History Main / VampiresOwnNightclubs

* ''VideoGame/{{Deadbolt}}'': The 1000 Year Royals, a criminal mob comprised entirely of vampires, own all of the nightclubs seen in the game as well as a number of brothels. It's implied that the hedonistic partying is how they cope with the horror of being undead.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deadbolt}}'': A number of missions against the 1000 Year Royals, a criminal mob comprised entirely of vampires, take place in nightclubs owned by them, and they're stated to also run a number of brothels. It's implied that the hedonistic partying is how they cope with the horror of being undead.

* Like all the other vampire tropes, ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' parodies and deconstructs this. There is a vampire-owned nightclub that the main cast frequents, but it's not very good and never attracts a crowd. Because the vampires are unable to get into a real nightclub [[MustBeInvited without an explicit invitation from the staff,]] they have no idea what they're actually like. Also see below under Live-Action TV for how the ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' series handles this trope.

* Like all the other vampire tropes, ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' parodies and deconstructs this. There is a vampire-owned nightclub that the main cast frequents, but it's not very good and never attracts a crowd. Because the vampires are unable to get into a real nightclub [[MustBeInvited without an explicit invitation from the staff,]] they have no idea what they're actually like. Also see below under Live-Action TV for how the ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' series handles this trope.

* Like all the other vampire tropes, ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' parodies and deconstructs this. There is a vampire-owned nightclub that the main cast frequents, but it's not very good and never attracts a crowd. Because the vampires are unable to get into a real nightclub [[MustBeInvited without an explicit invitation from the staff,]] they have no idea what they're actually like.

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* [[http://www.vampirewebsite.net/vampirebarsclubs.html This website]] features a directory of vampire-friendly bars and nightclubs in cities.
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* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', vampires and werewolves work in a nightclub owned by their French boss.

* In ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' not exactly stated in-game, likely it's their master's club, but you do have to fight through a BDSM-style club of vampires.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Bianca--a vampire of the Red Court--runs the Velvet Room, although it is more of a high-class call girl ring than strictly a nightclub. The White Court of vampires, who [[HornyDevils survive on lust and sexual energy]], are primarily invested in the pornography industry, but also run the creepy sex club called Zero. When he visits, Harry Dresden recognizes that the name refers to zero boundaries, inhibitions and limitations, but when he sees the purely mechanical acts being performed he realizes that it also means zero ''fulfillment''. Harry shudders at the thought, realizing that the Club Zero is a taste of what would happen if the White Court ran the world. Their ultimate goal is ''Planet'' Zero.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Not precisely, though Louis owns a brothel and a gambling den, which allows him one more excuse to operate after dark since that's when they get most of their business.

* The ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffyverse]]'', features an even wider variety of [[BarFullOfAliens demon bars]], oft portrayed as a BadGuyBar except for [[Series/{{Angel}} Lorne's place]] "Caritas". Most of these serve blood. There are also places like vampire-run pseudo-brothels where [[KissOfTheVampire humans can go and pay to be fed on by vampires]], since being fed on by a vampire actually feels good, after the initial 'penetrating the skin like a syringe', as long as the vampire isn't intentionally causing pain and the human isn't struggling, and pulling the wound around.
** The episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish "The Wish"]] had the Bronze turned into one of these. Normally, the Bronze is a family-friendly music venue, which serves human food, but in the AlternateUniverse that Cordelia [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wished herself into]], the Master, having taken over Sunnydale, uses the place as his base of operations. Humans are kept in cages and tied up on the pool tables, where they are fed on by the vampires partying around them.

** In ''Literature/TheChisen1997'', Rashel discovers that many of the girls who went missing had been visiting The Crypt, a gothic-themed underground nightclub. Upon investigating, she realizes that a vampire slave ring owns The Crypt, and are using it to lure and abduct vulnerable girls.

* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'':

* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'': The "king of the Manhattan vampires", Simon the Devious, runs a nightclub.

* In a subversion, there's a vampire ''restaurant'' in ''Film/VaultOfHorror''. It offers blood served different ways for a five-course dinner, but entertainment and dancing aren't part of the package.

* VideoGame/{{Deadbolt}}'': A number of missions against the 1000 Year Royals, a criminal mob comprised entirely of vampires, take place in nightclubs owned by them, and they're stated to also run a number of brothels. It's implied that the hedonistic partying is how they cope with the horror of being undead.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'', while vampires don't exactly own nightclubs, the only way to find the Grand Vampires (and turn your Sim into a vampire without cheats) is at Downtown lots.

* Deconstructed in ''[[Literature/TheLaundrySeries The Rhesus Chart]]''. Their vampires are essentially {{serial killer}}s, so need to pick victims that no one will miss. That means the elderly or homeless runaways, not pretty young things who can afford to go to nightclubs.

* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' begins with a vampire luring a young man to a secret club in a butchery, where vampires rave and suck people dry as sprinklers intermittently douse them in blood. It turns out this is an unusual establishment set up by upstart young vampire Deacon Frost. He's creating these clubs in defiance of the traditionalist vampire council's dictates to avoid large gatherings of their kind to keep up TheMasquerade.

* ''Film/{{Vamp}}'' (1986) had a vampire-owned ''bar''. More like a strip club.
* The vampires in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' operate a bordertown, off-highway strip club known as the Titty Twister, located just above their home temple in Mexico.
%%* "Common" in ''Film/{{Blade}}''

* In ''Film/ModernVampires'' {{Dracula}} himself owns a night club, but the place is obviously for vampire clientele as the only humans [[ToServeMan are there to be served]].
* In ''Film/WeAreTheNight'', Louise, Charlotte and Nora, a trio of vampiresses, own the nightclub the first bit Lena in.
* Creator/VincentPrice's character in ''Film/TheMonsterClub'' either owns or at least manages the titular club, which is as much an all-monster social club as a nightclub.
* In a subversion, there's a vampire ''restaurant'' in ''Film/VaultOfHorror''. It offers blood served different ways for a five-course dinner, but entertainment and dancing aren't part of the package.

** In addition, The Asylum from ''Bloodlines'' has now become a franchise. PCs can own their own branch with the right Loresheet.