Jeelo : Vampires

1. from the reality to the cinema

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.

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.