History Main / ClassicalMovieVampire

** ''VideoGame/TheSims4''[='=]s ''Vampires'' expansion has three pre-made vampire [=NPCs=], and one of them, Vladislaus Straud, fits the bill perfectly. He's a count with an Eastern European-ish name (Sims all [[SpeakingSimlish speak a made-up language]] without any real accents) who lives in a gothic mansion, he has the facial features, he wears a [[BadassLongcoat black longcoat]] with a high collar, he has the Evil personality trait, and he LooksLikeOrlok when he puts on his GameFace. Of the other two, Caleb Vatore is more reminiscent of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] or [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles Lestat]], while Caleb's sister Lilith only fits the bill in her [[PimpedOutDress formal outfit]]. The game also lets players [[OurVampiresAreDifferent decide what a vampire's strengths and weaknesses are]] through a leveling system as they grow more powerful, meaning that they can bring their vampire Sims as close to this trope as they wish.

This type of vampire will be easily recognized by his slicked-back hairstyle (which usually features a [[VillainousWidowsPeak widow's peak]]), his [[WickedCultured sinister yet gentlemanly]] personality, his [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel suavely outdated wardrobe]] (consisting of white tie and tails with a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] OminousOperaCape and HighCollarOfDoom), his [[SoftSpokenSadist calmly menacing]] demeanor (albeit with the occasional [[LargeHam dramatic]] [[FlourishCapeInFrontOfFace flourish]]), and of course his heavy Eastern European accent (liberally peppered with VampireVords). Often his eyes will be [[AllInTheEyes framed in a beam of light]]. Note that, while in [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's original novel]] Dracula is described as having a long mustache (and, later, a pointed beard), the Classical Movie Vampire tends to be clean-shaven.

* Lady Alcina Dimitrescu in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' is about as close to this trope as you can get in a SciFiHorror game [[Franchise/ResidentEvil series]] 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]] -- reflects the game's GothicHorror inspirations, on top of her exhibiting a number of vampire-like traits such as [[HorrorHunger drinking blood]], [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette having very pale skin]], [[WeakenedByTheLight avoiding direct sunlight]] (though [[OurVampiresAreDifferent here]], it's more that they hate the ''[[SnowMeansDeath cold]]'' than anything), and [[OlderThanTheyLook being very long-lived]]. And to top it all off, [[spoiler:her OneWingedAngel form during her boss fight resembles a dragon, and the name Dracula means "Son of the Dragon"]].

* Lady Alcina Dimitrescu in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' is about as close to this trope as you can get in a SciFiHorror game [[Franchise/ResidentEvil series]] 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]] -- reflects the game's GothicHorror inspirations, on top of her exhibiting a number of vampire-like traits such as [[HorrorHunger drinking blood]], [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette having very pale skin]], [[WeakenedByTheLight avoiding direct sunlight]] (though [[OurVampiresAreDifferent here]], it's more that they hate the ''[[CatchYourDeathOfCold cold]]'' than anything), and [[OlderThanTheyLook being very long-lived]]. And to top it all off, [[spoiler:her OneWingedAngel form during her boss fight resembles a dragon, and the name Dracula means "Son of the Dragon"]].

* 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]] -- reflects the game's GothicHorror inspirations, on top of her exhibiting a number of vampire-like traits such as [[HorrorHunger drinking blood]], [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette having very pale skin]], [[WeakenedByTheLight avoiding direct sunlight]] (though here, it's more that she's vulnerable to the ''cold'' than anything), and [[OlderThanTheyLook being very long-lived]]. And to top it all off, [[spoiler:her OneWingedAngel form during her boss fight resembles a dragon, and the name Dracula means "Son of the Dragon"]].

* 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]] -- reflects 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]].

* ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends'' has the awkwardly-named Seducer, in a black suit and red cape with pallid complexion and long hair, and AbsoluteCleavage for some reason, basically a modernized take on this trope if it was designed by Rob Liefeld.

In a MonsterMash, this is the type of vampire you should expect to see (although other kinds of vampires may show up). Sometimes referred to as "[[Film/TheFullMonty The Full Lugosi]]" or as "[[AKindOfOne draculas]]."

This type of vampire will be easily recognized by his slicked-back hairstyle (which usually features 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 will be [[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 tended to be clean-shaven.

This type of vampire will be easily recognized by his slicked-back hairstyle (usually featuring 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 will be [[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 tended to be clean-shaven.

The stock portrayal of vampires for years, [[NewerThanTheyThink but no older than the 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 tanno the 1970s 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.

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 tanno the 1970s 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.

* ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton'': Yorga (a shout out to the Count Yorga movies) resembles classic movie vampires, to Peter's disbelief. He wears a tuxedo and cape, keeps his hair slicked back in a widow's peak, and speaks in VampireVords. [[spoiler: It's ObfuscatingStupidity.]]

* ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton'': A few of these exist in the setting as the Council of Ancients exists in the Carpathian Mountains. They are LooksLikeOrlok Romanian vampires that speak in VampireVords, dress in outdated styles, and live in ruins. Most vampires treat them with a measure of pity rather than respect.

* 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.

** An earlier Halloween episode featured Mr. Burns as a vampire living in Pennsylvania. (He LooksLikeOrlok, though, because, well, he does anyway. The episode also gave him the weird winged hairdo Gary Oldman sported in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.)

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 1970s 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.

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* Strahd von Zarovich, the vampiric BigBad of the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting. Upon adaptation to Fifth Edition in the form of ''Tabletop/CurseOfStrahd'', the authors decided to keep him as classic as possible to contrast with more modern vampires.

* Strahd von Zarovich, the vampiric BigBad of the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting.

In a MonsterMash, this is the type of vampire you should expect to see (although other kinds of vampires may show up). Sometimes referred to as "[[Film/TheFullMonty The Full Lugosi]]".

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%%* Thatch from ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool''.

* "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]", an episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' where a crazy shapeshifter assumes the form of the Classical Movie Vampire (and [[MonsterMash other classic monsters]] later on). In a series where OurVampiresAreDifferent, the fact that ''all'' the witnesses explicitly described the culprit as a classical vampire is what convinced Dean and Sam that they were not actually dealing with a "real" one.

* Russell Edgington, Vampire King of Mississippi, from ''Series/TrueBlood'', to a tee. He is, however, perhaps the only classical vampire in the series.
* The titular "Night Stalker" in the original TV movie of ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' was one of these.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Season 3 serial "The Chase", the Doctor met Dracula who looked just like the stereotype. Although, [[spoiler:in fact, the Doctor had only met a Dracula android. Seriously.]] Later, in the Season 18 serial "State of Decay", the Doctor meets vampires who play the stereotype straight, though a more medieval version (fitting the setting) and without the accents.

* Sam "Grandpa" Dracula in ''Series/TheMunsters'', naturally. He's based on the Bela Lugosi depiction of Dracula, albeit looking older, as he is supposed to be a grandfather.

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* Count Von Count from ''Series/SesameStreet''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': The 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. In more relaxed settings they're still depicted with the traditional capes, jackets and aristocratic airs, and they're typically found living in dark, gothic castles in a haunted {{Uberwald}}.
* 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 {{Mayincatec}} trappings.
* ''TabletopGame/EmpireOfSatanis'' provides an entire race of them in the form of the Schmekbluts.
* Strahd von Zarovich, the vampiric BigBad of the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting.
* Dracul class vampires in ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' are this. They can turn into bats and get bonuses to seducing young women in [[OfCorsetsSexy tight fitting evening wear]]. They are also better at magic than the other classes.

* The Vampire costume in ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodRayne 2'' had [[StarterVillain Zerenski]], one of Rayne's siblings that dressed in a fine suit and whose only power was shapeshifting into a cloud of bats. Compared to his [[LivingShadow other]] [[MadScientist vampire]] [[CatGirl siblings]], he was the most straight-forward and classic vampire in the series. Their father [[BigBad Kagan]] sorta fits the archetype combined with a warrior-king theme specially in the ''[[http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/827110-bloodrayne-betrayal-windows-screenshot-kagan-attacks.jpg Betrayal]]'' spin-off.

* ''Raid: Shadow Legends'' has the awkwardly-named Seducer, in a black suit and red cape with pallid complexion and long hair, and AbsoluteCleavage for some reason, basically a modernized take on this trope if it was designed by Rob Liefeld.
* 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]] -- reflects 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]].

%%* Thatch from ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool''.

* Pretty much any vampire appearing in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise.

* One episode of the Nelvana ''Franchise/CareBears'' cartoon features the villainous green-skinned Dr. Fright, who literally draws power from his victims' fear by terrifying them with an elaborate mechanical death trap, and collaborates with the evil sorcerer No Heart in his plan to destroy all caring and create "an unfeeling, scary world". While it's not clear whether or not he's actually a vampire, he comes equipped with the requisite tuxedo, high-collared cape and widow's peak, and even greets his victims with a Lugosian "Gooood eeeeeveniiiiinnng".
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Transylvania Homesick Blues". At first glance, Count Vostok fits the bill perfectly, having the appearance and voice to a tee, living in the fictional Slavic country of Boldavia, and in a stock sinister castle on a mountaintop. However, the Count is revealed to be a benevolent entity who survives on artificial blood, and also the victim of a plot by his Van Helsing-esque rival to turn the stereotypical angry torch-wielding Mitteleuropean peasants in the nearby village against him. (Furthermore, he reveals that the novel "Dracula" was apparently based on the historical rivalry between the families of the count and the vampire hunter who pursues him.)
* Several such vampires appear in episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptKeeper''.
* Apart from being a showbiz-obsessed cartoon duck, Count Duckula fits the trope in ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''. Less so in [[WesternAnimation/CountDuckula his own series]], where he retains the evening dress and opera cloak, but gains MessyHair in place of the widow's peak.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw,'' one of title character's teachers, Kyle Drako, [[AmbiguouslyHuman may or may not]] be a vampire. He comes off like Dracula's middle-class cousin, with the accent and basic look but without most of the aristocratic elements--he's on a teacher's salary, after all. He ''did'' wear a black cape to the school dance, though...

* Dracula himself in ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula''. His only minor departure from the trope is his mustache.

* In ''Masked Mayhem'', one of the ComicBook/AdventureTimeGraphicNovels, hipster vampire girl Marceline dresses as a {{Bifauxnen}} example at a fancy-dress party.
* In ''ComicBook/{{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.)

* Count von Krolock in ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers''.

* Lothos from TheMovie of ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is this trope through and through. He's so "classical," in fact, that he [[WickedCultured plays the violin]]! (All of his minions, however, have a much more "contemporary" look reminiscent of ''Film/TheLostBoys''.)
* Dracula from ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' is a parody of this.

* Dracula in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''.
* Most portrayals of Dracula in the MaskedLuchador films starring Wrestling/ElSanto and his contemporaries. Aldo Monti played a very classical Dracula in both ''Film/SantoEnElTesoroDeDracula'' (which is, in part, a truncated and transplanted version of the 1931 Lugosi film) and ''Film/SantoYBlueDemonContraDraculaYElHombreLobo''

* The 1988 Italian made for TV horror film "Film/DinnerWithAVampire" 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.
* ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'': This is what Paul Henderson transforms into (minus the east European accent) whenever he dons the eponymous cloak in "The Cloak"; very appropriate given he is an actor who specialises in playing vampires.
* Dracula as he appears in the prologue to ''Film/{{Blacula}}''. Prince Mamuwalde himself, aside from being black, is also instantly recognizable as a vampire, with the VillainousWidowsPeak, red-lined cape, and frilly Victorian outfit. He's more the TragicMonster, pining for his lost love variety of vampire, as opposed to Dracula, who is [[HateSink just the worst]].

* Creator/StephenKing is notable for sometimes using this type of vampire in his stories and playing them perfectly straight (as in, that they are actually intended to be scary, and not humorous at all).
** The best example is in "Popsy", a short story where a man kidnaps a young child, and the child turns out to be a vampire. The child's grandfather shows up in the last few pages of the story and is specifically described as having a slicked hairstyle, pale skin, and wearing a large black cape.
** Kurt Barlow, the BigBad of ''Literature/SalemsLot'', is also one of these in the novel (although in the 1979 miniseries he LooksLikeOrlok).
* Arnold Dotson in ''Literature/TheTumbleweedDossier'' is a classical movie vampire, although he is not evil.
* In "Vampires of Nightworld" in David Bischoff's "Nightworld" series, it's established that vampires typically resemble Bela Lugosi right down to the pleats on their tuxedo pants, despite the setting being a fantasy world with no contact with our Earth's popular culture.
* Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's novel "The Goldcamp Vampire Or The Sanguinary Sourdough" has this variety of vampire, here named Count Vasily Vladovitch Bledinoff, trying to profit from the 1897 Klondike gold rush.