History Main / ClassicalMovieVampire

* Mexican actor German Robles made something of a career portraying this type of vampire in three different films in the 1950s: "El Vampiro" (1957), "El Autaud Del Vampiro" (1958) and "El Castillo De Los Monstruos" (1958)
* The 1988 Italian made for TV horror film "Dinner With A Vampire" has a GenreSavvy variation on this vampire luring four actors to his castle by pretending to be a horror film director as an excuse for his appearance, although when released from his tomb earlier in the film his appearance is more a case of LooksLikeOrlok.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'', Gangreen creates a vampire tomato complete with Romanian accent. He turns humans into vampires by kissing them on the neck (to appease his first victim, a network censor). The male vampires have tuxedos and capes, while the female vampires wear black one-piece bathing suits and black capes. Soon the entire town - and nearly the entire cast - is transformed into vampires.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AttackoftheKillerTomatoes'', Gangreen creates a vampire tomato complete with Romanian accent. He turns humans into vampires by kissing them on the neck (to appease his first victim, a network censor). The male vampires have tuxedos and capes, while the female vampires wear black one-piece bathing suits and black capes. Soon the entire town - and nearly the entire cast - is transformed into vampires.

The stock portrayal of vampires for years, [[NewerThanTheyThink but no older than movies]], [[TropeCodifier made famous by]] Creator/BelaLugosi's [[Theatre/Dracula1924 stage portrayal]] of {{Dracula}}, adapted into the [[Film/Dracula1931 1931 film version]] made by [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Pictures]]. Now a DeadHorseTrope, except for deliberate parodies. Many aspects of the 1931 film have become iconic to point that almost every male vampire prior to the 1970's was like this. His slicked hairstyle (along with a [[VillainousWidowsPeak widow's peak]]), his [[WickedCultured sinister yet gentlemanly demeanor]], his [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel outdated yet suave clothes]] consisting of a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] OminousOperaCape with a HighCollarOfDoom, his occasional [[LargeHam dramatic]] [[FlourishCapeInFrontOfFace flourish]] contrasting with a personality that is [[SoftSpokenSadist calm but menacing]], and of course his thick Eastern European accent often peppered with VampireVords. Often his eyes are [[AllInTheEyes framed in a beam of light]]. Note that, although Dracula had a mustache in [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's original novel]], the Classical Movie Vampire was often clean-shaven.

Occasionally, elements of the Classical Movie Vampire are also taken from Creator/ChristopherLee's more monstrous portrayal of the Count in Film/HammerHorror pictures. In such cases, the vampire is over six feet tall and has both [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and more pronounced fangs. Lee's version (especially initially) hardly spoke at all.

* ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' is another parody of this, with Creator/GeorgeHamilton's Count having to deal with 1970's New York City.

* Lady Alcina Dimitrescu in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' is about as close to this trope as you can get in a SciFiHorror game without any explicit supernatural elements. Even if she's not ''technically'' a vampire, everything about her -- her [[{{Ruritania}} Eastern European]] [[HauntedCastle castle]] and [[AGlassOfChianti winery]], her regal, aristocratic appearance, her three daughters who call to mind [[VampiresHarem Dracula's brides]] -- calls to mind the game's GothicHorror inspirations, on top of her exhibiting a number of vampire-like traits such as [[HorrorHunger drinking blood]], [[WeakenedByTheLight avoiding direct sunlight]], and [[OlderThanTheyLook being very long-lived]].

In a MonsterMash, this is the type of vampire you should expect to see.

A SubTrope of OurVampiresAreDifferent.

A SuperTrope to VampireVords (about the way this character type usually speaks, an exaggeration of the way Lugosi really spoke English).

A SisterTrope to LooksLikeOrlok.

Contrast FeralVampires.

* In ''Film/{{Silverblade}}'', Jonathan's version of {{Dracula}} is this: complete with evening dress and opera cape. Justified as he was an actor from Hollywood's golden age of horror, and his transformations are limited to becoming characters he has portrayed on the screen. (The version of Dracula seen in the comic comes from a film titled ''Dracula '57'', which Jonathan admits was never one of his favourite films.)

* In ''Film/{{Silverblade}}'', Jonathan's version of {{Dracula}} is this: complete with evening dress and opera cape. Justified as he was an actor from Hollywood's golden age of horror, and his transformations are limited to becoming characters he has portrayed on the screen. (The version of Dracula seen in the comic comes from a film titled ''Dracuala '57'', which Jonathan admits was never one of his favourite films.)

* One ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' adventure featured a vampire living in a film studio. (He used to do Bela Lugosi impressions for a living when he was still human) He went mad during the transformation and was convinced he was Dracula, to the point of manifesting all 'traditional' vampire powers.

** On a less serious note, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' had the "Stereotype" flaw. In short, any character with this flaw, upon realizing that they were a vampire, immediately decided that they needed to dress the part, usually involving a long black cape and going "[[VampireVords Blah! I vant to sahk yoor blahd!]]" a whole lot.

* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Warhammer Fantasy]]'''s Von Carstein vampire bloodline have traditionally exhibited all the classic movie vampire traits, and most of the older model range is heavily inspired by the classic movie vampire look. More recent model incarnations have given them a harsher, more militaristic aesthetic, with heavy fluted armour and bat designs highly prominent. According to the designers, however, this is because the newer models are meant to represent the Von Carsteins on the battlefield, where it would be considered foolhardy at worst and very unseemly at best to dress in formal evening wear. Presumably they still dress like Bela Lugosi at home.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', the male vampire {{NPC}}, whose name usually starts with "Count", looks like this.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with some {{Mayincatec}} trappings.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with traces of [[Mayincatec]] trappings.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with traces of [[Mayincatec South American inspiration]].

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with traces of {{Mayincatec South American inspiration.}}

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with traces of ''Mayincatec South American inspiration.''

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in [[CannibalTribe barbarian tribes]] with traces of [[Mayincatec South American inspiration.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realize Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]], instead living in wild tribes with traces of [[Mayincatec South American inspiration.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampires of the GothicHorror-inspired world of Innistrad are very much this. This was actually a plot point in the preceding ''Zendikar'' block, where Zendikar-native planeswalker Nissa Revane didn't realise Innistradi planeswalker Sorin Markov was a vampire until near the end of the block's storyline, because the vampires on Zendikar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent don't fit this trope at all]].

** Count von Magpyr, in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'', however, still drinks blood but is specifically described as ''not'' matching the trope, having the formidable willpower required to resist it:

** In fact, the Magpyr portrait gallery in the same novel is a bit of a history of vampire tropes. The current Count is a parody of modern "cool" vampires (and his followers are all stylish dressers with a taste for fancy waistcoats), the Old Count (his great-uncle) is a classical movie vampire, ''his'' father LooksLikeOrlok, there's a cross between Literature/{{Carmilla}} and [[BloodBath Elizabeth Bathory]], and a more distant ancestor is a beaked monster. Heck, ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' is a {{Reconstruction}} of the Genre, showing why a classical movie vampire (who doesn't pretend he's not a monster, who respects tradition, and who generally comes across as a sporting guy and a WorthyOpponent) will last longer than the "cool" new vampyres. Especially since he's got the decency to spend a bit of time pretending to be dead after being staked. Oh, and everyone calls him The Old Count, but his actual ''name'' is "Bela".

** Harry dresses up like this ''specifically to'' [[BerserkButton piss the vampires off]]. It nearly gets him killed. But it was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]].