The vampire subgenre has been at the forefront ... larger-than-life quality perhaps more akin to modern comic book movies than old-fashioned horror films. It only makes sense that "Horror of ...

Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin.

That probably explains why they're everywhere, from scary books like Anne Rice's "Interview with a Vampire" to horror movies like "The Lost Boys." We dress up like them for Halloween, obsess over ...