vampires

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1. Originally part of central European folklore, they now appear in horror stories as living corpses who need to feed on human blood. A vampire will leave his coffin at night, disguised as a great bat, to seek his innocent victims, bite their necks with his long, sharp teeth, and suck their blood.

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The most famous vampire is Count Dracula, from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

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He eventually discovers the South Park Society of Vampires, a group of kids who wear fangs, dress in black and drink blood, which is actually Clamato juice.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Johnny Depp and his rock band the Hollywood Vampires are postponing three U.S. tour dates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

Vampires have been in vogue for some time, but usually in more extrapolated interpretations with greater sympathies for vampires — elegant, sexy or childlike — as worldly outsiders.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

US rock band Hollywood Vampires, comprising Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen, also saluted "the passing of our dear friend and guitar legend".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023

Dance of the Vampires was an infamous musical from the early two-thousands, starring the original Phantom of the Opera actor, this time as a blood drinker.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle