I have a real fear of vampires, not the comedy one on "Buffy" but the real ones on old Hammer films with Christopher Lee as Dracula. I still get the occasional nightmare about vampires chasing me.

Last week I went to bed early, I fell asleep only to be woken some time later by what sounded like something fluttering or scratching at the window. I opened one eye and looked round the room, no one there. Next there was a BANG! I sat up and there was still no one there. Then all of a sudden a figure emerged from behind the curtain!

IT WAS A VAMPIRE! IT HAD TO BE, there was no other explanation.

MY HEART WENT INTO OVERDRIVE and I jumped out of my skin!

It was only SWMBO, she had come to bed around midnight, realised the window was open and went to shut it. She had to reach up behing the blinds so ended up stepping behind the curtain to reach. The fluttering sound was the blinds rubbing on the glass and the bang was the window closing.

I mention this because yesterday we went to Whitby. Now one of it's claims to fame is that in the original book Dracula by Bram Stoker it is at Whitby that Dracula first sets foot in England. Obviously there are references to Dracula all over the town, and there is "The Dracula Experience" which is a thing where you walk round in the dark and there are life sized figures set up showing scenes from the book.

We went in to have a look, as it was dark and I was scared I made her go first. We were almost round the thing when A guy dressed in black and wearing a mask suddenly leaped out and screamed at us!

Luckily I had brown pants on as I was terrified for a second, until we realised it was one of the staff. I cannot believe that SWMBO laughed at me because my first instinct was to get behind her. She called me a coward and a big puff! Surely I can't help it if I have a phobia?

Hahahahahaha, :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Sorry, but you've just brightened my otherwise dull day!!!!

Thanks! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Have you met Armorama's very own Vampire-ette? She goes by the name "Angela".... hehehe I'm sure she'll get me back for mentioning this.... LOL :-) (sorry Angie :-) )

Rudi

I am absolutely terrified of Aliens - not this kind , but the ones from the "Aliens" movies. As a matter of fact, I had 2 nightmares in a row Saturday night - the 2nd one being about Aliens. The ONLY "ooh scary" nightmares I have are about Aliens. :-)

Well, there are REAL vampires in this world.

I once saw a documentary about them. They are not those blood-sucking vampires like we see in the movies and they are called psychic vampires.

They draw our 'energies' instead of our blood.

So, the next time when you are near a person and you suddenly feel extremely tired, you might just be standing beside a vampire.

Commonly known as a mother-in-law! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

How true! :-)

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They do qualify as blood-suckers don't they :-) !!!!

Jerry

I thought it was my teen age kids! They always seem to be sucking the life out of me (and my wallet) :-)

Jesse

-wait could my job be considered a Vampire?! :-) It surely sucks the life out of me regardless of how much I get paid.

Although I am a "pale" caucasian male, I am not really into the whole "Goth" scene. If I recall correctly - the thread you refer to was about Women. There are some very attractive girls/ women that I have seen that were "Goths".

I don't know why but when I was a kid the plastic model Phantom of the Opera, did me in. It both fascinated and terrified me. I couldn't go into a model section of a store, back when regular stores like supermarkets and drug stores carried models, without scanning it from a distance to see if they had that kit there. If they did, forget about it. My older brother, doing what comes best to most older brothers, used this to make my life a living Hell. He's always want to dress up as the Phantom every Halloween. We had a trap door in the closet of the room we shared as our bedroom that went under the house. One time he got a Phantom mask and waited under that door for me to go to bed. I tell you if I had a week heart, it would have all been over at a very early age for me.

All the typical Saturday afternoon matinée monsters, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, Godzilla, didn't scare me in the slightest, in fact I laughed at them. But that lousy plastic model kit could scare me to death.

Oh, oh, oh! You're telling them of my real identiy, Rudi.

I am a real vampire.

Hmm...vampires are in the "gray" area, which means they are not at all good nor are they all bad. But they sometimes resort to evil ways to get what they want....blood and power. If you are someone who has talent, skill, influence, etc., whom a vampire can use to her advantage, chances are she will meet you and convinces you (without you knowing it) to be embraced.

Most vampires are very sensual and seductive.

The legendary Dracula is a Tzimisce elder.

Angela

The pig at the window in the Amityville horror was what kept me awake

I'm also glad that the dead people I encounter through work have been that way for a long time....

Scared to Death of Vampires huh...How do you feel about WITCHES..hummmmm

Mary

Witches don't bother me, every girlfriend I've ever had turned out to be an old witch after we broke up.

HAHAHAHAHAHA....that was a good one ...LOL...Great reply..

Mary :-)

Funny. All my ex-girlfriends must have been Vampires since they seemed to be bloodsuckers. At a minimum they were leeches.

Hey Rodger!
I know what you mean. For me, it was the Creature From the Black Lagoon. The movie (as a kid...a long long way back) scared me to death!
Hey...it was back in the 60s! ( think the fact that it was in black and white might have added to affect)

It sort of put me off going down the road from our farm and fishing in the neighbor's pond!


Still a little spooked
Steve

Those mummy movies (not the newer Brendan Fraiser ones) freaked me.

In one form or another, I have managed to collect ALL the early Universal horror movies. As to vampire movies....my favorites. I love John Carpenters Vampyres and From Dusk 'till Dawn. I've had a couple of Vampire nightmares. Woke up with my heart pounding and shallow breathing my brain saying over and over again "they're not real, they'er not real"

That's what WE want you to believe!

Angela

This 'true' vampire tale worried me for a while when I first came across it.

http://www.harvestfields.ca/horror/001/139.htm

The thought of long fingernails being used to prise out the lead from the windows made me worry about any scratching I heard at night....

Of course it contains themes that go back at least as far as the Romans and the 'Satyricon' (though that story was about a werewolf). And at the (alleged) time of the story, the house actually had two storeys.....