O.T. Help with a vampire theme party

[borgosi]

My neice has themed birthday parties. This year the theme is vampires! I will be in cape, tux, ans top hat, anyway I'm looking for ideas to kinda put the party over the top. They have asked me to help and I am taking me DS posters and CDs. I'm asking you guys if you have any ideas on what could add to "Oh &*%$" level of the party. Let me know if you can think of anything.

Thanks one and all,
Greg

[arashi]

How old is your neice and how much time do you have for planning? Are they looking for Bram Stoker/Bela Lugosi type vampires, or Twilight vampires?

When my neices are much younger I used to tell scary stories at their Halloween parties, all dressed up like the dead. We have huge fields out back of our house and at another Halloween party we dragged them all outside in the dark to the back of the field while friends of mine hid in the woods, after a scary story in the dark they had to walk all the way back up to the house with people jumping out at them. It was awesome.

If they're young and you become a character and stay in character they'll get a kick out of that.

Get a coffin and feature it prominently in the party room

[borgosi]

She is in her late 20s, maybe early 30s.

I'm taking my DS posters and music along with music from movies like The Lost Boys and stuff like that. I thought about trying to get a coffin but wouldn't know who to ask about using one.

The party will be late July, I think the last weekend.

Thanks for the help.