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
  • 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)