When i was a kid i saw a stage assistant's magician in an erotic outfit swallow swords, spin on the sword, and do a load of things with snakes and scarier bugs.

I thought that was probably her usual behaviour rather than just an act. and the show was displaying how inhuman she was. Like i imagined she'd go home and bath in a pit of centipedes or something.
I doubt i'm remembering it right, but that stuff captured my imagination.



Vampire fangs
As an adult, syringe fangs make a thousand times more sense than rip'n tear vampires. Rip'n tear isnt sustainable, moreso if you combine it with 'people bit also become vampires', unless the vampires don't need to feed often/are nomadic. Syringe vamps are the superior choice in any setting where supernaturals stay secret.