Vampire Rules to Live By: A Thread by Blu As Hell.

[Blu As Hell]

This thread is to help you, while watching vampire movies (or find yourselves in the presence of one), know what to do.

Please feel free to add any rules that you know or clever quip.

1. Vampires are obsessive compulsives, if you want to stop a vampire from chasing you, throw a handful of rice on the ground, they would be forced to stop and count every grain of rice.

2. There are several ways to kill a vampire besides the traditional stake through the heart, decapitation (used in 30 Days of Night), running water(ex. a flowing river, see 1965's "Dracula: Prince of Darkness".), direct exposure to sunlight(unless your reading an Anne Rice novel, if the vampire is old enough, they can go out in the sunlight and it will just give them a tan so they can move about without the pale skin.)

3. Vampires can only enter your house if they are invited(which can be overturned by revoking your invitation once you figure out your houseguest likes to drink blood, wear capes, and wear poet shirts. see 1979's "Salem's Lot" or 1985's "Fright Night".)

4. Vampires hate crucifixes or any other religious symbol(that depends on the main religion of the area. Case in point 1974's "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" by Hammer studios, it was set in Japan and since the religion there is Buddhism, images of Buddha were used as Vampire repelant.)

5. Vampires hate Garlic(Garlic was used to ward of evil spirits in Europe and surrounding countries.)

6. By killing the head Vampire, his/her minions will cease to be Vampires.(That only works if the minion has not made their full transfomation into a Vampire. Through multiple Vampire bites over a period of time or drinking the blood of their first victim, it usually takes a while before you become a full fledged creature of the night. Ex. see 1958's "Horror of Dracula" and 1987's "The Lost Boys".)

7. Vampires do not cast reflections in mirrors or any other reflective surface. (Unless you drop a crucifix in water, then the water automatically becomes Holy and you can see the vampire in it. Case in point 1979's "Dracula" with Frank Langella.)