Twilight-fueled Interest in Vampires Showing No Sign of Waning

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer jump-started another era of vampire obsession that seems to come in waves every generation. Many have said the obsession has now become an addiction as the number of vampire-themed everything is growing seemingly every day. Yes, everyone is trying to get a piece of the vampire pie while the getting is good.

New to the vampire camp is Amy Heckerling, director of such famous movies as Clueless and the Look Who's Talking franchise. GeekTyrant featured the details of Heckerling's new movie, called Vamps, in a rant today. The website calls Vamps a cross between Sex in the City and vampires, supported by this description of the plotline: "The film will be a modern-day tale of two young female vampires living the good life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardise their immortality." Production is set to begin March 2010, which means the end of this wave of vampire movies is far from over.

New Moon, the highly anticipated sequel to Twilight, opens next weekend. A huge marketing push has gone underway to promote the movie. Big names in the entertainment industry and others are making this one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Volvo has launched a site www.whatdrivesedward.com that gives fans a crack at attending the film's premiere, among other prizes.

The New Moon soundtrack is also generating a fair amount of buzz. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Killers Brandon Flowers admits to seeing the first Twilight film, which he said was "all right." Flowers goes on to talk about his own vampire obsession that started with the film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview With the Vampire.

The vampire crazed is not only an American event, with citizens of many other nations worldwide fully embracing the fad. Thaindian News in Australia reports a recent survey given to children between the ages of 12 and 18. The survey showed Twilight is knocking Harry Potter off the preferred list for teens down under. A majority of the teens' parents admitted to watching the first Twilight film.

All indications point toward the vampire fad continuing with no foreseeable end. Perhaps the revitalization of another monster in pop culture will reverse the trend for now. For now we are left with blood-sucking romantics.