VAMPIRE SUMMER CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 6. fictional, rain-soaked town in Washington where a vampire coven resides
  2. 7. specific type of non-physical vampire folklore that drains energy, mood, and mental vitality rather than blood.
  3. 9. ancient Egyptian vampire queen portrayed by Aaliyah in a 2002 film adaptation.
  4. 10. Nandor the Relentless’s long-suffering human familiar who secretly descends from a line of vampire hunters.
  5. 14. post-punk band whose 1979 debut single announced that "Bela Lugosi's Dead."
  6. 17. strongly scented bulb used to repel vampires
  7. 18. The snarky, leather-jacket-wearing Salvatore brother from Mystic Falls
  8. 21. blonde "Brat Prince" created by Anne Rice.
  9. 22. traditional wooden implement driven through the heart
  10. 23. bug-eating, fiercely devoted institutionalized servant of Count Dracula.
  11. 24. Mockumentary series about vampire roommates in Staten Island: _______ We Do in the Shadows.
  12. 26. HBO series set in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana
  13. 27. infamous 16th-century Hungarian "Blood Countess" who allegedly bathed in the blood of young women to retain her youth.
  14. 28. A historical slang term for a seductive, dangerous woman who ruins men, derived directly from the word "vampire."
Down
  1. 1. Bram Stoker’s Count, whose name translates roughly to "Dragon" or "Devil" in Old Romanian
  2. 2. The name of Count Dracula’s gloomy, locked-up estate purchased in England.
  3. 3. 1987 Joel Schumacher film featuring neon lights, dirtbikes, and a saxophone player.
  4. 4. musical subculture intertwined with modern vampire aesthetics
  5. 5. heavy, ornate box used to store a sleeping vampire during daylight hours
  6. 8. 1872 gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu featuring a female vampire that predated Stoker's Dracula by 25 years
  7. 11. Max Schreck's 1922 silent film rat-like vampire.
  8. 12. real-life 15th-century Wallachian prince known as "The Impaler" who served as a loose historical inspiration for Dracula.
  9. 13. iconic, long-running alternative/industrial club night in London that served as a mecca for 80s vampire aesthetics
  10. 15. Dracula’s son in the Castlevania series, whose name is a clever backwards spelling of his father's
  11. 16. The Chosen One tasked with hunting the undead, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
  12. 19. ancient cradle of civilization where blood-drinking demons like the Lilitu were first recorded over 4,000 years ago
  13. 20. rare blood disorder cited by medical historians as inspiration for vampire panic due to extremesunlight sensitivity
  14. 25. Marvel's half-vampire "Daywalker" who hunts the undead with a katana