[Frankendoc66]

As an ardent fan of the traditionally nasty vampires as depicted in the Universal and Hammer films, I hate the current trend by filmakers and novelists to portray vampires as nothing more than pin-up style lover boys. These vampires, unlike Dracula, are just not scary, and rather than providing us with PROPER horror stories, they are just giving a rather pathetic Romeo and Juliet kind of aspect to today's vampire yarns.

Are there any other people on here who despise these superfluous vampire romance stories?