The Era of the Vampire

Stories about vampires have been written for long time, such as Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Anne Rice's "The Interview with the Vampire", and more recently "The Vampire Diaries" and "Twilight" series. It is not hard to fall in love with these stories because they take us to another world. But this vampire obsession is starting to get out of hand. Before "Twilight", people read these stories and watched TV series and movies about vampires, but they were never quite as big as they were now. I mean, can you imagine series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" coming on TV now? They were very popular when they were on, but I think they would have a whole new group of fans who would watch just due to the vampire craze. Nowadays, we have so many different vampire book series and now we have those series being turned into TV shows. Look at “True Blood”. People became obsessed with it. Its ratings kept increasing and caused more and more people to call their local cable company to get HBO just so they could watch it. More recently, “The Vampire Diaries” premiered on the CW Network. It is also based on a book series by L.J. Smith. It is getting great ratings considering that it is on the much-neglected CW. I think people hear “vampire” nowadays and have to check it out.

A couple weeks ago, I was searching on iTunes and found a link to a preview of a new web series called “I Kissed a Vampire”. It is a rock musical starring Lucas Grabeel from “High School Musical”, Drew Seeley from “Another Cinderella Story”, and newcomer Adrian Slade. From what I have seen in the preview, it will probably be popular among tween and teenage girls. The songs are definitely “pop” and the acting looked pretty bad, but if it looks like something you might enjoy, check it out.

In my opinion, there definitely better vampire stories and series out there. Here are a few suggestions:
1) Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris (“True Blood” is based off of)
2) “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” (both are excellent)
3) “True Blood”
4) “The Vampire Diaries” (both the book series and TV series)
5) “Twilight” series (It’s not for everyone, but check it out!)
6) Anne Rice novels
7) Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”