According to Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Vampire is a timeless phenomenon in the arts. They are everlasting creatures that dynamically change with the times. Toro and Hogan argue the topic of Vampire was started nearly 200 years ago. They discuss the cause for its popularity with the evidence in every age after its inception.
The authors classify the Vampires into two categories on the basis of vampiric fiction: the romantic hero vampire and the vampire as an undead monster. John William Polidori brought erotic anxieties into "The Vampyre" that gave birth to two main categories.
One of the reasons why Vampires never died because they are not considered just monsters, they can have a romance to them as well. Also, Vampires are on some cereal boxes. Most people love vampires because of their lust and love.
The two great monsters of the modern age are Dr. Frankenstein and Lord Ruthven created by Mary Shelly and John William Polidori. Dr. Frankenstein is a desolate monster whereas Lord Ruthven represents erotic anxieties. Dr. Frankenstein comes under the branch of the vampire as an undead monster whereas Lord Ruthven is the vampire romantic hero.
The writers refer it to the modern-day epidemic because it is wide-spread
The origin of the vampire is a repressed memory we had as primates, that at some point maybe, we were cannibals. Our species grew and formed into cultures, there were myths brought about our ancestors that depicted them as flesh-eating monsters, that laid in the depths and only came out to feed on the living. Although there really isn’t a way to prove the reasons for our general obsession with vampires, this seems to be a very probable, and very real nature for our fear, and interest in this fictional character.
The vampire is embraced by many cultures because it transforms our vile, mortal selves into the gold of eternal youth and instills primal lust which is repressed by society. The vampire lust creates a delicious gap to be filled. That means the vampire emphasize the infinite possibilities. The blood of the vampire contains a panacea that turns toxic flesh into a golden matter.
The depiction of vampire changes in recent years. The vampire is created as a seductive creature promising mutant of eternal love and wild escapades. The vampire finds its niche and mutates at an accelerated rate now. In the past, it was ugly fiend but now it comes in all the forms and inclusive in soap opera storylines, sexual liberation, and noir detective fiction, etc.
The fast pace of life due to technological advancement has accelerated the presence of vampires in our culture.
The vampire was started in the year 1816 but it got popularised with the publication of Dracula in 1897 by Bram Stoker. We are at the age of new scientific innovations like wireless technology that we can carry in our pockets. Yet Stoker's Dracula was successful because it incorporates great technological revolution. The narrative includes gadgets, various forms of communication, and cutting edge science. The Dracula was a mash up of ancient myth in conflict with the world of the present. This is how the new world encourages the proliferation of vampires in popular culture.
The vampire never dies. It lives forever because it provides the possibility of mystery in our mundane lives and gives way to spirituality. It gives us reason to have faith in the spiritual world as we are in the midst of demons, and hence we are nearby angles.
