V for vampire, of course! A vampire in popular legend, is a creature, often fanged, that preys upon humans, generally by consuming their blood. Vampires have been featured in folklore and fiction of various cultures for hundreds of years, predominantly in Europe, although belief in them has waned in modern times. Because there is a long history of walking corpses and bloodsucking ghouls in folklore, it is difficult to pin down a distinct set of characteristics consistently attributed only to vampires. Giure Grando (1579–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. In most cases, vampires are remains of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or a living person being bitten by a vampire themselves. Belief in such legends became so rife that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires.
My favorite vampire, Nosferatu:
The Bag Lady 
Ah, classic!
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