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Britain's first popular vampire story was published in 1819 by John Polidori, formerly Lord Byron's personal physician.
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It took until 1845, with the appearance of James Malcolm Rymer's serialized horror story "Varney the Vampire, " for the vampire's bite to become a properly rabid act of infection.
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Before you start thinking that this will be a story along the lines of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire, think again.
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Twilight, the story of a passionate romance between a mortal girl and an enigmatic vampire, is also nominated for best female for star Kristen Stewart, best fight and best song - for Paramore's Decode.
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The culmination of the Twilight movie franchise, which tells the story of a human girl who falls in love with a sullen vampire, fared relatively well with critics but the Razzies claimed it had sucked the life out of cinemas.
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