Why vampire Movies are Cool
So what makes vampires such a cool topic for movies? There are a lot of them. Action movies. horror. Romance. Teen Romance. Blood-suckers are everywhere the silver screen crackles.
If you take into account the cultural basis for the “tall, dark, and mysterious stranger in the night,” the chilling image of a blood-sucking immortal with powers beyond humankind is pretty romantic. And sexy. Vampires in some areas of the world commanded fear and respect as evil monsters that hunt in the night. But there has also always been a slightly morbid fascination with this creature. An allure that draws us in and fascinates us.
Much of the vampire mythos has to do with the ability to have and take anything you want… including people. This is a primal sexual instinct in us primates and to glorify such a power and right is a bit of our own egotistic dreaming coming out in our literature and films.
But let’s face it, among all the super-hero type mythical creatures, the vampire has always remained sexy. They don’t hulk out into beast form (though some have that demonic bat-form thing) and they don’t shake a magic wand around. They just kill. And drink blood. And look damn good doing it!
vampire movies will always dominate because we’ll always want to see our fantasies of being immortal played out in dark, gothic spectacles of power. It’s carnal desires dressed up in the mystery of the unknown. The fantasy of true immortality looks so much cooler when it’s wearing a cape!
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