BLASTERMIND Obscure Vampires WITH ANSWERS

And now the answers to last week's quiz...

Every SF and fantasy fan knows their Angel from their Dracula, their Edward Cullen from their Bill Compton and their Nosferatu from their John Mitchell. But what of the vampires that popular memory forgot? For every Twilight or True Blood , there’s a couple of dozen vampire turkeys that history has now wisely forgotten. But if you think you know your vampire genre, with the bad as well as the good included, then maybe you think you stand a chance with this week’s Blastermind. Good luck!

Please don’t put answers in the comments section below, but you can post answers in "white-out" text on this thread – the SFX Blastermind study group.

Vampire 1

Vampire 2

Vampire 3

Vampire 4

Vampire 5

Vampire 7

Vampire 8

Vampire 10


Vampire 11


Vampire 13


Vampire 14

Vampire 16

Turn the page for the answers...

Dr Maurice Xavier, The Return of Doctor X

Antonio Sordi, Blood Bath

Count von Krolock, The Fearless Vampire Killers

Ralph LaVie, Rockula

The Countess, Once Bitten

Vlad, Young Dracula

Barnabas Collins, Dark Shadows

Auton, Doctor Who : State Of Decay


Caleb Morley, Port Charles


Dr Hess Green, Ganja & Hess


Dimitri, Mom's Got A Date With A Vampire

Count Yorga, Count Yorga, Vampire

Richard is a freelancer journalist and editor, and was once a physicist. Rich is the former editor of SFX Magazine, but has since gone freelance, writing for websites and publications including GamesRadar+, SFX, Total Film, and more. He also co-hosts the podcast, Robby the Robot's Waiting, which is focused on sci-fi and fantasy. 

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