But most things die if you put the stake through their brain. Vampires only die if it goes through the heart. I'm thinking of one of Saberhagen's vampire stor

But most things die if you put the stake through their brain. Vampires only die if it goes through the heart. I'm thinking of one of Saberhagen's vampire stories where the vampire's car (or perhaps he was a passenger??) has a bomb that goes off, as it goes boom the vampire is worried about whether any of the dash is made of wood.