"Look at those eyes. He's trying to hypnotize me...but not in the good Las Vegas way."
— Homer Simpson, Mountain of Madness
Two eyes blazed from a face surmounted by a beaver hat and framed by matted hair; a face that grinned to display the cruel, serrated teeth. But it was from the cruel eyes that the power poured - the burning eyes of the vampire in London After Midnight. Dale knew the film, though he'd never seen a print; knew its original title was The Hypnotist. And it was a hypnotist who glared up at him, a hypnotist's power which had compelled him to open the box and stand transfixed now by the vision in the glass.
— The Chaney Legacy, by Robert Bloch
Georgina - "mother" - terror stricken chicken penned with a fox cub, watching him grow sleek and strong. For as Yulian had grown older, so the element of control had changed, passed into his hands. It was his eyes; he only had to look at her with those eyes of his and... and she was powerless. The teachers and pupils at his school, too. And with use, so he'd become expert in hypnotism. Practice makes perfect. To that extent, at least, the book was correct: the vampire is quite capable of mesmerizing its prey.
— Necroscope II: Wamphyri
"And if you look deep in her eyes, she'll put you in trances!"
— Pinkie Pie, Bridle Gossip
"Vampires are stronger than humans. Rarely can any hold out against our will. Why do you think you should not look in our eyes? We can... persuade you anyway. But looking into a vampire's eyes is any human's doom."
— Constantine, Sunshine
