Vampires in folklore were originally just corpses that came back from the grave to terrorize the living. You didn't need to actually see one to be afraid of them. When these monsters entered literature, they began to be more attractive. In the cinematic age, they are downright sexy. Well, literature, theater, and movie producers know they attract bigger audiences with a sexy antagonist. But even more than that, the story is easier to tell when a monster can draw victims into his clutches. That's the easy answer. But it's even more than that- an attractive and charming vampire makes the story closer to real life, because most people have encountered a sexy and charming love interest who then turned out to be a monster of some sort. Dr. Emily Zarka of Monstrum goes deep into the evolution of vampires from obvious monsters that we would all run away from to seductive shape-shifters that we are drawn to -with some notable exceptions.
Where is Frank Langella's 1979 movie 'Dracula'? Because he is the handsomest vampire I've ever seen. Also: Did this commentator ever read 'Salem's Lot? Because the book describes the vampire as human looking. He was not the stupid freak show they turned him into for that movie. It was a nod to the Nosferatu make up in other movies. Personally, I believe that 'evil' does not have a monstrous face. It looks like you or me, which makes evil that much scarier. IF evil was so obvious then it would have been wiped out thousands of years ago.
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