Why Everyone Wants To Have Sex With Vampires

[Gillfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkdbfC_2BCI

[Count_Zirock]

Unfortunately, this ignores the fact that vampires have ALWAYS been sex symbols. Lugosi had slews of women wanting him to "bite" them, just from his Broadway performance alone. The 1931 movie made him an even bigger sex symbol. Hammer Films' vampire films took the sexual aspects of vampirism and made it far more obvious and essential to the lore. Barnabas Collins in "Dark Shadows" took the cursed, reluctant vampire aspect to the next level, resulting in frustrated housewives everywhere wanting Jonathan Frid to drain them dry (and he had the fan mail to prove it). The resurgence of vampires, especially Dracula himself, in the late 1970s saw every form of Dracula (hideous in "Nosferatu the Vampyre," comical in "Love At First Bite," and straightforward in 1979's "Dracula") take on a sexual aspect. So, the vampires of today, from TV's " Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Forever Knight" to "True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries" and, yes, even "Twilight," are nothing more than a continuation of what came before. "Twilight," from what I know of it, just seems to have removed the messier, more horrific aspects, in order to appeal to teenage girls. There's still some menace and threat involved, but it isn't as gruesome and grim as what came before it in Ann Rice's "Vampire Chronicles."

So, while the geeks in the Cracked video raise some interesting points, they really ignore the bigger picture: vampires have ALWAYS been a sexual metaphor.

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[Gillfan]

Count Z, your response was far more eloquent and thought out than the video was. Your points are all very solid and I agree. It seems a part of the confusion is that youngsters swooning over Edward (he who glitters) can't for a moment believe that Lugosi was sexy.  Even Langella's overt sexuality would seem odd to today's teens.

[Anthony Caranci]

Unfortunately, this ignores the fact that vampires have ALWAYS been sex symbols. Lugosi had slews of women wanting him to "bite" them, just from his Broadway performance alone. The 1931 movie made him an even bigger sex symbol. Hammer Films' vampire films took the sexual aspects of vampirism and made it far more obvious and essential to the lore. Barnabas Collins in "Dark Shadows" took the cursed, reluctant vampire aspect to the next level, resulting in frustrated housewives everywhere wanting Jonathan Frid to drain them dry (and he had the fan mail to prove it). The resurgence of vampires, especially Dracula himself, in the late 1970s saw every form of Dracula (hideous in "Nosferatu the Vampyre," comical in "Love At First Bite," and straightforward in 1979's "Dracula") take on a sexual aspect. So, the vampires of today, from TV's " Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Forever Knight" to "True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries" and, yes, even "Twilight," are nothing more than a continuation of what came before. "Twilight," from what I know of it, just seems to have removed the messier, more horrific aspects, in order to appeal to teenage girls. There's still some menace and threat involved, but it isn't as gruesome and grim as what came before it in Ann Rice's "Vampire Chronicles."

So, while the geeks in the Cracked video raise some interesting points, they really ignore the bigger picture: vampires have ALWAYS been a sexual metaphor.

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Every Vampire woman that I have ever seen on the silver screen (with one exception), has always been, not only attractive, but very sexy as well. So why not?

The exception is Mina from Dracula 1979.

[Mord]

 How about Meinster's mom from "Brides of Dracula"?

[horrorhunter]

How about Meinster's mom from "Brides of Dracula"?

Yutte more than makes up for the comeliness challenged ones.

[Mord]

Yutte more than makes up for the comeliness challenged ones.

You know my weak spot, don't ya? Yeah, Yutte can more than make up for ANYTHING that may be lacking. Thanks for the visual reminder, pal.