Vampires


The modern American vampire has become a misunderstood predator, something that can attack but can also choose not to. The older variations of vampires are compulsive in nature, needing to feed and kill in order to stay healthy. Newer variations of vampire can feed on animal blood rather than humans giving them more options. The common trend seems to be the humanization of the vampire. The deconstruction of the vampire archetype seems to result in an anti-hero archetype building off of the predated vampire tropes. Vampires have become modernized as well, having more sexuality to the act of feeding, hyper sexuality, use of drugs with no consequences. The modern-day vampire trope is one of a party animal. This new variation is quite boring and has more in common with a comedic tone than that of a horror classic. Fantastic films like Let The Right One In go back to the horror classic tropes with small twists and changes and get very solid results. The use of common real life experiences as well as a child as an actor allows the film to really pull an audience. If the vampire was an adult we would see it as more of a predator but since it is a child the brain changes this into a protector. Humans by nature see children as defenseless and untainted. The changing of age and race of well known characters tends to highlight some unknown biases that our cultures contain.

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