Taking a stab at Vampires, a continued discussion on the modern iconic monster - DRH S1E20

Dead Red Herring Podcast - Episode 20

No monster is more renowned than the vampire. From the epic of Gilgamesh in ancient Mesopotamia to modern pop culture interpretations, what we know of as vampire seems to have always been part of human society. But without doubt, the most iconic representation of the horrid bloodsucker today is that of Dracula (1897), created by Abraham "Bram" Stoker in his novel with the same name. More recently though, Dracula has become synonymous with the game series Castlevania, created by Konami for the NES and released the first time in 1986.

But how has the vampire aged and evolved in our time? We can't say it really has retained it's status as monster of pure evil with series like Twilight, True Blood and such. So is it maybe time for the monster to go back to it's roots and be the monster we all used to fear? We deal with the subject at hand in our usual ranty way.

Give it a listen and tell us what you think about it. 

This is not for the easily offended, you have been warned.

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