Vampire Dog Names

Vampires are iconic monsters in popular culture.  They are very symbolic creatures that represent social anxieties and our changing society and culture.  Bram Stoker’s Dracula plays a significant role in the increasing popularity of the vampire creature.  Dracula is hypnotic: a parasite that lives by draining the life from others.  The movie Dracula has been released several times over the decades, but this character is referred to in several movies since then, also.

In 2012 the children’s movie, Vampire Dog, was released in which a little boy named Ace inherits his belated grandfather’s dog, whose name is Fang.  Of course, Fang, who is sent from Transylvania, is no ordinary dog! Fang is the spotlight name for this article. 

Fang is actually a talking, 600-year-old, vampire dog that is allergic to sunlight.  He is a hero, and it turns out that his actions saved Ace’s ancestors hundreds of years ago, when they were attacked by the vicious Count Vlad.  Fang was bitten and turned into a vampire dog, and he has lived with every generation of the family since, as he is immortal.  Vlad the Impaler is actually thought to be the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  With this being a children’s movie, Fang doesn’t drink blood.  He explains to Ace how he lives on jelly pudding, although previously, before discovering this delicious dish, used to live on horse hoofs. Whilst Ace’s scientist friend tries to help Fang with his sunlight problem, Dr. Warhol tries to kidnap the legendary dog in order to create a face cream that will leave people looking young forever. Fang is such a lovable character, and this is a suitable name for your brave and heroic, vampiric, pooch!

Dracula appears in the 2004 movie, Van Helsing and in Blade Trinity, also from 2004.  In Blade Trinity, Dracula is resurrected and named Drake, a more popular name that helps Dracula blend into society and provides a more modern feel.  Drake is intrigued with Blade, as he is a day walker.  Drake can also day walk, but he can shapeshift too.  For a moment, it appears that Drake is unstoppable.  He is comfortable with being a vampire, unlike Wesley Snipes’ character, Blade.  Blade defeats Drake with a man-made virus.  This in turn wipes out all vampire -kind, as well as risking himself!

There are many popular movies and TV shows that include the vampire creature.  TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Shadow Hunters, Vampire Diaries, Angel, True Blood, The Originals, and Van Helsing all include a range of Vampire creatures.  Blade is also available as a TV series.  Movies like Underworld, Twilight (5 movies), Blade (3 movies) Van Helsing and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have all been released since the 1990s.  The vampire changes, and in TV shows like The Strain, the vampire is very different and although there is a master, some of the monsters are very docile and zombie-like. 

This popular creature can provide inspiration for you when naming your family pet.  There is a comparison between good and evil vampires also as in Twilight; some of the vampires say they are vegetarian and eat only animal blood.  In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when vamps Spike and Angel have souls, they stop killing humans and drink either animal blood or blood from a blood bank.  Choose wisely!