What's the fascination with vampires!?

[andy400]

To each their own, and all that, but - what is the bloody fascination with vampires!? There's always been the occasional vampire story, films etc, but it seems to be a peculiar 21st Century phenomenon that's gone a bit weird and crazy.

We have:
Vampire films
'Teen' vampire films
Vampire TV Drama
'Teen' vampire TV Drama
Vampire documentaries
People (teens ) dressing like vampires
People acting like vampires
People actually thinking they are vampires ( x10)

Where's all this come from? Why? Very strange idea to get excited about. Why so 'cool' to be undead!?

[10 Pence Short]

Get yourself to Whitby. It must be a sales black hole for shampoo and shower gel.

[GingerWizard]

Escapism. Teens from 13-20 have this need to exist out side "the box" (no pun intended)to wrestle with there emotional and social problems.
That and people find comfort in the undead as they fecking hate everyone thats alive (Goth i think....)

[Steamer]

I asked the very same question myself. I know a few lady folk that seem to be fascinated with all these US vampire things.

The closest I've come to an explanation - apparently its 'Sexual'.

[scotal]

10 Pence Short said:

Get yourself to Whitby. It must be a sales black hole for shampoo and shower gel.

Is it whitby that has some godforsaken ruin overlooking the town? THere has been an influx of goths becuase of said ruin, who;ve then decided they like the town and have stayed. Its now becoe a bit Goth Central.

[V8mate]

'Shaun of the Dead' wasn't a documentary then?

[andy400]

V8mate said:

'Shaun of the Dead' wasn't a documentary then?

No.

It wasn't about vampires either, o random one.....

[10 Pence Short]

scotal said:

10 Pence Short said:

Get yourself to Whitby. It must be a sales black hole for shampoo and shower gel.

Is it whitby that has some godforsaken ruin overlooking the town? THere has been an influx of goths becuase of said ruin, who;ve then decided they like the town and have stayed. Its now becoe a bit Goth Central.

Whitby was suppsedly a locational inspiration for Dracula.

[V8mate]

andy400 said:

V8mate said:

'Shaun of the Dead' wasn't a documentary then?

No.

It wasn't about vampires either, o random one.....

I was taking a tenuous link from your closing (and more general) question "Why so cool to be undead?"

[ApexJimi]

Nothing "supposedly" about it - the town of Whitby plays a large part in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[andy400]

V8mate said:

andy400 said:

V8mate said:

'Shaun of the Dead' wasn't a documentary then?

No.

It wasn't about vampires either, o random one.....

I was taking a tenuous link from your closing (and more general) question "Why so cool to be undead?"

Ok. Seeing as you've admitted that it's tenuous, I'll admit there's a link!

[Mexico.]

scotal said:

10 Pence Short said:

Get yourself to Whitby. It must be a sales black hole for shampoo and shower gel.

Is it whitby that has some godforsaken ruin overlooking the town? THere has been an influx of goths becuase of said ruin, who;ve then decided they like the town and have stayed. Its now becoe a bit Goth Central.

Yes it is called the abbey turn right next to the duke of york pub up the 199 steps

next goth weekend is October HtH

[Mexico.]

10 Pence Short said:

scotal said:

10 Pence Short said:

Get yourself to Whitby. It must be a sales black hole for shampoo and shower gel.

Is it whitby that has some godforsaken ruin overlooking the town? THere has been an influx of goths becuase of said ruin, who;ve then decided they like the town and have stayed. Its now becoe a bit Goth Central.

Whitby was suppsedly a locational inspiration for Dracula.

Correct Bram wrote the story on a bench looking over to st Marys church in 1897 the bench is still in place

[anonymous-user]

Why the fascination?? I guess so they can be young forever

[dnomyar]

Steamer said:

I asked the very same question myself. I know a few lady folk that seem to be fascinated with all these US vampire things.

The closest I've come to an explanation - apparently its 'Sexual'.

VERY......................