The vampire as subject always seemed odd to me, since the mathematics just don't add up. Once all the population is turned into vampires, there's nothing left to eat, so the undead have to change their source of food. What do they eat, then? Rats? Then do the rats become vampires? That's always been the flaw. But the psychology underlying the appeal is also curious. It has to be seated in some kind of collective fear of something -- contagion? atheism? Hard to say. But you'd never go broke investing in the fictional vehicles that promulgate it. Anne Rice has to be a millionaire several times over and that goofy Twilight series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc. I read Stoker's Dracula once and it was compelling as a read, but I think Anne Rice surpassed it with her various iterations. This looks like an opportunity to consume popcorn at a fast rate.
