Vampire$ - Definition

Vampire$ is a novel by John Steakley. A dark fantasy with a contemporary setting, the novel concerns a company called VAMPIRE$, INC. which treats vampire hunting as a commercial enterprise, funded by large payments from the vampires' potential victims (although the company also secretly receives support from the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church). The plot revolves around the vampire hunters' reactions when a powerful vampire turns the tables and begins hunting them.

The novel was the basis of a film, Vampires, by John Carpenter. The film's opening sequence is a faithful adaptation of the corresponding sequence in the novel, but it thereafter embarks on a completely different plot.