Frightening, but stylish.

[viktor_haag]

According to SciFi Wire, Melissa George says that the vampires in 30 Days of Night are "frightening, but also stylish". I'm getting so very, very tired of vampires that are stylish. Or sexy. Or gorgeous. I understand that repressed eroticism is an underlying theme of the vampire mythos, but I hereby propose that this mine has been tapped out. It's time to move on, people. We are not Victorian England. Our society is permissive (and post-modern) enough, surely, to begin to examine the vampire figure in another light. Aren't we? Please, say yes.

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[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Stylish in this case seems to means: half-zombie-looking, brutal, inhuman monsters. More Nosferatu stylish than Gary "Count Dracula" Oldman stylish. Judging from the previews, trailers, etc.

Doug.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I've seen only one trailer, and the editing was fast enough and the images dark enough, it wasn't really clear what the vamps looked like (with the exception of "I'm so sorry you're about to die" vamp). As remarked above, one can only hope that you're right.