History Main / LesbianVampire

The lesbian vampire is an [[OlderThanRadio old trope]], stretching back to the 19th century novella ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'' by Sheridan Le Fanu, which heavily inspired Bram Stoker's rather more famous ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. However, it didn't return into popular consciousness until the 1970s, when Film/HammerHorror made numerous films in which voluptuous countesses nibbled nubile young women. Since then, the trope has pretty much become the default setting for most female vampires, adding an extra layer of titillation to an already heavily sexualised mythological creature.

* Erzsébeth Báthory, the "Blood Countess", is a disturbing real-life example, if all (or even some) of the legends surrounding her are to be believed. She is said to have had "trysts" with her lesbian aunt, molested all the young maids under her care, and ended their contracts by ritualistically raping and then [[BloodBath draining their blood into her bathtub in which she would bathe]].

->''"I'm so evil! And skanky! [[ForeShadowing And I think I'm kinda gay.]]"''

->''"I'm so evil! And skanky! [[ForeShadowing And I think I'm kinda gay."'']]

This blatant sexualisation sometimes leads to a variation -- the Bisexual Vampire. In this case, the sexy vampire will happily take people of any gender to bed, but her primary target for the duration of the story will usually be a woman.

A variation on the lesbian vampire, particularly in pornography and films aimed at the young male demographic, is the female victim who is seduced and converted by a vampire and -- either during the process of her seduction or after being transformed -- begins to find women sexually attractive. This is sometimes explained as the vampire warping her mind so that she can become one of his harem, but usually, it is assumed that as soon as a woman joins the ranks of the undead, she immediately starts playing for both teams -- such is the power of this trope.

This can result in UnfortunateImplications, specifically the idea that [[PsychoLesbian lesbianism]] or [[DepravedBisexual bisexuality]] is the result of a corruptive and malign influence, representative of moral decay. And if a female victim is transformed by a female vampire, it carries the implication that lesbian women are predatory and waiting to ensnare and 'convert' hapless heterosexual women. This ''can'' be presented as a positive or at least neutral thing however, such as becoming a vampire meaning that you're no longer bound to puritanical notions of sexuality that are often a part of human life, or can provide a convenient fantasy outlet. If you're going to be seduced by sexy minions of the night, no one will blame you for ''enjoying'' it, right?

In the works of some authors the GenderFlip version of this trope (i.e., male vampires attracted to other males) does exist; typically, they (like standard-issue female 'lesbian' vampires) are [[BiTheWay bisexual]] rather than exclusively same-sex attracted.

->''"I'm so evil! And skanky! And I think I'm kinda gay."''

* ComicBook/LesbianZombiesFromOuterSpace: sure, they're zombies, but they're sexy female undead creatures who like to do only two things: make out with one another, and eat dick.

* LesbianZombiesFromOuterSpace: sure, they're zombies, but they're sexy female undead creatures who like to do only two things: make out with one another, and eat dick.

* The 1932 German film ''Vampyr'', loosely based on ''Carmilla'' and another Le Fanu story, features possibly the least attractive lesbian vampire ever: an old woman who lives in a coffin and preys on a teenager. Quite a bit of the film is MindScrew hallucination.

* In ''Literature/VarneyTheVampire'' Clara Crompton predates even Carmilla as a female Vampire who prefers female victims

* Invoked in ''LightNovel/KoreWaZombieDesuKa'' because, to suck someone else's blood with the victim suffering as little pain as possible, if not none at all, requires the KissOfTheVampire, and, in their culture, kiss equals marriage. Seraphim apparently knows her culture's marriage laws, as the only one she's ever seen kissing onscreen is Haruna.

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Although Maria is HappilyMarried to her husband, Eugene, , she mentioned having gone through [[DoubleEntendre "a phase"]] [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/going_through_a_phase with Chloe's mother, Adora]], back when they were their daughters ages:

* Lori from ''Webcomic/VampireCheerleaders'' is shown to be one on [[http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/elevator_action this strip]]. She's more likely a case of BiTheWay, as she had no issues having sex with [[spoiler:Leonard]] at the climax of the last chapter.

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'':
** In one arc vampire Layla drinks the blood of her female friend Brooke, who seems to enjoy it in an almost sexual way. In return, Layla helps Brooke practice her kissing, leading the entire school to believe they're a lesbian couple. Eventually it's revealed [[spoiler:Brooke is figuring out that she's BiTheWay. Layla is still up for debate.]]
** Maria, Layla's mom, went through a certain... phase... with Chloe's (another friend of Layla and Nina's) mom.
-->'''Maria:''' Ohhh, the things she would do to me...! They made me ''quiver''!

* In ''[[LightNovel/{{Overlord2012}} Overlord]]'', Shalltear Bloodfallen is a weird combination of ButNotTooBi and ILoveTheDead. While she spends a lot of time with female "toys" and never does the same with men, her only ''romantic'' target is Ainz... a male ''[[DemBones skeleton]]''. When Ainz is forced to come up with an alias for Shalltear on the spot, his first thought is "Carmilla" but he discards it for being too obvious.

* In ''[[LightNovel/{{Overlord2012}} Overlord]]'', Shalltear Bloodfallen is a weird combination of ButNotTooBi and ILoveTheDead. While she spends a lot of time with female "toys" and never does the same with men, her only ''romantic'' target is Ainz... a male ''[[DemBones skeleton]]''.

* Parodied on ''Series/KeyAndPeele'', in a sketch about a secret club of stereotypical [[SexyVampires leather-clad vampires]] complete with two lesbian vampires in the corner. A new initiate finds their style lame and pretentious and asks the two girls point blank if they're actually lesbians. One admits to having a boyfriend.

* While they are actually oni, the supernatural girls of ''AkaiIto'' and ''AoiShiro'' invoke this image, due to them drawing power from drinking the blood of the main heroines.

* Reiri Kamura from ''MonsterPrincess'' is one of these, building up a reputation among the girls of the school and calling them her "little lambs". And, despite having a good amount of interaction with Hiro, there is next to no ship teasing with them, most of that happening between Reiri and Riza.

* ''WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries''. Naturally, being a SettingUpdate of the {{Trope Maker|s}}, though it's played with somewhat; Carmilla only acts as a friend to the women she targets, but the women she tries to ''seduce'' she has no intention of harming. Laura's reaction to learning that Carmilla is actually interested in ''her'', and not as a meal, is priceless.

* ''HexHall's'' Jenna is both lesbian and a vampire, but doesn't quite fit the trope. However, she was seduced into becoming a vampiress by a beautiful young woman named Amanda, who ''does.'' [[StarCrossedLovers It ended... poorly,]] leaving Jenna to regret her choice to become a vampire.

* OlderThanRadio: As mentioned above, the 1872 novella ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'' is about a female vampire who preys on young women by biting their breasts as they sleep. [[UnbuiltTrope It's not played for tittilation]] however; the eponymous vampire seems to have no sex drive. While there's an easy subtext joke about homosexuality being taboo the ''text'' text was more of a typical vampire story where the predator and victim just happen to be the same gender.

* Inverted in ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers''/''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'', in which Count Orlock's son, Herbert, is FlamboyantGay and attempts to seduce Alfred.

* Oscar and Eli in ''LetTheRightOneIn'' count as a gender-flipped example, as Oscar is a boy and Eli is a [[spoiler: castrated boy posing as a girl]].

* On ''{{Smallville}}'', Lana Lang reluctantly joined a sorority of bisexual vampires in "Thirst".