Why Are Vampires So Damn Sexy?

By Annalee Newitz, 2:27 PM on Thu Jan 8 2009, 22,382 views

Recent scary-lovely Swedish flick Let the Right One In is proof that Twilight can't drain all the magnetism out of vampires. And it adheres to a basic vampire principle by breaking sexual taboos beautifully.

Vampires are the sexpots of the undead. Zombies are usually too blood-dribbly and rotted to be players. And ghosts are, well, insubstantial. Which leaves us with vampires, who are permanently young, beautiful, and possess a fierce need to suck things. How could they not be the poster-children for weird sex after death?

Of course, vampires rarely have sex as we know it. Often their only outlet is blood sucking, which leaves them free to form erotic relationships that don't exactly fit the nuclear family mold.

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CELEBRITY VAMPIRES

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I've been on to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen as being members of the undead for a long time. With their lust for blood and fur, their lack of conscience, not to mention those wide staring eyes set in those tiny little bobble headed frames, even a half witted donkey could identify them as being zombies. I thought that was where the Hollywood undead debacle ended, but boy was I wrong.

My suspicions were aroused when Madonna's latest album cover came out. Just by looking at it's clear that she hasn't aged since about 1980. Perhaps around the time that she was bitten by Nosferatu and transformed into an eternal singing machine? Don't tell me that it is Photoshop either. No human tool could possibly defy the passage of time in such an unholy way.

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In the 1992 film, Bram Stoker?s Dracula, Dracula has three brides. His first was played by the gorgeous Monica Belluci who stole the scene, even with two other very sexy vampires

IN From Dusk Till Dawn , Salma Hayek brings a vampire infested strip club to a boil with her incredible dance with a big snake. One of the sexiest scenes in cinema ever.

TATOOS

Vampires are fascinating. Countless books have been written about them as well as movies. We even dress ourselves up as vampires for Halloween. It’s no surprise that vampire tattoos are one of the most popular tattoo themes today.

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HISTORY OF VAMPIRE ART

Vampire Art has a long history. Artists have always been attracted to vampires. Vampires offer that rare blend of seduction, and danger. This represents a great challenge for the artist to capture. Artist are also responsible for shaping our image of the vampire. Early books help make vampires popular and Hollywood completed our image of the modern day vampire. Early oil paintings of the 1800's have evolved into today's fantasy vampire art. Vampires have come a long way from their early legends and myths that came out of the Balkans and other parts of Europe.

HEAVY METAL ART

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