Vampires are one of the greatest monster movie villains of all time. Perhaps it’s due to our fascination with folklore and edgy aesthetics that vampires have been a common character across all media. Be it movies, novels, video games, or even fashion, the “vampire myth” has inspired many.
‘Vampire’ derives its name from 11th-century Slavic folklore – called “Wurdulac”, or “Upir” in Russian. The name started as a misinterpretation of diseases such as rabies and things like decomposition. These could also cause a corpse to start oozing blood from the mouth and led to the assumption that the corpse had been alive and feeding.
Vampirism remained a Slavic local phenomenon until the 18th century when the Ottomans and the Monarchy waged war in Europe. During this war, the soldiers and government officials took note of the strange burial rituals, such as the endless tombstones covered in garlic.
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These stories would spawn some of the earliest texts in vampire literature, like 1819’s The Vampire by John William Polidori
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