Vampires are fantasy and horror archetypes, and what turns an archetype into a cliché boils down to poor execution. If all you're doing is slotting in a “standard” vampire who does “standard” vampire things, then your vampire—I assure you—will come across as hopelessly clichéd.
Vampire literature is continued a genre. Although vampire stories originated under the gothic and horror genres, these stories have expanded to encompass their own genre. Literature in the vampire genre includes any stories that feature vampire characters.
The supernatural genre is fiction about witches, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, shape shifters, demons, angels, or anything else in the paranormal or otherworldly realm.
Although Vampires are predominantly a creature of horror, they are still very much a big part of the fantasy genre as a whole. They are commonly used as villains, primarily commanders of vast hordes of undead, as a sort of cut-out archetypal "evil villain will destroy the world" for many fantasy realms.
Low fantasy books can include mythical creatures (devils, angels, vampires and dragons), as well as time travel, superheroes, and even a distortion of history as we know it.
Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina
What are the three types of real vampires?
Real vampires, on the other hand, believe that their physical, mental, and emotional health will deteriorate if they don't feed—either on blood or on energy. There are three types of real vampires: sanguinarian, psychic, and hybrids. Sanguinarians feed on very small amounts of human blood, generally just a few drops.
This class of Supernatural Creature has effectively spawned its own subgenre, chiefly under the Fantasy rather than the sf umbrella; they may be concisely defined as "cannibalistic reanimated corpses".
Stableford also suggests that supernatural horror set primarily in the real world is a form of "contemporary fantasy", whereas supernatural horror set partly or wholly in "secondary worlds" should be described as "dark fantasy".
In 1476, while marching to yet another battle with the Ottomans, Vlad and a small vanguard of soldiers were ambushed, and Vlad was killed and beheaded — by most reports, his head was delivered to Mehmed II in Constantinople as a trophy to be displayed above the city's gates.
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock.
Garlic, specifically the chemical compound allicin inside garlic, is a powerful antibiotic. Some European beliefs around vampires stated they were created by a disease of the blood, so a powerful antibiotic would “kill” a vampire.
In contrast, low fantasy takes place in a world or setting that is familiar and often features a protagonist(s) from that world who encounters mythical or magical elements that challenge their understanding of reality. Examples of low fantasy include Harry Potter's world or the adventures of Percy Jackson.
In Balkans folklore, Dhampirs (sometimes spelled dhampyres, dhamphirs, or dhampyrs) are creatures that are the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.
Lycans: Being natural born werewolves, Lycans are far stronger than most vampires, omegas, kitsune, djinn, supernatural hunters, and humans. Some have been known to be stronger than Betas.
The novels fall into the genre of fantasy literature, and qualify as a type of fantasy called "urban fantasy", "contemporary fantasy", or "low fantasy". They are mainly dramas, and maintain a fairly serious and dark tone throughout, though they do contain some notable instances of tragicomedy and black humour.
The main answer you'd probably see if you looked up “why are vampires so popular?” is sex appeal, and that's indisputably part of it. That's been part of the appeal of vampires for a long time, as writers paint vamps as suave, mysterious and often beautiful, and bloodlust tends to read pretty similar to plain old lust.
There is a legend amongst the Hebrew people that tags Judas, betrayer of Christ, as the original vampire. We know from ancient texts that Vampires were present on the Earth prior to Jesus' crucifixion, yet the legend is still quite intriguing. The story can be found within the book of Matthew.
And, vampires, for all their supernatural abilities, have a number of weaknesses, too. In addition to sunlight, the average vampire can be killed (or at least thwarted) by a stake through the heart, decapitation, fire, silver, garlic, the sight of a crucifix, holy water, and running water.
