Modern stories featuring creatures of the night are characterised by bloodthirsty undying and undead romances which are ruled by animalistic desire. Given the fact that there are tales of voracious, cannibalistic creatures dating back millennia, how exactly did we arrive at this rather sensual intersection?
An abhorrence of the natural order, a vampire is a creature which never dies. Accordingly, their demonic existence is therefore cursed with an array of weaknesses to balance their inherently unnatural nature: the voracious need to feed on vital human essence, a deadly aversion to sunlight and signs and symbols of the divine, as well as wooden stakes pierced through the heart.
