There is no denying it; I am as obsessed as the next person!
For me it started when I was given the ladybird book of Dracula as a child. The story scared me so much that I used to turn the spine the wrong way around in my book shelf! What can I say, it was a scary spine! My obsession was reignited in my teenage years with the release of the movie Lost Boys (something to do with all those sexy young bad boy vampires...)
I even gave my husband a Bram stoker’s Dracula Video as a first Valentine gift. As a result, we have spent the last 16 years watching horror movies (including vampire movies) every anniversary. – It helps that we got married a week after Halloween!!!)
Vampires to me symbolise romance, glamour, love and sex appeal.
Vampires are escapism at its very best! Take into account just how depressing the global recession has been over the last 12 months, is it any wonder that we are turning to world of the vampire for a bit of light relief? This is made all the more appealing by the vampires’ lifestyle....for example a vampire doesn’t have to go to the gym, they don’t get sick...and for the majority they look amazing! Why the heck would we not be attracted to their lifestyle....?
So we all love vampires....Buffy, Twilight, Bram stoker’s, Lost Boys, Count Duckula, Sesame Street, Underworld, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, Being Human, Van Helsing, Blade, From Dusk till Dawn, Interview with a Vampire to name but a few.
The current depiction is alluring.
It’s a far cry from the first vampire movie: Nosferatu (1922) a silent German classic that is the original and some say scariest Dracula adaptation ever made.
Nosferatu conveys the darker side of vampires. Take away the glamour and you have a supernatural spin chilling killer, a walking corpse who cannot die. The obsession with this element of the vampire is thankfully less common. At least I think it is!!! However there have still been reports of humans who had role played as vampires to carryout murders in Florida. (oo-er!) To some vampires present an alternate existence, away from the monotony of ‘Being Human’ (excuse the pun).
Interesting Fact:
To date, it has been reported that of all those interviewed who believe that they are vampires; none admitted that are (unfortunately) immortal and most apologised for not being dead! – Now if they were then that would be intriguing!!!!!
So whether it's Buffy, Twilight or True Blood, let me have your comments on the subject...VAMPIRES, ARE WE OBSESSED?
A couple of interesting links for you:
Article about Vampire Obsession
Wikipedia - Vlad the Impaler
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