpse
Touhou	Pale	Yes	Unknown, probably yes	Unknown, probably yes	Normal, but with red eyes and wings.
Fright Night (1985, 2011)	Pale	Yes	No	Unknown	Somewhat attractive
Marvel Comics	Pale	Yes	No	?	Varies
We Are The Night (2010)	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Transformation turns them into the peak of their beauty
Blood: The Last Vampire	Gray, except for Saya who is ordinary	Except for Saya	Yes	Yes	Saya is ordinary, the other Chiropterans are monstrous, but can look like normal humans
Blood+	Ordinary, except fail chiropterans that have gray skin	Only fail chiropterans and Chevaliers when they shape shift	Yes	Yes	Ordinary, except for fail chiropterans that are monstrous
Trinity Blood	Methuselahs: Pale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Beautiful
	Crusniks: Pale	Retractable	Yes	Yes	Beautiful
DC Comics	Pale	Yes	No	?	Varies
Sanctuary	Ordinary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Varies
Rosario + Vampire	Ordinary	Yes	?	Yes	Beautiful, unless they absorb other monsters, in that case they became monstrous
Charmed	Ordinary	Yes	?	Yes	Ordinary
Wizards of Waverly Place	Pale	Yes	No	Yes	Beautiful
Gantz	Ordinary	No	Yes	Yes	Ordinary

Weaknesses

A "Yes" indicates a weakness to something, with fatal weaknesses being marked as such. Entries which are marked as "No" are not seen as weaknesses. "?" indicates a lack of information on whether this is a weakness or not; other indicates weaknesses that do not fit in one of the other categories.

Setting	Stake	Sunlight	Decapitation	Drowning	Fire	Silver	Garlic	Holy symbols	Running water	Invitation	Arithmomania	Other
European Folklore	Fatal; ash[17], hawthorn[18], or oak[19] preferred	Nocturnal [11]	Fatal [20]	Fatal	Fatal	No	Yes [21]	Yes	No [22]	No [22]	Yes[23]
North American folklore	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Twilight	No	No	Extremely difficult	No	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Vampyre	Fatal	Healed by moonlight	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Daybreakers	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	Sometimes
Young Dracula	Fatal	Fatal	?	?	After time	No	Burns skin	Avoided, effect is unclear	No	Yes	Often yes
My Sister the Vampire	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	Possibly yes	Possibly yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	?
Varney the Vampire	?	Healed by moonlight	?	?	?	Commits suicide in Mount Vesuvius[10]	?	No	No	?	?
Carmilla	?	Only weakened during daylight hours	Fatal	?	?	?	?	Aversion to holy relics/charms	?	Yes	?
Bram Stoker	Fatal; white oak preferred	Only weakened during daylight hours	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Night World	Fatal	But it greatly weakens their powers	Possibly yes	Fatal	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nosferatu	?	Fatal [24]	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Count Chocula	?	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	No	No
Count von Count	?	Enjoys sunlight, sleeps at night	?	?	?	No	?	?	No	?	Yes
Van Helsing	Fatal to Dracula's brides, not to Dracula	Yes	?	?	No	Not to Dracula	Not to Dracula	Not to Dracula, fatal to his brides	?	?	?	His only true weakness is the bite of a werewolf.
Dungeons & Dragons	Fatal	Fatal, will survive very short exposure	No	No	No	Yes	Keeps them at bay	Keeps them at bay	Fatal, will survive short exposure	Yes	No
Blade	Fatal[16]	Fatal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[16]	Yes[16]	No[16]	No	No	No	EDTA and the Daystar virus can also kill them.
Ultraviolet (TV serial)	Fatal	Fatal	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Keeps them at bay	Psychosomatic		No	No	Charcoal
30 Days of Night (2002)	No	When blood touches their ashes they will regenerate.	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Anne Rice	No	Fatal; older vampires have higher tolerances [25]	Sometimes	No	Sometimes	No	No	No	No	No	No	The blood from the body of a creature already dead is fatal to vampires
Bunnicula	?	Nocturnal	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
The Hunger	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Count Duckula	No	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
Vampire Hunter D	Usually fatal	Fatal in direct light	?	Immobilizes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter	Yes	But after a few years the begin to have a resistance toward it other than that their eye still react the same	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Lost Boys	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	?	?	Fatal through the heart	No	Holy water is fatal in large quantities	?	Invitation makes vampire immune to weaknesses and vampire characteristics	No
The Little Vampire	Fatal	Fatal	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
The Vampire Diaries	Novels: Yes	Fatal — Special ring protects them	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	Depends on how strong the vampire is. The stronger the vampire, the worse running water is on them	Yes	No	Heart extraction and not consuming blood kill them
	Television Series: The originals can only die with a stake made of White Wood or the ashes of these tree in a special stake	Fatal — Special ring protects them, except for the Originals that are immune	Except for the Originals	No	Except for the Originals	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Vampires can also die from heart extraction and a Werewolf bite; Vervain and magical objects weaken them.
House of Night: Blue Vampires	Fatal	No	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	?
House of Night: Red Vampires	Fatal	Fatal	?	?	Fatal	?	?	?	No	Yes	?
Buffy	Fatal[26]	Fatal Special ring protects them [26]	Fatal [26]	No [27]	Fatal	No	Shown as a prop on-screen, but never utilized.	Yes [27][26]	No	Yes [27]	No	Some poisons and drugs can affect them
Discworld[note 1]	Fatal	Yes[note 2]	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	Yes	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 4]	Yes[note 3]	Yes	No
True Blood	Fatal	Fatal; Younger vampires can survive short exposure, older vampires have lower tolerances; Fae/Fairy blood can eliminate weakness to sun for a short period	Fatal	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (mild irritant)	No[16]	No	Yes (Only in private residences owned by humans)	No	Hepatitis D and Maenad Blood can weaken them; and exsanguinations is fatal
Let the Right One In	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	Fatal	No	No	No	No	Fatal, if invite remains absent for long enough	No
Preacher	No	Fatal	Fatal	No	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	No
American Vampire (Old World bloodline)	?	Fatal; ameliorable with protective measures	?	Immobilizes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	No
American Vampire (American bloodline)	?	No; possible dependency on moonlight — torpid and vulnerable during new moon	?	No	?	Gold	?	?	?	No	No
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	Fatal	Yes	No	Any religious iconography if wielded by a true believer	No	Yes	?
Alucard	No	Non-fatal, but finds it extremely unpleasant	No	No	No	Fatal for other vampires in the series but not Alucard[28]	No	No	No	No	?
The Saga of Darren Shan	Fatal	Highly susceptible to sunburns, eventually Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	No	No	Superstitious[note 5]	No	?
World of Darkness	Immobilizes	Fatal	Usually Fatal	No	Eventually Fatal	Immune unless with flaw	Immune unless with flaw	Immune unless with flaw or when wielded by someone with true faith	Immune unless with flaw	Immune unless with flaw	Only if with flaw
Being Human	Yes	No (More sensitive to sunlight and prefer to avoid it)	Fatal	?	?	?	Yes (causes fangs to appear, watery eyes, and sneezing)	Yes (with some exceptions, and weaker in fighting off larger crowds	No	Yes	?
Lord Erebus	?	No	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
Supernatural	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Dead man's blood, can paralyze a vampire
Moonlight	Causes paralysis	It makes them progressively weaker	Yes	No	Yes	Yes, it is toxic and can eventually kill if left in too long	No	No	No	No	?
The Parasol Protectorate	Fatal	Fatal	?	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain	Death-like state until removed	Fatal to weaker vampires	Fatal, but Vorador was resurrected after his execution	Fatal to all except Rahabim vampires	Fatal to most if not all	No	No	Vulnerable to Hylden glyphs and Moebius's staff	Fatal to most, but Vampires in Blood Omen 1 can "buy" a resistance to some forms of water, such as rain or snow	No	?	The Nexus Stone could send Kain in a coma for centuries
Night Watch	?	Feels unpleasant	?	No	?	?	No	No	No	Yes	?
Underworld	Fatal	Fatal; Specifically UV radiation	Fatal	Selene almost drowns in first film	?	No	?	No	No	No	No
Chibi Vampire/Karin	Fatal	Burns, death if exposed too long	Likely	Likely	Likely	No	Only aggravates highly developed olfactory nerves	No	No	No	No
Necroscope	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	No	No	No	Yes	?
Moon Child	?	Fatal	?	?	?	?	?	?	No
Forever Knight	Fatal; older vampires have higher tolerances[29]	Fatal[14]	Yes[29]	?	Fatal; older vampires have higher tolerances[29]	No[30]	Yes[31]	Can develop a tolerance[31]	No[32]	No	?
John Carpenter's Vampires	Yes	Fatal	Yes	?	?	?	No	Wielder has to possess faith	No	No	?
Dark Shadows (1966)	Yes	Fatal (except under the treatments of Dr. Julia Hoffman)	?	?	?	Yes	?	Keeps them at bay	?	No	No
Frostbiten (2006)	Fatal, but the supervampire must be killed through a combination of several vampire weaknesses	Implied, the supervampires is killed by strong light after being staked	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Dresden Files: White Court	As for humans	No	As for humans	As for humans	As for humans	No	No	No	No	No	No	The opposite of the emotion that they feed on
Dresden Files: Black Court	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Affected by the faith of the user, not the inherent properties of the object; any holy symbol will work	Yes	?	?
Dresden Files: Red Court	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Cutting their stomach open drains the blood they've eaten, this weakens and can kill them
Touhou	Yes	Weakened through sun exposure, a parasol seems to be enough protection, though	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, even rain is a problem	No	No
Fright Night	Fatal, but only through the heart	Fatal	?	?	Can't think clearly	No	?	Burns skin	?	Yes	?
Marvel Comics	Yes	Yes, except for pseudo-vampires	Yes	No	No	Yes, except for pseudo-vampires	Yes, except for pseudo-vampires	Yes, except for pseudo-vampires	No	?	No	The Montesi Formula incantation can kill any vampire within earshot
We Are The Night (2010)	?	Fatal	?	No	?	?	No	?	No	?	?
Blindsight (2007)	Fatal	No, but light-shy and tends toward nocturnal activity	Fatal	Fatal	Fatal	No	No	No intrinsic aversion to religion in general, but "crucifix glitch" caused problems with crosses	No	Cannot approach any construction with right angles while eyes are open due to "crucifix glitch"; legend may have arisen from this condition	Possible - altered brain structure provides omnisavantic pattern-matching and analytical skills	Neurological "crucifix glitch" causes lethal seizures when perpendicular lines fill more than 30 degrees of visual field; seizures can be prevented by "anti-Euclidean drugs"
Blood: The Last Vampire	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	Distresses them	No	No	No	They can die if they lose a sufficiently large amount of blood
Blood+	No	Only the Schiffs	Yes	?	Fatal	No	No	No	No	No	No	The blood of one Queen can kill anything that her sister has created
Trinity Blood	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	They have to eat normal food alongside blood or they die
	Crusniks: ?	No	?	?	?	?	No	No	No	No	No
Rosario + Vampire	?	Only give them a quick sunburn	?	Except for Tsukune Aono	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Except for Tsukune Aono	No	No
Charmed	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	The Power of Three and demonic powers can kill them; also, killing the Queen kills the entire clan as well
DC Comics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	?
Sanctuary	?	No	?	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
Wizards of Waverly Place	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	Pumpkin smell is repulsive to them, werewolf scratch take away their powers, and vampires powers are useless against plastic
Gantz	?	They can take a special medicine that toughens their skin, allowing them to walk around in the daylight	Yes	?	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	?

Supernatural Powers

• It is common in fiction for vampires to gain additional, uncommon powers as they age. Certain vampires may have abilities that are unique to them or a small group of others. These have been noted as 'Gifted'.

	Immortal	Unnatural strength	Unnatural senses	Unnatural speed	Unnatural healing	Flight	Shapeshifting	Mind Powers	Telekinesis	Pyrokinesis	Other
European Folklore	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Some	Yes	Yes	Some poltergeist-like activity	No	?
North American folklore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Nocturnal animals, fog	Yes	No	No	?
Varney the Vampire	Yes	Yes	?	?	Regenerates in moonlight[10]	?	?	Yes	?	No	?
Bram Stoker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Wolf, bat (also giant bat), dust, fog - possibly dog as well. Can also impersonate Jonathan Harker	The hunters track Dracula through his telepathic link with Mina	?	?	Control of nocturnal animals - wolves and rats mentioned specifically. Also, at least one Vampire (if not all) is able to shrink to fit under a door. Hypothetical array of other powers (due to former magical scholarship - though undocumented and very briefly mentioned by Dr Van Helsing).
Nosferatu	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	No	?
Dracula (Van Helsing)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, but it resembles teleporting	Yes	in winged creature form	Winged bat/demon-like creature	?	No	No	?
Anne Rice	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gifted	No	Gifted	Gifted	Gifted	Gifted vampires are able to walk on walls and ceilings.
Twilight Saga	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Gifted	Gifted	Gifted	Gifted vampires can have a variety of different abilities.
My Sister the Vampire	Extended life	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
Buffy	Yes [27]	Yes [27][26]	Yes [27]	Yes	Yes [27][26]	No[power 1]	Only Dracula	Gifted	No	No	No
Blade	Yes	Yes	Enhanced sense of smell	Yes	Yes	No	Only Dracula	No	No	No	?
Ultraviolet (TV serial)	Yes	Yes	Enhanced sense of smell	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?
30 Days of Night (2002)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Discworld	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Can be resurrected from ashes	As a bat or as a "human"	Yes	Yes	No	No	Overcome inherent weaknesses with psychological conditioning
Vampire Academy	No	Yes	Yes	No	Spirit users can heal.	No	Yes	Some, not all.	No	Vampires that are fire users.	All Moroi have an extra power: water, fire, earth, air, and sometimes spirit.
True Blood	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gifted	Uncommon	Can "Glamour" humans, erase memories and possibly bend their will	No	No	Can feel the emotions of whoever has drank blood from them, such as if they are in danger. They can also feel when their "maker" is in trouble, and a maker can feel the same thing for their progeny (vampire children).
The Little Vampire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Can climb any surface and may hang from the ceiling to sleep
The Vampire Diaries	Novels: Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only in bird form	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	They can control the elements, animals and the weather
	Television Series: Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Dream Manipulation
Count Chocula	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Bat	No	Able to levitate marshmallows	Electrokinesis	Turns milk chocolatey, 15 vitamins and minerals
Count Duckula	?	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	Teleportation
Vampire Hunter D	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Some can change their form to mist	Yes	No	No	Varies greatly by invidual Nobility
Count von Count	Yes	No	?	No	?	No	No	Hypnosis, now discontinued	?	Can generate thunder by counting	Preternatural counting abilities
Let the Right One In	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited	Sending memories through kiss	No	No	Are able to walk on walls
Preacher	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Limited	Yes	No	some	Ability to walk on walls and ceilings, briefly read the minds of those they drink from, other unspecified abilities
American Vampire (Old World bloodline)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	?
American Vampire (American bloodline)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	?
Alucard	Yes	Yes	Long range vision	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Can pass through walls, shadow and blood manipulation, can summon the souls of those he has previously consumed
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, but wounds from silver heal slowly. Holy water inhibits healing	Gifted	Rare	Telepathy is stronger after biting, can enthrall with eyes	Gifted	Gifted	Call animals, drain power from sired vampires, rot without damage(dependent on bloodline)
World of Darkness[power 2]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Vast number of potential Disciplines. Also, consumption of a vampire's blood 3 times causes blood bonding, an imposed state of intense love.
Being Human	Yes	Yes	Yes usually smell	Yes	Yes	?	?	Gifted	?	?	?
The Saga of Darren Shan	Extended Life	Yes	Yes	Yes	Saliva has healing powers	No	No	Among higher ranking full vampires and briefly during transformation into a vampire; not exclusive to vampires	Only illusion of telekinesis	No	Exhales gas that causes unconsciousness in humans, Runs at high speeds outside normal space
Moonlight	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Can be developed with age	No	No	?
The Parasol Protectorate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?
Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain	Yes	Yes	Mostly smell	Gifted. Kain gains mastery of time	Yes	Ancient Vampires were able to fly, Kain can levitate, Raziel can glide	Wolf, bat swarm, mist	Gifted	Gifted	Gifted	Corruptions caused some clans to gain abilities others did not. Some powers are also granted by the Reaver or by consuming the blood or the soul of some characters
Night Watch	Yes[power 3]	Yes	Yes[power 3]	?	Yes[power 3]	Gifted	Gifted, giant bat	Yes[power 3]	Yes[power 3]	Yes[power 3]	Ability to lure prey to the vampire
Underworld	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only Markus in his winged creature form	Limited	Through drinking their blood	No	No	?
Chibi Vampire/Karin	Extended life, potentially beyond 1000 years	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some	No	Control of bats	No	No	Mind/Memory erasure
Dungeons & Dragons	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	By shape shifting	Bat, wolf, cloud of smoke	Yes	No	No	Can walk on walls and ceilings
Forever Knight	Yes[14]	Yes[14]	Heat/night vision[33]	Yes[14]	Yes[30]	Yes[14]	No	Ability to persuade through mesmerism[14]	No	No	No
Necroscope	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Some	Yes	Yes	No	No	Killglance, Necromancy, Precognition
Moon Child	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	?
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	But can glide	No	Some	No	No	No
The Lost Boys	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
Dark Shadows (1966)	Yes	Yes	?	Either this or teleportation	Yes	Yes	Bat	Hypnosis	Yes	No	Time travel, necromancy,possibly teleportation
House of Night:Blue Vampires	Yes	Stronger than humans, but not unnaturally strong	Yes	Fast, but not unnaturally so	Depends on vampire affinity	No	No	No	Depends on vampire affinity	Depends on vampire affinity	Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill
House of Night: Red Vampires	Yes	?	Yes	Faster than humans, but not unnaturally so	Depends on affinity	No	No	Yes	Depends on affinity	Depends on affinity	Most are specially talented or have an affinity for one thing or skill
Frostbiten (2006)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Walk on walls and talk to dogs
Dresden Files: White Court	No, but long-lived	Only when boosted	?	Only when boosted	Only when boosted	No	No	Induce and harvest emotions	?	?	Normally about human in power, but can boost to superhuman using harvested emotional energy
Dresden Files: Black Court	Either immortal, or very long-lived	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	Can create thralls and "renfields" (insane, violent, permanent thralls)	?	?	Can control or alter animals; at least one is a powerful magic user
Dresden Files: Red Court	Either immortal, or very long-lived	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Can change from human-looking to natural bat-like form by removing outer skin	Potent narcotic, euphoric, addictive saliva	?	?
Touhou	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Implied they can recover from anything as long as the head is undamaged	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fate manipulation, magic and object destruction.
Fright Night	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Stick to ceilings.
Marvel Comics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Some vampires can control the weather and some animals; pseudo-vampires don't have these powers
We Are The Night (2010)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Walk on walls.
Blood: The Last Vampire	Extended Life	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Except for Saya	Except for Saya	No	No	No	?
Blood+	Only Queens and Chevaliers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only Chevaliers when they shape shift	Only Queens and Chevaliers	No	No	No
Trinity Blood	Methuselahs: Extended life	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only in the anime	No	No	No	Gifted	Methuselah also possess varying individual abilities, like forming of a blades that comes out of the arms, claws or even prehensile hair. Some Methuselah have displayed an ability to control some elemental powers such as fire and ice
	Crusniks: Extended life	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	All Crusniks have a variety of different abilities
Supernatural	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Only the Alpha Vampire	No	No	?
DC Comics	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	In bat form	Yes	Yes	No	No	Andrew Bennett can reconstitute himself some time after being killed
Sanctuary	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	They have the ability to understand another person's identity and native language by tasting their blood
Rosario + Vampire	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Some, when shapeshift into bat	Some	No	No	No	Beside of being able to dectect youkis and release their full powers, vampires have some specific abilitie depending on the vampire
Charmed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	In bat form	Yes	Yes	No	No	They are immune to witches powers and can hang or cling to ceilings
Wizards of Waverly Place	Yes	Yes	Smell	Yes	Yes	By turning her arms into wings	Yes	No	No	No	Sleep control
Gantz	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	Are able to spawn weapons from their bodies
Blindsight (2007)	No, but can hibernate for decades to avoid overhunting its food supply	Yes due to increased ATP production	Yes due to tapetum lucidum and tetrachromatic vision	Yes due to thicker axons increasing nerve impulse transmission speed	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Reproduction

	Fertile	Reproduce via bite	Reproduce via transfusion	Reproduce via consumption of vampire blood after bite	Inhabited by demons	Other/notes
European Folklore	Yes	Upon death	No	No	Yes [34]
Varney the Vampire	?	Yes	?	?	No
Bram Stoker	?	No	Yes	?	No
Nosferatu	?	?	?	?	No
Van Helsing	Baby vampires are born dead and must be reanimated	Yes	?	?	No
Anne Rice	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Twilight	Male vampires can reproduce with female humans	Yes	No	No	No
Buffy	No [27]	No [27]	Yes [27]	Yes[27]	Yes [27]
Blade	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No
Ultraviolet (TV serial)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
My Sister the Vampire	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
30 Days of Night (2002)	No	Yes	Yes	?	No
Discworld	Yes	If desired	?	?	No
True Blood	No, although intercourse is possible and more pleasurable than usual for humans	No	No	The human being turned must be buried alive in the ground afterward	No
The Little Vampire	No	The victim becomes a mindless vampire	No	Yes	No
The Vampire Diaries (Novel and television series)	No	No	If killed while vampire blood is still in the system	?	No
Count Chocula	?	?	?	?	No
Count von Count	?	?	?	?	No
Alucard	?	Provided the other is a virgin of the opposite sex; otherwise creates ghouls	?	?	No
Let the Right One In	Due to Eli being a castrated boy	Yes	Yes	?	No
Count Duckula	?	No	Yes	?	No
Vampire Hunter D	Yes	Usually creates servants	?	?	?
Preacher	?	Yes	?	?	No
American Vampire (Old World bloodline)	No	No	Yes	?	?
American Vampire (American bloodline)	No	No	Yes	?	?
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter	Only young male vampires can reproduce with a human mother, may cause extreme birth defects	Yes	?	?	No
World of Darkness	Except for "thin bloods", those of the 15th (and sometimes 14th) Generation removed from Caine	No	No	The victim must be drained to the point of death, otherwise it just creates a ghoul, a semi-immortal human	No	Consumption of vampire blood without draining makes a human effectively immortal, and gives them some powers, but does not make them a vampire. The effect wears off in about a month without subsequent doses.
The Saga of Darren Shan	No, with exclusion of Destiny's "children"	No	Yes	?	No
Moonlight	No	No	No	The human must be near death	No
The Parasol Protectorate	?	Only females can create new vampires and only if the recipient has enough soul	No	No	No
Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain	Yes, due to Hylden curse	No. Kain is able to bite (even kill) his enemies without infecting them	Kain was transformed into as a Vampire through necromancy and the Heart Of Darkness (which implies blood transfusion)	?	No
Night Watch	A vampire can have one single human child	Both the vampire and the human must want it	No	?	No
Underworld	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No
Chibi Vampire/Karin	Only full vampires. Half-Human variants are sterile	No	No	No	No
Dungeons & Dragons	Yes	Yes	No	?	No
Forever Knight	Vampires are sterile, and can cause the death of mortals if intercourse is attempted[35]	If desired[36]	?	?	No
Necroscope	Males can have one egg son, Females can produce a multitude of eggs in a mass birth	If desired	Yes	?	No
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter	No	No	No	Yes	No
The Lost Boys	?	Yes	?	Blood is given before death to create a half-vampire	No
Moon Child	?	?	?	?	No
Dark Shadows (1966)	Yes	Yes	?	?	Debatable - the vampiric energy of Barnabas was transferred, curing Barnabas & bringing Adam to life
Frostbiten (2006)	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Dresden Files: White Court	Born basically human, become vampire after first feeding (can become fully human instead)	No	No	No	?
Dresden Files: Red Court	?	?	?	Yes, with complications	Yes	Multi-stage process; potential vampire is infected, and gains some powers, then becomes a vampire after first feeding
Touhou	?	Contradicting information[reproduction 1]	?	?	No
Fright Night	?	Yes, if desired	?	?	?
Marvel Comics	No	Yes	No	No	?
We Are The Night (2010)	No	Yes	?	No	No
Blindsight (2007)	Yes	Potentially by lateral gene transmission	No	No	No	Can also be created by applying retroviral gene therapy to baseline humans
Blood: The Last Vampire	?	No	With scientific assistance	No	No
Blood+	Only Queens	No	Only Queens blood	No	No
Trinity Blood	Methuselahs: Yes	No	Yes	No	No
	Crusniks: ?	No	No	No	No
Supernatural	No	No	Yes	No	No
DC Comics	No	Yes	No	No	?
Sanctuary	Yes	No	Only in humans with vampire genes	No	No
Rosario + Vampire	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Charmed	No	Yes	No	No	?
Wizards of Waverly Place	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gantz	?	?	?	?	No

Setting characteristics

	Progenitor	Source	Dracula	Supernatural Creatures	Non-Vampire Lovers	Rest in Coffins	Vampire Society or Organizations	Known to Human Society
Bram Stoker	?	?	Title character	Werewolves (implied)	Yes	Yes	Dracula and Brides
Young Dracula	?	bite	Father of Title Character	Werewolves Ghosts	Yes	?	All Vampires are subjects of the 'Grand High Vampire' and Vampire Council
Van Helsing	The Devil (Dracula)	Dracula's bite (Brides, other vampires)	Main villain	Werewolves Frankenstein's Monster	Yes	?	Dracula, Dracula's brides, other vampires, Dr. Frankenstein, Igor, Velkan Valerious (as a werewolf)
Alucard	Reincarnation of Vlad the Impaler	?	Title character	Werewolves Catboy Ghouls	Yes	Yes	serves in Hellsing Organization
Nosferatu	?	?	Count Orlok	No	No	?	Count Orlok only
Anne Rice	Akasha	Demonic hybridization with humans	No	Psychics Witches Taltos	Yes	Yes		Hidden, Lestat tried to out them
The Hunger	?	Evolved humans whose blood acts as virus in normal humans	No	?	Yes	?		Hidden
Twilight	?	Believed to evolve along side humans	No	Werewolves Shapeshifters Human/Vampire Hybrids	Yes	They never sleep		Hidden
Buffy	Unnamed human possessed by Old One	Demonic hybridization with humans	Yes [26]	Many	Yes	Only Dracula		The majority of humans remained unaware or in denial of the existence of vampires, until Season Eight when the existence of vampires became public knowledge
Blade	Dracula / Dagon / Drake	?	Yes	Werewolves Reappers	No	No		Hidden
Ultraviolet (TV serial)	?	Virus	No	No	Yes	?		Hidden
30 Days of Night (2002)	Vincente and his lover Lilith claimed that they were the parents of all other vampires.	Being described as some kind of virus	?	Other vampires	In some cases	?		Know with humans then became hidden.
Discworld	?	?	No	Werewolves Witches Zombies Igors Numerous others	Yes	?	?	Yes
True Blood	?	?	In the books	Maenads Shapeshifters Witches Weres Fairies Demons (books)	Yes	They can choose o rest in coffins or beds		Out since invention of Trublood
The Little Vampire	?	A comet of soul which fell to the earth hundreds of years ago	No	No	Yes	?		Hidden
The Vampire Diaries	Novels: The Old Ones	?	No	Werewolves Kitsune Witches	Yes	No	?	Hidden
	Television Series: The Originals	?	No	Werewolves Vampire/Werewolf Hybrid Ghost Doppelganger Witches	Yes	No	?	Hidden
Count Chocula	?	?	Brief cameo	Werewolves - Fruit Brute	Children as part of this complete breakfast	?	?
Count von Count	?	?	Is a comical reimagining	Mr. Snuffleupagus	No	?		Out
Count Duckula	?	?	Yes	Werewolves	No	?		Hidden
Vampire Hunter D	?	?	Most honored member of Nobility; D's father	Many	Yes	?	Highly advanced society, now in steady decline
Let the Right One In	?	?	No	No	Yes	?		Hidden
Preacher	?	?	?	Angels Demons Genesis	Yes	?		Hidden, only 3 shown
American Vampire	?	?	?	?	?	?		Hidden
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter	?	?	Using the name Dracula has been banned	Wereanimals Ghouls Zombies Naga Fey Mer-people	Yes	?		Out
Being Human	?	?	No	Werewolves Zombies Ghosts	Yes	No		Hidden, but some wish to out themselves and enslave humans
The Saga of Darren Shan	?	Vampires believe they are descended from wolves; most vampire powers were added to the race by Des Tiny after their genesis	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Divided into Vampire and Vampanese races/cultures	Hidden to most humans
Moonlight	?	?	No	Yes	?	?		Hidden
World of Darkness	Caine	Divine curse	Member of the Tzimisce clan	Many	Yes	?		Hidden
Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain	?	?	No	Werewolves Telepaths	No	?	?
Night Watch	?	?	Probably existed in the universe, but not plot-relevant	Werewolves Others	Yes	?		Hidden
Underworld	Markus Corvinus	Virus	No	Werewolves Lycans Immortals Hybrids	Yes	Only the vampire elders while another vampire elder rules		Hidden
Chibi Vampire/Karin	?	Vampire's are a species of the Homo genus, separate from Homo sapiens, but capable of producing sterile hybrid children with Humans	Brief cameo of Bram Stoker's book	God (implied to be Christian God)	Yes	?	Clans/Families control various territories with treaties and all-clan-meetings once a year	Hidden within Japan
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter	[Elizabeth Báthory]	Demonic Hybridization with humans	No	Unknown	Yes	?		Hidden but wants to take over the world
The Lost Boys	?	?	No	No	None shown	?	Gang run by sire	Hidden
Dungeons & Dragons	By individual campaign or setting; Strahd von Zarovich in Ravenloft	Negative Material Plane	No	Many	Yes	?		By campaign/setting
Forever Knight	?	?	No	No	Yes[37][35]	?		Hidden
The Parasol Protectorate	?	Implied to be virus or similar, only works on those with excess soul	?	Werewolves Ghosts Soulless	Yes	?		Out in Britain and help in the government, hidden (but known) in many other countries
Necroscope	Shaitan	?	No	Werewolves	No	?	?
Moon Child	?	?	No	No	Yes	?		Hidden
Daybreakers	A Vampire bat	Virus	No	No	?	No		Out, run society
Dark Shadows	?	Witch's Curse; Vampire Bat	No	Witches Wizards Satanic Warlocks Demons, Ghosts Werewolves Naga Frankenstienian Hominids The Phoenix	Yes	?	Yes
Frostbiten	Maria is the pregenitor of the Swedish vampires, but there are older ones	Believed to be a virus but implied to be supernatural	No	?	No	?	The vampire horde made up of Sebastian, John and the other teens. Annika and Maria.	The films ends with the vampires taking over the entire Norrland
Dresden Files	?	?	?	Wizards Werewolves (several types) Fae (many types) Angels Demons Dragons	Definitely for White Court, probable for Red Court, unknown for Black and Jade	?	Formal vampire courts: White, Red, Black, and Jade.	No
Touhou	?	?	Remilia claims to be a descendant, although she is not	Youkai Kami Witches Fairies Ghosts	?	?		There is no secret about the mythological creatures who live in Gensokyo, Gensokyo itself is isolated from "our" world, though
Marvel Comics	Varnae	Spell from the Darkhold	Yes	Many	Yes	?	Divided on Vampire Sects	Hidden
We Are The Night	?	?	No	?	Yes	?	Louise coven. Possible others around the world
Blindsight (2007)	Homo sapiens vampiris coevolved with baseline humans as predator; speciation occurred around 400000-500000 years BP	X-chromosome mutation	No	No	Likely, not documented	?		Originally solitary predators, went extinct due to "crucifix glitch" and proliferation of perpendicular lines due to human technology. Species fully recreated in late 21st century and eventually reestablished position as apex predator on a virtual reality-befuddled humanity
Blood: The Last Vampire	?	The original Chiropterans evolve alongside humans, while the actual are human/chiropteran hybridization	No	No	Yes	No		Hidden
Blood+	?	Believed to evolve alongside humans	No	No	Yes	No		Hidden
Trinity Blood	Methuselahs: ?	Injection of the Bacillus nanomachines in human bodies	No	No	Yes	No	The Methuselahs have their capital in Byzantium	Yes
	Crusniks: All four Crusniks were created around the same time	Installation of the Crusnik nanomachines in the bodies of four test tube babies	No	No	Yes	No	They have gained a high position of power, as Commanders during the Human-Methuselah war and as leaders after the war	No
Supernatural	Alpha Vampire	Created by Eve	No	Many	Yes	No	Organized into nests	No
DC Comics	?	?	?	Many	Yes	No	Ruled by a queen	No
Sanctuary	?	Evolve alongside humans	No	Many	Yes	?		Used to rule the world until humans rose up against their oppressors and hunted them to extinction
Rosario + Vampire	?	?	No	Many	Yes	?		Hidden
Charmed	?	?	No	Many	Yes	No	Ruled by queens	No
Wizards of Waverly Place	?	?	No	Many	Yes	No		Hidden
Gantz	?	They are the result of numerous nanomachines within the human body	No	Aliens	Yes	No		Hidden

References

Cited texts

• Barber, Paul (1988). Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality. New York: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04126-8. 
• Skal, David J. (1996). V is for Vampire. New York: Plume. ISBN 0-452-27173-8. 

See also

• Vampire literature
• Vampire films