Vampires

Wow, that is impressive! I can't believe you actually remembered a random enemy from Super Mario Land! I watched that video clip and you're totally right, those have to be Jiangshi. Crazy!

The best part was a bunch of the movie scenes were clearly shot in broad daylight, they just slapped a gloomy filter over it.

Also, vampires can see themselves in most mirrors as long as no silver is used as the reflecting surface.

I think this makes sense more than just not having a reflection, if the rest reflects the "Judas was the first vampire" bit, which is at least where some of the silver avoidance is set to come, because of the silver pieces.

the vampire feeds on said humans, but have to feed its blood to turn them

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, that's not especially weird. In fact it's very, very standard, and has been since Dracula did it that way in 1897.

Like in Blade 2?

I never liked the media that had them spread like zombies. Just being bit isn't enough to turn you. You have to not die from it, to start. So not every victim becomes a vampire. I prefer when it's a deliberate choice - like they have to be fed some of the vampires blood or something.

Wait a minute, jou just made me think about something. Vampires cabt see themselves in mirrors, but what about make up? Do they just see floating foundation? Whats the average makeup routine for vampires?

Solvable if conversion success rate is tiny

True, no matter how often they're required to feed, you really can't have vampires living for centuries eating that consistently. And with each new vampire also eating that often, you're burning through humans exponentially.

See this is why vampire stories don't have lawyers in them.

In the Scandinavian vampire movie Let The Right One In, a vampire that enters uninvited starts leaking blood from every pore.

Use them for proof of home ownership for disputes.

if the squaters claim it's their house, they can invite a vampire, if he comes in, it's they're house. the landlord can try to invite the vampire too, and if he can't come in, the landlord loses their claim.

In the Artemis Fowl books magical beings like elves, fairies, dwarves and pixies lose their magic if they enter a home without invitation. And in one book it's more or less said that a home is a building enclosed by walls and a roof.

In "being human" US there is a hilarous scene (intended as very brutal) in which a vampire lure a bunch of ennemi in a mortal house as neutral ground, all the exit are blocked and they are uninvited, burning them to death.

isnt that faeries, they are obssesed with counting.

I don't remember that episode, but I would think the vampires could have just stepped over the hose. Unless water flowing inside a hose also qualifies. So follow the hose to the tap and shut it off. But presumably the principle only applies to running water that's out in the open, otherwise vampires would be unable to move around in cities or towns because they're honeycombed with water pipes, or through a lot of natural areas because of underground streams. Maybe there's a range limit.

And what about underground rivers? If the water is far enough underground, does it not count?

Mercedes Lackey did a take on this where her vampire character explains that vampires tend to be rather aggressively territorial, and delineate their territories via landmarks. He says that one might as well say vampires won’t cross lakes, or mountains, or major highways.

i believed is blessed water, by a priest so the river is sanctified and will instantly purify a vampire, demon or undead. dracula seems to possess abilities far beyond any vampire, like flying casting powerful magic, turn to mist amongst other things. also purified salt works against them too.

Also doesn't several Dracula stories have him taking a boat? Hell, a lot of vampire stories in general involve taking a boat

Oh that's a good one! How fast does the water need to move to be considered "running"? How wide does it need to be for it to be considered "crossing"? This is like the Gremlins thing about not feeding "after midnight".