History Main / BreakingAndBloodsucking

* In the original Broadway play version of ''Dracula'' (which the 1931 film was based on) Drac does enter Lucy's bedroom, after it gets de-garliced by the maid under Dracula's influence. In the play Lucy's and Mina's parts are reversed: Lucy is Dr. Seward's daughter and the main girl, while Mina had already succumbed to Dracula before the first scene.

* A variation occurs in ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''[[http://members.tripod.com/Dark_Mark/darkmark1.htm Hellsister]]''. Sorcerer Mordru visits Supergirl in her sleep and sucks from her the fragment of her soul which spawned [[EvilCounterpart Satan Girl]].

There are several ways to fall prey to a vampire. Walking around alone at night is just asking for it. [[VampiresOwnNightClubs Picking up strangers at noisy clubs is the hip modern way]]. Then there is the traditional method: vampires are fond of using EnterStageWindow to get in the victim's bedroom. They might open the window, break it, turn into a mist to seep past, or even [[OffscreenTeleportation just seemingly teleport in]]. Then it's straight for the bed, leaning over the sleeper, and chomping down on the neck.

* The ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'' anime inverts the trope. Shiki goes to his sister's bedroom unannounced and catches Akiha sucking Kohaku's blood: the maid effectively being her mistress' breakfast in bed.

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* ''Comicbook/BatmanVampire'': A variation occurs in "Red Rain". Tanya repeatedly visits Bruce in his sleep and bites him to infect him with vampirism, without actually drinking his blood. As a result, Batman gains vampire powers while still remaining essentially human, giving him the strength to fight Dracula.

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* A staple of the Film/HammerHorror vampires films and perhaps a major contribution to the trope becoming cliche. Also a great opportunity for a LingerieScene.

* In ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}'', Ellen's plan to destroy Orlok is to wait for him to attack her in her bed and allow him to slowly feed to distract him from the lethal sunrise.

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* The original ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'' would be the TropeCodifier with a helping hand from PopCulturalOsmosis. Dracula never technically enters Lucy's bedroom. On the first occasion, he hypnotizes her to leave the house and go down to the park. Thereafter, he goes to her bedroom window as a bat and she climbs partway out of it to be drained. When vamping [[spoiler: Mina]], he was able to enter because an inmate of the asylum she was sleeping in gave him leave.

* In ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'', Edward breaks into Bella's room at night. Infamously, he doesn't feed on her blood, he watches her sleep. A month before they met too.

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** Referenced and subverted at the end of "Wrecked" after Buffy gives in to a night of wild passion with Spike -- to avoid a rerun she's seen in her bedroom, nervously clutching a cross, garlic hanging on all the windows. But Spike doesn't [[MustBeInvited need to be invited]] any more — from now on [[VampiresAreSexGods Buffy will come to him]].

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--> ''So chaste so calm, she gave herself''
--> ''To the pleasure of her dreaded master''
--> ''He sucked the precious drops of life''
--> ''Throughout the long and cold dark night''

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* ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'':

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* In ''{{Webcomic/Daniel}}'', a man wakes in bed to find his wife in Daniel's arms and him drinking from a gory wound in her neck. Daniel apologies "for being too loud" before killing the man.

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* In ''{{WebOriginal/Vampiru}}'':
** Dani struggles to sleep after watching ''Dracula'' late one night. When she closes her eyes she pictures herself standing in the bedroom watching Dracula lean over Mina. Any action she takes suddenly places her in the bed with Professor Cross drinking her blood.

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There are several ways to fall prey to a vampire. Walking around alone at night is just asking for it. Picking up strangers at noisy clubs is the hip modern way. Then there is the traditional method: vampires are fond of using EnterStageWindow to get in the victim's bedroom. They might open the window, break it, turn into a mist to seep past, or even [[OffscreenTeleportation just seemingly teleport in]]. Then it's straight for the bed, leaning over the sleeper, and chomping down on the neck.

** ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula'', Baron Meinster does this when Gina is by herself after Marianne leaves the room, coming in silently through an open window while she's look at a mirror. By the time she turns to him, he quickly mesmerizes her before going to feed on her. Later in the film, he attempts this with Marianne. But, despite having ample opportunity to feed on her right then and there, he decides to kidnap her and bring her in front of Helsing so he can turn her in front of the hunter as a final insult.

* In Franchise/TheElderScrolls series:

** Similar in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', except that it's [[SequelDifficultyDrop much easier]]: While you still have to feed on sleeping victims, and if you're caught doing it you're in deep shit, vampires in this game have a +25% bonus to both stealth and illusion magic, including invisibility, and vampiric feeding is one of a very, very few actions that a PC can perform while invisible that won't break invisibility. Sufficiently sneaky vampires can invisibilify themselves and feed off of a sleeping NPC in a crowded room with no one the wiser.
** In ''Dawnguard'' you can avoid the entire procedure. Using Vampiric Seduction lets you bite awake victims and as a Vampire Lord you can just grab and feed in the middle of combat.

* In ''{{Film/Subspecies}}'', Radu breaks into the girls' room to feed on Lilian's cut arm and he drains her over a few nights.

* Done in the both ''CountYorga'' films

** In "the Savage Return of Dracula", an unconscious Jeanie is left as bait on a bed in Castle Dracula, a crucifix around her neck to protect her. Dracula returns from a hunt and finds her in one of his rooms. He attempts to attack her when Frank counterattacks, [[spoiler: but he is overpowered and left for dead. Jeanie awakens and Dracula hypnotizes her to throw away the cross. Defenseless, Dracula drains her dry]].

* In ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'', Dracula initially preys on Makiko when she steps out at night. The final time, he goes straight to her bedroom where he hypnotizes her, teleports her into his arms, and escapes to TokyoTower.

* In ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'':
** Played With when Layla finds Tiffany's unconscious body stashed in the janitor's closet while she's [[AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost astrally projecting]]. She decides not to let a free meal go to waste and feeds on her, embarrassing both when Tiffany comes to.
** During a sleepover, Layla decides to take another bite out of Brooke while she sleeps. Brooke wakes up and they argue over the matter, coming to an arrangement--Layla gets another drink in exchange for kissing lessons.

* ''Webcomic/{{Daniel}}'' does this to an unfortunate couple.

** Layla finds Tiffany's unconscious body stashed in the janitor's closet while she's [[AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost astrally projecting]]. She decides not to let a ree meal go to waste and feeds on her, embarrassing both when Tiffany comes to.

The victim is seemingly AlwaysFemale. A VampireInvitation might ultimately be required before the vampire can make a midnight visit. They may not always succeed and sometimes they didn't come for a meal, but vampires don't believe in privacy or knocking on the front door.

** Referenced and subverted at the end of "Wrecked" after Buffy gives in to a night of wild passion with Spike -- to avoid a rerun she's seen in her bedroom, nervously clutching a cross, garlic hanging on all the windows. But Spike doesn't need his VampireInvitation any more — from now on [[VampiresAreSexGods Buffy will come to him]].

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* In ''[[Anime/YuugenKaisha Phantom Quest Corp]]'', Dracula initially preys on Makiko when she steps out at night. The final time, he goes straight to her bedroom where he hypnotizes her, teleports her into his arms, and escapes to TokyoTower.

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* Played straight and subverted in VampireHunterD :Bloodlust. In the opening scene, Meier Link breaks into Charlotte's bedroom window as is par for the course, but their actual relationship is quite different.

** The [[UnresolvedSexualTension sexual subtext]] behind Angel's habit of visiting Buffy via an EnterStageWindow. Unfortunately when he turns evil in Season 2 this takes on a more menacing aspect, with Angel [[BreakInThreat leaving sketches he'd drawn of her while sleeping on her bed]].

** Angelus broke into Buffy's room to draw her sleeping as a BreakInThreat.

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* A staple of the HammerHorror vampires films and perhaps a major contribution to the trope becoming cliche. Also a great opportunity for a LingerieScene.