5 Movies That Prove That Vampires Were Always the Plague – Bleeding Cool News

Vampires in the movies have always stood for something. It's the original Rorschach blot for filmmakers and their audiences. Vampires can stand for sophistication and the boredom of privilege, as in The Hunger (1983) and The Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). It can stand for conventional ideas of sin and degradation, as in The Horror of Dracula (1958), or freedom and forbidden love, as in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Sometimes a vampire is nearly a superhero, as in the upcoming Morbius (2020). Elements of each of these might be found in any vampire film. But the most resilient image for the vampire has been that of plague, of sickness that invades the household and the city. That's why in this moment of pandemic-driven barred doors and empty streets, we wanted to present to you five vampire films that took just "shelter in place" orders and gave them teeth.

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There are as many meanings for vampires as there are vampire movies, and as much as these films make clear the connection of vampires to plague, there are many more. Please let us know your suggestions in the comments! In the meantime, those of you stuck at home can queue this list upif you dare.

Jason Hendersonis the host of the Castle of Horror and Castle Talk Podcasts, the editor of theCastle of Horror Anthologyseries, and the author ofQuest for the Nautilus: Young Captain Nemofrom Macmillan Children's Books.

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