All of the above.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

For the Villain of the story, I like the count Dracula thing. But a roving pack of evil slaughter junkies like in 30 days of night... that would make for a delicious and terrifying encounter.

Anything that powerful is going to be there specifically and not randomly if I place it in one of my games.  And that means that it will have an agenda, something it wants, even if it is just to annoy the villagers.  So, it could be any of the above although it will tend to be evil.  But it will fit the bill for filling out its agenda, since that is the best way to get the players to have their characters interact with it.

Well as for my self any one of the three if I am running an appropriate setting.
But if left to my own devices in my own setting it's going to be some mix of the classic Gothic vampire with things added from Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase and Hellsing.

Moon phase because it spent so much time building vampire society where every vamp to vamp relationship is some form of slave master relation ship depending on who is closer related to the first vampire Dracula. Also the idea that vampires have unique powers from individual to individual which is rather nice because it means the players are never 100% sure all of what A vamp can do.

Hellsing because the anime did A very good job at playing with the idea of how A vampire is still A person so what makes them A monster is the individual throwing away human trappings like emotion , morality and kindness.
One scene specifically where Alucard is fighting an artificial vampire and the other guy calls him A monster when he tells him to call up him familiars and fight real. That scene struck me when I saw it.
Though A large part of the consent in that show is the monster is the individual rather then the power they have of what they are.
Need less to say any given vampire is going to be driven by individual motives hence not all of them will be evil or even hostile.

And the clip if any one wants to see it.
NSFWhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GbnMSGXEyENSFW

Quote from: Dumarest;1007627Seductive evil monsters straight out of Transylvania.

Sweet transvestites from transsexual Transylvania!!

Vampires are Evil, undead, apex predators. They may be suave, sophisticated, and smooth. They may be ugly and repulsive. But they are always evil monsters.

Quote from: LouGoncey;1007559Monsters. Inhuman. Evil. Like in Salems Lot both book and mini-series.

Same here- Mr Barlow for the (creepy) win!

I certainly can't stand non-evil vampires. The only exception being if they're being used for utter comic relief.

Never used a vampire, but when I do, it will be a 666 year old demonic creep in a decrepit castle or cursed crypt or something. No Tom Cruises, Brad Pitts or Twilight soap stars.

Undead, infectious ambuish predators that play at being human. Even if they think they want to behave like a human they can't, feeding and fear behaviours are too strong.

Evil. they were the archetypical metaphor for abusive lovers after all.  But Evil comes in all forms.

Mind you, gross vampires are under-used these days.