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4th May '13 10:20:31 AM Sapphirea2

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* 1983's ''Film/TheHunger'', is another film that avoids the V-word, as did the source novel by Whitley Strieber. Miriam is a creature whose memories stretch back to ancient Egypt via {{Flashback}} in the film, and even further back in the novel, which establishes that her race existed before humans did but has dwindled to only a few in ThePresentDay. She slashes her victims' throats (with a blade hidden in an ankh pendant in the movie) to feed once a week. A human turned by her via an exchange of blood -- in essence, an infection in which her blood strain overtakes theirs -- will become her immortal lover and feed the same way. No traditional weaknesses are brought into play; they need to go into a deep sleep for several hours each day to maintain their loveliness, but that's it. The catch is that while ''she'' has eternal youth and beauty, her once-human lovers are doomed to decay after about 300 years. As the film opens this fate is besetting her current lover John. In just a few hours he horribly ages, and with nothing left to be done for him, she places him in a coffin that she sets alongside those of her past lovers, ''[[Main/AndIMustScream all of whom are still alive...]]'' Miriam proceeds to move in on a ([[Main/LesbianVampire female]]) doctor researching the connection between sleep and aging who is curious about what was happening to John when he came to her for help...

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* 1983's ''Film/TheHunger'' avoids the V-word, as did the source novel by Whitley Strieber. Miriam is a creature whose memories stretch back to ancient Egypt via {{Flashback}} in the film, and even further back in the novel, which establishes that her race existed before humans did but has dwindled to only a few (at most) in ThePresentDay. She slashes her victims' throats (with a blade hidden in an ankh pendant in the movie) to feed once a week. A human turned by her via an exchange of blood -- in essence, an infection in which her blood strain overtakes theirs -- will become her immortal lover and feed the same way. No traditional weaknesses are brought into play; they need to go into a deep sleep for several hours each day to maintain their loveliness, but that's it. The catch is that while ''she'' has eternal youth and beauty, her once-human lovers are doomed to decay after about 300 years. As the film opens this fate is besetting her current lover John. In just a few hours he horribly ages, and [[spoiler: she places him in a coffin that she sets alongside those of her past lovers, ''all of whom are still alive'']]. Miriam proceeds to move in on a ([[Main/LesbianVampire female]]) doctor researching the connection between sleep and aging who is curious about what was happening to John when he came to her for help...

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* In ''InterviewWithTheVampire'', vampires have super strength and speed (so fast that humans cannot even see them move) which increases as they age with no defined limit. They also have other powers like mind-reading and walking on walls, but such abilities vary from vampire to vampire. They can't transform into animals like bats or wolves, but one of them is shown to be able to fly (or at least [[PowerFloats levitate]]). They don't spread "the dark gift" purely by biting; they have to mix their blood with the victim, a la Dracula. They stop aging when they are turned, making [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient child]] vampires possible, and forbidden to create. Their unchanging nature is exemplified when their hair is cut: it immediately grows back to the way it was at the time they were turned. Interestingly, they do cast reflections. All the "traditional" methods of dealing with vampires like wooden stakes through the heart, holy symbols, crosses, holy water, garlic, silver, etc are dismissed by one vampire as "nonsense", implying that they have no vulnerability to them. Sunlight still burns them to a crisp and it is shown that decapitation or [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisection]] will kill them, but it seems that only another vampire has the strength and speed to kill one. Fire will also (eventually) kill them but not always, depending on how quickly they act to put out the flames. They require copious amounts of blood every night to survive, with humans as their largest supply. They can [[VegetarianVampire survive on animals]], but that diet only keeps them just above starvation. They can only consume "live" blood, coming from victims whose hearts are still beating. Consuming "dead" blood from a corpse will weaken them considerably, if not outright kill them (older vampires like Lestat appear to be strong enough to survive the consumption of dead blood). Vampires in the film are extremely rare and seem to be unable to psychologically endure immortality for long (or adapt quickly enough to the changing world), the oldest one being merely 400 years old.

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* In the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series, vampires are the result of one of the sons of the first immortal having been bitten by a bat, which somehow caused the immortality virus in him to mutate into a vampiric one. Vampires have great strength and speed, as well as hightened senses. They need blood to survive and will actually die if they ingest normal food. It is interesting to note that one of the vampire's leaders, the Elder Viktor, has passed a law that vampires are forbidden from drinking human blood (a rule which he himself routinely violated) to avoid antagonizing mortals. The vampires' only weakness is sunlight (specifically, UV rays), which have been weaponized by their enemies, the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycans]] ([[spoiler:it is revealed in the second film that the UV rounds were designed by an exiled vampire historian in exchange for a comfortable life and protection]]). All immortals have an interesting trait that allows them to [[GeneticMemory experience memories transferred by blood]]. A vampire's (or lycan's) bite transfers the virus into the victim's bloodstream. Best-case scenario is the human turning into a vampire. Worst-case (happens most of the time) is the human dies an agonizing death within minutes of being bitten (the virus did evolve from a deadly plague). Vampires are not considered to be undead, as they are able to have children, even with lycans (although this is expressly forbidden by vampire law, so just guess what happens...).

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* In the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series, vampires are the result of one of the sons of the first immortal having been bitten by a bat, which somehow caused the immortality virus in him to mutate into a vampiric one. Vampires have great strength and speed, as well as heightened senses. They need blood to survive and will actually die if they ingest normal food. It is interesting to note that one of the vampire's leaders, the Elder Viktor, has passed a law that vampires are forbidden from drinking human blood (a rule which he himself routinely violated) to avoid antagonizing mortals. The vampires' only weakness is sunlight (specifically, UV rays), which have been weaponized by their enemies, the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycans]] ([[spoiler:it is revealed in the second film that the UV rounds were designed by an exiled vampire historian in exchange for a comfortable life and protection]]). All immortals have an interesting trait that allows them to [[GeneticMemory experience memories transferred by blood]]. A vampire's (or lycan's) bite transfers the virus into the victim's bloodstream. Best-case scenario is the human turning into a vampire. Worst-case (happens most of the time) is the human dies an agonizing death within minutes of being bitten (the virus did evolve from a deadly plague). Vampires are not considered to be undead, as they are able to have children, even with lycans (although this is expressly forbidden by vampire law, so just guess what happens...).

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* In ''InterviewWithTheVampire'', vampires have super strength and speed (so fast that humans cannot even see them move) which increases as they age with no defined limit. They also have other powers like mind-reading and walking on walls, but such abilities vary from vampire to vampire. They can't transform into animals like bats or wolves, but one of them is shown to be able to fly (or at least [[PowerFloats levitate]]). They don't spread "the dark gift" purely by biting; they have to mix their blood with the victim, a la Dracula. They stop aging when they are turned, making [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient child]] vampires possible, and forbidden to create. Their unchanging nature is exemplified when their hair is cut: it immediately grows back to the way it was at the time they were turned. Interestingly, they do cast reflections. All the "traditional" methods of dealing with vampires like wooden stakes through the heart, holy symbols, crosses, holy water, garlic, silver, etc are dismissed by one vampire as "nonsense", implying that they have no vulnerability to them. Sunlight still burns them to a crisp and it is shown that decapitation or [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisection]] will kill them, but it seems that only another vampire has the strength and speed to kill one. Fire will also (eventually) kill them but not always, depending on how quickly they act to put out the flames. They require copious amounts of blood every night to survive, with humans as their largest supply. They can [[VegetarianVampire survive on animals]], but that diet only keeps them just above starvation. They can only consume "live" blood, coming from victims whose hearts are still beating. Consuming "dead" blood from a corpse will weaken them considerably, if not outright kill them (older vampires like Lestat appear to be strong enough to survive the consumption of dead blood). Vampires in the film are extremely rare and seem to be unable to endure immortality for long, the oldest one being merely 400 years old.

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