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- 3. Birth name of Universal Pictures’ original Dracula actor. (Last name)
- 4. Actor turned reluctant vampire hunter in 1985’s Fright Night. (Full character name)
- 5. Perhaps the most famous vampire sightings of modern times occurred in this London cemetery in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- 9. Protein which serves as an anticoagulant in the saliva of vampire bats.
- 10. Alaskan town beset by a horde of vampires in the 2007 film “30 Days of Night.”
- 11. What the “Rh” in “Rh Factor” references in blood typing.
- 16. Set in a coastal town in this state, the initial movie in the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” franchise was actually one of the better films to come out of the 1990s slasher film revival. (Postal abbreviation)
- 19. Official name of Sesame Street’s resident ghoul. (Full character name)
- 21. Portrayed by Tom Cruise in 1994, Stuart Townsend in 2002, and Sam Reid in 2022.
- 22. Michael Myers’s psychiatrist and Halloween movie protagonist. (Last name)
- 25. Technical term for animals that survive on blood.
- 26. Victim turned adopted daughter in novel/movie Interview with The Vampire. (First name)
- 29. Teeth that are typically elongated as vampire fangs.
- 31. Nickname shared by separate killers across the Scream slasher movie franchise.
- 32. Cursed campground from the Friday The 13th movie series. (Two words)
- 35. Considered by many to be the “Scream Queen” in her own right, this actress’s mother appeared in one of film’s most famous slasher movie scenes. (Last name)
- 36. Title of campy 2020 body-swap slasher film with easter eggs suggesting it shares continuity with the Happy Death Day movie series.
- 37. Eccentric filmmaker whose relationship with Bela Lugosi would be explored onscreen by Tim Burton’s film of the same name. (Full name)
- 38. The siege environment and rapid uncontrolled transformations of this 1996 vampire movie make it reminiscent of modern zombie films. (Full title)
- 40. Last name of vampire tormenter of teenager Charley Brewster.
- 41. TV series set in a near-future where vampires can coexist with humans due to the availability of artificial blood.
- 43. Despite her iconic association with Wes Craven’s 1996 movie Scream, this actress appears on screen for less than 12 minutes of the film and spent only 5 days on set. (Last name)
- 44. While a seemingly unlikely setting for a vampire tale, this is the home of “David” and the eponymous Lost Boys. (Two words)
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- 1. Ernestly named titular vampire from a popular penny dreadful of the 1840s.
- 2. Early folk tales about people afflicted by vampirism may have stemmed from rabies or this blood disorder that renders sufferers pale and sensitive to sunlight.
- 6. Stephen King vampire novel set in modern New England. (Two words)
- 7. Marvel Comics (and movie) vampire slash vampire hunter.
- 8. A broad-bladed knife often used as a farm implement or for clearing brush; it is used with great frequency by Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th movie series.
- 12. Fictional Illinois home to slasher movie antagonist Michael Myers. (Town name)
- 13. Townspeople fearing vampires would often scatter these in front their homes; it was believed that a vampire would have to count each one spilled on the ground before entering a home.
- 14. Primary setting of the Twilight book and movie series. (Town name)
- 15. Stoker’s working notes for Dracula show that his research included a history of Moldavia and this historical principality.
- 17. RAF intelligence officer turned actor who anchored Hammer Horror’s Dracula franchise. (Full name)
- 18. Powerful antibiotic compound found inside garlic
- 20. A German court ruled that all copies of this film be destroyed because of infringement of Bram Stoker’s theatrical copyright; luckily for modern audiences, they missed one
- 23. Name of woman whose exhumation helped to fuel the New England vampire panic of the 1890s. (Full name)
- 24. Castle Dracula may have been based not on any Transylvanian landmark but rather this Scottish castle well known to the author.
- 27. Author, doctor and friend of Lord Byron whose short story The Vampyr served as one of Bram Stoker’s inspirations for writing Dracula. (Last name)
- 28. Number of vacancies at the time of Marion’s arrival at the Bates Motel, according to proprietor Norman
- 30. Gothic soap opera of the 1960s and 1970s set in Collinsport, Maine. (Two words)
- 33. Portrayed by both Kristy Swanson and Sarah Michelle Gellar. (First name)
- 34. Brand of corn syrup used as a substitute for pig’s blood in the 1976 movie Carrie.
- 39. Vampire Chronicles author. (Full name)
- 42. First name of killer in 1980’s Friday The 13th.