Surely, this isn’t new information to all you Banterers out there. Surely, you have been made aware of (if not actively pursued) Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Twilight Saga, and The Vampire Diaries, to name only a few. Surely, at least some of you have a Rob Pattinson poster on your wall. And surely, there must be a select few of you who even hang that poster proudly.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I believe there is definitely a time and a place for vampires, like, for example, in the present day South where racial, gay, and feminist issues all take a backseat to vampires coming out of the closet to live amongst real people (thanks, Allan Ball: I’ve been bitten, so to speak, by True Blood). But does my intense interest, or even (if we must go there) love for a vampire show entail that every moving image would be better off with a member of the undead?

I mean, seriously guys, just how many more vampire movies can we take? Well, if the new trailer (below) for Craig Gillespie’s horror remake Fright Night is any indication, I suppose at least one more. A little bit Stepfather and a lot Disturbia, Fright Night, starring Collin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Toni Collette, and Anton Yelchin, follows a teenage boy (Yelchin) as he discovers that his next door neighbor (Farrell) is in fact–wait for it–a vampire.

And the vampire movies just keep on a-comin’. What with the currently released Scott Charles Stewart’s Priest and the upcoming Timur Bekmambetov’s  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, it appears as if this trend is taking off once again. And so I ask you: how much exactly is TOO much?

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Is it me, or is there a new vampire movie/TV show coming out 3-4 times a year?  It came swiftly and abruptly, but Hollywood is going through what we would call a vampire craze. The blood sucking, sex crazed, violent seeking night dwellers have pretty much taken over.  Did somebody just wake up and say “let’s bring back vampires.” Or perhaps it went something like this, “I can’t make a successful money making movie unless it has vampires.”

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Interestingly, the rest of us can’t seem to get enough.  In fact, foreign film industries are trying the vampire theme out as well.   I’m trying to make sense of it, but I’m having trouble.  Why is everyone into vampires these days? There has been various forms of vampire legend adaption; everything from romance to violence. We have vampire stories for kids, and we have more violent and sexual adaptions for adults. Lets just take a peak of vampire themed movies/tv in pop culture these days.

True Blood – the HBO series has taken over the Sunday night spot as it entered its second season. To be honest, I haven’t jumped on the band wagon but that’s not to say that the rest of the world has. People go rogue from 9-10 on Sunday nights because of “True Blood.”  Sure, Anna Paquin is good looking but I thought Michael Strahan copyrighted the front tooth gap.

Underworld Trilogy – Kate Beckinsale starred in the original in 2003 and returned for the sequel in 2006.  In 2009, the final Underworld came out, and although it was weaker than the first 2, unlike Godfather 3, this third installment was actually pretty good.  This vampire saga is more like a comic book than anything loaded with pretty cool action scenes.  The premise is based off the battle between vampires and werewolves.  Big box office success (and DVD success)

Twilight Series Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night video – I do not know much about, but this Vampire saga has completely dominated the teen market. I would dare not diss it, as I do not want to become a marked man by 14-16 year old girls.  The success of the first movie catapulted the speedy production of the second installment, “New Moon,” who’s trailer can be seen here. It hit Comic Con also, as Nick in his guest post, The Alibi buy mentioned previously.

Now for a runoff… “Let the Right One In” came out earlier this year, 3 “Blade” movies were made, a ton of money was put into “Van Helsing,” random Dracula movies come out once a year, and a new version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer is in pre-production.

Even more interestingly, vampires have really sunk their teeth into Japan. “Blood: The Last Vampire” is in theaters now and came from Japanese filmmakers. The story is about a vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan. Ummm, sounds like Blade + a twist of government huh.

Finally, Korean director Chan-Wook Park, creator of 2003 smash hit Oldboy, will have his new vampire movie “Thirst” get released to theaters later this year. Additionally, this movie was all over Comic Con as well.  Hollywood Insider, Ron Ashley, tells the Banter that he caught a screening of “Thirst” and the movie is pretty good.   On a side note, Oldboy was such a success that Steven Spielberg is currently shooting the US remake starring none other than Will Smith.

I need someone to explain to me this craze. I think vampires are pretty cool and do enjoy their movies, but it’s just like all of a sudden everything is vampire related. If you want to make a money making movie, do a vampire movie.  It’s sort of sad, but true.  Dear Banterers, please advise.

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