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Current Talk '11 II / Re: How Dark Shadows Ruined The Vampire
« on: September 06, 2011, 03:34:08 AM »
He does make some valid points. But the conflicted vampire popped up in a couple of Hammer films prior to Ds. Even the heroine of Amrican-International's 1950's Blood of Dracula has the viewer's sympathy because her evil schoolteacher has hypnotized her into being a vampire.
And Stephen King's Salem's Lot plays against the notion of vampire as good guy. No matter how nice the character was before, they are all pretty nasty as vampires.
Of the vampires in DS--six on the show and four in HODS--only Barnabas falls into the category of tortured hero. Angelique is more of a predator. Megan is self destructive. Dirk is borderline psychotic.
Did DS ruin the vampire concept? I don't think so. But it did allow for a different interpretation that has kept the format alive and viable
And Stephen King's Salem's Lot plays against the notion of vampire as good guy. No matter how nice the character was before, they are all pretty nasty as vampires.
Of the vampires in DS--six on the show and four in HODS--only Barnabas falls into the category of tortured hero. Angelique is more of a predator. Megan is self destructive. Dirk is borderline psychotic.
Did DS ruin the vampire concept? I don't think so. But it did allow for a different interpretation that has kept the format alive and viable