Movies and TV are where most of us first hear of the vampire. Whether it's an afternoon episode of Count Duckula or a late-night showing of Nosferatu or Mom and Dad's video of Bram Stoker's Dracula, everyone is exposed to the vampire sooner or later in the visual media.

Dracula, of course, is the most common premise for the vampire film. The story has been told and retold, in every language, in every country, in every time since Bram Stoker published his novel. The great Bela Lugosi set the stage for every performance of Dracula that was to come after, and created the image that comes into most minds when we say the word Dracula.

In recent years, Anne Rice's Lestat has become the modern vampire - the Dracula for our times. The reckless rock star is as much an ideal of our era as the imperious gentleman was of Lugosi's. Lestat's kin were much more secretive and cautious in this modern age, having learned all too well from the tale of Dracula.

Japanese film, too, seems to hold a fascination with the vampire. Perhaps the most popular anime film ever made is Vampire Hunter D, the story of a young woman, a vampire, and a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D. However, the vampire isn't always the hunted - sometimes one can be the hunter, like Kyuuketsuki Miyu, vampire guardian of the Shinma, demon-gods who are called to earth by diseased human minds. Miyu returns the Shinma to their own place, the Dark, and uses her powers to grant an eternity in happy fantasy to humans whose sorrow is too great to bear.

Below are some links to scripts, indices, and information about vampire movies. If you have anything that you would like to see added to this list, please e-mail me.

An index of vampire movie titles, with links.
The script of Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn
The script of Interview with the Vampire
A page devoted to Bloodlust, an Austrailian vampire movie and the only Aussie movie ever banned in Britain!
A page devoted to Vampire Hunter D, with script, pictures, sounds, and more.
A page devoted to Kyuuketsuki Miyu (Vampire Princess Miyu), with translations, pictures, and links.

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