The World Has Been Bitten

So I hate to say it, but I have to comment on the the world's latest obsession with the pale-skinned, blood-sucking sexiness that is vampires. It started with True Blood on HBO and then blew out of comsic proportion with a little phenomenon called Twilight. The latter will continue to draw immense attention and fanfare with its new installments: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. So that's like three more years at the least with all the craziness surrounding the popular Stephanie Meyers series and the two introverted stars leading the cast. The latest new sensation is the show The Vampire Diaries on CW, which is basically a semi-soap opera drama about, none other than a girl who meets a vampire boy and falls for him. Wow, they really went for a far stretch from Twilight's initial plot. Anyway, the fact is that there must be something that just really sucks people in (excuse the pun) to wanting to continually see more of these devilishly enchanting tales of the interaction between humans and vampires. Plus, sex sells and for whatever reason the theme of vampires seems to always bring about plenty of sex appeal, with all the neck nibbling and drawing the victim in closely to drain them of the elixir pulsating throughout their veins. It's just an intoxicatingly easy plot to reuse and elaborate on. Plus, it gives a variety of acclaimed handsome leading men (Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise of the 90s vampire flick, An Interview with A Vampire, and new guy Robert Pattinson) the chance to explore their dark side and as usual, make women melt all around the world. Vampire movies are ultimately an example of Hollywood taking advantage of the a very predictable and easily satisfied audience. They've done pretty well and seem to have a bright future in the delightfully, dark subject.
-Courtney