Edward Cullen named favorite movie vampire in online poll

Twilight star Robert Pattinson’s character Edward Cullen has been voted the favourite movie vampire.
Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson’s character Edward Cullen has been hailed film buffs’ favourite movie vampire.
The 23-year-old heartthrob drew first blood with 38 per cent of votes in the survey of more than 3,000 cinema-goers, ahead of the follow-up to the modern-day thriller, New Moon, which hits cinemas next month.

The online poll was conducted by Pearl And Dean at www.pearlanddean.com. Kathryn Jacob, chief executive of Pearl and Dean, said: “People love to be scared witless, particularly at this time of year. “And Edward Cullen being voted firm favourite movie vampire is testament to the fact that people still enjoy a good bloodsucker.”
Here are the top 10 favourite movie vampires, the film they appeared in and the percentage of votes received:

1. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson): Twilight – 38%

2. Dracula (Christopher Lee): Hammer Horror Dracula films – 15%

3. Blade (Wesley Snipes): Blade – 10%

4. Lestat (Tom Cruise): Interview with the Vampire – 8%

5. Dracula (Gary Oldman): Bram Stoker’s Dracula – 8%

6. Selene (Kate Beckinsale): Underworld – 7%

7. David (Kiefer Sutherland): The Lost Boys – 6%

8. Santanico Pandemonium (Salma Hayek): From Dusk till Dawn – 4%

9. Graf Orlok (Max Schreck): Nosferatu – 3%

10. Dracula (Bela Lugosi): Dracula – 2%