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Rakshasa, India
This Indian vampire can appear as an animal with human features, or a human with animal features. The name translates as the "injurer" which seems wholly appropriate given their fondness for eating the flesh of their victims and drinking their blood. They have the traditional weakness of sunlight though, but if it's a cloudy day, grab a passing exorcist to help you out.
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A plethora of fang-bearing films and television shows have hit our screens recently, from The Vampire’s Assistant to the highly acclaimed True Blood, and the latest is New Moon, sequel to the 2008 hit Twilight, released last week.
The world has become bloodthirsty for bloodsuckers so we’re looking at the underworld of creaking coffins, silver bullets and haemoglobin gobblers, with a run down of some of the spookiest vampire locations, and the differing habits and make up of the mythical creatures, depending on their worldly location.
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