Inspiration for Vampire the Masquerade
Taken from the 2nd edition of Vampire the Masquerade (1992).
Near Dark, Vamp, The Hunger, Nosferatu, Dracula (original talkie), Dracula (Coppola’s), Lost Boys, Blue Velvet, Dangerous Liaisons, Rear Window, Casablanca, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner, Highlander (but not II).
The Cure, U2, New Order, Morrisey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The The, XTC, Gypsy Kings, Philip Glass, Public Enemy, Sisters of Mercy, The Clash, The Doors, Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sting, L7, Prince, Midnight Oil, REM, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Placido Domingo, Enrico Caruso
Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, The Body Thief, Anne Rice;
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson;
Those Who Haunt the Night, Barbra Hambly;
Some of Your Blood, Theodore Sturgeon;
The Vampire Tapestry, Suzy McKee Charnas;
The Hunger, Whitley Streiber;
The Delicate Dependency, Michael Talbot;
The Light at the End, John Skipp and Craig Spector;
Lost Souls, Poppy Z. Brite;
Time Enough for Love, Robert Heinlein;
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Scruples, Illuminati, Cosmic Encounter, Call of Cthulhu, Ars Magica, Runequest, Pendragon, Shadowrun, Gurps Horror, Corps
Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Milan Kundera, Herman Hesse, Albert Camus, P.B.Shelly, Mercea Eliade, and (of course) Vaclav Havel