As said previously, the Vampire is a highly cinematic figure. He comes to life in the dark and he disappears or even burns up when the sun comes out, like the highly flammable celluloid of early film-making!
Extracts from Nosferatu by Murnau, 1922
An extract from Vampyr by Dreyer, 1932 (between 10:07 and 15:08)
Modern versions: Coppola's Dracula, 1992
COMPARISONS
Use of shadows, black and white or colours (red as dominant), special effects (reversed images / played backwards, disappearance, shadow not matching the body movements...), sounds or absence of sounds / music, aesthetic choices (monsters, Eastern and Asian influences - underlining the clash between the Old and the New World - East and West, shadow puppetteering), etc...