One thing that’s obvious in pop culture is that vampires are popular. They have always horrified us with the fact that they are, in essence, living corpses that feed on the very essence of life. They are similar to zombies, who are also undead, but vampires are intelligent. They are sentient but also animalistic and cruel. They are, for some reason, portrayed as alluring and charming. But why are portrayed as such, and why do we collectively approve of it?
Various movies, such as Dracula based on the Stoker novel, show the count as being suave, cunning and arrogant; he was also an avid womanizer. These traits, as well as his cruelty, became the standard of vampires from then on. But some recent vampire movies seem to underplay the viciousness, instead referring to vampires as “the perfect man”. In the end though, they are monsters who only seem alluring to lure their victims into a false state of security, only to kill them and steal their vitality.
There are some acceptations to that norm, such as Alucard, the son of Dracula and a human woman; but the only reason why he isn’t a monster is because he is half human so his humanity keeps him in check. Vampires’ pop culture has been around for many decades, and most likely it will keep future generations intrigued indefinitely.