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Portrait of Theda Bara  Reverse reads: Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman), one of cinema’s earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale rolls earned her the nickname “The Vamp”

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If you are into goth aesthetic or the creepy side of vampires, you’ve seen photos of her and just didn’t know it. She was the first Femme Fatale and the original Sex Symbol.

Unfortunately, nearly everyone of her films is now lost... a fire in Fox’s vault destroyed all but 2 of them. While her Noir rolls made her infamous and gave up the term “Vamp” for any seductive and dangerous woman she was perhaps most recognizable in her life for her 1917 wildly sensational Cleopatra - when she wore Hollywood’s Original Metal Bikini. 20 seconds survive from Cleopatra.

 Back then, if you were not afraid of showing off your skin you were evil. Proving that she was all for the saying “Don’t read your press, weigh it.” She began talking only Noir and Femme Fatale rolls and told her publicist to spread the rumor that she practiced several occult rituals. 

Magazines of the time referred to her as 'The Arch-Torpedo of Domesticity', 'The Queen of Vampires', 'The Wickedest Woman in the World', 'Purgatory’s Ivory Angel', 'The Devil’s Handmaiden' and 'The Priestess of Sin'.... which, naturally, means that she received 1,000 marriage proposals and even had fans’ kids named after her.

If she ever practiced a Non-Christian religion is moot and she knew it. Outside of rumor and tabloids there is no proof she was anything other than Jewish. People are always surprised to hear that. She was the first who actively spun and made profit off of her “bad” press. 

It was then and it continues to remain moot today. Almost every neo-pagan and occult religion born in the 20th century has used her image and she continues to appear on tarot decks. I’ll add a couple more pics and lets see if you recognise them... 

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Long before the emergence of John Polidori and Bram Stoker's mainstream vampires, they'd been considered very real beasts. Vampire superstition actually da

Underestimates the age of vampire myth (it’s older than the middle ages) but that’s not really the point of the write up. It’s a decent rundown of movies having to do with the subject of Clinical Vampirism, sometimes called Renfield Syndrome.  https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3567044/coming-coffin-celebrating-clinical-vampirism-film/

Back up link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190703053759/https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3567044/coming-coffin-celebrating-clinical-vampirism-film/

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VTM: Bloodlines 2 Clan Info from Email Newsletter

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BRUJAH The Pacific Northwest has a long history of attracting outcasts and drifters, those looking to keep some level of anonymity and independence. The Brujah have never been a large part of the Seattle Kindred community, but when they do show up to a party, they make their presence known immediately. Many of the Seattle Brujah are leftovers from failed Anarch movements in the past century, most choosing to remain unaffiliated or loosely affiliated with the city’s political factions – or at least, they like to claim that.

Generally, Brujah gather at a “bash”, which can be loosely summed up as a sort of fight club for the undead. They use these events to assert their physical superiority to the rest of the clans and to celebrate the raw power of their bloodline. That’s not to say they don’t invite other clans to enter, but it’s rare that any but the Brujah dominate the bash. The champions of these fights are rumored to make good money hiring themselves out as muscle for anyone who can afford them. Supposedly, business is booming in Seattle these nights…

REBELS, RABBLE & REJECTS Among vampires, the Brujahs’ powers are as overwhelming as their convictions. For the player who chooses to join the Rabble, two new ancient Disciplines become available in addition to their individual powers from their Thinblooded past.

POTENCE The signature Discipline of the Brujah imbues their undead bodies with the pinnacle of raw Kindred strength. Nobody underestimates the strength of a Brujah twice.

• Fist of Caine (Blood Cost: 2), Potence’s first active power, allows the Brujah to deliver a devastating punch that turns walls into rubble and throws enemies through the air, tearing of limbs and causing collateral damage. The • • slot enhances these devastating effects even further.

• • • Earthshock (Blood Cost: 2), the second active power, smashes the ground with titanic force. The impact causes a shockwave around the player, damaging and knocking down anyone who dared to stray too close. After further upgrades with the • • • • and • • • • • slots, the ground cracks under the Brujah’s onslaught, sending fissures outwards and damaging anyone caught in this cataclysm.

Use of Potence powers in front of unsuspecting mortals is a Masquerade Violation.

CELERITY

Some Kindred strike faster, dodge quicker, and escape more nimbly than any mortal creature could hope to. They use Celerity, the Discipline of pushing their bodies’ speed beyond all limits.

• Unseen Storm (Blood Cost: 2), the first active, allows the vampire to dash in a direction of their choice at such a speed as to momentarily disappear from view, allowing them to land attacks, dodge around enemies, or get away before the dust has time to settle. Characters struck along the way of the dash get knocked down. The • • slot further enhances the Unseen Storm.

• • • Accelerate (Blood Cost: 5), the second active, opens up speeds so fast that everything else in the world appears to slow down to a virtual standstill. Assailants seem frozen in their attacks, cars crawl forward, bullets zip by lazily, and the vampire can get up to the kinds of stunts that, with a popular 80’s synth track in the background, would make an awesome movie scene. The • • • • and • • • • • slots allow the vampire to further improve their acceleration.

If any innocent mortal can spot a use of Celerity, it’s a Masquerade Violation.

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VTM:Bloodlines 2 Clan Info from Email Newsletter

THINBLOOD

Seattle has generally attracted a younger crowd and some of them unfortunately wind up on the streets of the city. For the Kindred, the thinbloods are their own version of street kids, and in recent years, their numbers have grown at what some might consider an alarming rate.

Despite being permitted in the city, many thinbloods don’t survive very long. With little understanding of what they are or the rules of Kindred society, they face a struggle to simply exist in a city carved up by established political factions. Many are killed when they pose a threat to the Masquerade. A few find work as grunts and runners for the less scrupulous denizens of Seattle. It’s not unheard of for a thinblood to gain enough respect to earn a more prominent role in a faction, but they are rarely shown the same respect or legal standing a full-blood clan member enjoys. It’s a hard, short life for most thinbloods in Seattle, but it’s also a city of opportunity for the few that can navigate their way into the higher circles of vampire society.

BORN A CRIME

As newly created vampires, far removed from the source of their blood’s power, thinbloods’ powers are strange and indiscriminate - deviating from the ancient disciplines.

CHIROPTERAN

This Thinblood discipline calls on the vampire’s strong affinity to bats, allowing her to move through the air and summon swarms.

• Glide (Blood Cost: 1) is Chiropteran’s first active power, and can be enhanced by investing in the • • slot. Glide greatly lowers the weight of the vampire’s skeleton and muscle mass to allow them to float on updrafts, reaching otherwise inaccessible areas. In the air, the vampire can swoop into NPC to knock them down, pounce on enemies far below, or use the height advantage to rain down Disciplines from afar.

• • • Bat Swarm (Blood Cost: 2), the second active power, allows the vampire to summon a small swarm of bats to attack a target NPC, temporarily disabling them and dealing low damage. The • • • • and • • • • • slots grow this power, until a true Maelstrom of leathery wings surrounds the vampire, harrying and damaging any enemy who dares come too close.

MENTALISM

This Thinblood discipline allows the vampire to manipulate objects through telekinesis - allowing them to even pull weapons from enemies’ hands.

• Pull (Blood Cost: 0/1, target dependent) is Mentalism’s first active. It allows the vampire to manipulate inanimate objects from afar - whether that’s an inconvenient obstacle, or the knife in the hands of the NPC bearing down on them. The • • slot upgrades Pull even further.

• • • Levitate (Blood Cost: 2), the second active power, suspends a living NPC in the air. Its strength can be enhanced with the • • • • and • • • • • slots, until the vampire can levitate everyone and everything in an area, and throw suspended enemies around like ragdolls.

NEBULATION

This Thinblood discipline allow the vampire to call on her affinity to mist, allowing her to summon and command it.

• Mist Shroud (Blood Cost: 2), Nebulation’s first active power, envelops the vampire with mist for a short time, muffling footsteps and making them slightly harder to notice. In addition, the vampire can partially transform into mist for one invocation to either perform a choking attack on an NPC, or travel through tight spaces. The • • slot enhances these powers even further.

• • • Envelop (Blood Cost: 3), the second active, creates a stationary, swirling cloud of mist that surrounds, blinds and forcefully enters the lungs of NPC that touch it. It and Mist Shroud both can be further improved with the • • • • and • • • • • slots.

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Mini poster reproduced as a removable insert for Skal, David J. Romancing the Vampire: From past to Present. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2009.

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Guys... this movie was never meant to be taken seriously. It’s satire. Remember that and you’ll have some fun. Also, the UK and USA editions have different openings. Check that shit out on youtube. 

A version not mangled by my scanner:

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Reverse reads: Hamilton Deane, the playwright and director who brought “Dracula” to the stage in 1924. 

Portrait card reproduced as a removable insert for Skal, David J. Romancing the Vampire: From past to Present. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2009.

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Arguably, the man who made Dracula what it is today. Without his adaptation of the novel into an actual play able to be performed (as opposed to Bram’s 6+ hour long version of a play), we might not have Bela (the movie is Deane’s adaptation) or any of the movies that followed. Deane found the formula that drove the world vampire-mad.

There is a photo of the first successful Dracula:

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Promo Photo for Mark of the Vampire 1935 with Bela Lugosi and Elizabeth Allan reproduced as a mock film frame and removable insert for Skal, David J. Romancing the Vampire: From past to Present. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2009.