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The old original pre-Dracula vampire was much like Max Shreck's vampire in Nosferatu. His teeth didn't make neat little punctures ala hypodermic needle they ripped the throat out of the victim and of course the vampire didn't look particularly pleasing to the eye (it is a re-animated corpse after all). They have to lie on their native soil and can't cross running water either. The host, holy water, the cross are all weapons against them. According to one old story if you spread seeds (I think poppy or some other plant) on the path from the graveyard to the town the vampire must pick them all up before he can get into the town and naturally such takes all night long. There are many beliefs about vampires.
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