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Originally Posted by BookCat
I think the current spate of vampire novels is written with teenage girls in mind, not intelligent adults. At least it gets them reading, but then girls were never the problem anyway as the most reluctant readers are boys.
I still think that Dracula and Lestat are sexy and that is their main appeal: the sinking of fangs into the helpless female (Dracula; Lestat was a little more varied in taste) mimics the sex act, especially when remembering that B. Stoker wrote at a time when sex could only be suggested. I used to love the Hammer films: the moment when Dracula wrapped his clock around the swooning, hypnotised female and slowly went in for the jugular....swooon  
Vampires are definitely hugely sexy. I haven't read the recent spate of books: Twilight and Co, considering them the undead equivalent of Janet and John.
That nymphomaniac succubus novel sounds like fun!  |
Stephen King referred to the Vampire as the ultimate zipless sex act (to paraphrase his words) in (I think) his book of Danse Macabre. He pointed to the 3 sisters (in Dracula) and how Harker was going to be 'orally raped' by them before the Count barges in and breaks things up. He went on to point out that Harker didn't appear to care he was about to be assaulted by the 3 ladies and seems to be disappointed that the Count puts a stop to things. After all he was under their spell and couldn't fight back if he wanted to and what man wouldn't enjoy having the attention of 3 women? Mr. King goes on to say that he imagines Stoker's readers (when the book 1st came out) were no doubt disappointed that the Count stepped in and broke things up as well. Certainly there does seem to be a sexual component to the idea of the Vampire.