What Do Vampires Look Like?

Over the years vampires have taken on various appearances, be it sophisticated or monstrous. The most popular and well known vampire look mostly due to Bela Lugosi and his role in the old Dracula flick. Christopher Lee and Frank Langella later helped to reinforce Lugosi’s look. You’ve got the male vampire dressed impeccably in classy evening wear, slick hair, satin cape and long white fangs. Then the female vampires (who are also horribly stereotyped) are usually tall, perfectly pale, have bright red lips and are found wearing incredibly sexually provocative clothes. Sounds familiar right?

Fast forward a few years and you have today’s idea of how a vampire looks (it usually involves glitter). Most modern vampires haven’t strayed too far from the vampires in those old films, they may have ditched the cape but they still dress impeccably smooth. Perfect body, perfect hair, perfect face, perfect eyes…etc. The men are still seductive and the women are still sexy.

Now, if you ignore the entertainment world and take a look at traditional folk vampires you have a whole different view. The common vamp in Europe usually appeared in its raggedy burial clothes or its grave shroud. Its stench from the dried blood of victims was so awful it instantly triggered the gag reflex. It often had red glowing eyes, long blood-covered fangs and was totally grotesque in every way. Sexy huh?

But in other countries vampires weren’t always completely human. The Chinese kuang-shi was covered in greenish fur, the African adze looked like a deformed dwarf or a firefly. Then you have folk vampires that don’t look humanistic at all. There was the vampire cat of Nabeshima, the giant bird-like aswang, the watermelon vampires of Yugoslavian lore, and even a vampire chair.

So what have we learned today? That vampires have countless looks, it just depends on what book you’re reading or movie you’re watching, or even what time period you live in.

– Moonlight

By Moonlight

Moonlight (aka Amanda) loves to write about, read about and learn about everything pertaining to vampires. You will most likely find her huddled over a book of vampire folklore with coffee in hand. Touch her coffee and she may bite you (and not in the fun way).

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  5. I think there are no Vampires…
    It’s just a fantasy story…
    But imagine there are some… They would reign the world or not..!?

    1. They do, they are called the illuminati. Research it, watch ‘The Arrivals’ documentary o youtube from part 1, they killed the key witness of 9/11, as they planned this all. To help them eventually rule the world by turning humans on each other, the fastest way to rule, along with their control of world power and turning the most powerful/rich into them. They are the modern day vampires as they drink and spill blood for their own reasons.

  6. vampires look like everyone else. you dont notice them. they could be sitting next to you on a bus or walking next to you on the sidewalk. you cant tell them apart from everyone else. and their eyes well everyone says their eyes are different colors but they arnt. vampires can also eat normal food when they need to but blood is best for them. some wont eat normal food but most do cause they want to fit in. but if they dont they can still go for weeks without blood.

  7. Vampire’s look like what ever you want them to look like, and who’s to say what they should look like, i mean they are and exist only what our imaginations concoct.

  8. I know for a fact that vampires/ vampiress’s look like humans but they dont act quit like them take me for example i dont look like anything you guys have described but im still a vampiress!
    P.S. we can go out in sun light! gosh stariotypes are crazy these days!

    1. I am a vampire but i dont go out saying it to others, keep it real please and don’t role play because your making us look bad and thats why people don’t believe us

      1. YOU ARE NOT A VAMPIRE AND THEY DONT EXSIST I THEY DID THERE WOULD BE LIKE NOOOOO POPULATION. AND I DONT BILIEVE IN YOU, YOU OR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. I think Vampires look perfect but have either yellow, luminous green, violet, red, or grey eyes. They dress gothish and have pale eyes. But I could be wrong because people say Vampires arent real… although I think they are…

    1. They don’t look goth their like humans but much different mine are red but i wear blue contacts when I get mad they turn red right through the contacts

  10. Vampires can go into the sun people.It just makes them weak (tired).And omg vampires dont stay away from garlic or stuff like that.We just dont like the smell.Its like saying you dont like the smell of a fart.Lol just saying.Vampires look like real humans.Eyes may be different.And fangs only come when they are hunting.I should know I’m a vampiress.

    1. Wow…
      Does canine teeth sharpening and bumps above your upper and lower canine teeth, slightly increased endurance, speed, strength, night vision, pains and pressure in your canine and premolar teeth,(sunlight made me VERY tired once, like panting hard when doing little work),
      stuff like that make you a…
      umm…
      I don’t know the word. Fledgling?
      K, if anyone knows, pls respond!
      :)

  11. lol why would vamps kill off there own food supply and the illuminati are humans who want destroy the world and are being ran by demons. vampire would not be stupid enough to story this world lol

  12. I am a vampire and for the people who think they are do not get any ideas other people like haters will hunt you

    1. same I think they are real am one as well most people don’t wanna say it’s true that they r real because humans are scared of what we are.

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