History Main / LooksLikeOrlok

* ''TableTopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Vampires vary heavily depending on the set and artist. Some of the earlier ones like [[https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/275/sengir-vampire Sengir Vampire]] head in this direction.

* ''Manga/BlackCat'' gives us Preta [[AwesomeMcCoolname Ghoul]]. He used to have hair, though, until it rotted out.

In 1920, F.W. Murnau had a great idea. Since the {{German Expressionis|m}}t movement was all about stylization, why not apply this to vampires? Why not create a vampire that [[RedRightHand looks the part of a monster]], in this case like a humanoid [[ThePlague plague]] [[YouDirtyRat rat]]? And so, ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'' got made, and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes very nearly]] destroyed.

But Murnau's character, Orlok, played by scary-ass stage actor Max Schreck, has become one of the most iconic vampires ever, and has spawned a flock of [[CaptainErsatz imitators]], typically used as a contrast to the elegant, pretty vampires, who [[BeautyEqualsGoodness for some reason]] are more likely to be treated [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire sympathetically]], or at least [[EvilIsCool respectfully]].

L - R, top to bottom: [[Literature/SalemsLot Kurt Barlow]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Turok-han]],\\
[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade a Nosferatu]], and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Hordak]].]]

[[caption-width-right:50:Top: [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Count Orlok himself.]]\\

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[[caption-width-right:300:Center: [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Count Orlok himself.]]\\
L - R, top to bottom: [[Literature/SalemsLot Kurt Barlow]], [[Series/TheStrain The Master]],\\
[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade a Nosferatu]], and [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft a Darkfallen]].]]

* [[BaldOfEvil No hair]]

* Incisors as {{Fangs|AreEvil}} instead of or in addition to canines (like an actual vampire bat).

* Vampires in "Literature/Monster Hunter International" look like this in their true forms without their human disguises.

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': The lecherous SerialKiller J. Geil has a number of Orlockian traits, such as a bald head, hunched posture, pointed ears, and sharp fingernails. The OVA gives him an even more Orlock-inspired design by adding a sickly gray complexion, rat-like incisors, and a narrow, bony jawline.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Enter Stanman," Stan Smith meets Stanferatu, the metaphysical embodiment of Stan's insecurity. Stanferatu looks like Stan but with Orlock's [[BaldOfEvil bald head]], UndeathlyPallor, PointedEars, SinisterSchnoz, {{fangs|are evil}}, [[PrimalStance hunched back]], CreepyLongFingers, CreepyLongArms, and BlackCloak.

A form of OurVampiresAreDifferent; see also ClassicalMovieVampire (resembling Creator/BelaLugosi, who codified the look). Compare LooksLikeCesare (for characters based on classic German Expressionist horror films) and FeralVampires for another throwback to traditional ideas of vampires. Also known for their PivotalWakeup.

History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were peasants [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse little different from the people they preyed upon]], if not outright walking corpses. A succession of nineteenth century authors -- [[Literature/TheVampyre Polidori]], [[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Rymer]], [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} Le Fanu]], and ultimately [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Stoker]] -- made them elegant aristocrats, whose attractiveness and dignified bearing disguised an inner corruption. And we all know [[Literature/{{Twilight}} what happened since]].

* Near the end of Season 13 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the heroes travel to an alternate earth where the Apocalypse was never averted. Because the angels have slaughter most of humanity, the vampires regress into a more feral, bestial state resembling this trope's namesake with little hair and pointed ears as a result of being deprived of human blood.

* Near the end of Season 13 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', it is revealed that if a vampire is deprived of blood, they will become savage beasts with little hair and pointed ears.

* Creator/IanMcKellen plays a vampire like this in the video for Music/PetShopBoys [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy1g4u "Heart"]], though he is not bald nor does he have pointy ears.

* ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'': This is what[[BigBad Barry]] looks like sans wig and makeup. This was a side effect of...[[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow whatever it was]] that happened during his [[MushroomSamba trip]] in 1966.

* ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'': This is what [[spoiler [[BigBad Barry]]]] looks like sans wig and makeup. This was a side effect of...[[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow whatever it was]] that happened during his [[MushroomSamba trip]] in 1966.

* ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'': This is what [[spoiler [[BigBad Barry]] looks like sans wig and makeup. This was a side effect of...[[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow whatever it was]] that happened during his [[MushroomSamba trip]] in 1966.

* Nadja in ''Film/BloodRedSky'' is a woman infected with vampirism who takes regular treatments to prevent a full ViralTransformation. At the start of the film, her hair has already fallen out. When she finds herself in a [[DieHardOnAnX "Die Hard" On a Plane]] scenario and gets shot trying to [[MamaBear protect her son]], she fully transforms into a vampire, with her ears turning pointy, her eyes changing color, and her mouth filling up with gigantic fangs.

* Nadja in ''Film/BloodRedSky'' is a woman infected with vampirism who takes regular treatments to prevent a full ViralTransformation. When she finds herself in a [[DieHardOnAnX "Die Hard" On a Plane]] scenario and gets shot trying to [[MamaBear protect her son]], she fully transforms into a vampire, with her hair falling out, her ears turning pointy, and her mouth filling up with gigantic fangs.

* Incisors as {{Fangs|AreEvil}} in addition to canines (like an actual vampire bat).

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': The lecherous SerialKiller J. Geil has a number of Orlockian traits, such as a bald head, hunched posture, pointed ears, and sharp fingernails. The OVA gives him an even more Orlock-inspired design by adding a sickly gray complexion, rat-like incisors, and a narrow, bony jawline.

* Nadja in ''Blood Red Sky'' is a woman infected with vampirism who takes regular treatments to prevent a full ViralTransformation. When she finds herself in a [[DieHardOnAnX "Die Hard" On a Plane]] scenario and gets shot trying to [[MamaBear protect her son]], she fully transforms into a vampire, with her hair falling out, her ears turning pointy, and her mouth filling up with gigantic fangs.