The House of the Vampire is one of the first psychic vampire stories where a vampire feeds off more than just blood. Not realizing that his mind is under the spell of a vampire, a young writer Ernest Fielding starts to believe that he I losing his mind. Ethel Brandenbourg, a failed painter, who used to be under the same spell will try to help young Ernest before it's too late. The tale features a vampire of a different sort, the one who doesn't want his victim's blood, but his victim's mind, thoughts and life.