Similarities in the vampire genre are so rampant that there's really no such thing as an original idea - only an original take on an idea that's been done before.
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I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.
Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.
Vampires are a genre now.
The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
People really want to set up these rivalries because there's a lot of vampire books out there. People want to believe we're all fierce rivals, and really there's just so much camaraderie with authors. Everyone kind of boosts each other.
There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.
I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.
I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the rules they're going to stick to and which they'll abandon.
People have always had a fascination with the supernatural going back to the beginning of time and with vampires in particular. This phenomenon is not new.
There are no original ideas. There are only original people.