Enye ye-sagas ethakazelisa kakhulu yemibhalo etholakala emhlabeni we-vampire, ngokungangabazeki, yileyo ebhalwe ngu Anne Rice, The Vampire Chronicles. Ukudubula kwakhe okubili esikrinini esikhulu, Inkhulumomphendvulwano ne-Vampire kanye neNdlovukazi Yabantu Abalahliwe babe nemiphumela exubile. Ngenkathi UNeil Jordan yathwebula imidlalo emihle enesimo sezulu esimnyama nesiphazamisayo; Queen of the damned Ayizange ithole lutho, futhi kwakuyi-flop yehhovisi lebhokisi.
Nge umfutho izidalwa zasebusuku eziphinde zibe nawo namuhla, i-Universal inqume ukuqala kabusha i-franchise ukuthi, uma umphakathi uhambisana, ungaba nezimo eziningana (khumbula ukuthi i-Anne Rice saga iqukethe izincwadi ze-12).
Nokho, i-novelty bekulokhu Amahemuhemu okuthi uRobert Downey Jr. angadlala i-vampire Lestat, njengoba kubika iBloody Disgusting. Ingosi iqinisekisa ukuthi sezikhona izingxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu, nakuba kungakenziwa isimemezelo esisemthethweni.