The vampire of the third millennium: from demon to angel

Starting from the idea that there is a soaring interest in vampire-related products at the dawn of the new millennium, our paper will explore how the vampire figure is contextualised and shaped when it comes to his appearance and behaviour. The corpus of our analysis includes three of the most popular films to date: Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood. The aim of our study is to compare and contrast the vampire protagonists these three films instantiate and also to identify any major shifts from the ‘classic’ conceptualisation of the vampire. Furthermore, we will try to understand how these transformations could account for the popularity of the vampire figure in general and among teenagers in particular.