Vampires, Ghosts and horror

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well just thinking in terms of compatibility it's the one TOS episode cocept that they haven't ripped off yet, and there could possibly be a good technobabble explanations for it:

Zombies: malfunctioning borg nanoprobes that keep the host creature mobile, but all connection to the collective is lost as are most higher functions.

Vampires: Don't have a good explanation but the good seductive villian is always a favorite, and it you made it a psychic vampire it might work, especially if you called it an energy based life form inhabieting a human host....

so how well could the two be combined?
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:Vampires: Don't have a good explanation but the good seductive villian is always a favorite, and it you made it a psychic vampire it might work, especially if you called it an energy based life form inhabieting a human host....
That was an ep of DS9 IIRC.

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Well I knew a good vampire story could exist, the only two ghosts were the horror fantasy planet from the TOS and the erotic dream scotsman from TNG though....
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There was one TNG episode that ripped off Dracula.
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:Well I knew a good vampire story could exist, the only two ghosts were the horror fantasy planet from the TOS and the erotic dream scotsman from TNG though....
Remember, TOS did do a really good vampire story —"Obsession", written by Art Wallace (horror/fantasy genre authour who was also Dark Shadows' serving script editor at the time).
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Patrick Degan wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:Well I knew a good vampire story could exist, the only two ghosts were the horror fantasy planet from the TOS and the erotic dream scotsman from TNG though....
Remember, TOS did do a really good vampire story ?"Obsession", written by Art Wallace (horror/fantasy genre authour who was also Dark Shadows' serving script editor at the time).
That's the one with the FTL Gas-cloud of Doom, isn't it? (of course it is, Chris - why the fuck do you ask questions you already know the answer to?)

Er, anyway - yeah that episode was bitchin'. I especially liked how Mr. Leslie is one of the first victims of the creature, then next week he's alive and healthy again (how many times did that guy die?).

I also like how Lt. Galloway tries to be a hero at the end and knocks out Kirk (you know the stereotype, the guy who wants to nobly sacrifice himself but to do so he has to knock someone out, preferably a friend who can convince him otherwise), only to have Kirk bitchslap him and say "What the fuck? Are you out of your mind?" That's just classy.
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And Kirk put him on report too! :D
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there was also the jack the ripper episode in TOS with that Ryjack type alien thing.
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This thread is making me think of that energy sucking vampire in the Buck Rodgers tv show. :D

The best Trek vampire was the salt monster from TOS. That was a creepy episode.
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hmm. seems like TOS did alot of 'ghost story' style episodes. i'm thinking that one where those children summoned some alien being that they thought was an angel to kill off all the grown ups.
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Damn, I need a TOS DVD or something so I can see all these good episodes I'm missing!
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Patrick Degan wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:Well I knew a good vampire story could exist, the only two ghosts were the horror fantasy planet from the TOS and the erotic dream scotsman from TNG though....
Remember, TOS did do a really good vampire story —"Obsession", written by Art Wallace (horror/fantasy genre authour who was also Dark Shadows' serving script editor at the time).
Yeah... I got a TOS novel around here somewhere. Vampires attack Vulcan. The PLANET, not just the people. The entities causing it drive you insane, and you either infect them, or let off your urges by murder.

There's also a TNG version... novel, of course, where a virus/bug/whatever eats hemoglobin. To get more, victim kills and drinks blood.
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Darth_Zod wrote:hmm. seems like TOS did alot of 'ghost story' style episodes. i'm thinking that one where those children summoned some alien being that they thought was an angel to kill off all the grown ups.
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No mention of the salt vampire from The Man Trap (TOS, season 1)? Or the "ghosts" of two dead crewmembers that inhabit Worf and Troi in Eye of the Beholder (TNG, season 7)? Suffice it to say, Star Trek uses horror ideas a lot.

As for the original question, I suppose one could have made an episode combining some Star Trek analog of zombies and vampires in it, but it would be a very jumbled episode. The best way I can think of is to have some vampire-like alien group draining something from people, then animating the remains for some end. However, it is very far-fetched to think they'd go to all that trouble, unless they believe in "waste not, want not."
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I mentioned the Salt Monster a little further up. Just not the specific episode.

That one still creeps me out.
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Tsyroc wrote: The best Trek vampire was the salt monster from TOS. That was a creepy episode.
I saw that when I was about 6. Creeped me out :D
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Sharp-kun wrote:
Tsyroc wrote: The best Trek vampire was the salt monster from TOS. That was a creepy episode.
I saw that when I was about 6. Creeped me out :D
I was probably close to that age or a little older when I first saw it too.
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