Why Vampires Have Become so Popular

Vampires are all the rage among the teen and even twenty year old population, but the question is why?

To understand why vampires are in the limelight of cult activity, you have to take a few factors into perspective. The first thing and by far the most influential factor as to why vampires are so popular nowadays is the Twilight series. The book series features a love romance between a century old vampire, and an everyday normal teenage girl. That one romance is the reason why so many teenage girls are found to be captivated by the series, and why lovers of time told romance stories of the love that cannot be are brought into reading the novels.

Aside from the extreme cult captivating Twilight series there are several other factors that explain why vampires are so popular. Vampires are the story of many folklore and fantasy novels, dating all the way back to the first cult classic 1897 Dracula. It is the traits and characteristics of the vampire that makes them so enthralling, and life envious. Vampires live forever, have supernatural powers, and go about the world living all life has to offer. Tell this to a teen going through difficult times in their life, and there is no wonder why vampires have such a high popularity.

It is not just the traits of the vampire that make them so popular, as much as it is the exploitation of them. There are hundreds of takes on the vampire characteristics in various movies, novels, and graphic art. There is also the given that the vampire is not a difficult entity to advertise. Tell a person that there is a new vampire movie coming out, and there is a high likelihood of them checking into the story line, and paying to go see what it is all about. It is the professional advertising of the vampire movies and novels that make them such a object of heightened popularity.

Similar to superheroes, vampires are a figure to characterize yourself after. The reason why vampires are so popular to the teen is, when they are trying to find their identity, the vampire offers a cool rich character to model yourself after. It is the mockery and idolization of the vampire style and characteristics that makes them so popular among a youth lost in today's cult activity.

Overall the reason why vampires have gained popularity in these last couple of years can all be chalked up to the vampire style and the romanticized version of it brought upon by the Twilight series.