Vampires - the history channel

47 minutes

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The legend spawned by "Vlad the impaler" and made famous by Bram Stoker's "Dracula" has taken on a life of it's own. While most people believe that vampires are the stuff of horror movies, there are people who call themselves vampires and live their lives accordingly. This programme introduces two such people, Nicholas Strathloch and Catrina Coffin. Nicholas says he comes from a long line of vampires and that vampirism is his religion. Catrina simply enjoys the lifestyle, including sleeping in a coffin, only going out by night, and drinking donor's blood. Strathloch solves the problem of blood with a live-in donor, who shares his feelings.  While Nicholas and Catrina offer an intimate portrait of life as 20th century vampires, skeptics claim that their practice are examples of a sex fetish or a psychological response to abuse. Yet others believe. Vampires investigates both sides and traces the history of this bizarre phenomenon with open eyes. 

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