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This is a list of female vampires 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 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"
• 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: Lesbian Vampire Stories
• Pam Keesey, editor. Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories
• Cece Ross, editor. 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