Vampire hunter

A vampire hunter or vampire slayer is someone who specializes in finding and destroying vampires. In dark fantasy fiction, they may sometimes also deal with other harmful supernatural creatures. The most well known vampire hunter is Professor Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's horror novel Dracula. "Professional" or semi-professional vampire hunters played some part in the vampire beliefs of the Balkans (especially in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Romani f... more
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