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This is a list of female vampires and the works which feature them.

Fiction

• Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Buffyverse
• Drusilla (vampire) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Buffyverse
• Gilda from the Gilda series and The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

not yet ordered by character name

• 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 Butler. Fledgling

• Pat Califia. "The Vampire"
• 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)
• Jewelle Gomez, - The Gilda Stories. A Black lesbian vampire. Well, the Black lesbian vampire. Even if there are others, Gilda rules.
• Sherry Gotlieb. Love Bite

--. Worse Than Death

• Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake series.

--. Guilty Pleasures (1993)

etc.

• Tanya Huff. Blood Pact.

--. Blood Debt.

--. Blood Lines.

--. Blood Price.

--. Blood Trail.

--. Smoke and Shadows (2004)

--. Smoke and Mirrors (2005)

--. Smoke and Ashes (2006

TV series 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; 1-887237-08-9, April 1997. (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)

• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, . --. Communion Blood (2000) (Olivia series)

--. The Angry Angel (1999)

--. A Candle for D'Artagnan (1994) (Olivia series)

--. Crusader's Torch (1988)

• Zora: La Vampira [Italian adult graphic novel]

Anthologies

• Pam Keesey, editor. Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories
• Pam Keesey, editor. Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories

Movies

• "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) (Roger Vadim; writing 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) (s0ft-c0re 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 aboutCountess 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 genetical engineering)

References

• Vampires and Violets
• http://queerhorror.com

See also

• List of female vampire slayers in SF
• Vampire