 This increase of interest in vampiric plotlines led to the vampire being depicted in films such as Underworld and Van Helsing , and the Russian Night Watch and a TV miniseries remake of ' Salem 's Lot , both from 2004 . The series Blood Ties premiered on Lifetime Television in 2007 , featuring a character portrayed as Henry Fitzroy , illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England turned vampire , in modern @-@ day Toronto , with a female former Toronto detective in the starring role . A 2008 series from HBO , entitled True Blood , gives a Southern take to the vampire theme . 
