![]() ![]() ![]() (Who does, really?) There are endless variations of this theme. He or she wears black or dresses in style, prefers to come out at night, has a hankering for the blood of young, attractive individuals, and doesn’t like garlic or being stabbed in the heart much. The concept of the vampire is iconic: tall, pale, immortal, seductive, powerful, and sophisticated. Lately, the most popular of these fictional creatures is undoubtedly the vampire.įrom the amazingly fashionable young-adult books-to-film series Twilight, by author Stephanie Meyer, to the older yet still popular Anne Rice novels, vampires have been very popular in TV series, books, and movies over the last couple decades. Halloween, the time of year when vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, and other spooks of the night are about, is just around the corner. Seductive, mesmeric vampires, like Bela Lugosi in the 1931 film "Dracula," are a far cry from the original "vampires" of European folklore. ![]()
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