List of female vampires in SF

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(not yet ordered by character name)

This is a list of female [[vampire]]s and the works which feature them.

==Fiction by Character==
* [[Atta Olivia Clemens]]. (historical vampire in the Comte de St. Germain universe by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
** ''A Flame In Byzantium'' (1999)
** ''A Candle for D'Artagnan'' (1994)
** ''Crusader's Torch'' (1988)
** ''[[Communion Blood]]'' (2000)
* [[Gilda]] A Black lesbian vampire, from ''[[The Gilda Chronicles]]'' by Jewelle Gomez. Well, the Black lesbian vampire. Even if there are others, Gilda rules.

==Film and Television by Character==
* [[Darla (vampire)|Darla]] from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] and the [[Buffyverse]]
* [[Drusilla (vampire)]] from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] and the [[Buffyverse]]

==Fiction by Author==
* [[Patricia Anthony]], . "Young Wives" in [[Eating Memories]] (crazy old man or dead vampire wife? you decide)
* [[Polly Bland]]. "Julia" in [[Moonshadows: Fantasies of Love and Magick]] edited by [[S. G. Johnson]] (lesbian vampire)
* [[Octavia E. Butler]]. [[Fledgling]]
* [[Pat Califia]]. "The Vampire"
* [[Angela Carter]], "[[The Lady of the House of Love]]"
* [[Andrei Codrescu]]. [[The Blood Countess]]
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "[[Christabel]]" (1797) (poem; according to [[Pam Keesey]], the first English-language lesbian vampire appearance)
* [[Nancy A. Collins]]. [[Sonya Blue series]]:
** ''Sunglasses After Dark'' (1989)
** ''In the Blood''
** ''Paint It Black''
** ''Dead Roses for a Blue Lady''
** ''Darkest Heart''
* [[Ouida Crozier]]. [[''Shadows After Dark'']] (Vampires from another dimension routinely operate on Earth. Amid the AIDS plague, one vampire ([[Oupir]]) falls in love with an earthling.)
* [[Tara Danaan]]. "[[The Grave's a Fine and Private Place]]," ''Sinister Wisdom'' (Berkeley, Ca.), No. 34 (1988). [lesbian vampire]
* [[Cora Lynn Daniels]]. [[Sardia: A Story of Love]] (1891) [lesbian vampire]
* [[Nisa Donnelly]]. [[The Bar Stories: A Novel After All]] (1989) [lesbian vampire shows up sometimes]
* [[Katherine V. Forrest]], "[[O Captain, My Captain]]" (lesbian vampire spaceship captain doesn't need blood; needs a different bodily fluid) in [[Dreams and Swords]] (1987)
* [[Amelia G.]] "Wanting" (lesbian vampire in Blood Kiss)11
* Jewelle Gomez, - [[The Gilda Stories]]. A Black lesbian vampire.
* [[Sherry Gotlieb]].
** ''[[Love Bite]]''
** ''[[Worse Than Death]]''
* Laurell K. Hamilton, [[Anita Blake series]]. Beginning with ''Guilty Pleasures'' (1993) and followed by many other titles.
* [[Tanya Huff]].
** ''Blood Pact''
** ''Blood Debt''
** ''Blood Lines''
** ''Blood Price''
** ''Blood Trail''
** ''Smoke and Shadows'' (2004)
** ''Smoke and Mirrors'' (2005)
** ''Smoke and Ashes'' (2006
**A TV series is planned.
* [[Linda Jaivin]]. ''[[Rock'n'Roll Babes from Outer Space]]'' (1998) (Ok, they're aliens not vampires, but they do get up to some lesbo-goth-vampirism.)
* [[Raven Kaldera]]. "Predator" in ''[[Sexcrime: An Anthology of Subversive Erotica]]'' edited by [[Cecilia Tan]] (Circlet Press: 2000) (lesbian SM relationship and a contagious vampirism)
* [[Diana Lee]]. [[A Taste for Blood]] (2003) [lesbian vampires historical epic]
* [[Tanith Lee]] . "Nunc Dimittis" in ''[[The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror]]'', edited by [[Charles L. Grant]], New York: Dodd, Mead (1983). [vampire female w/ attractive bisexual recruit]
* [[J. Sheridan LeFanu]]. "[[Carmilla]]" (1872) [the classic lesbian vampire story]
* John Linssen. ''[[Tabitha fffoulks: A Love Story About a Reformed Vampire and His Favorite Lady]]'' (New York: Arbor, 1978) (lesbian vampire, and others)
* [[Anna Livia]]. "Minimax." Like no other lesbian vampire story you may have read.
* [[Catherine Lundoff]] . "El Tigre" (in ''Best Lesbian Erotica 1999,'' edited by Tristan Taormino and Chrystos; Cleis Press, 1999) (historical lesbian vampire sm porn)
* [[Karen Marie Christa Minns]].
**''[[Bloodsong]].'' Bluestocking Books, Irvine, CA (lesbian vampire)
**''[[Virago]]'' (Naiad, 1990) - lesbian couple threatened by a lesbian vampire ...
* [[Kim Newman]]. ''[[Anno-Dracula]].'' Pocket Books, London (1998).
* [[Meredith Ann Pierce]].
** ''[[The Darkangel]]'' (1992) (YA)
** ''[[A Gathering of Gargoyles]]'' (YA)
** ''[[The Pearl of the Soul of the World]]'' (YA)
* [[Joanna Russ]]. "My Dear Emily" ([[1962]])
* [[Jody Scott]]. ''[[I, Vampire]]'' (1984). (lesbian vampire)
* [[Melanie Tem]]. ''[[Desmodus]]'' (1995) (matriarchal society of vampires)
* [[Cathrynne Valente]]. ''[[The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice]]''. (The Lamia who get pregnant from drinking blood)
* [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], .
** ''[[A Flame in Byzantium]]'' (1987) (first story where [[Atta Olivia Clemens]] ("Olivia") is the protagonist)
** ''A Candle for D'Artagnan'' (1994) (Olivia series)
** ''A Candle for D'Artagnan'' (1994) (Olivia series)
** ''The Angry Angel'' (1999)
** ''[[Communion Blood]]'' (2000) ([[Olivia series]])

===Graphic Novels===

* [[Zora: La Vampira]] [Italian adult graphic novel]

===Anthologies===

* [[Pam Keesey]], editor. [[Dark Angels|Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories]]
* [[Pam Keesey]], editor. [[Daughters of Darkness|Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories]]
* [[Cece Ross]], editor. [[Blood Sisters|Blood Sisters: Lesbian Vampire Tales]]

==Movies Listed Chronologically==
* ''[[Vampyr]]'' (1932; based on LeFanu's "Carmilla")
* ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]'' (1936; Lambert Hillyer dir.)
* ''[[Blood of Dracula]]'' (1957; Herbert L. Strock, dir.)
* ''[[Lust for a Vampire]]'' (1957; Riccardo Freda, dir.)
* ''[[Blood and Roses]]'' (''Et mourir de plaisir'') (1960/61; based on LeFanu's "Carmilla") (directed by Roger Vadim; written by Claude Brulé; starring Annette Vadim as Carmilla. French. USA release had at least 13 minutes cut.)
* ''[[Castle of Blood]]'' (1963; Anthony Dawson, Antonio Margheriti, dir.)
* ''[[The Vampire of the Opera]]'' (1964; dir. Renato Polselli) (female vampire)
* ''[[Terror in the Crypt]]'' (''La Maldición de los Karnstein''} (1964; based on LeFanu's "Carmilla"; dir. by [[Camilla Mastrocinque]]; starring Christopher Lee). Italian; as usual the USA release cut time.
* ''[[Queen of the Vampires]]'' (1967; dir. [[Jean Rollin]], [[Jacqueline Sieger]]) [edited version released as ''Le Viol de Vampire'' or ''Rape of the Vampire'']
* ''[[Vampyros Lesbos]]'' (''Las Vampiras'') (1970/71) (soft-core lesbian vampires) (dir. Jesus Franco; German)
* ''[[The Vampire Lovers]]'' (1970, 72) (based on LeFanu's "Carmilla"; dir. Roy Ward Baker; starring [[Ingrid Pitt]] as Carmilla, seducing [[Madeleine Smith]] and [[Kate O'Mara]])
* ''[[Countess Dracula]]'' (1970) (Peter Sasdy, dir.; Jeremy Paul, scriptwriter; starring [[Ingrid Pitt]] as an Erzebeth Bathory-type person)
* ''[[Le Frisson Des Vampires]]'' (1970; dir. Jean Rollins)
* ''[[Velvet Vampire]]'' (1971; dir. Stephanie Rothman)
* ''[[Lust for a Vampire]]'' (1971; Jimmy Sangster, dir.) (English lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Curse of the Vampire]]'' (1971; Jose Elorieta, dir.)
* ''[[Daughters of Darkness]]'' (1970/71; Harry Kümel; starring [[Delphine Seyrig]] as [[Countess Elizabeth Bathory]]; lesbian erotic horror)
* ''[[Blood Splattered Bride]]'' (1972; dir. Vincente Aranda) (a woman seduced by a female vampire)
* ''[[Requiem for a Vampire]]'' (1972; dir. Jean Rollin)
* ''[[Twins of Evil]]'' (1972; dir. John Hough) (twin quasi-lesbian vampires; starring Madeleine & Mary Collinson)
* ''[[Daughter of Dracula]]''(1972; dir. Jess Franco)
* ''[[Female Vampire]]'' (1973) (dir. Jess Franco; starring [[Lina Romay]])
* ''[[Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural]]'' (1973; dir. Richard Blackburn)
* ''[[Veil of Blood]]'' (''Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern''] (1973) reissued as ''Vampire Ecstasy'' (~1999) (Dir. Joseph W. Sarno; starring [[Nadia Henkowa]] as a lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Immoral Tales]]'' (1974; dir. Walerian Borowczyk; one of four stories is about [[Countess Elizabeth Bathory]])
* ''[[Vampyres]]'' (Joseé Ramón Larraz; 1974; starring [[Marianne Morris]] and [[Anulka]] as vampire ghosts of lesbian lovers. Released on film with cuts; released by Anchor Bay with censors intact; and released by Blue Underground in 2002 on DVD with original footage restored.)
* ''[[The Bride's Initiation]]'' (1975; dir. Duncan Stewart) (vampire seduces newlyweds)
* ''[[Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary]]'' (1976; Juan Lopez, dir.)
* ''[[The Hunger]]'' (1983; dir. Tony Scott; starring [[Catherine Deneuve]], [[Susan Sarandon]], and [[David Bowie]])
* ''[[Once Bitten]'' (1985; dir. Howard Storm)
* ''[[The Mark of Lilith]]'' (1986; dir. Bruna Fionda, [[Polly Gladwin]], Isiling Mack-Nataf)
* ''[[Near Dark]]'' ([[1987]]; dir. [[Kathryn Bigelow]]; starring [[Jenny Wright]], Adrian Pasdar, [[Jenette Goldstein], Lance Henriksen, Joshua John Miller and Bill Paxton)
* ''[[Princess of Darkness]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Vampire Ecstasy]]'' (1988; dir. Joseph W. Sarno)
* ''[[Lair of the White Worm]]'' (1988; dir. Ken Russell; starring Hugh Grant among others; the woman is not strictly a vampire)
* ''[[Mama Dracula]]'' (1988; dir. Boris Szulzinger)
* ''[[Because the Dawn]]'' (1988; dir. [[Amy Goldstein]) (relationship between a female vampire and a photographer)
* ''[[Beverly Hills Vamp]]'' (1988; Dir. Fred Olen Ray) (female vampire)
* ''[[Carmilla]]'' (1990; dir. by [[Gabrielle Beaumont]])
* "[[Cunt Dykula]]" (1993; dir. by [[Lisa Kuhne]]; 5-minute lesbian safe sex PSA)
* ''[[Embrace of the Vampire]]'' (1994; [[Anne Goursaud]], dir.) (transgender vampire)
* ''[[Interview with a Vamp]]'' (1994; dir. Justin Case; lesbian vampire p0rn)
* ''[[Chickula: Teenage Vampire]]'' (1995; dir. [[Angela Robinson]]) (lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Nadja]]'' (1995; dir. Michael Almereyda) (lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Red Lips]]'' (1995; dir. Donald Farmer)
* ''[[The Addiction]]'' (1996) (dir. Abel Ferrara; stars Lili Taylor)
* ''[[Caress of the Vampire]]'' (1996; dir. Frank Terranova) (lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Karmina]]'' ([[1996]]; dir. Gabriel Pelletier; starring Isabelle Cyr, France Castel, Yves Pelletier) (comedy; female vampire runs away from arranged marriage in Transylvania, moves to Québec)
* "[[Vampire Fantasies]]" (1997; lesbian vampire p0rn)
* ''[[Vampire Lust]]'' (1997; woman cop chases lesbian vampire)
* ''[[Caress of the Vampire 2: Teenage Ghoul Girl-a-Go-Go]]'' (1997; dir. Bill Hellfire. ?? described as "a tongue-in-cheek look at lesbian vampire cinema" at queer horror)
* ''[[A Religious Experience]]'' (1997; dir. by [[Karla Carmony]], [[Amy Boyd]], [[Margo Dean]]) (lesbian couple battle vampires)
* ''[[Club Vampire]]'' (1998; dir. Andy Ruben)
* ''[[Vampire Lovers]]'' (1998; lesbian vampire p0rn)
* ''[[Lesbian Vampire Sex and B0ndage]]'' (1998; lesbian vampire p0rn)
* ''[[Ironbound Vampire]]'' (1998; dir. Karl Petry)
* ''[[Razor Blade Smile]]'' (UK, 1998) (dir. Jake West; starring [[Eileen Daly]])
* ''[[Caress of the Vampire 3: Lust of the Nightstalker]]'' (1999; dir. Mario Cimadavilla)
* ''[[The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name)]]'' (1999; dir. Dan Ireland)
* ''[[VamBIres]]'' (1999; dir. by Karen Dior) (vampire p0rn)
* ''[[TITanic 2000]]'' (1999; dir. John P. Fedele) (lesbian vampire p0rn)
* ''[[Mistress of Seduction]]'' (1999; dir. Michele Pacitto)
* ''[[Hot Vampire Nights]]'' (2000; dir. Will Danahur)
* ''[[Underworld]]'' ([[2003]]; dir. Len Wiseman; starring [[Kate Beckinsale]]) (action; female vampire is movie's lead character)
* ''[[Van Helsing]]'' ([[2004]]; dir. Stephen Sommers) (Dracula's brides)
* ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]'' ([[2006]]; dir. Len Wiseman; starring [[Kate Beckinsale]]) (sequel to ''Underworld'')
* ''[[Ultraviolet]]'' ([[2006]]; dir. Kurt Wimmer; starring [[Milla Jovovich]]) (vampires created via genetic engineering)

==References==
* ''[[Vampires and Violets]]''
* http://queerhorror.com

==See also==
* [[List of female vampire slayers in SF]]
* [[Vampire]]

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