2. I Introduction
II Chronicle
III Vampires in the books
IV Vampires in the cinema
V Vampires in the series
VI Conclusion
3. Do they exist ?
Yes, they do.
The Desmodus rotundus are vampire… bats.
Blood suckers
4. Ancient history
In the Ancient Egypt : Sekhmet
In the Ancient Greece : Lamia
In the Hinduism : Kali
1193 : Walter Map : De Nugis Curialium
XVth century : Vlad Tepes the Impaler, Prince of
Wallachia, nicknamed Drăculea.
XVIIth century : Countess Elizabeth Báthory
("Blood Countess")
5. In 1897, Bram Stoker wrote the famous Gothic
novel Dracula.
Epistolary novel (Jonathan Harker’s letters)
Dracula tracked Harker’s fiancée, Mina, and her friend,
Lucy.
Lucy asked for help to Abraham Van Helsing.
Recently :
Twilight, vampire-based best-seller written by Stephenie
Meyer. (over 100M sold copies in March 2010).
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Charlaine Harris.
6. Some selected movies :
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror by F. W.
Murnau, 1922
Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992
Blade by Stephen Norrington, 1998
30 days of Night by David Slade, 2007
Twilight by Catherine Hardwicke, 2008
Vampires Suck, a spoof Twilight-based film,
2010.
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
Vampire Diaries (2009-2010), written by L.J.
Smith
True Blood (2008-2010), produced by Alan Ball
My favorite series.
The trailer next slide.
8.
9. There are many animated series in the
« japanimation » :
Hellsing
Blood+
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Trinity Blood
Rosario+Vampire
Etc.
10. For a long time, vampires scare and enthrall.
They are inspiring influence for fantastic
literature.