Some of the most talked about and highest rated movies and TV shows are based on vampires. Vampires seem to be the big thing at the moment and people can't get enough of it. Take for example the two biggest vampire fixtures in the media today, True Blood and Twilight.
Twilight divided America into Team Jacob or Team Edward. Stephanie Meyer, the author of the books, knew what she was doing when she wrote about a "plain Jane" girl named Bella that is easy to relate to. The story of a love triangle between Bella, her werewolf best friend and her vampire boyfriend led to four bestselling books and three movies with two more still on the way. Overnight stars were made just by being cast into roles for the movie.
True Blood, on the other hand, is a more adult oriented show based on books and airs on HBO. The show centers around Sookie Stackhouse and her lover Bill Compton, a two hundred year old vampire. The show is filled with swearing, violence, drugs, and sex. It clearly aims for the older demographic, unlike Twilight, and it still comes out on top of cable ratings. Once again, the show has created new stars just by being cast in roles.
These two shows aren't the only two vampire based productions in the past decade. Wesley Snipes starred in three rated-R movies as “Blade”, the only vampire who could walk in sunlight because he was half human. The “Underworld” movies revealed the ancient feud between vampires and werewolves. Not to mention other movies like "30 Days of Night", "Vampires Suck", and "Day Breakers" have all raked in money over the past couple of years due to our obsession with the vampires.
Zombies are making a comeback thanks in part to the huge success of "Zombieland". AMC is making a TV show base on the comic book “The Walking Dead”. This show is expected to be a big hit. Also a zombie series called “Code Z” is in the making. I believe zombies maybe the next big supernatural obession.
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