If I could create a vampire movie it would blow all the rest out of the water. I would keep true to the ancient myths and legends of vampires while adding the sexual flair needed. The classic vampire novels are classics because they are thrillers. If the novel such as Dracula was written as a romance novel, I don't think it would have been as popular. The novel was written during the Victorian age. This was a time of transition from knowledge and reasoning to romanticism, religion and the arts. The novel, Dracula, fits the criteria needed. People had questions that couldn't be answered by mere facts. So, some created fiction novels to fill in the blanks. Some fiction novels during this time pertained to some common "blanks" in knowledge such as life after death. This is where I believeDracula came into play. Many fantasize about living forever, but no one dreams of living while dead and haunting the life of others. No one but Bella asks for a cursed eternal life of vampirism.