I partly blame Twilight (and Interview With a Vampire). Of course they've been riding this money train for a long time now. But I would like to see them reclaim the myth/legend from the Twilight franchise and bring vampires back to their proper image. Of course, I actually really like 30 Days of Night and how the vampires were in there, so not everyone might agree with some of the imaginings of vampires that I might like.

I'm actually looking forward to Underworld 4 as well.

They do need to start giving it a rest though. With the advancements in technology, why not do a modern take on Frankenstein if they want to stick with those classic monsters?

Underworld and 30 Days of Night are actually the two movies that I bring up most when giving examples of changing the standard Vampire formula around. I love the Underworld series and am looking forward to Beckinsale's return.

'partly blame Twilight'. I don't think you have to 'partly' blame them. You can almost completely rest the blame on their shoulders for the recent deluge in the vampire genre.

Ya there's something fundamentally wrong about Vamps that don't burst into flames in the sunlight. To a degree we can all blame Anne Rice for castrating vampires and making them less scary but when you really think about it she was onto something with them feeling strongly. Dracula was taken back with grief from losing Elizabeth so many years ago and he just wanted to be reunited with her.

I do prefer the more visceral incarnations of vampires. I'm hopeful that the Fright Night re-imagining helps to usher that in but to me it feels like they're taking a piece of childhood and saying it's not good enough.