The bewitching topic of Vampires

The phenomenon of Twilight has left fans everywhere “vampire crazed”. The morbid yet romantic tale of a vampire restraining his monster-like instincts in attempts to become more human, has captured the hearts of many young girls around the world. But before Stephenie Meyer’s novels became popular, another New York Times Best-Seller called The Vampire Diaries had topped the boards nearly 14 years before. Today it’s the CW’s newest drama based on the series written by L.J Smith.

Paul Wesley (who plays Stefan the vampire) comments that although the show is being criticized as a Twilight spin-off, the two are not as similar as you would think. "They have vampires and high school romance in common, but that's about it."

That being said, the books do have similar plots but the characters are slightly different. In Twilight Bella is just an average girl. In The Vampire Diaries Elena is one of the most popular girls in school. Both girls have crushes on a vampire. Stefan and Edward (the vampire dudes) do not drink human blood.

Stephenie Meyers admitted that she never read The Vampire Diaries while writing Twilight. So it is obvious that neither of the authors intended to copy one another. I think it is safe to say that the similarities are just a coincidence.

And as if we didn’t have enough vampire stories in the world already, another series has come to the screen in the new movie The Vampire’s Assistant in theaters October 23.

“The Vampire's Assistant tells the frightening tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.”
--© Universal


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