History Main / VampiresAreSexGods

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': The Lahmian bloodline of vampires consists entirely of gorgeous {{Femme Fatale}}s. This stands them in marked contrast to the Necrarch and Strigoi bloodlines, who appear to be withered corpses and feral BatPeople, respectively. The Blood Dragon lineage can go either way. While the Von Carsteins don't quite have the same reputation as the Lahmians, they are still intensely charismatic aristocrats and more or less uniformly attractive. Later lore establishes that many of the Von Carsteins are only members politically, and many of them were technically male Lahmians.

* [[FemmeFatale The Countess]], [[TallDarkandHandsome Donovan]], and [[SassyBlackWoman Ramona Royale]] of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' are this. Elizabeth and Donovan also mark their first appearance in the show by luring a human couple into having sex with them during the pilot episode. As one might imagine, the humans aren't exactly aware what they bargained for...

%%* Miriam and John Blaylock from ''Film/TheHunger''.

* Creator/CatherineDeneuve in Film/TheHunger.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': AgentScully repeats many times in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E12BadBlood Bad Blood]]" that she doesn't believe in vampires, yet she admits they're supposed to be extremely charming and seductive creatures. She's completely dazzled by Sheriff Hartwell, who happens to be a real vampire.

The question of how vampires can be sexually active despite being clinically ''dead'' ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent in most settings]]),[[note]]erection is achieved in humans by inflating the penis with blood, and bloodflow plays no small role in the function of the woman's genitals as well, which has bad implications for someone with no pulse[[/note]] and what it says about [[ILoveTheDead the people attracted to them anyway]], tends to be {{hand wave}}d or played for {{squick}}y laughs. Other Undead (except possibly death knights, if they--like this sort of vampire--fall into the pale, looks-almost-alive variety) such as Zombies usually tended not to get this treatment as they are almost always [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human-looking]] and more obviously dead. However, this trend seems to be changing: other types of undead beings, like [[AttractiveZombie zombies]] and [[SeductiveMummy mummies]], are nowadays increasingly being portrayed as humanlike and physically attractive. It's rare in a FurAgainstFang scenario, or VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] to get the same treatment, as [[KissOfTheVampire sipping from your vein]] is easier to make sexy than [[SavageWolves being mauled and eaten]], but some go ahead anyway to [[YouSexyBeast portray that bestial power as alluring]].

* One ''Series/{{Castle}}'' HalloweenEpisode deals with a murder in a vampire LARP community, complete with the team interviewing an attractive woman playing the head vampire who insists that all their blood-play is SafeSaneAndConsensual. Ryan comments he once dated a woman who was into the lifestyle but broke up with her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': This trope was intentionally invoked with Sylas and Delilah Briarwood (only Sylas is actually a vampire, but Delilah has the look as well) in order to make them more interesting and somewhat rootable villains, despite all the genuinely psychopathic shit they pull. A a result, a common audience reaction is: "I know they're evil as all Hell, but... they could get it." And in-universe, Vax's first reaction to them is also "Gosh, you're a handsome couple. Lost my train of thought..." Though it's left unclear if he actually meant it or if he was only pretending to be DistractedByTheSexy in an attempt to distract ''them''.[[note]](The equivalent line in the [[WebVideo/CriticalRole original actual-play webshow]] that first established these characters' extreme sex appeal was improvised as part of Vax's attempt to pretend that Sylas' Charm Person spell had worked on him. In the animated adaptation, the attempt at hypnosis comes after this line and it actually works for a little bit.)[[/note]] Interestingly, these characters' sex appeal is largely just based on the voice-acting and [[UnholyMatrimony the utterly adoring way they treat each other]], since neither ever tries to seduce anyone else and they're fully dressed at all times. Though of course it also doesn't hurt that the artists based their character designs on Creator/LauraBailey and Creator/TravisWillingham in [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/9f755bb7d25003450da5274e6ffe5af6/51801e9cf2ebbb38-ad/s640x960/e86557eaa3b62fd408e6d0b9621fb557665e3bce.jpg their Halloween cosplay interpretation of these characters.]]

** Subverted with Alucard: He has the good looks and the long hair and the husky voice, and he's introduced with an extended shirtless scene in which he kick's Trevor's ass (which was clearly intended to come across in a slightly HoYay way), but he never actually tries to seduce anyone. And when he finally has a sex scene in season 3, [[spoiler: he comes across as so passive and out of his depth that one could conclude that he'd been a virgin before. Which would be a justified writing decision, since it had been implied earlier that he's really a teenager in an adult man's body, due to physically growing up faster than a human would. And he'd spent the last year since his (still only middle-aged) human mother's death in a healing coma.]]

** Subverted with Alucard: He has the good looks and the long hair and the husky voice, but he never tries to seduce anyone. And when he finally has a sex scene in season 3, [[spoiler: he comes across as so passive and out of his depth that one could conclude that he'd been a virgin before. Which would be a justified writing decision, since it had been implied earlier that he's really a teenager in an adult man's body, due to physically growing up faster than a human would. And he'd spent the last year since his (still only middle-aged) human mother's death in a healing coma.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': [[spoiler:Purposely invoked by Lenore. She seduces Hector, has sex with him, and has him fall in love with her to have him become her "pet". The next season shows them having a genuine relationship with no sexual abuse of him so much as implied and Hector even being comfortable trading innuendos.]]

* Mitchell (Creator/AidanTurner) from ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}''.
* Mick St. John of ''Series/{{Moonlight}}''. See also Josef, Coraline, and Lola.
* Subverted in ''Series/ForeverKnight''. It's not like Nick Knight isn't attractive to women, but for vampires the [[HemoErotic excitement is in the blood-drinking.]] Even if he just wanted to have sex, there's [[WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere always the risk that he'd vamp out and kill them]]. The popular version of this trope is lampshaded when a woman on a talk show claims her boyfriend is a vampire ([[{{Masquerade}} he's not]]) and the sex is great. A psychiatrist on the show then says such relationships are based on fantasy and abuse, while the sex is actually non-existent. Both Natalie (who has ShipTease with Nick) and Tracy (who has ShipTease with Vachon) are listening to the show, and this strikes an uncomfortable chord.
%%%%* Essie from ''Series/VampireHigh''.
* Parodied in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice The Vampires of Venice]]", where they're ActuallyNotAVampire and not remotely sexy, with a bunch of [[FishPeople fish aliens]] using {{Perception Filter}}s to disguise themselves as attractive humans, except for [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily their teeth]]. In the next season, the Doctor refers to them somewhat mockingly as "sexy fish vampires".
%%%* Henry Fitzroy from ''Series/BloodTies2007''.

* Rory in ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'' subverts this; he has even worse luck with the ladies than Ethan and Benny, and that's saying a lot (although he is good-looking enough for the audience to admire). Played straight with Erica and Jesse though. And while Sarah ''is'' sexy, she doesn't ''quite'' qualify as a full vampire.
* Parodied in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' when Dean, while hunting vampires, runs across a teenager who wears fake vampire fangs to pick up girls. Also {{exploited|Trope}} in the same episode by ''actual'' vampires who use the ''Twilight'' craze as a... recruiting tactic.

* Parodied in the ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXpxnxAL62A "Sexy Vampires"]], where the vampire clan's newest member Tyrell finds it ridiculous; he only became a vampire so that he could live forever and see future cars. The other vampires actually agree with him, noticing that their [[HellBentForLeather tight leather pants]] are uncomfortable, that they don't actually like the gothic music playing, and that some of the [[LesbianVampire "lesbian" vampires]] actually have boyfriends, and think that their leader Cyrus is more desperate than anything. They proceed to anoint Tyrell their new leader and let him give their clan a more ghetto-fabulous makeover.
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", Troy tries to invoke this when he changes out of his Power Loader costume into a "sexy Dracula" costume, hoping he'll attract more girls that way.
* One ''Series/{{Castle}}'' HalloweenEpisode deals with a murder in a vampire LARP community, complete with the team interviewing an attractive woman playing the head vampire who insists that all their blood-play is SafeSaneAndConsensual. Ryan comments he once dated a woman who was into the lifestyle but broke up with her.
-->'''Esposito:''' What happened, [[{{Pun}} did the relationship suck?]]\\
'''Ryan:''' Deal-breaker for me? She wanted to have sex in a coffin. I'm... open-minded, I'm not ''that'' open-minded.
* [[FemmeFatale The Countess]], [[TallDarkandHandsome Donovan]], and [[SassyBlackWoman Ramona Royale]] of ''Series/{{American Horror Story}}'' are this. Elizabeth and Donovan also mark their first appearance in the show by luring a human couple into having sex with them during the pilot episode. As one might imagine, the humans aren't exactly aware what they bargained for...
* ''Series/Dracula2013'': Dracula wastes little time seducing Lady Jayne, and from her enthused reactions when they have sex, he's ''very'' good.
* ''Series/SherlockHolmes''. In "The Last Vampyre", John Stockton's alluring effect on women is one of the things that make people suspect he's a vampire. It's ambiguous whether he really does have this effect or people are just imagining it.

[[OurVampiresAreDifferent One of the most common traits of vampires]] is that they tend to have a lot of sex appeal. It may be because BeautyIsBad, but [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire not all vampires are evil]], so maybe it's because they're [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boys]] or sultry {{Femme Fatale}}s. The bloodsucking may be a great fetish source, [[KissOfTheVampir something about a quick sting of pain followed by pleasure]]. Or maybe they just figure hundreds of years of practice at lovemaking [[SexGod makes them really, really good at it]]. Whatever the reason is, people find vampires arousing, and writers use that to [[{{Fanservice}} please the fans]], and sometimes [[AuthorAppeal themselves]].

[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] tend to have a lot of sex appeal. It may be because EvilIsSexy, but [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire not all vampires are evil]], so maybe it's because they're [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boys]] or [[TheVamp sultry]] {{Femme Fatale}}s. The bloodsucking may be a great fetish source, something about a quick sting of pain followed by pleasure. Or maybe they just figure hundreds of years of practice at love making makes them really, really good at it. Whatever the reason is, people find vampires arousing, and writers use that to [[{{Fanservice}} please the fans]], and sometimes [[AuthorAppeal themselves]].

* [[MsFanservice Sylea]] in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOfNorrath'' is a gorgeous and alluring Dark Elf vampire maiden [[DiamondsInTheBuff adorned in jewelry and nothing more]]. Despite looking [[EvilIsSexy seductively evil]] (in contrast to her master Vanahorst who LooksLikeOrlok), she is actually [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire a good person]] who helps the player character in their quest.

* The BigBad in ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' is a naked, female space vampire who seduces her victims before devouring their life energy.

* In ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire'', the vampire serves as a dark and tempting contrast to the heroine's mortal boyfriend. The vampire believes her to be the reincarnation of his lover when he was a mortal and attempts to [[ReincarnationRomance rekindle their relationship in the present.]] He tries to seduce her through dreams, an effort made easier by the fact that just about everyone around her is trying to convince her to be more hedonistic. At the climax, the vampire has put her in a trance and is about to bite her so they can share EternalLove [[spoiler:but then she whispers her boyfriend's name. The vampire tries to convince her to forget him, but she whispers his name again. Stricken, the vampire realizes he has no chance with her and releases her. He then commits SuicideBySunlight]].

* ZigZagged by Astarion in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. He's a [[CampGay campy]], [[LargeHam flamboyant]] vampire Rogue who ReallyGetsAround, but at the same time hates being seen as a sex object due to the abuse he suffered from the [[IHateYouVampireDad vampire who sired him]]. In Part II the party encounters a dark elf [[NightmareFetishist with a vampire fetish]], and he's creeped out by the entire situation as he begs the PlayerCharacter to remove him from it.

* Vivi from ''VideoGame/BrainDead13''.

** It's implied when a vampire friend tells Stefan that if he wants Elena to love him, he should just give her a taste of "awesome vampire sex." Stefan admits he wants to, but refrains because he wants her to "have a choice." Thus, it is implied that not only is he a supernatural sex god, he's also a romantic idiot.

** [[TheAtoner Angel]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Spike]], [[TheOphelia Drusilla]], and [[TheBaroness Darla]], whose sexual energy is remarked upon by many, including main characters. Oddly they are all "descended" from the Master, who LooksLikeOrlok.