Vampires aren't just big in the book world; they continue to take a bite out of TV, too.

It has been 10 years since the debut of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and 18 years since "Forever Knight" premiered, and the timing seems to be right for a batch of new TV-vamp projects.

There isn't enough justification yet to say vampires are a returning trend, but there are quite a few films coming soon (the rest of them are listed below). The latest to add to that list is one titled Dracula Year Zero that's to be directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot). The film will tell the origin story of Vlad the Impaler, a Romanian prince who inspired Bram Stoker's vampire tale.