This was helpful with certain folklore and vampire portrayal references for some research I'm doing, but there were many inaccuracies that boggled my mind (such as geological/cultural) and an odd mixture of superficial and submersive research. And, yes, this was published in 1994, but there was way too much focus on vampire-related fan clubs (yes, I'm aware this was likely to help fans back during the days when the Internet couldn't give someone access to every niche fan club on the planet) and many of the cultural sections were obviously written through the screen of an old straight man who's just some vampire enthusiast (the section on homosexual vampires is scant and indifferent yet there are 4 pages dedicated to lesbian vampires, as well as an entire section of Women Vampires yet not one on Male Vampires, as if female vampires are a different entity who just exist to seduce men and kill children).

Thumbed through it. This is pretty much anything you'd ever want to know about every vampire in pop culture ever. At least as far as I can tell.

Somehow I didn't expect this book to be quite the encyclopedia that it is. Still very enjoyable with well researched lore, and history of vampire icons of legend, books and TV. Interesting to thumb through.

My dad bought me this for Christmas like 8 years ago. And to this day I love it. It’s filled with so many fun details and informations. From movies and books to old folklore. This is a wonderful book for any vampire loving fan.

This is full of a lot of information about various vampires from novels, movies, tv, etc. which for someone like me who loves vampires and other paranormal creatures it's a great book to have in my collection.

However in my edition (I don't know if it's been fixed yet) there's a mistake that bugs me, probably more than it should, because I'm a huge BtVS fan. In the Angel/Angelus section they mentioned his homeland to be Greece, it's not, most BtVS fans know he's from Ireland. With that info being wrong I don't put much stock in the rest of what is in here. Despite that though it's still an interesting and fun read.

The only one you need

using the book currently for reaserch, it doesnt have EVERYTHING but as a general refrence book its pretty epic ngl, also massive, id love a 2021 version thats more updated nd also even bigger, i want EVERY VAMPIRE/VAMPIR BOOK/ VAMPIRE MOVIE / POEM/ SONG/ HISTORICAL REFRENCE/GAME ETC i want it ALL in one location <3 If I could id make it myself i just dnt have the time nor money nor energy nor resources to do that, anyways, this book makes my lil brain very happy its a great reaserch book and is very helpful!

Excellent historical reference