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** Lucy shows symptoms as Dracula takes more of her blood becoming more weak and susceptible to his power. After being bitten a third time, the protagonists realize her bite marks are completely gone and her canines are noticeable sharper. When she sees Arthur, her demeanor turns completely seductive as she tries to "kiss" him before Helsing separates the two and she dies, completing her turning.

** Likewise Mina shows vampiric traits after Dracula bites her and forces her to drink his blood. A wafer Helsing tries to bless her with burns her skin and leaves an imprint on her, her canines start getting longer and sharper and the heroes find she has a telepathic connection with Dracula and use it to track him down though over time the hypnosis to activate the connection starts to fail. What's more, as the trip to the castle goes on, Mina loses her appetite for regular food and falls into a sleep she can't be woken from. Yet creepily enough when night falls, she's much more active and exuberant until daylight. So much so that Helsing can't go to sleep at one point during a camp stop due to her just blankly ''staring'' at him all night, fearful that she could pounce on him at any moment.

* Akin to the aforementioned effects in ''TrueBlood'', in ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries', Sookie has been on the receiving end of enough of Eric's blood that he's wary of giving her much more, or else she'll be a vampire herself. This effectively cranks their relationship up several notches, since they thrive on each others' emotions.

* In ''TrueBlood'', Bill can, because he has had so much of Sookie's blood, tell when she's in trouble. Eric can as well.

* Classic case in the first ''Film/CountYorga''. A woman named Erica gets bitten at the start of the film. Prior before this, she was shown she was quite perky. But after Yorga's attack, she's despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she completely trashes her place, can't seem to even recognize what a phone is (She drops it on the floor and just stares at it. Which makes sense, its ancient vampirism affecting her. And the monster she's becoming don't know of such things), chased down and fed on her pet kitten and acts like a savage when said boyfriend comes in. Then suddenly switches to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* In the original ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', Mina shows vampiric traits. For example, her canines start getting longer and sharper, and she's burned by a consecrated communion wafer. The heroes are able to use her telepathic connection with Dracula to track him down and kill him, curing Mina (we hope).
** Likewise with Lucy as Dracula takes more of her blood. In her final moments as a human the protagonists realize her bite marks are completely gone and her canines are noticeable sharper. When she sees Arthur, her demeanor turns completely seductive as she tries to "kiss" him before Helsing separates the two.

* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', the first symptom of The Dreaming Plague is that the victim loses the ability to dream, which in turn leads to irritability, which escalates into violence and ultimately madness.

Compare ZombieInfectee. See also BodyHorror. In a lot of cases, TranshumanTreachery is the result.

* Kei Kurono's brother, in ''{{GANTZ}}'', starts turning into a "vampire". Symptoms are apathy, lack of sympathy for other humans and loss of appetite (for regular food).

That's why your good old [[DyingLikeAnimals benevolent]] [[TheGovernment Government]] has issued these simple guidelines to tell when a stranger, friend, relative or loved one is under the thrall of blood sucking abominations! If they have two or more of the signs below call your local [[TheWitchHunter witch hunter]] immediately!

* Sometimes there's a telepathic connection between vampire and bite victim: Each can see what the other sees. The JohnCarpenter ''Vampires'' movie has this example.

* Sex Machine undergoes this in the film ''FromDuskTillDawn'' after being bitten by a vamped Richie. As he's listening to the others talk, the sound suddenly drowns in his hearing replaced by a raspy demonic voice ordering him to kill the others. He then notices fangs in his mouth and his hands turn more monstrous which he quickly tries to hide. It's all played for laughs of course [[spoiler: till he completely turns and bites an unsuspecting Frost.]]

* ''GingerSnapsBackTheBeginning''

* Classic case in the first ''CountYorga''. A woman named Erica gets bitten at the start of the film. Prior before this, she was shown she was quite perky. But after Yorga's attack, she's despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she completely trashes her place, can't seem to even recognize what a phone is (She drops it on the floor and just stares at it. Which makes sense, its ancient vampirism affecting her. And the monster she's becoming don't know of such things), chased down and fed on her pet kitten and acts like a savage when said boyfriend comes in. Then suddenly switches to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* Subverted in FredSaberhagen's version of the tale, ''Literature/TheDraculaTape''. Here, vampires aren't actually vulnerable to holy items (Dracula suspects that the holy wafer pieces used to stop Lucy Westenra from leaving her grave were mixed with a heavy dose of garlic, which ''is'' a problem for them especially when young), and so Mina isn't either; her burn is explained away as psychosomatic, a result of van Helsing all but hypnotizing her and her own conflicted feelings about starting to fall in love with the Count, and the alleged telepathic connection is just one big fib from start to finish.

Compare ZombieInfectee. See also BodyHorror. In alot of cases, TranshumanTreachery is the result.

Compare ZombieInfectee. See also BodyHorror.

* Classic case in the first ''CountYorga''. A woman named Erica gets bitten at the start of the film. Prior before this, she was shown she was quite perky. But after Yorga's attack, she's despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she completely trashes her place, can't seem to even recognize what a phone is (she drops it on the floor and just stares at it. Which makes sense, monsters have no need for such things), chased down and fed on her pet kitten and acts like a savage when said boyfriend comes in. Then suddenly switches to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* Classic case in the first ''CountYorga''. A woman named Erica gets bitten at the start of the film. Prior before this, she was shown she was quite perky. But after Yorga's attack, she's despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she completely trashes her place, can't seem to even recognize what a phone is (she drops it on the floor and just starts at it. Which makes sense, monsters have no need for such things), chased down and fed on her pet kitten and acts like a savage when said boyfriend comes in, then suddenly switches to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* Many cases in ''Anime/{{Shiki}}''. One example being an elderly woman who supposedly "died" then came back to her daughter's house with no idea what happened to her. The daughter tries to feed her real food but she can't seem to keep it down. It isn't till the daughter cuts herself that the woman reacts and instantly goes for it.

* Many cases in''Anime/{{Shiki}}''. One example being an elderly woman who supposedly "died" then came back to her daughter's house with no idea what happened to her. The daughter tries to feed her real food but she can't seem to keep it down. It isn't till the daughter cuts herself that the woman reacts and instantly goes for it.

* Sex Machine undergoes this in the film ''FromDuskTillDawn'' after being bitten by a vamped Richie. As he's listening to the others talk, the sound suddenly drowns in his hearing replaced by a raspy demonic voice ordering him to kill the others. He then notices fangs in his mouth and his hands turn more monsterous which he quickly tries to hide. It's all played for laughs of course [[spoiler: till he completely turns and bites an unsuspecting Frost.]]

* Classic case in the first ''CountYorga'' movie as Erica is bitten. The start of the film shows she was quite perky, but afterward Yorga's attack she's despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she's fed on her pet kitten and acts like a savage when he comes in, then suddenly switches to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* In the season 4 episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Identity Crisis" Geordi and his friend Susanna Leijten get temporarily turn into aliens after going on a mission 'five years ago' (Meaning five years before the start of the series) they become extremely sensitive to light and fidgety, no they are not turning into Vampires... Despite how it is described here...

* Classic case in the first ''CountYorga'' movie as Erica is bitten. The start of the film show she was quite perky, but afterward Yorga's attack she despondent and listless. When her boyfriend come to check on her the following day, she's has fed on her pet kitten acting like a savage when he comes in. Then suddenly switching to a seductive tone before coming to her senses.

* In the original ''{{Dracula}}'', Mina shows vampiric traits. For example, her canines start getting longer and sharper, and she's burned by a consecrated communion wafer. The heroes are able to use her telepathic connection with Dracula to track him down and kill him, curing Mina (we hope).

* Akin to the aforementioned effects in TrueBlood, SouthernVampireMysteries universe Sookie has been on the receiving end of enough of Eric's blood that he's wary of giving her much more, or else she'll be a vampire herself. This effectively cranks their relationship up several notches, since they thrive on each others' emotions.
* In ''HarryPotter'', Bill suffers from a mild version after being attacked by [[{{Werewolf}} Fenrir Greyback.]]

* Sex Machine undergoes this in the film ''FromDuskTillDawn'', but the scene is played for laughs.

** Though subverted in FredSaberhagen's version of the tale, ''Literature/TheDraculaTape''. Here, vampires aren't actually vulnerable to holy items (Dracula suspects that the holy wafer pieces used to stop Lucy Westenra from leaving her grave were mixed with a heavy dose of garlic, which ''is'' a problem for them especially when young), and so Mina isn't either; her burn is explained away as psychosomatic, a result of van Helsing all but hypnotizing her and her own conflicted feelings about starting to fall in love with the Count, and the alleged telepathic connection is just one big fib from start to finish.

* In the season 4 episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Identity Crisis'' Geordi and his friend Susanna Leijten get temporarily turn into aliens after going on a mission 'five years ago' (Meaning five years before the start of the series) they become extremely sensitive to light and fidgety, no they are not turning into Vampires... Despite how it is described here...

* In ''TheLostBoys'', the main character shows the usual symptoms: He enjoys very rare meat (I think he drinks a cup of blood from a steak), and has an aversion to sunlight.
* This happens in ''OnceBitten'', notably with bite marks in the inner thigh, making for a hilarious attempt at a locker room confirmation of his being a vampire victim.

* Almost completely averted in John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing'', where [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm The Thing]] imitates whoever it infects so perfectly (in looks AND personality) that it's practically invisible, allowing it to be one of the most ParanoiaFuel inducing films imaginable.

* Almost completely averted in John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing'', where [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm The Thing]] imitates whoever it infects so perfectly that it's practically invisible, allowing it to be one of the most ParanoiaFuel inducing films imaginable.

That's why your good old [[DyingLikeAnimals benevolent]] [[TheGovernment Government]] has issued these simple guidelines to tell when a stranger, friend, relative or loved one is under the thrall of blood sucking abominations! If they have two or more of the signs below call your local WitchHunter immediately!