
Toxic, romantic, iconic — the love story of Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac contains multitudes. While Interview with the Vampire‘s central couple may be one of the best vampire romances in media history, other bloodsucking love affairs challenge it for the number-one slot. Since its Bram Stoker beginnings, the vampire genre has seen some time-tested trysts, love as eternal as a night creature’s body and equally soaked in blood. These are 10 vampire romances that rival Lestat and Louis in sex appeal, cultural impact, and, of course, emotional messiness.