Belief in vampires is pervasive through cultures all over the globe. As there seems to be some version of a vampire myth in every culture, the vampire has become an archetype in every sense of the original definition by Jung. So it is not surprising that there is an abundance of fictional vampires and their fans around today. But how can we explain the origin and the persistance of the Vampire across cultures and ages?.

Monstrous.com examines four different points of views : scientific, historical, psychological and religious