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Vamiq o Azra
Vamiq o Azra (وامق و عذرا) is a Persian verse romance telling of the love of Prince Vamiq and Azra; Unsuri Balkhi first versified it in the 11th century, and only scattered verses survive.
Vámonos con Pancho Villa!
¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (Let's Go with Pancho Villa!) is Fernando de Fuentes's 1935 Mexican film, third of his Revolution Trilogy, about peasants who join Villa's División del Norte and are destroyed, with a censored ending restored in 1973.
Vampetaço
Vampetaço: Brazilian meme of mass-posting nude 1999 G Magazine photos of ex-footballer Vampeta to troll or protest targets on X, used against Israeli officials, Elon Musk, and Trump tariffs.
Vampire (2011 film)
Vampire (ヴァンパイア) is a 2011 drama-horror film by Japanese director Shunji Iwai, his first in English, starring Kevin Zegers as a biology teacher who drains the blood of suicidal women met online; premiered at Sundance 2011, released in Japan 2012 and the US 2013.
Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)
"Vampire" is Olivia Rodrigo's June 30, 2023 lead single from GUTS, co-written and produced by Dan Nigro; a piano ballad that builds into pop-rock, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the UK Official Singles Chart, and earned 2024 Grammy nominations.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy is Richelle Mead's six-book young adult paranormal series (2007–2010) about Dhampir guardian Rose Hathaway protecting Moroi princess Lissa at St. Vladimir's Academy; adapted as a 2014 film and a cancelled 2022 Peacock series by Julie Plec.
Vampire Academy (film)
Vampire Academy is a 2014 American fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Waters, based on Richelle Mead's novel, starring Zoey Deutch as guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway.
Vampire Academy (TV series)
Vampire Academy (2022 Peacock series), Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's YA novels; reboot of the 2014 film, 10 episodes, canceled January 2023 after one season.
Vampire film
Vampire film: the cinema genre centered on blood-drinking undead figures, from early works like Loie Fuller (1905) and Nosferatu (1922) through Universal's Dracula (1931), Hammer's color revival, and recent hits such as Sinners (2025).
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンター"D"), Japanese light novel series by Hideyuki Kikuchi with Yoshitaka Amano art, begun 1983; dhampir hunter D fights the Nobility in 12,090 A.D.; 17 million copies, two anime films.
Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) (1985 film)
Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) is a 1985 Japanese OVA horror anime film directed by Toyoo Ashida, adapted from Hideyuki Kikuchi's first novel, released theatrically by Toho on December 21, 1985, with character designs by Yoshitaka Amano and music by TM NETWORK.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト) is a 2000 Madhouse anime film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri adapting Kikuchi's Demon Deathchase, recorded first in English, with a GKIDS 2027 HD re-release planned.
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) is a Wes Craven horror-comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Caribbean vampire Maximillian seeking half-vampire detective Rita Veder (Angela Bassett). A Paramount flop: Metascore 27, 14% Tomatometer, $20 million gross on a $16 million budget, later a cult item.
Vampire in the Garden (ヴァンパイア・イン・ザ・ガーデン)
Vampire in the Garden (ヴァンパイア・イン・ザ・ガーデン) is a 2022 WIT Studio Netflix original anime, five episodes, directed by Ryotaro Makihara, about human girl Momo and vampire queen Fine seeking a lost paradise.
Vampire Knight (ヴァンパイア騎士)
Vampire Knight (ヴァンパイア騎士) is Matsuri Hino's shojo vampire-romance manga about Cross Academy's Guardians, serialized in LaLa 2005-2013, adapted into a 2008 Studio DEEN anime, with sequel Memories concluding in 2025.
Vampire literature
Vampire literature, also called vampire fiction, is a Gothic subgenre beginning with Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), through Varney the Vampire, Carmilla, and Dracula (1897), to Anne Rice and Twilight.
Vampire Money
Vampire Money is the closing track of My Chemical Romance's 2010 album Danger Days, a garage-punk song written after the band declined a Twilight: New Moon soundtrack offer, titled from an interviewer's phrase about 'vampire money'.
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band formed at Columbia University in 2006 by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson, known for Afropop- and baroque-inflected albums including Contra, Modern Vampires of the City, and Only God Was Above Us.
Vampire Weekend (album)
Vampire Weekend (2008), self-titled debut album by the American indie rock band on XL Recordings; Afropop- and preppy-inflected 11-song, 34-minute record, Metascore 82, Billboard 200 peak 17, RIAA Platinum.
Vampire Zombies... from Space!
Vampire Zombies... from Space! (2024) is a Canadian black-and-white horror-comedy directed by Michael Stasko, written with Jakob Skrzypa and Alex Forman, spoofing 1950s B-movies as Dracula turns the town of Marlow into vampire zombies.
Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss (1988) is a Robert Bierman black comedy-horror starring Nicolas Cage as literary agent Peter Loew, who believes he is becoming a vampire. Written by Joseph Minion, it flopped ($725,131 gross) yet became a cult classic and meme source.
Vampirella
Vampirella is a comic-book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman with costume design by Trina Robbins, debuting in Warren Publishing's Vampirella #1 (Sept 1969). Known for her alien Drakulon origin, the later Lilith retcon at Harris, and the current Christopher Priest run at Dynamite.
Vampires (1998 film)
Vampires (John Carpenter's Vampires), 1998 action horror film directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods as vampire slayer Jack Crow hunting master vampire Jan Valek; based on John Steakley's novel Vampire$, released October 30, 1998 by Columbia Pictures, Metascore 42.
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge is a 2026 American horror-comedy written and directed by Adam Sherman, starring Mena Suvari as Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose coven hunts dating-app matches from a Savannah absinthe bar; released March 20, 2026 by Strand Releasing.
Vampires Suck
Vampires Suck is a 2010 American comedy film that spoofs the Twilight series, following teenager Becca, torn between a vampire and a werewolf, directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
Vampirina
Vampirina, also Vee, is a Disney Junior animated series (2017, three seasons) based on Anne Marie Pace's Vampirina Ballerina books, about a vampire girl moving from Transylvania to Pennsylvania; a live-action sequel series, Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, debuted in 2025.
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire is an American live-action, music-driven Disney Channel comedy about Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley, a teenage vampire who leaves Transylvania for a performing arts boarding school in 2025.
Vamps (film)
Vamps (吸血女郎) is a 2012 American vampire comedy-horror-romance written and directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as New York vampires; released November 2, 2012, grossing $92,748 with mixed reviews.
Vampyr
Vampyr (Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey) is Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 German-French horror film, loosely based on Le Fanu's "Carmilla", funded by and starring Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg as Julian West, a commercial failure on release now ranked among cinema's greatest horror films.
Vamsha Vriksha (ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ)
Vamsha Vriksha (ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ), also Vamshavruksha, is a 1971 Kannada black-and-white drama co-directed by Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth, produced by G.V. Iyer, adapted from S.L. Bhyrappa's 1965 novel, and a National Award-winning Kannada New Wave film.