I've often been asked over the years, especially back when I was releasing the Cirque Du Freak books, why vampires are so popular and have continued to endure for well over a century in modern books, movies, comics, TV shows, etc. It's a tricky question to answer, and I usually don't manage much more than a "Well, they're really COOL!!" kind of response.

But I think one of the key reasons why they've thrived is their flexibility. Although Bram Stoker pulled together ideas from lots of places and created the archetype of the modern vampire which writers like me have all been riffing on ever since, they've been adapted in all kinds of different ways. A vampire can pretty much be whatever its latest adaptor WANTS it to be.

An online article which illustrated this quite neatly appeared on the CBR.COM site last October (yeah, I'm a *bit* late sharing the link, but if you give me any grief about that, I'll rip open your jugular!!). It listed ten movies in which vampires have been treated VERY differently. Cirque Du Freak was one of the ten movies, but what's interesting is reading the entries for all ten -- they're by no means in-depth descriptions, but they do show just how much fun an imaginative person can have playing around with the vampire stereotype.

The article also provides us with a diptych photo of vampiredom's cutest couples -- Bella and Edward, and... Mr Crepsley and Darren Shan?!? I know that's not going to go down too well with some Twilight-haters out there, but it certainly tickled MY fancy!!! :-) :-) :-)

You can check out the full list here: https://www.cbr.com/movies-unique-take-on-vampires/