Vampire SubcultureVampire Subculture DefinitionVampire subculture is a different lifestyle that originated from the Gothic lifestyle. Essentially, vampires, or vampire lifestyles, are individuals drawn to modern vampire lore. The term "vampire" is broad and can be found to contain many creatures. The well-proportioned definition of a vampire is "an animated corpse that survives by drinking the blood of the living and is generally unholy by nature." The vampire subculture is well known for its Christian disagreements, as well as crimes. There have been serial killers who killed people to drink their blood, like "Tracey Wigginton who killed a man in 1989". (Keyworth, 2002) History of the Subculture The vampire subculture was created in Western literature, originated from the symbolism of the religious order, horror films, Anne Rice novels and the general genre of Victorian England. The vampire subculture occurred in resistance to the Judeo-Christian principle of traditional Western society. Vampires pride themselves on practicing principles opposed to Christian ethics. Vampire culture is an alternative lifestyle, based on modern knowledge of vampires in fiction. There are many different sections within current vampire culture. Differences between groups are sometimes vague, individuals may be part of more than one group, and many resist simple categorization. Some sections of vampire culture are vampire fans, people drawn to the legend of the vampire. Mainly focused on the fictional portrayal of vampire culture. Blood fetishists, they practice blood consumption and/or bloodletting individually or at organized events. Sanguinarians or Real Vam...... half of the newspaper ...... June 2013). The highly developed and fascinating vampire we have come to know through fiction emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries through poems and novels, such as Heinrich August Ossenfelder's The Vampire (1748), Gottfried August Bürger's Lenore (1773), and The Special Knight (1810) by Percy Bysshe Shelley.' From this literature we moved on to the silent films of the early 20th century and the Hammer vampire films of the 1970s, all of which created the passionate and seductive image of the vampire. In modern times we have seen the emergence of vampire fandom starting with Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade It was the growing popularity of the Twilight series and its numerous vampire-themed offshoots, including The Vampire Diaries and True Blood, that breathed new life into the. vampire subculture..