So, in between all the novels, comics, films, and TV shows, it’s only expected that a bunch of vampire-inspired video games would also end up being created.
Since the 1990s, vampires have been represented in a variety of ways, many, many times. However, the works of Polidori and Stoker paved the way for a more subtle and nuanced version of the monster. In the original folklore, vampires were little more than zombies – blood-thirsty undead revenants driven forward in their unlives only by hunger, albeit hunger for blood instead of brains. It was spawned by works of fiction such as John Polidori’s story “ The Vampyre” and, of course, Bram Stoker’s novel “ Dracula.” While the origin of vampires can be traced back to old European folklore, the modern Western idea of suave, elegant vampires only goes as far back as the 19 th century. Few classic horror movie monsters have been transformed and reimagined as many times as vampires have.
